The Rifleman

The Worst Episodes of The Rifleman

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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 - The Vaqueros

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    S4:E1

    A bandit imprisons Lucas and Mark.

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    #2 - First Wages

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    S4:E2

    Lucas tries to find out why Mark has taken a job as a stableboy.

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    Director:Gene Nelson
    Writer:Ed Adamson
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    #3 - Sheer Terror

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    S4:E3

    Mark and Milly are held prisoner in her general store when two gunmen attempt a daring robbery.

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    #4 - The Stand-In

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    S4:E4

    Lucas is taken hostage by two prison wagon drivers angered that he won't give them more whiskey.

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    #5 - The Journey Back

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    S4:E5

    Mark goes to work for Will Temple, a badly scarred and very mysterious rancher.

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    #6 - The Decision

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    S4:E6

    Corey Hazlett insists he's innocent of murder, despite Lucas's eyewitness testimony.

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    Director:Gene Nelson
    Writer:Ed Adamson
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    #7 - Knight Errant

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    S4:E7

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

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    Director:Gene Nelson
    Writer:Ed Adamson
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    #8 - Honest Abe

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    S4:E8

    Able Lincoln's claim that he's the Great Emancipator himself amuses everyone except Matt Yorty.

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    #9 - The Long Goodbye

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    S4:E9

    Stubborn Grandpa Fogarty is Lucas's main roadblock as he tries to get young Woody Fogarty to attend school.

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    Director:Gene Nelson
    Writer:N/A
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    #10 - The Shattered Idol

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    S4:E10

    Mark Twain visits Southfork, and quickly alienates the townspeople.

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    #11 - Long Gun From Tucson

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    S4:E11

    Lucas tries to stop embittered John Holliver from venting his wrath on the people who expelled him from town years before.

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    #12 - The High Country

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    S4:E12

    Lucas becomes the target of a vengeful mountaineer.

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    Director:Gene Nelson
    Writer:N/A
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    #13 - A Friend in Need

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    S4:E13

    Mark finds himself the unwilling companion of gunman Carl Avery.

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    Director:Gene Nelson
    Writer:N/A
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    #14 - Skull

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    S4:E14

    Lucas seeks an escape when he's captured by outlaws while seeking help for an injured Mark.

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    #15 - The Princess

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    S4:E15

    The Queen-to-be of France hides out in Northfork.

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    Director:Robert Butler
    Writer:N/A
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    #16 - Gunfire

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    S4:E16

    When an expected lawman doesn't arrive from Denver, several gunfighters arrive in North Fork and cause trouble.

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    #17 - The Quiet Fear

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    S4:E17

    Lucas's old Army pal settles in North Fork with his deaf daughter.

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    Director:Gene Nelson
    Writer:N/A
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    #18 - Sporting Chance

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    S4:E18

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

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    Director:Gene Nelson
    Writer:N/A
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    #19 - A Young Man's Fancy

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    S4:E19

    The pangs of first love are painful for Mark: the object of his affections has eyes for another.

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    #20 - The Man from Salinas

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    S4:E20

    Banker Hamilton is closing up for the day when Rudy Gray persuades him to stay open for one more transaction - a withdrawal at gunpoint.

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    #21 - Two Ounces of Tin

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    S4:E21

    Sammy Davis Jr. stars as Tip Corey, son of a man allegedly murdered in North Fork.

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    #22 - Deadly Image

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    S4:E22

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

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    #23 - The Debt

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    S4:E23

    Mark learns that the prisoner Micah is escorting to the gallows is the man that saved his life three years previously.

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    #24 - The Tinhorn

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    S4:E24

    Mark is shocked when he discovers that his father is a poker player.

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    #25 - None So Blind

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    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:N/A
    Writer:Cyril Hume

Worst Episodes Summary

"The Vaqueros" is the worst rated episode of "The Rifleman". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Joseph H. Lewis and written by N/A, it aired on 10/2/1961. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "First Wages".