The BEST episodes of The Fall Guy season 5

Every episode of The Fall Guy season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Fall Guy season 5!

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.

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October the 32nd
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8.00
3 votes

#1 - October the 32nd

Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/7/1985

Elvira and company are filming a horror movie in an old haunted mansion during a storm.

Directors: Georg Fenady
Writer: Sam Egan
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I Now Pronounce You...Dead
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7.33
3 votes

#2 - I Now Pronounce You...Dead

Season 5 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/7/1986

Pearl wants Colt to grab the skip during his wedding, but one of his wives beats him to it. As his creditors chase him, more wives turn up.

Directors: Daniel Haller
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Tag Team
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7.33
3 votes

#3 - Tag Team

Season 5 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/4/1986

Colt wins two pro wrestlers (losers) and Howie trains them. They do come in handy in a pinch.

Directors: Daniel Haller
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Seavers, Dead or Alive
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7.00
3 votes

#4 - Seavers, Dead or Alive

Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/14/1985

The tables are turned when Colt is framed and becomes a fugitive.

Directors: Bruce Kessler
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Dead Ringer
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6.80
5 votes

#5 - Dead Ringer

Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/1985

Colt is sent after a jumper and then discovers his quarry has entered an Elvis Presley impersonator contest and merged with the crowd.

Directors: Don Medford
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A Fistful of Lire
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6.67
3 votes

#6 - A Fistful of Lire

Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/17/1985

Colt has to protect an Italian village.

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Trial by Fire
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6.67
3 votes

#7 - Trial by Fire

Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/24/1986

An old army buddy begs Colt to rescue one of the group that was betrayed years ago in Vietnam. He insists a recent photo shows the man as a POW even though everyone believes he is dead.

Directors: Daniel Haller
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In His Shadow
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6.67
3 votes

#8 - In His Shadow

Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/31/1986

A young man arrives who might be Colt's son.

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The Last Chance Platoon
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6.67
3 votes

#9 - The Last Chance Platoon

Season 5 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/28/1986

Colt becomes the drill instructor for a platoon of misfits.

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The Lady in Green
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6.67
3 votes

#10 - The Lady in Green

Season 5 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/28/1986

An old actor who, in his earlier days, played "Silver Blade" (a Zorro-type crime fighter), witnesses a murder and wants to go after the killer.

Directors: Bruce Bilson
Writer: Bill Craft
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War on Wheels
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6.67
3 votes

#11 - War on Wheels

Season 5 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/11/1986

A town was bought to become a reservoir, but one resident refuses to leave. His granddaughter wants to put him in a rest home. Howie has a remote 'out-of-control' tank. A gang of bikers have them all trapped in the town.

Directors: Chuck Tately
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Femme Fatale
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6.50
4 votes

#12 - Femme Fatale

Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/10/1985

Howie goes undercover as a female impersonator, Denise, when the skip is a material witness in hiding.

Directors: Alan Crosland
Writer: Sam Egan
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The Bigger They Are
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6.50
6 votes

#13 - The Bigger They Are

Season 5 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/2/1986

A cop wants evidence against a club owner who sells PCP to kids.

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The Lucky Stiff
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6.50
2 votes

#14 - The Lucky Stiff

Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/7/1986

Jerry has lost his money, house and wife, so he puts out a contract on himself -- then wins the lottery.

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King of the Stuntmen
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6.17
6 votes

#15 - King of the Stuntmen

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/3/1985

There is a "King of the Stuntmen" contest.

Directors: Bernard McEveety
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Escape Claus
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6.00
5 votes

#16 - Escape Claus

Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/21/1985

A fitting story for Christmas -- Santa is arrested for freeing the reindeer. He asks what each wants for Christmas. Jody wants a white Christmas in spite of the current heat wave; Colt reluctantly says he needs a new truck. There is a child care center threatened with eviction, and some crooks want the bonds Santa's cellmate is hiding. Trench's slogan: "You bust 'em, we bond 'em."

Directors: Bruce Bilson
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Reunion
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5.80
5 votes

#17 - Reunion

Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/17/1986

One of Colt's old classmates steals his own jewels for the insurance money.

Directors: Bruce Kessler
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Beach Blanket Bounty
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5.75
4 votes

#18 - Beach Blanket Bounty

Season 5 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/21/1986

A severe earthquake rocks L.A., and Colt coincidentally is involved with a rock group that wants $20,000.

Directors: Daniel Haller
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Miami's Nice
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5.60
5 votes

#19 - Miami's Nice

Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/10/1986

An FBI agent persuades Colt to participate in a cocaine sting. Jody presents awards to Miss Stuntwoman USA winners.

Directors: Bruce Kalish
Writer: David Garber
The Life of Riley
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5.50
4 votes

#20 - The Life of Riley

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/30/1985

When Colt catches a young man wanted in Los Angeles, he stumbles into a kidnapping-for-adoption ring in Sacramento. Simon begs Colt to wait one more day while he checks out his last lead -- a VW that matches the one used in the kidnapping.

Directors: Larry Elikann
Two on a Skip
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5.50
4 votes

#21 - Two on a Skip

Season 5 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/21/1986

Trench sends Colt after another bounty hunter who he thinks is taking too long and spending too much.

No Rms Ocean Vu
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4.33
3 votes

#22 - No Rms Ocean Vu

Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/4/1986

Colt is stranded on a desert isle with a spoiled socialite, who has a perfume company, after their plane is shot down by robbers. Prologue is filming a perfume commercial.