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The Best Episodes of The Lone Ranger

Every episode of The Lone Ranger ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Lone Ranger!

The Lone Ranger is an American western television series that ran from 1949 to 1957, starring Clayton Moore with Jay Silverheels as Tonto. The live-action series initially featured Gerald Mohr as the episode narrator. Fred Foy served as both narrator and announcer of the radio series from 1948 to its finish and became announcer of the television version when story narration was dropped there. This was by far the highest-rated television program on the ABC network in the early 1950s and its first true "hit".

Genres:WesternAction & Adventure
Network:ABC

Top Episode Ratings Summary

The best episode of "The Lone Ranger" is "Homer With a High Hat", rated 9/10 from 56 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "Homer With a High Hat" aired on 12/16/1954 and is rated 0.2 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Six-Gun Artist".

  • Homer With a High Hat
    9.0/10 56 votes

    #1 - Homer With a High Hat

    Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 12/16/1954

    The Lone Ranger and Tonto are on the way to Mordock City on the trail of missing gold from a recent robbery. A practical joke played on a visitor to the town puts his life in jeopard, and any chance of finding the gold even more remote.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Six-Gun Artist
    8.8/10 55 votes

    #2 - Six-Gun Artist

    Season 4 Episode 42 - Aired 6/23/1955

    The Lone Ranger and Tonto hear of a string of stage coach robberies in the area. They head for Mesa Junction where the Lone Ranger thinks the gang is located.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Adventure at Arbuckle
    8.8/10 48 votes

    #3 - Adventure at Arbuckle

    Season 4 Episode 45 - Aired 7/14/1955

    The Lone Ranger gets news that the town of Arbuckle has been over run by outlaws and is now being used as a sanctuary. Using a disguise he decides to infiltrate the town and see what the situation is.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Gold Town
    8.7/10 47 votes

    #4 - Gold Town

    Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/7/1954

    The death of a prospector leads to the Lone Ranger inheriting half the value of a gold mine. Bandits kidnap the other person to inherit the money and attempt to impersonate him.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Law Lady
    8.7/10 54 votes

    #5 - The Law Lady

    Season 4 Episode 25 - Aired 2/24/1955

    The Lone Ranger discovers that the sheriff of Gunstock has been murdered and his widow has taken his place. Tonto and the Lone Ranger head for town to try and solve the murder.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Trigger Finger
    8.7/10 50 votes

    #6 - Trigger Finger

    Season 4 Episode 31 - Aired 4/7/1955

    The Lone Ranger and sheriff John Trent find a stage with a dead driver and the gold on board missing. Following the trail left by the outlaws, they find and shoot Hook Mason. The local newspaper begin a campaign against the sheriff accusing him of shooting an innocent man.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Tell-Tale Bullet
    8.7/10 54 votes

    #7 - The Tell-Tale Bullet

    Season 4 Episode 32 - Aired 4/14/1955

    While visiting the town of Jarvis, the Lone Ranger learns that the outlaw Cash Nasby has been released from jail. The Lone Ranger does not believe Nasby could by reformed in just two years and decides to follow him and see what he is planning.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Harp for Hannah
    8.7/10 54 votes

    #8 - A Harp for Hannah

    Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 1/31/1957

    The Lone Ranger attempts to gain justice for a man robbed by the son of a powerful ranching family

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Journey to San Carlos
    8.7/10 53 votes

    #9 - Journey to San Carlos

    Season 5 Episode 35 - Aired 5/9/1957

    The Lone Ranger and Tonto capture two renegade Indians responsible for a recent attack. Tonto points out the strange marking on their face. The Lone Ranger decides to investigate why peaceful Indians have suddenly taken to war and what the new marking on their faces mean.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Message to Fort Apache
    8.6/10 45 votes

    #10 - Message to Fort Apache

    Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 9/23/1954

    The Lone Ranger gets involved in trying to break up a gang that is selling guns to Indians around Fort Apache. The gang knows the jig is nearly up, however they are waiting for payment by the Indians for one last shipment before heading for the Mexican border. Innocent lives are put at risk as the gang will stop at nothing to complete their deal. Can the Lone Ranger saves those put at risk by the gang and avoid another Indian war.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Texas Draw
    8.6/10 55 votes

    #11 - Texas Draw

    Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/4/1954

    The Lone Ranger breaks up a fight between John Thorpe a land owner and a gang lead by Crane Dillion. Then a third man William Hubbard arrives in the town on a strange mission.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Sawtelle Saga's End
    8.6/10 53 votes

