The BEST episodes of The Lone Ranger season 5

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

A fiery horse with the speed of light. A cloud of dust and a hearty "Hi-Yo Silver!" The Lone Ranger! Who was that masked man? It was the Lone Ranger and his trusty Native American sidekick Tonto who fought outlaws and injustice in the old west.

Last Updated: 11/3/2024Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended
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7.60
5 votes

#1 - The Wooden Rifle

Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/13/1956

A monogrammed glove, a dead man, and a child's wooden rifle found nearby lead the Lone Ranger and Tonto into another mystery.

Directors: Earl Bellamy
Writer: Doane Hoag
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7.33
3 votes

#2 - Blind Witness

Season 5 - Episode 38 - Aired 5/30/1957

The Lone Ranger and Tonto plunge into a mysterious robbery blamed on them by outlaws they caught in the act, but the only witnesses are a five-year-old child and an elderly rancher suddenly stricken blind for no apparent reason.

Directors: Earl Bellamy
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7.25
4 votes

#3 - No Handicap

Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/4/1956

The Lone Ranger and Tonto clash with a band of marauders that are terrorizing a wide area of the southwest, and whose ultimate act is the gunning down of an elderly marshal.

Directors: Oscar Rudolph
Writer: Tom Sellers
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7.20
5 votes

#4 - A Message from Abe

Season 5 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/7/1957

The Lone Ranger and Tonto visit an outlaw who has paid his debt to society, and is now troubled by a need for money to care for his sick wife.

Directors: Earl Bellamy
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7.00
4 votes

#5 - The Sheriff of Smoke Tree

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/20/1956

The Lone Ranger and Tonto go into action when a little mining camp proves too small, and a gang of gunfighters too tough, to permit a full time sheriff.

Directors: Oscar Rudolph
Writer: Wells Root
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7.00
4 votes

#6 - The Counterfeit Mask

Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/27/1956

A gunman the Lone Ranger helped convict and sent to prison takes revenge by posing in an identical Lone Ranger uniform to rob, pillage and murder.

Directors: Earl Bellamy
Writer: Doane Hoag
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6.75
4 votes

#7 - White Hawk's Decision

Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/18/1956

The Lone Ranger and Tonto help an elderly Indian chief determine the future of his impoverished tribe through the choice of which son will succeed him as chief.

Directors: Earl Bellamy
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6.00
2 votes

#8 - Code of Honor

Season 5 - Episode 23 - Aired 2/14/1957

The Lone Ranger and Tonto bait a trap for a band of outlaws dressed as U.S. cavalrymen who waylay and rob gold miners.

Directors: Earl Bellamy
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6.00
2 votes

#9 - Outlaws in Grease Paint

Season 5 - Episode 39 - Aired 6/6/1957

The Lone Ranger and Tonto trail two bandits, a man and a woman, who have been robbing the Wells Fargo gold shipments, but each time the masked man and his friend are about to capture the bandits, they vanish as if into thin air.

Directors: Earl Bellamy
Writer: Tom Seller
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6.00
2 votes

#10 - The Turning Point

Season 5 - Episode 24 - Aired 2/21/1957

Justice in the form of vigilantes becomes more of an injustice and inquisition when a self-styled leader attempts to lead his men into taking the law into their own hands.

Directors: Earl Bellamy
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6.00
2 votes

#11 - Dead-Eye

Season 5 - Episode 25 - Aired 2/28/1957

The town of Silver City has been terrorized by an outlaw and his partner, and a retired Texas lawman once more rides for law and justice as he determines to take the pair in.

Directors: Earl Bellamy
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6.00
2 votes

#12 - Clover in the Dust

Season 5 - Episode 26 - Aired 3/7/1957

The favorite son of a prominent rancher is shot in the back while tracking rustlers, but he leaves a clue to his killers in the form of a clover leaf drawn in the dust before he dies.

