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The Worst Episodes of The Rifleman

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Worst episode
S5E25 Which Way'd They Go?
6.2202 votes
Best episode
S4E21 Two Ounces of Tin
8.8250 votes
Top season
Season 1
8.2avg
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3d 12h
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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    The Rifleman Season 5 Episode 25 - Which Way'd They Go?
    6.2/10(202 votes)

    S5:E25

    The notoriously lazy Jackman brothers discover their mortgage has been foreclosed.

    Director:Arthur H. Nadel
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Rifleman Season 2 Episode 12 - The Baby Sitter
    7.3/10(212 votes)

    S2:E12

    A dance hall singer asks Lucas to care for her daughter in an effort to hide the baby from her self-righteous, bigoted father.

    Director:Sam Peckinpah
    Writer:Sam Peckinpah

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  3. The Rifleman Season 3 Episode 26 - Assault
    7.3/10(162 votes)

    S3:E26

    A salesman can't talk his way out of an assault charge.

    Director:Ida Lupino
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Rifleman Season 5 Episode 13 - Conflict
    7.3/10(146 votes)

    S5:E13

    Lucas's self-confidence begins to slip away when he misses an easy shot.

    Director:Arthur H. Nadel
    Writer:Ed Adamson

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  5. The Rifleman Season 2 Episode 15 - Day of the Hunter
    7.4/10(201 votes)

    S2:E15

    A famous buffalo hunter tries to goad Lucas into a shooting match.

    Director:Joseph H. Lewis
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Rifleman Season 5 Episode 17 - The Sixteenth Cousin
    7.5/10(173 votes)

    S5:E17

    A Japanese nobleman seeks revenge when his servant is insulted.

    Director:Arthur H. Nadel
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Rifleman Season 5 Episode 6 - I Take This Woman
    7.5/10(157 votes)

    S5:E6

    Lou looks for a way out when the man her dying father promised her to arrives.

    Director:Joseph H. Lewis
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Rifleman Season 3 Episode 12 - The Illustrator
    7.5/10(154 votes)

    S3:E12

    Lucas encourages a drunken artist charged with murder to use his talents to identify the true killer.

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Rifleman Season 4 Episode 32 - The Executioner
    7.5/10(151 votes)

    S4:E32

    No description available

    Director:Lawrence Dobkin
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Rifleman Season 4 Episode 18 - Sporting Chance
    7.5/10(146 votes)

    S4:E18

    An Englishman arrives with a custom-made rifle—and a plan to kill Lucas.

    Director:Gene Nelson
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Rifleman Season 4 Episode 30 - Milly's Brother
    7.5/10(137 votes)

    S4:E30

    A veteran returns with tales of heroism and the fate of Milly's brother in the Civil War.

    Director:Richard Donner
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Rifleman Season 5 Episode 18 - Hostages to Fortune
    7.5/10(137 votes)

    S5:E18

    At Halloween, rustlers take advantage of the seasonal disguises to raid a cattle ranch.

    Director:Arthur H. Nadel
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Rifleman Season 2 Episode 24 - A Time for Singing
    7.6/10(164 votes)

    S2:E24

    Mark discovers that the new preacher and his wife are impostors planning a robbery.

    Director:John Rich
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Rifleman Season 3 Episode 7 - The Martinet
    7.6/10(158 votes)

    S3:E7

    A former army captain comes to North Fork to kill the man who shot down his son in a gunfight - Lucas McCain.

    Director:Joseph H. Lewis
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Rifleman Season 5 Episode 23 - The Guest
    7.6/10(155 votes)

    S5:E23

    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.

    Director:Joseph H. Lewis
    Writer:Ed Adamson

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  16. The Rifleman Season 5 Episode 15 - Suspicion
    7.6/10(146 votes)

    S5:E15

    A peddler is implicated in a series of murders.

    Director:Joseph H. Lewis
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Rifleman Season 4 Episode 26 - Jealous Man
    7.6/10(144 votes)

    S4:E26

    No description available

    Director:Lawrence Dobkin
    Writers:Peter B. Germano, Calvin Clements Sr.

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  18. The Rifleman Season 1 Episode 19 - Shivaree
    7.7/10(226 votes)

    S1:E19

    Aaron Pelser's wagon train comes across a pair of young boys on a buck board heading west and he invites them to join the train. When he finds out that one of the boys was actually a girl and the two claimed to be headed to Yuma to get married, Pelser and his crowd force them to be married in North Fork.

    Director:Joseph H. Lewis
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Rifleman Season 2 Episode 16 - Mail Order Groom
    7.7/10(222 votes)

    S2:E16

    When a stranger arrives to marry the town spinster, two brothers who want her land try to discourage him with threats and a beating.

    Director:Arthur Hiller
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Rifleman Season 1 Episode 38 - Outlaw's Inheritance
    7.7/10(192 votes)

    S1:E38

    Lucas is the town's representative to the railroad commission until an infamous train robber dies and leaves his ill-gotten wealth to Lucas. Lucas must clear his name and stop the reckless ambition of his replacement.

    Director:Don Taylor
    Writers:George W. George, Judy George

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  21. The Rifleman Season 3 Episode 18 - The Actress
    7.7/10(184 votes)

    S3:E18

    A deathbed request from an old friend sends Lucas to a neighboring town in search of the man's long-lost sweetheart.

    Director:Joseph H. Lewis
    Writer:Lawrence Dobkin

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  22. The Rifleman Season 2 Episode 6 - Eddie's Daughter
    7.7/10(178 votes)

    S2:E6

    After the daughter of Lucas's friend the hotel clerk arrives in North Fork, two strangers threaten her life.

    Director:Joseph H. Lewis
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The Rifleman Season 2 Episode 11 - The Legacy
    7.7/10(173 votes)

    S2:E11

    Lucas tries to do a good deed for the old town drunk but it backfires when the drunk's son believes he inherited Lucas' ranch.

    Director:Bernard L. Kowalski
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Rifleman Season 4 Episode 15 - The Princess
    7.7/10(173 votes)

    S4:E15

    The Queen-to-be of France hides out in Northfork.

    Director:Robert Butler
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The Rifleman Season 4 Episode 22 - Deadly Image
    7.7/10(171 votes)

    S4:E22

    A reliable eye-witness rides into North Fork and accuses Lucas McCain of cattle rustling and cold-blooded murder.

    Director:Richard Donner
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Which Way'd They Go?" is the worst rated episode of The Rifleman. It scored 6.2/10 from 202 votes. Directed by Arthur H. Nadel and written by Unknown, it aired on April 1, 1963. This episode scored 1.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Baby Sitter".

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