The Best Episodes of Maverick Season 5

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.5/10(69 votes)

   #1 - Dade City Dodge

   S5:E19/17/1961

   Bart tries to track down Pearly Gates, a smooth con man who cheated him out of $5000.

   Director:Irving J. Moore

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Irving J. Moore

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   8.5/10(77 votes)

   #2 - The Art Lovers

   S5:E210/1/1961

   When investors put the squeeze on railroad owner Paul Sutton, Bart tries to help by dealing with them directly — in a friendly card game.

   Director:Michael O'Herlihy

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Michael O'Herlihy

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   8.0/10(71 votes)

   #3 - The Golden Fleecing

   S5:E310/8/1961

   Bart forsakes the poker table for the stock market — and finds himself trying to bluff wealthy Loftus Jaggers and his glamorous daughter (Paula Raymond).

   Director:Irving J. Moore

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Irving J. Moore

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   8.5/10(96 votes)

   #4 - Three Queens Full

   S5:E411/12/1961

   Bart must either face two years in jail or chaperone three brides to their intendeds — the sons of wealthy Joe Wheelwright (Jim Backus).

   Director:Michael O'Herlihy

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Michael O'Herlihy

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   8.0/10(68 votes)

   #5 - A Technical Error

   S5:E511/26/1961

   Bart feels like a million when he wins a bank in a poker game. But unlucky Maverick soon learns the truth: the bank's broke — and so is he.

   Director:Marc Lawrence

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Marc Lawrence

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   7.3/10(67 votes)

   #6 - Poker Face

   S5:E61/7/1962

   Bart's latest poker adventure has him playing for a full house: the lives of his fellow stagecoach passengers.

   Director:Michael O'Herlihy

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Michael O'Herlihy

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   7.0/10(79 votes)

   #7 - Mr. Muldoon's Partner

   S5:E72/11/1962

   After being granted a wish by a "leprechaun," Bart faces a pot of trouble: he must be either jailed, murdered or married.

   Director:Marc Lawrence

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Marc Lawrence

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   7.3/10(73 votes)

   #8 - Epitaph for a Gambler

   S5:E83/4/1962

   Bart, waiting to collect on a $10,000 IOU, makes an uncomfortable observation: murder may be the pay-off in a gambler's life.

   Director:Irving J. Moore

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Irving J. Moore

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   8.1/10(65 votes)

   #9 - The Maverick Report

   S5:E93/11/1962

   Crusading newspaper publisher Bart? The publisher Bart won the rag from is assassinated and a corrupt U.S. Senator files a $100,000 libel suit against the Chronicle. Luckily, Bart's pal Doc Holiday is in town for a dentists' convention and owes Bart $2000. When Doc brags "I have enough collateral to raise the dead!", Bart feels no compunction in selling ½ the headache to Doc. The senator and his sinister political boss are Ivy Leaguers, so the suave Philadelphia dentist/hired gun will come in handy.

   Director:Irving J. Moore

   Writer:Unknown

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    8.2/10(80 votes)

    #10 - Marshal Maverick

    S5:E104/1/1962

    Bart is closer to tears than laughter when he is forced to battle the funniest and fastest gun in the West.

    Director:Sidney Salkow

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Sidney Salkow

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    7.6/10(63 votes)

    #11 - The Troubled Heir

    S5:E114/8/1962

    Life is anything but heaven when Bart meets Pearly Gates and his girl, who steal Maverick's poker winnings so they can be married.

    Director:Sidney Salkow

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Sidney Salkow

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    7.3/10(67 votes)

    #12 - The Money Machine

    S5:E124/15/1962

    A money-making machine costs Bart a bundle. His cousin (Kathy Bennett) has just bought one with the $10,000 he lent her.

    Director:Lee Sholem

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Lee Sholem

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    7.7/10(78 votes)

    #13 - One of Our Trains is Missing

    S5:E134/22/1962

    While trying to get a young girl's romance back on the right track, Bart gets involved in a train robbery to end all train robberies.

    Director:Lee Sholem

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Lee Sholem

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