7.4/10261 votes#1 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/4/1981
Colt chases a crooked sheriff and tries to protect a friend and his family.
Director: Russ Mayberry
Writer: Glen A. Larson
7.0/10172 votes#2 - The Meek Shall Inherit Rhonda
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/11/1981
Milton Bach is a computer hacker who ripped off the bank and ran. His wife, Rhonda, and friend Jerry stole the money and went to Mexico. He wants her back.
Director: Sidney Hayers
Writer: Glen A. Larson
7.1/10155 votes#3 - The Rich Get Richer
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/18/1981
The bounty keeps them on the run as he tries many places to sell the bonds he stole. Kay Faulkner is a recurring character as the insurance agent trying to recover the bonds.
Director: Sidney Hayers
Writer: David Braff
7.2/10139 votes#4 - That's Right, We're Bad
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/25/1981
Danny was framed by 'Animal' for an armored car robbery. If he goes to jail, 'Animal' will kill him. Colt and Howie go under cover in prison to protect him and it all goes awry.
Director: Christian I. Nyby II
Writer: Mark Jones
7.0/10144 votes#5 - Colt's Angels
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 12/2/1981
Colt is sent to the Mohave Desert to bring back a biker wanted for drug dealing, rape and assault. He infiltrates the biker club and competes with them in difficult stunts.
Director: N/A
Writer: Larry Brody
7.0/10134 votes#6 - The Human Torch
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 12/9/1981
Colt is sent to a country town to pick up an arson suspect. The town's people of Federalsburg, and the suspect's mother, insist he is dead and buried.
Director: Daniel Haller
Writer: N/A
6.7/10125 votes#7 - The Japanese Connection
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 12/16/1981
Colt is sent after the Rio Brothers who are much worse than he knows.
Director: Jack Arnold
Writer: N/A
6.6/10129 votes#8 - No Way Out
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 1/6/1982
In Las Vegas at a cycle show, Shecky turns himself in to Big Jack and tells her he needs a bodyguard. Reluctantly, Colt takes the assignment.
Director: Bruce Bilson
Writer: David Braff
7.2/10136 votes#9 - License to Kill (1)
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 1/13/1982
Colt and company go to Hawaii to catch a man who turns out to be trying to stop an assassination. Things get mixed up and Colt becomes a target.
Director: Russ Mayberry
Writer: Glen A. Larson
7.4/10125 votes#10 - License to Kill (2)
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 1/20/1982
Colt and company go to Hawaii to catch a man who turns out to be trying to stop an assassination. Things get mixed up and Colt becomes a target.
Director: N/A
Writer: Glen A. Larson
7.0/10123 votes#11 - Goin' For It
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1/27/1982
A trio of small time crooks are using cars to smuggle jewels out of the country and hit a snag when one of them sells the cars to Howie to smash up for the movie.
Director: Daniel Haller
Writer: N/A
7.1/10124 votes#12 - The Adventures of Ozzie and Harold
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 2/3/1982
Harold had a run-in with his brother and now faces life as Ozzie, a homeless man. He witnesses a murder and becomes a target.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.9/10115 votes#13 - Soldiers of Misfortune
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 2/10/1982
The bounty is a mercenary trainee. Colt and Howie have to 'join up'. In the process, they meet a woman journalist with her own reasons for pursuing this story.
Director: Lawrence Dobkin
Writer: David Braff
7.1/10113 votes#14 - Ready, Aim, Die
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 2/17/1982
A man says he must find his brother, a gambler with a big debt, before the 'hit man' does. The bookie has sworn to make an example of him. Some action takes place in the display of floats for the Tournament of Roses parade.
Director: Peter Crane
Writer: Mark Jones
7.4/10127 votes#15 - Ladies on the Ropes
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/24/1982
Eddie needs three days, so he can attend bout and prove his innocence. These skips always have a good reason to delay. He manages women wrestlers. Howie is persuaded to to take part as Handsome Howard.
Director: Daniel Haller
Writer: N/A
7.1/10117 votes#16 - The Snow Job
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 3/3/1982
In Aspen, a politician's wife tells Colt that she shot her husband in self-defense, but he is saying he did it himself.
Director: Winrich Kolbe
Writer: N/A
6.9/10109 votes#17 - Guess Who's Coming to Town?
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 3/17/1982
The statute of limitations will run out for a young man in just two days. He is related to a VIP, so caution is needed.
Director: N/A
Writer: Glen A. Larson
7.0/10117 votes#18 - Child's Play
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 3/24/1982
Libby's father is planning to testify against the mob, but what they don't know is that Libby has a photographic memory and the evidence is in her brain.
Director: Paul Stanley
Writer: N/A
7.0/10114 votes#19 - Charlie
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 4/7/1982
In Las Vegas, Colt runs into an old partner and finds out she is involved in a fraudulent scheme. Jody is kidnapped to be a hostage and there is a stagecoach chase.
Director: Daniel Haller
Writer: David Braff
7.3/10105 votes#20 - Three for the Road
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 4/14/1982
A pretty jewel thief hops off to Mexico with Colt and his friends, joined by insurance investigator Kay Faulkner, hot on her trail
Director: Bruce Bilson
Writer: N/A
6.6/10103 votes#21 - The Silent Partner
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 4/28/1982
When a country music star kills his ghost writer and pins the blame on his chauffeur, it's up to Colt to set the record straight.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.2/10112 votes#22 - Scavenger Hunt
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/5/1982
Some naval officers were involved in a $5 million robbery in HI and they are looking for the man holding the money. For some reason, they just can't find the money.
Director: Cliff Bole
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of The Fall Guy Season 1
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Hollywood stuntman Colt Seavers picks up some extra pocket money by using his rough-and-tumble skills to track and capture bail jumpers.
Genres:Action & AdventureCrime
Network:ABC
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Pilot" is the best rated episode of "The Fall Guy" season 1. It scored 7.4/10 based on 261 votes. Directed by Russ Mayberry and written by Glen A. Larson, it aired on 11/4/1981. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "The Meek Shall Inherit Rhonda".