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The Best Episodes of The Loner Season 1

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The Best Episodes of The Loner Season 1

The Loner is an American western series that ran for less than one season on CBS from 1965 to 1966, under the alternate sponsorship of...

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  1. Background image for An Echo of Bugles
    7.8/10(62 votes)

    #1 - An Echo of Bugles

    S1:E1

    A swaggering gunfighter targets an aging Confederate veteran, and Colton steps in to deal with the bully.

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    Director:Alex March
  2. Background image for The Vespers
    7.8/10(42 votes)

    #2 - The Vespers

    S1:E2

    Sworn to avenge his brother's death, a hoodlum comes gunning for a small town's local minister. When Colton arrives to warn his old friend and ex-soldier, he finds the man unwilling to resort to violence to protect himself and his pregnant wife.

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    Director:Leon Benson
  3. Background image for The Lonely Galico Queen
    7.1/10(41 votes)

    #3 - The Lonely Galico Queen

    S1:E3

    A dance hall girl mistakes Colton for her mail-order bridegroom.

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  4. Background image for The Kingdom of McComb
    7.6/10(42 votes)

    #4 - The Kingdom of McComb

    S1:E4

    Unable to perform the deed themselves, a group of religious colonists attempt to recruit Colton to kill a powerful landowner trying to evict them.

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    Director:Leon Benson
  5. Background image for One of the Wounded
    7.9/10(38 votes)

    #5 - One of the Wounded

    S1:E5

    Colton tries to help a Union army veteran left mute and immobile by the psychological horrors of war.

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    Director:Paul Henreid
  6. Background image for The Flight of the Artic Tern
    6.8/10(29 votes)

    #6 - The Flight of the Artic Tern

    S1:E6

    Colton becomes involved in a romantic triangle when he saves a friend's bride-to-be from a runaway horse.

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    Director:Don Taylor
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Widow on the Evening Stage
    7.1/10(33 votes)

    #7 - Widow on the Evening Stage

    S1:E7

    Following the murder of a man during an Indian attack, Colton witnesses a town's prejudice towards the man's Indian widow.

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    Director:Joseph Pevney
  9. Background image for The House Rules at Mrs. Wayne's
    7.5/10(30 votes)

    #8 - The House Rules at Mrs. Wayne's

    S1:E8

    While trying to defend his wife's honor, a friend of Colton is killed... and Colton is torn between seeking justice and keeping his word to turn the other cheek.

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  10. Background image for The Sheriff of Fetterman's Crossing
    7.9/10(24 votes)

    #9 - The Sheriff of Fetterman's Crossing

    S1:E9

    Colton has second thoughts after accepting the position of deputy to the dubious sheriff of a sleepy Montana town.

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    Director:Don Taylor
  11. Background image for The Homecoming of Lemuel Stove
    7.9/10(31 votes)

    #10 - The Homecoming of Lemuel Stove

    S1:E10

    Colton befriends a Union soldier who returns from war to find that his father has been lynched by bigots.

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    Director:Joseph Pevney
  12. Background image for Westward, the Shoemaker
    7.2/10(35 votes)

    #11 - Westward, the Shoemaker

    S1:E11

    When a well-intentioned immigrant is stripped of his nest egg in a rigged card game, Colton takes on the con artist.

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    Director:Joseph Pevney
  13. Background image for The Oath
    7.5/10(32 votes)

    #12 - The Oath

    S1:E12

    When a doctor proves to be as full of whiskey as he is of self-pity, Colton must perform an emergency appendectomy on a young gunfighter.

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    Director:Alex March
  14. Background image for Hunt the Man Down
    7.3/10(27 votes)

    #13 - Hunt the Man Down

    S1:E13

    Colton is drafted to help a posse hunt down a seemingly harmless recluse.

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    Director:Tay Garnett
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for Escort for a Dead Man
    7.2/10(23 votes)

    #14 - Escort for a Dead Man

    S1:E14

    A man who deserted from the Army wants Colton to escort him back to his fort.

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  16. Background image for The Ordeal of Bud Windom
    7.7/10(35 votes)

    #15 - The Ordeal of Bud Windom

    S1:E15

    A murder suspect's son makes life difficult for Colton when the boy tries to clear his father's name.

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    Director:Paul Henreid
    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for To the West of Eden
    5.9/10(28 votes)

    #16 - To the West of Eden

    S1:E16

    While traveling across the desert to deliver horses to their new owner, Colton reluctantly agrees to escort a young woman across the arid land.

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    Writer:Ed Adamson
  18. Background image for Mantrap
    7.7/10(22 votes)

    #17 - Mantrap

    S1:E17

    Colton becomes the target of an assassin when he is the sole witness to a robbery and murder.

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    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for A Little Stroll to the End of the Line
    7.3/10(26 votes)

    #18 - A Little Stroll to the End of the Line

    S1:E18

    Colton neither likes nor respects the man he has been deputized to protect: a rabble-rousing preacher who fears death from an ex-convict.

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    Director:Norman Foster
  20. Background image for The Trial in Paradise
    7.4/10(23 votes)

    #19 - The Trial in Paradise

    S1:E19

    Colton provides the defense in a kangaroo court trial of a former Union Army officer.

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    Director:Allen Reisner
  21. Background image for A Question of Guilt
    7.0/10(22 votes)

    #20 - A Question of Guilt

    S1:E20

    In the darkness Colton kills an intruder, and discovers the man is an Army Lieutenant.

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    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for The Mourners for Johnny Sharp (1)
    7.3/10(24 votes)

    #21 - The Mourners for Johnny Sharp (1)

    S1:E21

    While a young gunman lies dying in a cave, a ruthless man waits outside hoping to get his hands on the boy's loot. (Part 1 of 2)

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    Director:Joseph Pevney
  23. Background image for The Mourners for Johnny Sharp (2)
    7.3/10(23 votes)

    #22 - The Mourners for Johnny Sharp (2)

    S1:E22

    Following the late Johnny Sharp's instructions, Colton arranges for the four people closest to the gunman to meet at the undertaker's parlor. (Part 2 of 2)

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    Director:Joseph Pevney
  24. Background image for Incident in the Middle Of Nowhere
    7.1/10(22 votes)

    #23 - Incident in the Middle Of Nowhere

    S1:E23

    Colton encounters a little girl riding his horse — which was stolen from Colton during the stagecoach robbery in which he was shot and left for dead.

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    Director:Joseph Pevney
    Writer:Unknown
  25. Background image for Pick Me Another Time to Die
    7.1/10(21 votes)

    #24 - Pick Me Another Time to Die

    S1:E24

    Colton is accused of slaying a sheriff.

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    Director:Alex March
    Writer:Ed Adamson
  26. Background image for The Burden of the Badge
    7.3/10(18 votes)

    #25 - The Burden of the Badge

    S1:E25

    A group of reformed criminals deputize Colton to defend and protect them.

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    Director:Larry Peerce
    Writer:Unknown

Season 1 Ratings Summary

"An Echo of Bugles" is the best rated episode of "The Loner" season 1. It scored 7.8/10 based on 62 votes. Directed by Alex March and written by Rod Serling, it aired on 9/18/1965. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Vespers".