The BEST episodes of The Rifleman season 5
Every episode of The Rifleman season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Rifleman season 5!
Widower Lucas McCain can fire a round with his specially modified Winchester in three-tenths of a second. Added to his high moral code and resolve enable him to help Marshal Micah Torrance maintain order in town while raising his son, Mark, on a ranch near North Fork, New Mexico.
#1 - End of the Hunt
Season 5 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/18/1963
Lucas is thrown into jail to stop him from murdering an old enemy.
#2 - Requiem at Mission Springs
Season 5 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/4/1963
Lucas begins a trek to find a cure for Mark, who is paralyzed after a bad fall.
#3 - Squeeze Play
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/3/1962
A speculator will stop at nothing to grab Lucas's land.
#4 - The Bullet
Season 5 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/25/1963
Lucas is baffled when the marshal of a neighboring town refuses to hold a gambler who just attempted murder.
#5 - And the Devil Makes Five
Season 5 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/11/1963
A snake crawls into Lucas's bed, and Mark must lure it away before it strikes.
#6 - Old Tony
Season 5 - Episode 26 - Aired 4/8/1963
Mark and his girlfriend Laurie discover that an old hermit is very lonely.
#7 - Hostages to Fortune
Season 5 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/4/1963
At Halloween, rustlers take advantage of the seasonal disguises to raid a cattle ranch.
#8 - The Guest
Season 5 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/11/1963
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.
#9 - Waste (1)
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/1/1962
Marshal Torrance is heading home from a cattle sale with Lucas and Mark when the old lawman mysteriously disappears. They trace him to a nearby Mexican ghost town. (Part 1 of 2)
#10 - Lou Mallory
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/15/1962
Red-headed Lou Mallory arrives in North Fork and soon arouses the townpeople's suspicions.
#11 - Gun Shy
Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/10/1962
Mark blames himself for a friend's accidental death.
#12 - Conflict
Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/24/1962
Lucas's self-confidence begins to slip away when he misses an easy shot.
#13 - Death Never Rides Alone
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/29/1962
A gunslinger rides into North Fork for a meeting with Lucas.
#14 - The Sidewinder
Season 5 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/21/1963
Gridley Mau is gunning for Lucas, who killed his father during an attempted robbery.
#15 - Incident at Line Shack Six
Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/7/1963
A railroad gang boss frames an Apache.
#16 - The Assailants
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/12/1962
An assassination plot unfolds as four gunmen disguised as cavalrymen enter North Fork. Their target: Sen. Jim Borden. Their weapon: a Gatling gun.
#17 - Suspicion
Season 5 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/14/1963
A peddler is implicated in a series of murders.
#18 - The Most Amazing Man
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/26/1962
Fast-draw artist Wade Randall is less than anxious to display his prowess.
#19 - Waste (2)
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/8/1962
Conclusion. After Alphonso's wife gives birth, the bandits holding Marshal Torrance relax their guard, enabling Lucas and Mark to rescue the old man.
#20 - The Anvil Chorus
Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/17/1962
A blacksmith-turned-deputy sets the stage for trouble when he demands that all townspeople turn in their weapons.
#21 - Mark's Rifle
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/19/1962
Sharpshooter Marty Blair tries to persuade Lucas to buy Mark a rifle.
#22 - I Take This Woman
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/5/1962
Lou looks for a way out when the man her dying father promised her to arrives.
#23 - Quiet Night, Deadly Night
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/22/1962
Townspeople brace for the worst when a new girl arrives with symptoms of smallpox.
#24 - The Sixteenth Cousin
Season 5 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/28/1963
A Japanese nobleman seeks revenge when his servant is insulted.
#25 - Old Man Running (aka The Wanted Man)
Season 5 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/18/1963
Lucas, who blames his wife's death on his father-in-law, refuses to help the old man elude gunmen.