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The Worst Episodes of The Rifleman

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. Background image for Which Way'd They Go?
    6.2/10(175 votes)

    #1 - Which Way'd They Go?

    S5:E25

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

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    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Conflict
    7.2/10(123 votes)

    #2 - Conflict

    S5:E13

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

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  3. Background image for The Baby Sitter
    7.3/10(179 votes)

    #3 - The Baby Sitter

    S2:E12

    A dance hall singer asks Lucas to care for her daughter in an effort to hide the baby from her self-righteous, bigoted father.

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    7.3/10(124 votes)

    #4 - Assault

    S3:E26

    A salesman can't talk his way out of an assault charge.

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    Director:Ida Lupino
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for Day of the Hunter
    7.4/10(172 votes)

    #5 - Day of the Hunter

    S2:E15

    A famous buffalo hunter tries to goad Lucas into a shooting match.

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    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for The Illustrator
    7.4/10(123 votes)

    #6 - The Illustrator

    S3:E12

    Lucas encourages a drunken artist charged with murder to use his talents to identify the true killer.

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    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Sporting Chance
    7.4/10(122 votes)

    #7 - Sporting Chance

    S4:E18

    An Englishman arrives with a custom-made rifle—and a plan to kill Lucas.

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    Director:Gene Nelson
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for The Executioner
    7.4/10(126 votes)

    #8 - The Executioner

    S4:E32

    No description available

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    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for I Take This Woman
    7.5/10(134 votes)

    #9 - 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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    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for Suspicion
    7.5/10(124 votes)

    #10 - Suspicion

    S5:E15

    A peddler is implicated in a series of murders.

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    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for The Sixteenth Cousin
    7.5/10(150 votes)

    #11 - The Sixteenth Cousin

    S5:E17

    A Japanese nobleman seeks revenge when his servant is insulted.

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    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for The Guest
    7.5/10(133 votes)

    #12 - 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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  14. Background image for Eddie's Daughter
    7.6/10(145 votes)

    #13 - Eddie's Daughter

    S2:E6

    After the daughter of Lucas's friend the hotel clerk arrives in North Fork, two strangers threaten her life.

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    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for The Horse Traders
    7.6/10(127 votes)

    #14 - The Horse Traders

    S2:E20

    When a horse dealer transporting a prize stallion stops in North Fork, two saddle tramps try to use trickery to obtain it.

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    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for A Time for Singing
    7.6/10(138 votes)

    #15 - A Time for Singing

    S2:E24

    Mark discovers that the new preacher and his wife are impostors planning a robbery.

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    Director:John Rich
    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for The Pitchman
    7.6/10(144 votes)

    #16 - The Pitchman

    S3:E4

    When Mark finds gold on their property, a fast-talking salesman who tried to sell Lucas a new lightning rod offers instead to buy the ranch's mineral rights.

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    Director:John Rich
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for The Martinet
    7.6/10(137 votes)

    #17 - The Martinet

    S3:E7

    A former army captain comes to North Fork to kill the man who shot down his son in a gunfight - Lucas McCain.

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    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for The Lost Treasure of Canyon Town
    7.6/10(134 votes)

    #18 - The Lost Treasure of Canyon Town

    S3:E23

    In a ghost town, Lucas, Mark and Micah tangle with the Newman family and learn the secret of the town's 20-year-old mystery of a lost gold mine.

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    Director:Don Taylor
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for Knight Errant
    7.6/10(139 votes)

    #19 - Knight Errant

    S4:E7

    Lucas tries to dissuade a latter-day knight from rushing into battle.

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    Director:Gene Nelson
    Writer:Ed Adamson
  21. Background image for Deadly Image
    7.6/10(140 votes)

    #20 - Deadly Image

    S4:E22

    Lucas has double trouble: his lookalike is tearing up the town.

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    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for None So Blind
    7.6/10(141 votes)

    #21 - None So Blind

    S4:E25

    Mark befriends singer-banjoist Lafayette Bly, a blind man with an acute sense of hearing—and a very strong grip.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Cyril Hume
  23. Background image for Jealous Man
    7.6/10(119 votes)

    #22 - Jealous Man

    S4:E26

    No description available

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  24. Background image for The Brother-in-Law
    7.7/10(217 votes)

    #23 - The Brother-in-Law

    S1:E5

    Mark's uncle, Johnny Gibb, a big time rodeo rider, comes to visit. While Mark idolizes his uncle, Lucas discovers that Johnny is on the run from the law for an Express Office Robbery. Stacy has a bronco named Lucifer, that nobody's been able to ride for 15 seconds. Alvah, wanting to humble the almighty Mr. Stacy, asks Johnny if he'd ride Lucifer, so that he and the townsfolk could bet that Johnny would ride Lucifer for 30 seconds. Johnny agrees and then makes a deal with Stacy to throw the ride for $500.00. After spending time with Mark, Johnny decides to give the ride his best and then turn himself in to Marshal Torrance.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  25. Background image for Shivaree
    7.7/10(191 votes)

    #24 - Shivaree

    S1:E19

    Aaron Pelser's wagon train came across a pair of young boys on a buck board heading west and invited them to join the train. When he found out that one of the boys was actually a girl and the two claimed to be headed to Yuma to get married, Pelser and his crowd force them to be married in North Fork. The wagon train folks want to throw a shivaree, which may have been innocent enough except for two reasons. The first reason being that the couple does not count it as their wedding because they want to be wed by the groom's father in Yuma. The second reason is that Chet Packard keeps pushing things too far, beyond the spirit of a friendly shivaree.

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    Writer:Unknown
  26. Background image for Outlaw's Inheritance
    7.7/10(162 votes)

    #25 - Outlaw's Inheritance

    S1:E38

    Lucas is the town's representative to the railroad commission until an infamous train robber dies and leaves his ill-gotten wealth to Lucas. Lucas must clear his name and stop the reckless ambition of his replacement.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Which Way'd They Go?" is the worst rated episode of "The Rifleman". It scored 6.2/10 based on 175 votes. Directed by Arthur H. Nadel and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/1/1963. This episode scored 1.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Conflict".