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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.
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Network:ABC

Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Dead Ringer" is the best rated episode of "The Fall Guy" season 5. It scored 7.3/10 based on 52 votes. Directed by Don Medford and written by Sam Egan, Andrew Schneider, it aired on 9/26/1985. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "King of the Stuntmen".

  • Dead Ringer
    7.3/1052 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: Sam Egan, Andrew Schneider

  • King of the Stuntmen
    7.0/1050 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: Bruce Kalish, David Garber

  • Femme Fatale
    7.4/1054 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

  • A Fistful of Lire
    6.9/1054 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

  • The Life of Riley
    7.5/1049 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: Bruce Kalish, David Garber

  • October the Thirty Second
    6.8/1047 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

  • Seavers, Dead Or Alive
    7.5/1054 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

  • Escape Claus
    7.2/1054 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

  • No Rms., Ocean Vu.
    7.0/1050 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

  • Miami's Nice
    7.4/1056 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

  • Reunion
    7.2/1050 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

  • Trial By Fire
    7.4/1042 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

  • In His Shadow
    7.0/1043 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

  • The Lucky Stiff
    7.5/1053 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: Bruce Kalish, David Garber

  • Beach Blanket Bounty
    7.1/1048 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

  • The Last Chance Platoon
    7.2/1047 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: Sam Egan, Andrew Schneider

  • I Now Pronounce You ... Dead
    7.2/1044 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

  • Two On a Skip
    7.4/1050 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

  • The Lady in Green
    6.7/1043 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

  • Tag Team
    7.2/1050 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

  • War On Wheels
    6.9/1049 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

  • The Bigger They Are
    7.3/1056 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