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The Lone Ranger: Season 4

52 episodes Premiered Sep 9, 1954 Updated Sep 26, 2026
Previously on The Lone Ranger

Season 4 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of The Lone Ranger Season 3.
  • ⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • ⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • ⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
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Season 4 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Mytharc (4): Crucial lore & season climaxes
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S4·E1 Mytharc

The Fugitive

Sep 9, 1954 · 30 min

The Lone Ranger is instructed to locate Clay Trowbridge, a man wrongly convicted of robbery and murder but who'd broken out of jail to avoid a lynch mob. With the real instigator o

S4·E2 Core

Ex-Marshal

Sep 16, 1954 · 30 min

While the Lone Ranger and Tonto are tracking the Compton gang they come across a famous law man Frank Dean who had faked his own death and dropped out from sight. The Ranger needs

S4·E3 Core

Message to Fort Apache

Sep 23, 1954 · 30 min

The Lone Ranger gets involved in trying to break up a gang that is selling guns to Indians around Fort Apache. The gang knows the jig is nearly up, however they are waiting for pay

S4·E4 Core

The Frightened Woman

Sep 30, 1954 · 30 min

Tonto witnesses a robbery in "Powder Bend". The local deputy sheriff thinks he is connected with the event and tries to arrest him. Tonto escapes and with the help of the Lone Rang

S4·E5 Core

Gold Town

Oct 7, 1954 · 30 min

The death of a prospector leads to the Lone Ranger inheriting half the value of a gold mine. Bandits kidnap the other person to inherit the money and attempt to impersonate him.

S4·E6 Core

Six Gun Sanctuary

Oct 14, 1954 · 30 min

The Lone Ranger and Tonto are puzzled over the number of outlaws that have recently disappeared. They soon discover Reedville has been set up as a sanctuary for wanted criminals.

S4·E7 Core

Outlaw's Trail

Oct 21, 1954 · 30 min

The Lone Ranger tracks an outlaw, Reno Lawrence to the small town of Painted Post. There he discovers conflict between the ranchers and farmers. He also discovers the sheriff and d

S4·E8 Core

Stage to Teshimingo

Oct 28, 1954 · 30 min

Tonto and the Lone Ranger travel to the town of Gunsight to investigate a series of stranger stage coach robberies. It appears someone is trying to put the local stage coach compan

S4·E9 Core

Texas Draw

Nov 4, 1954 · 30 min

The Lone Ranger breaks up a fight between John Thorpe a land owner and a gang lead by Crane Dillion. Then a third man William Hubbard arrives in the town on a strange mission.

S4·E10 Core

Rendezvous at Whipsaw

Nov 11, 1954 · 30 min

Tonto, while riding into the town of Whipsaw encounters a someone trying to kill Mrs Mac, star witness in an up coming trial of Bat Larson. The Lone Ranger decides to go into the t

S4·E11 Core

Dan Reid's Fight for Life

Nov 18, 1954 · 30 min

Dan Reid, the Lone Ranger's nephew, sees a Texas Ranger (Roy Barnett) ambushed by two outlaws. Barnett survives the attack and explains he has been tracking the Cardoza gang. The L

S4·E12 Core

Tenderfoot

Nov 25, 1954 · 30 min

The Lone Ranger and Tonto come across dead cattle and a poisoned water hole on a ranch. They suspect they have stumbled onto a range war and decide to investigate what is going on.

