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The Worst Episodes of The Rifleman

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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(183 votes)

    #1 - Which Way'd They Go?

    S5:E25

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

    Writer:Unknown
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  2. Background image for The Baby Sitter
    7.2/10(188 votes)

    #2 - 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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  3. Background image for Conflict
    7.2/10(131 votes)

    #3 - Conflict

    S5:E13

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

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  4. Background image for Assault
    7.3/10(137 votes)

    #4 - Assault

    S3:E26

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

    Director:Ida Lupino
    Writer:Unknown
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  5. Background image for Day of the Hunter
    7.4/10(182 votes)

    #5 - Day of the Hunter

    S2:E15

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

    Writer:Unknown
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  6. Background image for The Illustrator
    7.4/10(132 votes)

    #6 - The Illustrator

    S3:E12

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

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Sporting Chance
    7.4/10(128 votes)

    #7 - Sporting Chance

    S4:E18

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

    Director:Gene Nelson
    Writer:Unknown
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  9. Background image for Milly's Brother
    7.4/10(122 votes)

    #8 - Milly's Brother

    S4:E30

    A veteran returns with tales of heroism and the fate of Milly's brother in the Civil War.

    Writer:Unknown
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  10. Background image for The Executioner
    7.4/10(134 votes)

    #9 - The Executioner

    S4:E32

    No description available

    Writer:Unknown
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  11. Background image for The Sixteenth Cousin
    7.4/10(157 votes)

    #10 - The Sixteenth Cousin

    S5:E17

    A Japanese nobleman seeks revenge when his servant is insulted.

    Writer:Unknown
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  12. Background image for Hostages to Fortune
    7.4/10(120 votes)

    #11 - Hostages to Fortune

    S5:E18

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

    Writer:Unknown
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  13. Background image for I Take This Woman
    7.5/10(142 votes)

    #12 - I Take This Woman

    S5:E6

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

    Writer:Unknown
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  14. Background image for Suspicion
    7.5/10(130 votes)

    #13 - Suspicion

    S5:E15

    A peddler is implicated in a series of murders.

    Writer:Unknown
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  15. Background image for The Guest
    7.5/10(139 votes)

    #14 - 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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  16. Background image for Eddie's Daughter
    7.6/10(158 votes)

    #15 - Eddie's Daughter

    S2:E6

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

    Writer:Unknown
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  17. Background image for The Horse Traders
    7.6/10(139 votes)

    #16 - 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.

    Writer:Unknown
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  18. Background image for A Time for Singing
    7.6/10(146 votes)

    #17 - A Time for Singing

    S2:E24

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

    Director:John Rich
    Writer:Unknown
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  19. Background image for The Pitchman
    7.6/10(151 votes)

    #18 - 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.

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

    #19 - 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.

    Writer:Unknown
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  21. Background image for The Lost Treasure of Canyon Town
    7.6/10(141 votes)

    #20 - 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.

    Director:Don Taylor
    Writer:Unknown
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  22. Background image for Knight Errant
    7.6/10(146 votes)

    #21 - Knight Errant

    S4:E7

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

    Director:Gene Nelson
    Writer:Ed Adamson
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  23. Background image for A Friend in Need
    7.6/10(123 votes)

    #22 - A Friend in Need

    S4:E13

    Mark finds himself the unwilling companion of gunman Carl Avery.

    Director:Gene Nelson
    Writer:Unknown
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  24. Background image for The Princess
    7.6/10(149 votes)

    #23 - The Princess

    S4:E15

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

    Director:Robert Butler
    Writer:Unknown
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  25. Background image for Deadly Image
    7.6/10(148 votes)

    #24 - Deadly Image

    S4:E22

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

    Writer:Unknown
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  26. Background image for None So Blind
    7.6/10(148 votes)

    #25 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Cyril Hume
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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 183 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, "The Baby Sitter".