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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!

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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.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Fall Guy Season 5 Episode 1 - Dead Ringer
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Dead Ringer

    S5:E1

    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
    Writers:Andrew Schneider, Sam Egan

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  2. The Fall Guy Season 5 Episode 2 - King of the Stuntmen
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - King of the Stuntmen

    S5:E2

    There is a 'King of the Stuntmen' contest.

    Director:Bernard McEveety
    Writers:David Garber, Bruce Kalish

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  3. The Fall Guy Season 5 Episode 3 - Femme Fatale
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Femme Fatale

    S5:E3

    Howie goes undercover as a female impersonator, Denise, when the skip is a material witness in hiding.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Sam Egan

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  4. The Fall Guy Season 5 Episode 4 - A Fistful of Lire
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - A Fistful of Lire

    S5:E4

    Colt has to protect an Italian village.

    Director:Hollingsworth Morse
    Writer:Andrew Schneider

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  5. The Fall Guy Season 5 Episode 5 - The Life of Riley
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - The Life of Riley

    S5:E5

    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:Unknown
    Writers:David Garber, Bruce Kalish

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  6. The Fall Guy Season 5 Episode 6 - October the Thirty Second
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - October the Thirty Second

    S5:E6

    Elvira and company are filming a horror movie in an old haunted mansion during a storm, of course.

    Director:Georg Fenady
    Writer:Sam Egan

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  7. The Fall Guy Season 5 Episode 7 - Seavers, Dead Or Alive
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - Seavers, Dead Or Alive

    S5:E7

    The tables are turned when Colt is framed and becomes a fugitive.

    Director:Bruce Kessler
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Fall Guy Season 5 Episode 8 - Escape Claus
    0.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - Escape Claus

    S5:E8

    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:Unknown

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  9. The Fall Guy Season 5 Episode 9 - No Rms., Ocean Vu.
    0.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - No Rms., Ocean Vu.

    S5:E9

    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

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  10. The Fall Guy Season 5 Episode 10 - Miami's Nice
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Miami's Nice

    S5:E10

    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

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  11. The Fall Guy Season 5 Episode 11 - Reunion
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - Reunion

    S5:E11

    One of Colt's old classmates steals his own jewels for the insurance money.

    Director:Bruce Kessler
    Writer:Sam Egan

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  12. The Fall Guy Season 5 Episode 12 - Trial By Fire
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Trial By Fire

    S5:E12

    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:Unknown

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  13. The Fall Guy Season 5 Episode 13 - In His Shadow
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - In His Shadow

    S5:E13

    A young man arrives who might be Colt's son.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Fall Guy Season 5 Episode 14 - The Lucky Stiff
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - The Lucky Stiff

    S5:E14

    Jerry has lost his money, house and wife, so he puts out a contract on himself - then wins the lottery.

    Director:Georg Fenady
    Writers:David Garber, Bruce Kalish

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  15. The Fall Guy Season 5 Episode 15 - Beach Blanket Bounty
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - Beach Blanket Bounty

    S5:E15

    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

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  16. The Fall Guy Season 5 Episode 16 - The Last Chance Platoon
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #16 - The Last Chance Platoon

    S5:E16

    Colt becomes the drill instructor for a platoon of misfits.

    Director:Hollingsworth Morse
    Writers:Andrew Schneider, Sam Egan

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  17. The Fall Guy Season 5 Episode 17 - I Now Pronounce You ... Dead
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - I Now Pronounce You ... Dead

    S5:E17

    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:Unknown

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  18. The Fall Guy Season 5 Episode 18 - Two On a Skip
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - Two On a Skip

    S5:E18

    Trench sends Colt after another bounty hunter who he thinks is taking too long and spending too much.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Bruce Kalish

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  19. The Fall Guy Season 5 Episode 19 - The Lady in Green
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - The Lady in Green

    S5:E19

    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:Unknown

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  20. The Fall Guy Season 5 Episode 20 - Tag Team
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - Tag Team

    S5:E20

    Colt wins two pro wrestlers (losers) and Howie trains them. They do come in handy in a pinch.

    Director:Daniel Haller
    Writer:Andrew Schneider

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  21. The Fall Guy Season 5 Episode 21 - War On Wheels
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - War On Wheels

    S5:E21

    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:Unknown

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  22. The Fall Guy Season 5 Episode 22 - The Bigger They Are
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - The Bigger They Are

    S5:E22

    A cop wants evidence against a club owner who sells pcp to kids.

    Director:Hollingsworth Morse
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Dead Ringer" is the best rated episode of "The Fall Guy" season 5. It scored 7/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Don Medford and written by Andrew Schneider, Sam Egan, it aired on 9/26/1985. This episode is rated 1.0 points higher than the second-best, "King of the Stuntmen".