The BEST episodes of The Fall Guy season 1

Every episode of The Fall Guy season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Fall Guy season 1!

The Fall Guy was a series about bounty hunter Colt Seavers. Every week Colt and his gang was assigned to apprehend a fugitive from justice. Colt and his cousin Howie were also working as stuntmen in Hollywood. The tricks of that trade often helped them to capture their guy.

Last Updated: 8/17/2024Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended
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Soldiers of Misfortune
star
8.56
50 votes

#1 - Soldiers of Misfortune

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/10/1982

Colt and Howie 'join up', as they go undercover to try and nail a master criminal who is a mercenary trainee. In the process, they meet a woman journalist with her own reasons for pursuing this story.

Directors: Lawrence Dobkin
Writer: David Braff
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That's Right, We're Bad
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8.49
82 votes

#2 - That's Right, We're Bad

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/25/1981

Danny was framed by 'Animal' for an armored car robbery. If he goes to jail, 'Animal' will kill him. Colt and Howie go undercover in prison to protect him and it all goes awry.

Writer: Mark Jones
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Charlie
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8.34
44 votes

#3 - Charlie

Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/7/1982

Colt and the gang are in Las Vegas to attend a stuntman convention, where Colt meets up with old friend Charlie, a female stuntman whose brother is being hunted down by some heavies after becoming mixed up in a fraudulent scheme.

Directors: Daniel Haller
Writer: David Braff
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Colt's Angels
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8.34
143 votes

#4 - Colt's Angels

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/2/1981

Colt is sent to the Mohave Desert to bring back a biker wanted for drug dealing, rape, and assault. He infiltrates the biker's club and competes with them in difficult stunts.

Writer: Larry Brody
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License to Kill (2)
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8.33
54 votes

#5 - License to Kill (2)

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/20/1982

Directors: Russ Mayberry
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Goin' for It!
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8.30
91 votes

#6 - Goin' for It!

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/27/1982

A trio of small time crooks are using cars to smuggle jewels out of the country and hit a snag when one of them sells the cars to Howie to smash up for the movie.

Directors: Daniel Haller
Writer: Robert Janes
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Ladies on the Ropes
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8.25
52 votes

#7 - Ladies on the Ropes

Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/24/1982

Colt tries to help a couple of pro-wrestling girls win a big championship match by disrupting the plans of their scheming manager and an avaricious team owner who wants their contracts. Colt's plans also involve Howie entering the arena as 'Handsome Howard'.

Directors: Daniel Haller
Writer: Nick Thiel
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Ready, Aim...Die!
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8.24
49 votes

#8 - Ready, Aim...Die!

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/17/1982

A woman says she must find her brother, a gambler with a big debt to a bookie who's sworn to make an example of him, before a hit-man does.

Directors: Peter Crane
Writer: Mark Jones
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The Fall Guy
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8.08
294 votes

#9 - The Fall Guy

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/4/1981

Big Jack sends Colt, with Howie, to find a driver who was responsible for a hit-and-run that hospitalized a young child, and who has since jumped bail. Arriving in a small backwater town, Colt discovers that the man is actually a crooked sheriff, and finds himself up against the entire town's police force.

Directors: Russ Mayberry
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Japanese Connection
star
8.07
90 votes

#10 - Japanese Connection

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/16/1981

Pursuing the Rio Brothers, two small time crooks, to Hawaii, Colt and Howie find that the pair have trod on the toes of a dangerous Japanese syndicate.

Directors: Jack Arnold
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The Adventures of Ozzie and Harold
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7.94
52 votes

#11 - The Adventures of Ozzie and Harold

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/3/1982

Harold had a run-in with his brother and now faces life as Ozzie, a homeless man. He witnesses a murder and becomes a target.

Directors: Ron Satlof
Writer: Nick Thiel
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The Snow Job
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7.84
51 votes

#12 - The Snow Job

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/3/1982

In Aspen, a politician's wife tells Colt that she shot her husband in self-defense, but he is saying he did it himself.

Directors: Winrich Kolbe
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No Way Out
star
7.80
91 votes

#13 - No Way Out

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 1/6/1982

In Las Vegas at a cycle show, Shecky turns himself in to Big Jack and tells her he needs a bodyguard. Reluctantly, Colt takes the assignment.

Directors: Bruce Bilson
Writer: David Braff
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The Meek Shall Inherit Rhonda
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7.74
179 votes

#14 - The Meek Shall Inherit Rhonda

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/11/1981

Milton Bach is a computer hacker who ripped off the bank and ran. His wife, Rhonda, and friend Jerry stole the money and went to Mexico. He wants her back.

Directors: Sidney Hayers
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License to Kill (1)
star
7.71
62 votes

#15 - License to Kill (1)

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/13/1982

Colt and company go to Hawaii to catch a man who turns out to be trying to stop an assassination. Things get mixed up and Colt becomes a target.

Directors: Russ Mayberry
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The Human Torch
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7.69
101 votes

#16 - The Human Torch

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/9/1981

Colt is sent to a country town to pick up an arson suspect. The townspeople of Federalsburg, and the suspect's mother, insist he is dead and buried.

Directors: Daniel Haller
Writer: Nick Thiel
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The Silent Partner
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7.69
45 votes

#17 - The Silent Partner

Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/28/1982

To avoid being arrested for fraud, a country western singer frames his chauffeur for the murder of his ghost writer.

Directors: Tom Connors
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Three for the Road
star
7.62
47 votes

#18 - Three for the Road

Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/14/1982

A pretty jewel thief hops off to Mexico with Colt and his friends, joined by insurance investigator Kay Faulkner, hot on her trail.

Directors: Bruce Bilson
Writer: Lou Shaw
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Child's Play
star
7.49
51 votes

#19 - Child's Play

Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/24/1982

Colt is sent to bring in a gambler who is to testify against the mob, only to find he is on the run from mobsters out to silence him, and ends up looking after his fiesty, young daughter, Libby.

Directors: Paul Stanley
Writer: Nick Thiel
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The Rich Get Richer
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7.22
139 votes

#20 - The Rich Get Richer

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/18/1981

The bounty keeps them on the run as he tries many places to sell the bonds he stole. Kay Faulkner is a recurring character as the insurance agent trying to recover the bonds.

Directors: Sidney Hayers
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Guess Who's Coming to Town?
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7.02
47 votes

#21 - Guess Who's Coming to Town?

Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/17/1982

With Colt injured and laid up from a stunt accident, he reluctantly agrees to let Howie and Jody take the case of bringing in a criminal from a small rural town. The case is made more difficult by the fact that the wanted man is related to a local bigwig.

Directors: Gil Bettman
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Scavenger Hunt
star
6.93
15 votes

#22 - Scavenger Hunt

Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/5/1982

Some naval officers were involved in a $5 million robbery in Hawaii and they are looking for the man holding the money. For some reason, they just can't find the money.

Directors: Cliff Bole
Writer: Lou Shaw
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