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The Best Episodes of The Marshal Season 1

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

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The Marshal is an American action-drama television series that aired on ABC for two brief seasons in 1995. The show starred Jeff Fahey as the title character, a United States Marshal charged with pursuing fugitives

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Marshal Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    8.2/10(15 votes)

    #1 - Pilot

    S1:E1

    Jeff Fahey stars as Winston McBride, a fugitive-chasing Deputy U.S. Marshal who has never let one get away. His quarry in the opener: a one-time radical activist (wanted for a 1970 draft board killing. She has been very good at the art of not existing for 25 years, but McBride catches her easily. Perhaps too easily... (TV Guide)

    Director:Dean Parisot
    Writer:John Mankiewicz

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  2. The Marshal Season 1 Episode 2 - Grab the Money and Run!
    8.9/10(10 votes)

    #2 - Grab the Money and Run!

    S1:E2

    It doesn't add up for MacBride when the couple he's pursuing for failure to file an income tax return determinedly elude him. The only charge against them won't land them in jail—but fleeing from a Federal marshal will.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Marshal Season 1 Episode 3 - The Great Train Robbery
    8.9/10(19 votes)

    #3 - The Great Train Robbery

    S1:E3

    When a stripping thief picks up an eccentric crack shot, McBride gives chase. The pair lead him on a merry chase due to the fact that they can't agree where they're going.

    Director:Dean Parisot
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Marshal Season 1 Episode 4 - The Ballad of Lucas Burke
    8.7/10(11 votes)

    #4 - The Ballad of Lucas Burke

    S1:E4

    A hideously disfigured serial bank robber is a dead ringer for a prison escapee named Lucas Burke. The only trouble is, Burke's supposed to be dead.

    Director:Tucker Gates
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Marshal Season 1 Episode 5 - Hitwoman
    8.9/10(14 votes)

    #5 - Hitwoman

    S1:E5

    MacBride is kidnapped by a chamelionlike hitwoman who says she was framed for the latest killings by a 'Mr. Rorschach' who hired her for other jobs. And, she tells the Marshal, 'I think Rorschach is one of yours.' (TV Guide)

    Director:Aaron Lipstadt
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Marshal Season 1 Episode 6 - Protection
    8.7/10(12 votes)

    #6 - Protection

    S1:E6

    MacBride and fellow Marshal Lester Villa –Lobos serve as part of the protection detail for a judge whose life has been threatened.

    Director:Tucker Gates
    Writer:Terry Curtis Fox

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  7. The Marshal Season 1 Episode 7 - Bounty Hunter
    8.3/10(9 votes)

    #7 - Bounty Hunter

    S1:E7

    "The Beast" escapes prison and McBride is on the case. But each time he gets close, someone else gets there first and scares the murderer away.

    Director:Don Johnson
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Marshal Season 1 Episode 8 - Twoslip
    9.5/10(8 votes)

    #8 - Twoslip

    S1:E8

    Four bodies unearthed in a swampy Idaho park are determined to have been dead for at least five years - but one is identified as a man thought to have been in jail for most of that time.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Marshal Season 1 Episode 9 - Little Odessa
    9.8/10(8 votes)

    #9 - Little Odessa

    S1:E9

    Tit for tat: MacBride gets his man, a Russian mob boss - but the gangster's sons kidnap the Marshal's partner and demand a trade.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Marshal Season 1 Episode 10 - Snow Orchid
    8.2/10(10 votes)

    #10 - Snow Orchid

    S1:E10

    The escape of Leander Booth, a biochemist convicted of espionage, leads MacBride on a twisted trail involving commandos, spies, laser guns, nuclear radiation, orchids, snow globes - and a pie-baking grandmother.

    Director:Dean Parisot
    Writer:Hans Tobeason

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  11. The Marshal Season 1 Episode 11 - Natural Law
    9.3/10(7 votes)

    #11 - Natural Law

    S1:E11

    Winston tracks a radical conservationist wanted for the murder of a forest ranger.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Hans Tobeason

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  12. The Marshal Season 1 Episode 12 - Unprotected Witness
    9.5/10(7 votes)

    #12 - Unprotected Witness

    S1:E12

    McBride has to get "Sonny Boy" Gabianno to testify at a Mafia Don's trial. The mob wants "Sonny Boy" dead and someone is tipping them off.

    Director:Aaron Lipstadt
    Writer:Terry Curtis Fox

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Pilot" is the best rated episode of "The Marshal" season 1. It scored 8.2/10 based on 15 votes. Directed by Dean Parisot and written by John Mankiewicz, it aired on 1/31/1995. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "Grab the Money and Run!".