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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.

Genre:Drama
Network:NBC

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".

  • Gone the Sun
    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

  • The Proud and the Angry
    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

  • Two-Star Giant
    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

  • Captain Thomson
    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

  • Green Water Green Flag
    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

  • Mother Enemy
    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

  • A Troubled Image
    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

  • The Art of Discipline
    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

  • To Set It Right
    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

  • Tour of Duty
    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

  • To Kill a Man
    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

  • A Very Private Affair
    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

  • To Take Up Serpents
    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

  • Alert
    8.3/10 25 votes

    #14 - Alert

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/14/1963

    No description available

    Director: Don Taylor

    Writer: N/A

  • In the Highest Tradition
    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

  • Man with an Edge
    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

  • A Million Miles From Clary
    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

  • Fall From A White Horse
    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

  • O'Rourke
    8.2/10 27 votes

    #19 - O'Rourke

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/4/1964

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Operation: Actress
    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

  • The Alien
    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

  • Interlude
    8.0/10 24 votes

    #22 - Interlude

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/1/1964

    No description available

    Director: Richard Donner

    Writer: N/A

  • The War Called Peace
    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

  • Cool of the Evening
    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

  • Between Music and Laughter
    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