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The Best Episodes of The Rifleman Season 2

Every episode of The Rifleman Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Rifleman Season 2!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Rifleman Season 2 Episode 18 - The Visitors
    8.4/10(207 votes)

    S2:E18

    Lucas is drawn to a young widow passing through town on her way to claim an inheritance, but others who covet it are trying to kill her.

    Director:Joseph H. Lewis
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Rifleman Season 2 Episode 22 - Heller
    8.4/10(207 votes)

    S2:E22

    After foiling a girl's attempt to rob the general store, Lucas finds that she and her brother are plotting the murder of their abusive stepfather.

    Director:Joseph H. Lewis
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Rifleman Season 2 Episode 25 - The Deserter
    8.4/10(180 votes)

    S2:E25

    Lucas and Marshal Torrance get into trouble with the Army when they try to help a wounded young soldier who deserted.

    Director:Joseph H. Lewis
    Writer:Albert Alay

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  4. The Rifleman Season 2 Episode 26 - The Vision
    8.4/10(239 votes)

    S2:E26

    After Mark contracts typhoid fever and has a vision of his dead mother, he no longer seems interested in getting well.

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Cyril Hume

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  5. The Rifleman Season 2 Episode 3 - The Blowout
    8.3/10(184 votes)

    S2:E3

    Newly arrived gunslinger Al Walker throws a mammoth party at the saloon, keeping acting Marshal Ben Waller busy until Lucas is forced to intervene.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Rifleman Season 2 Episode 4 - Obituary
    8.3/10(187 votes)

    S2:E4

    Newspaperman Byron Claremont specializes in profiles of famous gunmen. One of his stories was responsible for an old-time marshal's death; and his next subject is Lucas.

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Rifleman Season 2 Episode 17 - A Case of Identity
    8.3/10(207 votes)

    S2:E17

    Mark finds himself in grave danger when two unscrupulous detectives searching for a man's long-lost son claim that it is Mark.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Luci Ward

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  8. The Rifleman Season 2 Episode 31 - The Prodigal
    8.3/10(175 votes)

    S2:E31

    To keep his invalid mother happy, an outlaw forces Lucas and Mark to go along with a masquerade that he is the owner of Lucas's ranch.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Rifleman Season 2 Episode 7 - Panic
    8.2/10(192 votes)

    S2:E7

    Town character Brett Conway blackmails Lucas with the knowledge that a young couple Lucas rescued are suffering from yellow fever.

    Director:Joseph H. Lewis
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Rifleman Season 2 Episode 10 - Letter of the Law
    8.2/10(175 votes)

    S2:E10

    Lucas makes a life-or-death decision when Micah is held hostage and the kidnappers demand the release of a notorious outlaw.

    Director:Joseph H. Lewis
    Writer:George W. George

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  11. The Rifleman Season 2 Episode 13 - The Coward
    8.2/10(186 votes)

    S2:E13

    Lucas becomes involved in a battle between an aspiring writer and a cocky, bragging trail boss.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Clair Huffaker

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  12. The Rifleman Season 2 Episode 32 - The Fourflusher
    8.2/10(143 votes)

    S2:E32

    A sharecropper enters his colt in a horse race, hoping to win enough money to buy his farm from the owner, who has bet on Mark McCain's entry.

    Director:Joseph H. Lewis
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Rifleman Season 2 Episode 8 - Ordeal
    8.1/10(186 votes)

    S2:E8

    When their wagon breaks down, Mark and an injured Lucas are stranded in the desert.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Rifleman Season 2 Episode 9 - The Spiked Rifle
    8.1/10(168 votes)

    S2:E9

    Mark is kidnapped as he and his father try to protect Banker Hamilton's gold.

    Director:John English
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Rifleman Season 2 Episode 14 - Surveyors
    8.1/10(160 votes)

    S2:E14

    Mark runs away from home after his father questions his story about overhearing a plot to rob the bank.

    Director:Joseph H. Lewis
    Writer:Dale Eunson

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  16. The Rifleman Season 2 Episode 21 - The Spoiler
    8.1/10(172 votes)

    S2:E21

    An elderly couple moves to North Fork under an assumed name to hide the fact that they are the parents of a vicious killer. The plan backfires when the son shows up at their home.

    Director:Joseph H. Lewis
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Rifleman Season 2 Episode 23 - The Grasshopper
    8.1/10(178 votes)

    S2:E23

    A condemned killer being transported by train murders a marshal and takes Mark hostage.

    Director:Lewis Allen
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Rifleman Season 2 Episode 34 - Meeting at Midnight
    8.1/10(166 votes)

    S2:E34

    Lucas helps his former Army captain, now an undercover federal agent, infiltrate a gang of bank robbers.

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Rifleman Season 2 Episode 36 - The Hangman
    8.1/10(164 votes)

    S2:E36

    An ex-convict is blamed for a brutal crime despite his claims of rehabilitation.

    Director:Joseph H. Lewis
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Rifleman Season 2 Episode 1 - The Patsy
    8.0/10(187 votes)

    S2:E1

    A group of outlaws devise a plan to get rid of Lucas so that they can take over the town of North Fork.

    Director:Joseph H. Lewis
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Rifleman Season 2 Episode 2 - Bloodlines
    8.0/10(206 votes)

    S2:E2

    After Lucas kills a mountain man in a barrom brawl, his father arrives in North Fork determined to take revenge on Lucas and Marshal Torrance, once he breaks his other two boys out of jail.

    Director:Arthur Hiller
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Rifleman Season 2 Episode 5 - Tension
    8.0/10(194 votes)

    S2:E5

    Gavin and Ezra Martin think that Lucas killed their son Clemmie while taking part in a train robbery, and Lucas refuses to tell them what really happened.

    Director:Ted Post
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The Rifleman Season 2 Episode 29 - Shotgun Man
    8.0/10(183 votes)

    S2:E29

    Shotgun man John Beaumont, who Lucas sent to prison, returns with vengeance on his mind.

    Director:Joseph H. Lewis
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Rifleman Season 2 Episode 19 - The Hero
    7.9/10(171 votes)

    S2:E19

    After a young stablehand kills a notorious gunslinger, he is baffled by the hostility of the townspeople about giving him the reward.

    Director:Joseph H. Lewis
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The Rifleman Season 2 Episode 27 - The Lariat
    7.9/10(167 votes)

    S2:E27

    An old friend of Lucas's returns to town in the company of a shady gambler and is accused of cheating at cards.

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"The Visitors" is the best rated episode of The Rifleman season 2. It scored 8.4/10 from 207 votes. Directed by Joseph H. Lewis and written by Unknown, it aired on January 26, 1960.