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- wSerie
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- The Rifleman
- Season 5
- Episode 18
Hostages to Fortune
The Rifleman - S5 - E18
At Halloween, rustlers take advantage of the seasonal disguises to raid a cattle ranch.
The Rifleman: Season 5 - 26 Episode s
5x1 - Waste (1)
October 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)
5x2 - Waste (2)
October 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.
5x3 - Lou Mallory
October 15, 1962
Red-headed Lou Mallory arrives in North Fork and soon arouses the townpeople's suspicions.
5x4 - Quiet Night, Deadly Night
October 22, 1962
Townspeople brace for the worst when a new girl arrives—with symptoms of smallpox.
5x5 - Death Never Rides Alone
October 29, 1962
A gunslinger rides into North Fork for a meeting with Lucas.
5x6 - I Take This Woman
November 5, 1962
Lou looks for a way out when the man her dying father promised her to arrives.
5x7 - The Assailants
November 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.
5x8 - Mark's Rifle
November 19, 1962
Sharpshooter Marty Blair tries to persuade Lucas to buy Mark a rifle.
5x9 - The Most Amazing Man
November 26, 1962
Fast-draw artist Wade Randall is less than anxious to display his prowess.
5x10 - Squeeze Play
December 3, 1962
A speculator will stop at nothing to grab Lucas's land.
5x11 - Gun Shy
December 10, 1962
Mark blames himself for a friend's accidental death.
5x12 - The Anvil Chorus
December 17, 1962
A blacksmith-turned-deputy sets the stage for trouble when he demands that all townspeople turn in their weapons.
5x13 - Conflict
December 24, 1962
Lucas's self-confidence begins to slip away when he misses an easy shot.
5x14 - Incident at Line Shack Six
January 7, 1963
A railroad gang boss frames an Apache.
5x15 - Suspicion
January 14, 1963
A peddler is implicated in a series of murders.
5x16 - The Sidewinder
January 21, 1963
Gridley Mau is gunning for Lucas, who killed his father during an attempted robbery.
5x17 - The Sixteenth Cousin
January 28, 1962
A Japanese nobleman seeks revenge when his servant is insulted.
5x18 - Hostages to Fortune
February 4, 1963
At Halloween, rustlers take advantage of the seasonal disguises to raid a cattle ranch.
5x19 - And the Devil Makes Five
February 11, 1963
A snake crawls into Lucas's bed, and Mark must lure it away before it strikes.
5x20 - End of the Hunt
February 18, 1963
Lucas is thrown into jail to stop him from murdering an old enemy.
5x21 - The Bullet
February 25, 1963
Lucas is baffled when the marshal of a neighboring town refuses to hold a gambler who just attempted murder.
5x22 - Requiem at Mission Springs
March 4, 1963
Lucas begins a trek to find a cure for Mark, who is paralyzed after a bad fall.
5x23 - The Guest
March 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.
5x24 - Old Man Running (aka The Wanted Man)
March 18, 1963
Lucas, who blames his wife's death on his father-in-law, refuses to help the old man elude gunmen.
5x25 - Which Way'd They Go?
April 1, 1963
The notoriously lazy Jackman brothers discover their mortgage has been foreclosed.
5x26 - Old Tony
April 8, 1963
Mark and his girlfriend Laurie discover that an old hermit is very lonely.