    #12 - Sawtelle Saga's End

    Season 4 Episode 29 - Aired 3/24/1955

    The Lone Ranger on the trail of two slippery masked robbers find they are the nephews of a ostensibly law abiding woman who cynically manages the nephew's criminal activities.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Too-Perfect Signature
    8.6/10 48 votes

    #13 - The Too-Perfect Signature

    Season 4 Episode 30 - Aired 3/31/1955

    A change in railway planning makes the ranch owned by Tom Tabor extremely valuable. A number of people heavily invested in where the railway is to run become extremely interested in purchasing Tom's ranch.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • False Accusation
    8.6/10 54 votes

    #14 - False Accusation

    Season 4 Episode 33 - Aired 4/21/1955

    The Lone Ranger gets word that the town of Rock Point New Mexico is being terrorized by a strange midnight rider who has been staging hold ups all over New Mexico. The Lone Ranger decides to investigate.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Sheriff's Sale
    8.6/10 43 votes

    #15 - Sheriff's Sale

    Season 4 Episode 41 - Aired 6/16/1955

    The Lone Ranger hears that an old friend sheriff Jack Morrison is having trouble with an outlaw Hutch Conant who has been slowly taking over a local town by applying economic pressure to the locals and forcing them to stay quiet.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Framed for Murder
    8.6/10 47 votes

    #16 - Framed for Murder

    Season 4 Episode 47 - Aired 7/28/1955

    Jim Blake strikes it rich with a gold claim. He insists a local shop keeper be declared a partner. Unknown to Jim, the shop keeper has a dark past and is being blackmailed.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Outlaws in Grease Paint
    8.6/10 72 votes

    #17 - Outlaws in Grease Paint

    Season 5 Episode 39 - Aired 6/6/1957

    Actors Lavinia and Dewitt Faversham are behind many robberies throughout the West, but when they arrive in Cedar Springs they might have met their match.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Gold Trains
    8.5/10 74 votes

    #18 - Gold Trains

    Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 3/16/1950

    After a shoot out during a stage coach robbery the Lone Ranger finds himself being blamed for the deaths. He begins a desperate attempt to avoid capture while trying to capture those responsible for the robbery.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Silent Voice
    8.5/10 60 votes

    #19 - The Silent Voice

    Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 1/11/1951

    The Lone Ranger saves Cleve Ritchie from henchmen of Dr. Payton who has planted Stella Watson in his home to care for his grandmother post stroke so Stella can get a map to an old Spanish treasure that Cleve has found to fund the town.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Perfect Crime
    8.5/10 45 votes

    #20 - The Perfect Crime

    Season 3 Episode 47 - Aired 7/30/1953

    A young schoolteacher has discovered that another teacher is actually an outlaw planning to rob the bank. The Lone Ranger and Tonto learn that he plans to kidnap her to stop her from revealing his identity and his plans, and they rush to stop her abduction.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Ex-Marshal
    8.5/10 48 votes

    #21 - Ex-Marshal

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 9/16/1954

    While the Lone Ranger and Tonto are tracking the Compton gang they come across a famous law man Frank Dean who had faked his own death and dropped out from sight. The Ranger needs to come up with a plan that will not only take down the Compton gang but unravel the mystery behind the former lawman's unusual behavior.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Frightened Woman
    8.5/10 46 votes

    #22 - The Frightened Woman

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 9/30/1954

    Tonto witnesses a robbery in "Powder Bend". The local deputy sheriff thinks he is connected with the event and tries to arrest him. Tonto escapes and with the help of the Lone Ranger intends to find the bandit.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Outlaw's Trail
    8.5/10 44 votes

    #23 - Outlaw's Trail

    Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 10/21/1954

    The Lone Ranger tracks an outlaw, Reno Lawrence to the small town of Painted Post. There he discovers conflict between the ranchers and farmers. He also discovers the sheriff and deputy may have a hidden past.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Globe
    8.5/10 46 votes

    #24 - The Globe

    Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 12/30/1954

    Tonto witnesses the shooting of an old prospector 'Cherokee' flush with money from the sale of a disused gold mine. The Lone Ranger decides they need to investigate when he realizes the motive of the shooting was not robbery.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Uncle Ed
    8.5/10 50 votes

    #25 - Uncle Ed

    Season 4 Episode 26 - Aired 3/3/1955

    The Lone Ranger and Tonto encounter and old man, uncle Ed and explain he needs to keep an eye out for Lefty Mott's gang. Uncle Ed feels there is a chance for him to prove his usefulness again and goes after the gang.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A