The Best Episodes of The Fall Guy Season 5
Every episode of The Fall Guy Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Fall Guy Season 5!
Hollywood stuntman Colt Seavers picks up some extra pocket money by using his rough-and-tumble skills to track and capture bail jumpers.
Season 5 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "The Fall Guy" season 5 is "Dead Ringer", rated 7.3/10 from 51 user votes. It was directed by Don Medford and written by Andrew Schneider, Sam Egan. "Dead Ringer" aired on 9/26/1985 and is rated 0.3 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "King of the Stuntmen".
7.3/10 51 votes#1 - Dead Ringer
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/1985
Colt is sent after a jumper and then discovers his quarry has entered an Elvis Presley impersonator contest and merged with the crowd.
Director: Don Medford
Writer: Andrew Schneider, Sam Egan
7.0/10 49 votes#2 - King of the Stuntmen
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 10/3/1985
There is a 'King of the Stuntmen' contest.
Director: Bernard McEveety
Writer: David Garber, Bruce Kalish
7.4/10 52 votes#3 - Femme Fatale
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 10/10/1985
Howie goes undercover as a female impersonator, Denise, when the skip is a material witness in hiding.
Director: N/A
Writer: Sam Egan
7.0/10 52 votes#4 - A Fistful of Lire
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 10/17/1985
Colt has to protect an Italian village.
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Writer: Andrew Schneider
7.5/10 49 votes#5 - The Life of Riley
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 11/30/1985
When Colt catches a young man wanted in Los Angeles, he stumbles into a 'kidnapping for adoption' ring in Sacramento. Simon begs Colt to wait one more day while he checks out his last lead - a VW that matches the one used in the kidnapping.
Director: N/A
Writer: David Garber, Bruce Kalish
6.8/10 45 votes#6 - October the Thirty Second
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 12/7/1985
Elvira and company are filming a horror movie in an old haunted mansion during a storm, of course.
Director: Georg Fenady
Writer: Sam Egan
7.6/10 52 votes#7 - Seavers, Dead Or Alive
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 12/14/1985
The tables are turned when Colt is framed and becomes a fugitive.
Director: Bruce Kessler
Writer: N/A
7.2/10 52 votes#8 - Escape Claus
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 12/21/1985
A fitting story for Christmas - Santa is arrested for freeing the reindeer. He asks what each wants for Christmas. Jody wants a 'white' Christmas in spite of the current heat wave; Colt reluctantly says he needs a new truck. There is a child care center threatened with eviction and some crooks want the bonds Santa's cellmate is hiding.
Director: Bruce Bilson
Writer: N/A
6.9/10 47 votes#9 - No Rms., Ocean Vu.
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 1/4/1986
Colt is stranded on a desert isle with a spoiled socialite, who has a perfume company, after their plane is shot down by robbers.
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Writer: Carol Saraceno
7.3/10 52 votes#10 - Miami's Nice
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 1/10/1986
An FBI agent persuades Colt to participate in a cocaine sting. Jody presents awards to Miss Stuntwoman USA winners.
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Writer: David Garber
7.1/10 47 votes#11 - Reunion
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 1/17/1986
One of Colt's old classmates steals his own jewels for the insurance money.
Director: Bruce Kessler
Writer: Sam Egan
7.3/10 40 votes#12 - Trial By Fire
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 1/24/1986
An old army buddy begs Colt to rescue one of the group that was betrayed years ago in Vietnam. He insists a recent photo shows the man as a POW even though everyone believes he is dead.
Director: Daniel Haller
Writer: N/A
7.0/10 42 votes#13 - In His Shadow
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 1/31/1986
A young man arrives who might be Colt's son.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/10 49 votes#14 - The Lucky Stiff
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 2/7/1986
Jerry has lost his money, house and wife, so he puts out a contract on himself - then wins the lottery.
Director: Georg Fenady
Writer: David Garber, Bruce Kalish
7.0/10 45 votes#15 - Beach Blanket Bounty
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 2/21/1986
A severe earthquake rocks L.A. and Colt coincidentally is involved with a 'rock' group, who want $20,000, and an industrial.
Director: Daniel Haller
Writer: Andrew Schneider
7.2/10 42 votes#16 - The Last Chance Platoon
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 2/28/1986
Colt becomes the drill instructor for a platoon of misfits.
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Writer: Andrew Schneider, Sam Egan
7.2/10 43 votes#17 - I Now Pronounce You ... Dead
Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 3/7/1986
Pearl wants Colt to grab the skip during his wedding, but one of his wives beats him to it. As his creditors chase him, more wives turn up.
Director: Daniel Haller
Writer: N/A
7.3/10 45 votes#18 - Two On a Skip
Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 3/21/1986
Trench sends Colt after another bounty hunter who he thinks is taking too long and spending too much.
Director: N/A
Writer: Bruce Kalish
6.5/10 40 votes#19 - The Lady in Green
Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 3/28/1986
An old actor who played "Silver Blade", a Zorro type crime fighter, in his earlier days, witnesses a murder and wants to go after the killer.
Director: Bruce Bilson
Writer: N/A
7.1/10 46 votes#20 - Tag Team
Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 4/4/1986
Colt wins two pro wrestlers (losers) and Howie trains them. They do come in handy in a pinch.
Director: Daniel Haller
Writer: Andrew Schneider
6.7/10 45 votes#21 - War On Wheels
Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 4/11/1986
A town was bought to become a reservoir, but one resident refuses to leave. His granddaughter wants to put him in a rest home. Howie has a remote 'out-of-control' tank. A gang of bikers have them all trapped in the town.
Director: Daniel Haller
Writer: N/A
7.3/10 52 votes#22 - The Bigger They Are
Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 5/2/1986
A cop wants evidence against a club owner who sells pcp to kids.
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Writer: N/A