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The Best Episodes of The Rifleman Season 3

Every episode of The Rifleman Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Rifleman Season 3!

The Best Episodes of The Rifleman Season 3

The Rifleman is an American Western television program starring Chuck Connors as rancher Lucas McCain and Johnny Crawford as his son, Mark McCain. It was...

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  1. 8.7/10(159 votes)

    #1 - Death Trap

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    S3:E33

    Lucas recognizes Dr. Simon Battle as an ex-gunslinger with whom he once traded shots.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  2. 8.5/10(170 votes)

    #2 - Face of Yesterday

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    S3:E19

    Lucas thinks he has seen a ghost when a young man, eerily similar to a man he killed in the Civil War, challenges him to a gunfight.

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    Writer:N/A
  3. 8.5/10(185 votes)

    #3 - Stopover

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    S3:E31

    Trouble brews at Lucas's when a whisky salesman and a gunfighter fall for the same woman.

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  4. 8.4/10(149 votes)

    #4 - Woman From Hog Ridge

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    S3:E2

    Lucas shoots a horse thief who turns out to be a member of the Boyle clan, and now Ma Boyle is after him.

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  5. 8.4/10(132 votes)

    #5 - Dead Cold Cash

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    S3:E9

    The widow of a bandit killed by Lucas plots a grotesque revenge.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  6. 8.4/10(143 votes)

    #6 - The Wyoming Story (2)

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    S3:E21

    Mark heads for Wyoming to search for Lucas, who's on the trail of a gang illegally selling weapons to the Indians. (Part 2 of 2)

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  8. 8.4/10(150 votes)

    #7 - Closer than a Brother

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    S3:E22

    Lucas looks for answers when recovering alcoholic Micah Torrence returns to the bottle—and turns in his badge.

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  9. 8.3/10(146 votes)

    #8 - The Wyoming Story (1)

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    S3:E20

    Lucas agrees to take a job as a federal undercover agent and goes to Wyoming to investigate rumors of sales of arms to renegade indians. His life is endagered by the town drunk who stumbles onto his true identity and purpose. (Part 1 of 2)

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  10. 8.3/10(138 votes)

    #9 - The Clarence Bibs Story

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    S3:E28

    A janitor-turned-gunfighter whose reputation hangs on one lucky shot—and a lot of gall.

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  11. 8.2/10(150 votes)

    #10 - Baranca

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    S3:E6

    When an outlaw leader lures Marshal Torrance out of town, Lucas is the only one who can stop him from lynching a local man who killed one of the members of his gang.

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  12. 8.1/10(136 votes)

    #11 - Trail of Hate

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    S3:E1

    Lucas is out for vengeance when Mark is used as a pawn in a bank robbery scheme.

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  13. 8.1/10(142 votes)

    #12 - The Silent Knife

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    S3:E13

    Lucas and Mark try to persuade a persecuted young mute to return stolen money.

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    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:N/A
  14. 8.1/10(149 votes)

    #13 - Flowers by the Door

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    S3:E16

    Lucas unmasks a killer posing as a door-to-door seed salesman.

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  15. 8.1/10(102 votes)

    #14 - Short Rope for a Tall Man

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    S3:E27

    Lucas, accused of horse theft, struggles to clear himself before a lynch mob catches up.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:Tom Gries
  16. 8.1/10(125 votes)

    #15 - The Mescalaro Curse

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    S3:E30

    Lucas is marked for death: he was foreman of a jury that convicted an Apache.

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    Director:Jesse Hibbs
    Writer:N/A
  17. 8.1/10(137 votes)

    #16 - The Queue

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    S3:E34

    A Chinese man and his son fight prejudice as they try to open a laundry in North Fork.

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    Director:James Clavell
    Writer:N/A
  18. 8.0/10(164 votes)

    #17 - Miss Bertie

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    S3:E14

    A lively old lady arrives in town hot on the trail of a notorious bandit—and the reward money for capturing him.

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    Director:James Clavell
    Writer:N/A
  19. 8.0/10(124 votes)

    #18 - Dark Day at North Fork

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    S3:E24

    Blinded in an explosion, Lucas fights despair as he prepares for a meeting with a gun-toting enemy.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  20. 7.9/10(150 votes)

    #19 - Miss Milly

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    S3:E8

    A new store owner upsets the town by demanding that all credit accounts be paid off.

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  21. 7.9/10(139 votes)

    #20 - The Promoter

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    S3:E11

    Lucas and Mark attempt to reform a con-man.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  22. 7.9/10(129 votes)

    #21 - Long Trek

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    S3:E17

    Lucas and Marshal Torrance run in trouble transporting a captured killer back to face trial.

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  23. 7.9/10(120 votes)

    #22 - The Prisoner

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    S3:E25

    Two ex-Confederate officers seek revenge on Lucas, who served as prison guard during their internment.

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  24. 7.9/10(145 votes)

    #23 - The Lonesome Bride

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    S3:E32

    Two pranksters write away for a mail-order bride, using Lucas's name.

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    Director:Otto Lang
    Writer:N/A
  25. 7.8/10(131 votes)

    #24 - Seven

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    S3:E3

    Seven condemned murderers escape and take over the town of North Fork.

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    Director:Ted Post
    Writer:N/A
  26. 7.8/10(143 votes)

    #25 - Strange Town

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    S3:E5

    Lucas tracks an escaped prisoner to a town that turns out to be run by the gunman's brother, notorious for shooting people in the back.

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Death Trap" is the best rated episode of "The Rifleman" season 3. It scored 8.7/10 based on 159 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 5/9/1961. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Face of Yesterday".