The essential episodes of The Lone Ranger
Watch these 15 in order and you've got The Lone Ranger — each pick states its reason.
- 01
John Reid, the sole surviving Texas Ranger of a murderous ambush, becomes the great masked hero with his companion, Tonto.
- 02
The origin of the Lone Ranger's horse Silver and his use of silver bullets is explained.
- 03
The Lone Ranger still on the trail of Butch Cavendish and his gang sends Tonto to the town of Colby to organize a posse with the sheriff. Tonto receives no help and the suspicion is a number of people in the town are working for Cavandish. The Lone Ranger must launch a daring plan to foil the Cavendish gang's plan to take over the town of Colby.
- 04
The Vance family settles right in the middle of a war between the Madden gang and local ranches. Despite the hostility to Fred Vance over his past, he decides he will not be run off this parcel of land. The Lone Ranger believes in Fred's innocence, and asks him to help stop the ranchers riding into an ambush and then set a counter trap for the gang after rescuing the son of one of the ranchers being held hostage
- 05
A murder is pinned on two cowboys who strike it rich, until the Lone Ranger traps the real killer.
- 06
Nat Parker has just gotten out of prison after serving 4 years for bank robbery, and is determined to kill his two outlaw partners whom he took the rap for, and recover the $75,000 in stolen money for himself. His loving girlfriend Beata, and Father Paul, ask the Lone Ranger to help before Nat makes a grave mistake and ends up back in prison.
- 07
The Lone Ranger, pretends to be a notorious outlaw known as "The Mask Rider" so he can join a gang that is holding the sheriff's fiancée hostage and save her.
- 08
Jim Andrews holds up the Wells Fargo office and steals a specific amount of money (5,000.00). He needs the money to enter "Outlaw Town" a safe haven for outlaws who can pay the equivalent of the price on their head. The Lone Ranger decides to infiltrate the town and find out who is behind the operation. Along the way the Lone Ranger discovers Jim Andrews's real motives for his actions.
- 09
A range war threatens to break out in Sunset Valley. The Lone Ranger decides to investigate and try to understand the complete lack of action from the local sheriff.
- 10
A young man who was adopted as a child and raised by a loving family has always believed that his real father is dead. Now the father, who is not dead but is a notorious outlaw leader, shows up, and the Lone Ranger and Tonto try to prevent his son from finding out who he is.
- 11
In order to find out who's behind a rash of stagecoach robberies, the Lone Ranger disguises himself as an old prospector.
- 12
A town is still trying to heal from the emotional wounds created by the war of the states. The Lone ranger discovers someone has a lot to gain from stirring up trouble between the Northerners and Southerners.
- 13
The Lone Ranger and Tonto have been involved in an ongoing action against the inhabitants of Windgate City. A town set up as a refuge for any outlaw seeking sanctuary.
- 14
The Lone Ranger and Tonto encounter a man who seems to have just been robbed by an officer in the US cavalry. The Ranger is struggling with how such a good man become an outlaw.
- 15
Actors Lavinia and Dewitt Faversham are behind many robberies throughout the West, but when they arrive in Cedar Springs they might have met their match.
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