8.8/10 33 votes#1 - Gone the Sun
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/18/1964
No description available
Director: James Goldstone
Writer: N/A
- 8.7/10 53 votes
#2 - The Proud and the Angry
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/28/1963
No description available
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Writer: N/A
- 8.6/10 32 votes
#3 - Two-Star Giant
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/5/1963
No description available
Director: Richard Donner
Writer: N/A
- 8.5/10 31 votes
#4 - Captain Thomson
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/2/1963
No description available
Director: Leon Benson
Writer: N/A
- 8.5/10 18 votes
#5 - Green Water Green Flag
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/15/1964
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.5/10 28 votes
#6 - Mother Enemy
Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 4/4/1964
No description available
Director: Vincent McEveety
Writer: N/A
- 8.4/10 28 votes
#7 - A Troubled Image
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/16/1963
No description available
Director: Don Medford
Writer: N/A
- 8.4/10 18 votes
#8 - The Art of Discipline
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/21/1963
No description available
Director: Robert Butler
Writer: N/A
- 8.4/10 37 votes
#9 - To Set It Right
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/22/1964
No description available
Director: Vincent McEveety
Writer: Gene Roddenberry, Lee Erwin
- 8.4/10 23 votes
#10 - Tour of Duty
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/7/1964
No description available
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Writer: N/A
- 8.4/10 24 votes
#11 - To Kill a Man
Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 4/18/1964
No description available
Director: Vincent McEveety
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/10 28 votes
#12 - A Very Private Affair
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/12/1963
No description available
Director: Buzz Kulik
Writer: Gene Roddenberry
- 8.3/10 22 votes
#13 - To Take Up Serpents
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/19/1963
No description available
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/10 25 votes
#14 - Alert
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/14/1963
No description available
Director: Don Taylor
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/10 29 votes
#15 - In the Highest Tradition
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2/29/1964
No description available
Director: Marc Daniels
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/10 30 votes
#16 - Man with an Edge
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/21/1964
No description available
Director: Vincent McEveety
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/10 45 votes
#17 - A Million Miles From Clary
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/14/1963
Stew Sallaway, champion goldbrick at Clary High, could always depend on his buddy Bill Rice to get him out of a jam. Now Stew is a Marine private, and his ailing father asks Rice to have the boy to his platoon.
Director: Don Medford
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/10 27 votes
#18 - Fall From A White Horse
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/30/1963
No description available
Director: John Brahm
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/10 27 votes
- 8.2/10 33 votes
#20 - Operation: Actress
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 3/28/1964
No description available
Director: Leonard Horn
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/10 23 votes
#21 - The Alien
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/28/1963
No description available
Director: Michael O'Herlihy
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/10 24 votes
#22 - Interlude
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/1/1964
No description available
Director: Richard Donner
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/10 23 votes
#23 - The War Called Peace
Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 4/11/1964
No description available
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/10 45 votes
#24 - Cool of the Evening
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/21/1963
No description available
Director: Robert Gist
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/10 25 votes
#25 - Between Music and Laughter
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/25/1964
No description available
Director: Vincent McEveety
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of The Lieutenant
Every episode of The Lieutenant ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Lieutenant!
The Lieutenant is an American television series, the first created by Gene Roddenberry. It aired on NBC on Saturday evenings in the 1963–1964 television schedule. It was produced by Arena Productions, one of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's most successful in-house production companies of the 1960s. Situated at Camp Pendleton, the West Coast base of the U.S. Marine Corps, The Lieutenant focuses on the men of the Corps in peace time with a Cold War backdrop. The title character is Second Lieutenant William Tiberius Rice, a rifle platoon leader and one of the training instructors at Camp Pendleton. An hour-long drama, The Lieutenant explores the lives of enlisted Marines and general officers alike. The series was released on DVD in two half-season sets by the Warner Archive Collection on August 14, 2012.
Top Episode Ratings Summary
The best episode of "The Lieutenant" is "Gone the Sun", rated 8.8/10 from 33 user votes. It was directed by James Goldstone and written by N/A. "Gone the Sun" aired on 1/18/1964 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "The Proud and the Angry".