Directors: Earl Bellamy
Writer: Doane Hoag
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6.00
3 votes

#13 - Slim's Boy

Season 5 - Episode 27 - Aired 3/14/1957

The Lone Ranger disguises himself as a talkative, deaf Mexican to win the confidence of a band of outlaws planning to rob the gold refinery.

Directors: Earl Bellamy
Writer: Doane Hoag
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6.00
2 votes

#14 - Two Against Two

Season 5 - Episode 28 - Aired 3/21/1957

A notorious killer and bank robber jailed by the Lone Ranger and Tonto escapes from prison bent on claiming his hidden spoils and murdering the two champions of justice.

Directors: Earl Bellamy
Writer: Tom Sellers
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6.00
2 votes

#15 - Ghost Town Fury

Season 5 - Episode 29 - Aired 3/28/1957

When the three Clanton brothers escape from prison and embark on a robbing spree, the Lone Ranger and Tonto call upon their old friend, Black Hawk, for information about possible hiding places in the badlands.

Directors: Earl Bellamy
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6.00
2 votes

#16 - The Prince of Buffalo Gap

Season 5 - Episode 30 - Aired 4/4/1957

A young prince visiting Buffalo Gap learns that his uncle, the Baron, means to have him assassinated in order to become heir to the throne.

Directors: Earl Bellamy
Writer: Tom Seller
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6.00
2 votes

#17 - The Law and Miss Aggie

Season 5 - Episode 31 - Aired 4/11/1957

When an Indian chief and his companion try to cross the land of an embittered woman, she arranges for her ranch hands to ambush them.

Directors: Oscar Rudolph
Writer: Tom Seller
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6.00
2 votes

#18 - The Tarnished Star

Season 5 - Episode 32 - Aired 4/18/1957

Peaceful Valley is plagued by a gang of bank robbers wearing false face masks.

Directors: Earl Bellamy
Writer: Doane Hoag
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6.00
2 votes

#19 - Canuck

Season 5 - Episode 33 - Aired 4/25/1957

Murders, lynchings, and rustling in the town of Vandalia bring the Lone Ranger and Tonto to the scene in an attempt to restore law and justice to the inhabitants.

Directors: Oscar Rudolph
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6.00
2 votes

#20 - Mission for Tonto

Season 5 - Episode 34 - Aired 6/2/1957

The Lone Ranger and Tonto spring into action when an overly-ambitious housekeeper with an eye on a great cattle spread weaves a plot to kill the elderly rancher's grandson and take over the ranch.

Directors: Earl Bellamy
Writer: Tom Seller
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6.00
2 votes

#21 - Journey to San Carlos

Season 5 - Episode 35 - Aired 5/9/1957

The Lone Ranger and Tonto help two young men find themselves during a renagade Indian attack upon a party of three traveling to San Carlos.

Directors: Earl Bellamy
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6.00
2 votes

#22 - The Banker's Son

Season 5 - Episode 36 - Aired 5/16/1957

Tonto accidentally overhears a violent argument between a wealthy banker and his son, in which the father is shot.

Directors: Earl Bellamy
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6.00
2 votes

#23 - The Angel and the Outlaw

Season 5 - Episode 37 - Aired 5/23/1957

The Lone Ranger and Tonto help a kindly old ranch owner who has adopted two orphan children prove to one of them that a life of crime is not as exciting or heroic as it appears to be.

Directors: Oscar Rudolph
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6.00
2 votes

#24 - A Harp for Hannah

Season 5 - Episode 21 - Aired 1/31/1957

The Lone Ranger and Tonto help restore justice in Talman City and bring happiness to a farmer and his wife after their savings are stolen by a wealthy man's son and his spoiled friends.

Directors: Earl Bellamy
Writer: Herb Purdum
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6.00
2 votes

#25 - The Breaking Point

Season 5 - Episode 20 - Aired 1/24/1957

A young boy's love for his dog furnishes the Lone Ranger and Tonto with their clue in rounding up a vicious gang of outlaws.

Directors: Earl Bellamy