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The Best Episodes of The Rifleman Season 5

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Every episode of The Rifleman Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Rifleman Season 5!

The Best Episodes of The Rifleman Season 5

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 - Waste (1)

    S5:E1

    Marshal Torrance is heading home from a cattle sale with Lucas and Mark when the old lawman mysteriously disappears. They trace him to a nearby Mexican ghost town. (Part 1 of 2)

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    #2 - Waste (2)

    S5:E2

    Conclusion. After Alphonso's wife gives birth, the bandits holding Marshal Torrance relax their guard, enabling Lucas and Mark to rescue the old man.

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    #3 - Lou Mallory

    S5:E3

    Red-headed Lou Mallory arrives in North Fork and soon arouses the townpeople's suspicions.

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    #4 - Quiet Night, Deadly Night

    S5:E4

    Townspeople brace for the worst when a new girl arrives—with symptoms of smallpox.

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    Writer:Unknown
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    #5 - Death Never Rides Alone

    S5:E5

    A gunslinger rides into North Fork for a meeting with Lucas.

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    #6 - I Take This Woman

    S5:E6

    Lou looks for a way out when the man her dying father promised her to arrives.

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    #7 - The Assailants

    S5:E7

    An assassination plot unfolds as four gunmen disguised as cavalrymen enter North Fork. Their target: Sen. Jim Borden. Their weapon: a Gatling gun.

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    #8 - Mark's Rifle

    S5:E8

    Sharpshooter Marty Blair tries to persuade Lucas to buy Mark a rifle.

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    #9 - The Most Amazing Man

    S5:E9

    Fast-draw artist Wade Randall is less than anxious to display his prowess.

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    #10 - Squeeze Play

    S5:E10

    A speculator will stop at nothing to grab Lucas's land.

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    #11 - Gun Shy

    S5:E11

    Mark blames himself for a friend's accidental death.

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    #12 - The Anvil Chorus

    S5:E12

    A blacksmith-turned-deputy sets the stage for trouble when he demands that all townspeople turn in their weapons.

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    #13 - Conflict

    S5:E13

    Lucas's self-confidence begins to slip away when he misses an easy shot.

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    #14 - Incident at Line Shack Six

    S5:E14

    A railroad gang boss frames an Apache.

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    #15 - Suspicion

    S5:E15

    A peddler is implicated in a series of murders.

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    #16 - The Sidewinder

    S5:E16

    Gridley Mau is gunning for Lucas, who killed his father during an attempted robbery.

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    #17 - The Sixteenth Cousin

    S5:E17

    A Japanese nobleman seeks revenge when his servant is insulted.

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    #18 - Hostages to Fortune

    S5:E18

    At Halloween, rustlers take advantage of the seasonal disguises to raid a cattle ranch.

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    #19 - And the Devil Makes Five

    S5:E19

    A snake crawls into Lucas's bed, and Mark must lure it away before it strikes.

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    #20 - End of the Hunt

    S5:E20

    Lucas is thrown into jail to stop him from murdering an old enemy.

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    #21 - The Bullet

    S5:E21

    Lucas is baffled when the marshal of a neighboring town refuses to hold a gambler who just attempted murder.

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    #22 - Requiem at Mission Springs

    S5:E22

    Lucas begins a trek to find a cure for Mark, who is paralyzed after a bad fall.

    Writer:Unknown
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    #23 - The Guest

    S5:E23

    New arrival Mario Arsatti becomes very friendly with Lucas, but this turns out to be merely pleasure before business: he's been hired to kill Lucas.

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    #24 - Old Man Running (aka The Wanted Man)

    S5:E24

    Lucas, who blames his wife's death on his father-in-law, refuses to help the old man elude gunmen.

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    #25 - Which Way'd They Go?

    S5:E25

    The notoriously lazy Jackman brothers discover their mortgage has been foreclosed.

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Waste (1)" is the best rated episode of "The Rifleman" season 5. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Joseph H. Lewis and written by Robert Culp, it aired on 10/1/1962. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Waste (2)".