7.8/10297 votes#1 - Enter the Lone Ranger
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/15/1949
John Reid, the sole surviving Texas Ranger of a murderous ambush, becomes the great masked hero with his companion, Tonto.
Director: George B. Seitz Jr.
Writer: N/A
7.8/10205 votes#2 - The Lone Ranger Fights On
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/22/1949
The origin of the Lone Ranger's horse Silver and his use of silver bullets is explained.
Director: George B. Seitz Jr.
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/10176 votes
#3 - The Lone Ranger's Triumph
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/29/1949
The Lone Ranger still on the trail of Butch Cavendish and his gang sends Tonto to the town of Colby to organize a posse with the sheriff. Tonto receives no help and the suspicion is a number of people in the town are working for Cavandish. The Lone Ranger must launch a daring plan to foil the Cavendish gang's plan to take over the town of Colby.
Director: George B. Seitz Jr.
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/10148 votes
#4 - The Legion of Old Timers
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/6/1949
Bob Kittredge is being forced by Red Devers to sell the ranch he inherited from his father. The Lone Ranger and Tonto, aided by Banty Bishop and the old ranch hands rescue Kittredge, and the ranch (and jobs of the ranch hands) are restored.
Director: George B. Seitz Jr.
Writer: Tom Seller
- 7.6/10120 votes
#5 - Rustler's Hideout
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/13/1949
The Vance family settles right in the middle of a war between the Madden gang and local ranches. Despite the hostility to Fred Vance over his past, he decides he will not be run off this parcel of land. The Lone Ranger believes in Fred's innocence, and asks him to help stop the ranchers riding into an ambush and then set a counter trap for the gang after rescuing the son of one of the ranchers being held hostage
Director: George B. Seitz Jr.
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/10114 votes
#6 - War Horse
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/20/1949
A promoter wants to purchase the famous war horse 'Black Cloud' owned by the Chief Lame Bear. Instead of purchasing the horse the people he employs steal the animal instead, taking Lame Bear's son as hostage in the process. After the capture of Tonto, the Lone Ranger needs to use all his diplomacy and cunning as a law enforcer to stop out right war between Lame Bear's tribe and the US cavalry.
Director: George B. Seitz Jr.
Writer: Gibson Fox
- 7.6/10124 votes
#7 - Pete and Pedro
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/27/1949
Pete and Pedro don't like working, until the Lone Ranger persuades them to help an attractive young woman save her ranch.
Director: George B. Seitz Jr.
Writer: Tom Seller
- 7.5/10102 votes
#8 - The Renegades
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/3/1949
While on the trail, Tonto gets an urgent message to meet Chief Swift Eagle. The Lone Ranger continues on to a local mission to discover there are reports of Indian raids on supply trains, and any Indians found off the reservation are to be arrested and sent to Florida. Slowly the truth about the raids becomes apparent and the Lone Ranger must do all he can to save his friend Tonto and avoid an Indian War.
Director: George B. Seitz Jr.
Writer: Edmond Kelso, Harry Poppe Jr.
- 7.6/1098 votes
#9 - The Tenderfeet
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/10/1949
A murder is pinned on two cowboys who strike it rich, until the Lone Ranger traps the real killer.
Director: George B. Seitz Jr.
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1097 votes
#10 - High Heels
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/17/1949
The Lone Ranger and Tonto aid a short rancher who is so embarrassed by his lack of height he resorts to specially made platform shoes to add inches to his stature.
Director: George Archainbaud
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1095 votes
#11 - Six Gun's Legacy
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/24/1949
A tenderfoot stage coach driver is killed then one of his murderers takes his place driving the coach. The Lone Ranger and Tonto come across the scene and realize the boy is still alive and arrange for medical care while covering up the boy is still alive. The Lone Ranger then goes on a quest to find out who the boy is and what was so important that someone would want him dead.
Director: George Archainbaud
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1093 votes
#12 - Return of the Convict
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/1/1949
The Lone Ranger becomes concerned when he hears a recently released prisoner, John Ames is returning to his home town threatening to take revenge on those who wrongly accused him of robbing a stage. At the town news breaks that Ames' intended victims are dead. The Lone Ranger becomes embroiled in the mystery when he's accused of aiding Ames in the murders.
