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The Best Episodes of The Lieutenant Season 1

Every episode of The Lieutenant Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Lieutenant Season 1!

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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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Lieutenant Season 1 Episode 1 - A Million Miles From Clary
    8.1/10(47 votes)

    #1 - A Million Miles From Clary

    S1:E1

    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:Unknown

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  2. The Lieutenant Season 1 Episode 2 - Cool of the Evening
    7.7/10(45 votes)

    #2 - Cool of the Evening

    S1:E2

    No description available

    Director:Robert Gist
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Lieutenant Season 1 Episode 3 - The Proud and the Angry
    8.8/10(53 votes)

    #3 - The Proud and the Angry

    S1:E3

    No description available

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Lieutenant Season 1 Episode 4 - Two-Star Giant
    8.6/10(32 votes)

    #4 - Two-Star Giant

    S1:E4

    No description available

    Director:Richard Donner
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Lieutenant Season 1 Episode 5 - A Very Private Affair
    8.2/10(28 votes)

    #5 - A Very Private Affair

    S1:E5

    No description available

    Director:Buzz Kulik
    Writer:Gene Roddenberry

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  6. The Lieutenant Season 1 Episode 6 - To Take Up Serpents
    8.4/10(23 votes)

    #6 - To Take Up Serpents

    S1:E6

    No description available

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Lieutenant Season 1 Episode 7 - A Touching of Hands
    7.5/10(31 votes)

    #7 - A Touching of Hands

    S1:E7

    No description available

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Lieutenant Season 1 Episode 8 - Captain Thomson
    8.5/10(31 votes)

    #8 - Captain Thomson

    S1:E8

    No description available

    Director:Leon Benson
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Lieutenant Season 1 Episode 9 - Instant Wedding
    6.8/10(26 votes)

    #9 - Instant Wedding

    S1:E9

    Rice is pressed upon by a friend to look after his girl in advance of a year-long posting in the far east without leave. She demands they marry right away, and it falls on Rice to quickly put together a formal Marine wedding ceremony.

    Director:David Alexander
    Writers:Gene Roddenberry, Ellis Marcus

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  10. The Lieutenant Season 1 Episode 10 - A Troubled Image
    8.3/10(28 votes)

    #10 - A Troubled Image

    S1:E10

    No description available

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Lieutenant Season 1 Episode 11 - Fall From A White Horse
    8.3/10(28 votes)

    #11 - Fall From A White Horse

    S1:E11

    No description available

    Director:John Brahm
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Lieutenant Season 1 Episode 12 - Alert
    8.4/10(27 votes)

    #12 - Alert

    S1:E12

    No description available

    Director:Don Taylor
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Lieutenant Season 1 Episode 13 - The Art of Discipline
    8.3/10(19 votes)

    #13 - The Art of Discipline

    S1:E13

    No description available

    Director:Robert Butler
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Lieutenant Season 1 Episode 14 - The Alien
    8.1/10(24 votes)

    #14 - The Alien

    S1:E14

    No description available

    Director:Michael O'Herlihy
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Lieutenant Season 1 Episode 15 - O'Rourke
    8.4/10(28 votes)

    #15 - O'Rourke

    S1:E15

    An ex Marine who is also a journalist is assigned to Rice's unit to do an article on the modern Marine core. Rice quickly discovers not is all as it should be in the situation.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Lieutenant Season 1 Episode 16 - Gone the Sun
    8.8/10(33 votes)

    #16 - Gone the Sun

    S1:E16

    Rice returns to his home town to aid in the burial of a Marine killed in a training accident. He has to deal with the grieving family of the boy as well as the changes that have occurred since he has been away.

    Director:James Goldstone
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Lieutenant Season 1 Episode 17 - Between Music and Laughter
    7.6/10(25 votes)

    #17 - Between Music and Laughter

    S1:E17

    No description available

    Director:Vincent McEveety
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Lieutenant Season 1 Episode 18 - Interlude
    8.0/10(25 votes)

    #18 - Interlude

    S1:E18

    No description available

    Director:Richard Donner
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Lieutenant Season 1 Episode 19 - Capp's Lady
    7.5/10(22 votes)

    #19 - Capp's Lady

    S1:E19

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Lieutenant Season 1 Episode 20 - Green Water Green Flag
    8.5/10(18 votes)

    #20 - Green Water Green Flag

    S1:E20

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Lieutenant Season 1 Episode 21 - To Set It Right
    8.5/10(38 votes)

    #21 - To Set It Right

    S1:E21

    No description available

    Director:Vincent McEveety
    Writers:Gene Roddenberry, Lee Erwin

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  22. The Lieutenant Season 1 Episode 22 - In the Highest Tradition
    8.1/10(30 votes)

    #22 - In the Highest Tradition

    S1:E22

    No description available

    Director:Marc Daniels
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The Lieutenant Season 1 Episode 23 - Tour of Duty
    8.4/10(23 votes)

    #23 - Tour of Duty

    S1:E23

    No description available

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Lieutenant Season 1 Episode 24 - Lament for a Dead Goldbrick
    7.7/10(22 votes)

    #24 - Lament for a Dead Goldbrick

    S1:E24

    No description available

    Director:Robert Butler
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The Lieutenant Season 1 Episode 25 - Man with an Edge
    8.4/10(30 votes)

    #25 - Man with an Edge

    S1:E25

    No description available

    Director:Vincent McEveety
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"A Million Miles From Clary" is the best rated episode of "The Lieutenant" season 1. It scored 8.1/10 based on 47 votes. Directed by Don Medford and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/14/1963. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Cool of the Evening".