Director: George Archainbaud
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1092 votes
#13 - Finder's Keepers
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/8/1949
Nat Parker has just gotten out of prison after serving 4 years for bank robbery, and is determined to kill his two outlaw partners whom he took the rap for, and recover the $75,000 in stolen money for himself. His loving girlfriend Beata, and Father Paul, ask the Lone Ranger to help before Nat makes a grave mistake and ends up back in prison.
Director: George Archainbaud
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10109 votes
#14 - The Masked Rider
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/15/1949
The Lone Ranger, pretends to be a notorious outlaw known as "The Mask Rider" so he can join a gang that is holding the sheriff's fiancée hostage and save her.
Director: George B. Seitz Jr.
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/10106 votes
#15 - Old Joe's Sister
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 12/22/1949
Joe Peter's sister visits her brother for the first time in 30 years. Only now he's being impersonated by escaped jailbird Biff Baker.
Director: George B. Seitz Jr.
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/10112 votes
#16 - Cannonball McKay
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 12/29/1949
The Ranger investigates why a series of Wells Fargo robberies throughout the territory seem to have spared Boone County.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1075 votes
#17 - The Man Who Came Back
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/5/1950
The Lone Ranger & Tonto visit old friend Joe Crawford at the Bar C Ranch. Instead they find two men who say Joe's sold his ranch, but won't answer any more questions. The Lone Ranger examines the bill of sale but the dates don't add up. The Ranger and Tonto suspect foul play and begin a search for answers.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1082 votes
#18 - Outlaw Town
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/12/1950
Jim Andrews holds up the Wells Fargo office and steals a specific amount of money (5,000.00). He needs the money to enter "Outlaw Town" a safe haven for outlaws who can pay the equivalent of the price on their head. The Lone Ranger decides to infiltrate the town and find out who is behind the operation. Along the way the Lone Ranger discovers Jim Andrews's real motives for his actions.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1075 votes
#19 - Greed for Gold
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 1/19/1950
The Lone Ranger stumbles on the murder the sheriff Gilbert at the Lady Luck gold mine. Investigating the Lone Ranger finds the owner of the mine has also been killed. The Lone Ranger discovers an important clue, and uses the mine foreman, Dusty Duncan as bait to draw out the killers
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1081 votes
#20 - Man of the House
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 1/26/1950
While on the trail of cattle rustlers, the Lone Ranger and Tonto encounter hen pecked and stay at home husband Casper Dingle. The Lone Ranger convinces Casper to come with him because the latest rustling activity involved Dingle's cattle. Along the way the Ranger gives Casper a few tips and pointers, the result of which far surpass anything ever expected of Casper.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1072 votes
#21 - Barnaby Boggs, Esquire
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/2/1950
The Lone Ranger use a traveling salesman Barnaby Boggs to first identify and if possible trap cattle rustler Red Kruger. Kruger recognizes the threat Boogs presents and does everything in his power to stop Boggs from seeing him. Although basically a coward Boggs goes ahead with the scheme on the promise of the reward money made by the Lone Ranger
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1072 votes
#22 - Sheep Thieves
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2/9/1950
Two young men switch clothes while on a stage coach so as to play a practical joke on the owner of one of the local sheep stations. Unbeknown to both of them they set in action a chain of events that could have dire consequences for everyone
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1068 votes
#23 - Jim Tyler's Past
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 2/16/1950
The Lone Ranger and Tonto are constantly frustrated at Blackie Kane's ability to evade them. They suspect he is getting help but are not sure who might be responsible. They realize Jim Tyler might be the man they are looking for, however as they delve deeper into the case they discover things that surprises everyone involved
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1071 votes
#24 - The Man with Two Faces
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 2/23/1950
A strange bearded one eyed thief has been involved in a number of bank robberies. The Lone Ranger thinks he has discovered the man's pattern and waits near what he thinks will be the next town robbed. The Lone Ranger's hunch is partially correct, but the truth when it comes out is far from what anyone expects
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1073 votes
#25 - Buried Treasure
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/2/1950
Flint Foster breaks from jail and heads for his brothers homestead. A cat mouse game develops when it is realized a large sum of money is hidden somewhere in the house and Flint cant find it.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of The Lone Ranger Season 1
Every episode of The Lone Ranger Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Lone Ranger Season 1!
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...
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Network:ABC
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Enter the Lone Ranger" is the best rated episode of "The Lone Ranger" season 1. It scored 7.8/10 based on 297 votes. Directed by George B. Seitz Jr. and written by N/A, it aired on 9/15/1949. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Lone Ranger Fights On".