S4·E13 Core

A Broken Match

Dec 2, 1954 · 30 min

The Lone Ranger comes across a double murder and former criminal Jeff Williams discovered nearby. It is assumed by the local sheriff that Williams is guilty, but the Lone Ranger an

S4·E14 Core

Colorado Gold

Dec 9, 1954 · 30 min

The Lone Ranger receives a letter from an old friend explaining her son is coming out to look at a goldmine that reports indicate has gone dry. The Lone Ranger decides to do all he

S4·E15 Core

Homer With a High Hat

Dec 16, 1954 · 30 min

The Lone Ranger and Tonto are on the way to Mordock City on the trail of missing gold from a recent robbery. A practical joke played on a visitor to the town puts his life in jeopa

S4·E16 Core

Two for Juan Ringo

Dec 23, 1954 · 30 min

The Lone Ranger and Tonto arrive in Border City to see his secret banker, George Wilson. Wilson explains things have become tough, Edward Ashton a well known criminal has been slow

S4·E17 Core

The Globe

Dec 30, 1954 · 30 min

Tonto witnesses the shooting of an old prospector 'Cherokee' flush with money from the sale of a disused gold mine. The Lone Ranger decides they need to investigate when he realize

S4·E18 Core

Dan Reid's Sacrifice

Jan 6, 1955 · 30 min

The Lone Ranger and Tonto become increasingly frustrated over a series of horse rustling incidents in the area. After two weeks they are no closer to identifying the gang responsib

S4·E19 Core

Enfield Rifle

Jan 13, 1955 · 30 min

Mr Vale, the local Indian agent at Fort Manning gets word an Army pay shipment is arriving the next day. He alerts the local Indians and arranges for them to steal the money and us

S4·E20 Core

The School Story

Jan 20, 1955 · 30 min

The town of Rugged Gap has raised money for a new school. Tonto is wrongly accused of stealing the money when a group of men disguised as Indians steal the funds. The Lone Ranger i

S4·E21 Core

The Quiet Highwayman

Jan 27, 1955 · 30 min

The town of Bakerville has been terrorized by the "Quiet Highwayman' The local law is powerless to to stop the attacks. The Lone Ranger is called in by the United States Marshall t

S4·E22 Core

Heritage of Treason

Feb 3, 1955 · 30 min

Ace Martin and Windy, two confidence men approach a local land owner Mr Halsted with a scheme that could see Mr Halsted owning the entire Arizona territory. The Lone Ranger must st

S4·E23 Core

The Lost Chalice

Feb 10, 1955 · 30 min

The Lone Ranger and Tonto stop to visit their old friend 'The padre' to see what they could do to help with a lack of water. While there, an old chalice is stolen from the Church.

S4·E24 Core

Code of the Pioneers

Feb 17, 1955 · 30 min

A ruthless town boss arranges a wave of robbery and murder to discredit the town marshal and steals the printing equipment of an unsupportive newspaper to get his candidate for she

S4·E25 Mytharc

The Law Lady

Feb 24, 1955 · 30 min

The Lone Ranger discovers that the sheriff of Gunstock has been murdered and his widow has taken his place. Tonto and the Lone Ranger head for town to try and solve the murder.

S4·E26 Core

Uncle Ed

Mar 3, 1955 · 30 min

The Lone Ranger and Tonto encounter and old man, uncle Ed and explain he needs to keep an eye out for Lefty Mott's gang. Uncle Ed feels there is a chance for him to prove his usefu

S4·E27 Core

Jornada Del Muerto

Mar 10, 1955 · 30 min

The Lone Ranger come across a scout wounded and dying from an Indian attack. Before he becomes unconscious he tells the Lone Ranger that a white man who has gone native and now cal

S4·E28 Core

Sunstroke Mesa

Mar 17, 1955 · 30 min

Dan rides into Mesa City to make a donation to the local town for their irrigation project. Before the money is secured it is stolen. Dan rides after the outlaws to try and get the

S4·E29 Core

Sawtelle Saga's End

Mar 24, 1955 · 30 min

The Lone Ranger on the trail of two slippery masked robbers find they are the nephews of a ostensibly law abiding woman who cynically manages the nephew's criminal activities.

S4·E30 Core

The Too-Perfect Signature

Mar 31, 1955 · 30 min

A change in railway planning makes the ranch owned by Tom Tabor extremely valuable. A number of people heavily invested in where the railway is to run become extremely interested i

S4·E31 Core

Trigger Finger

Apr 7, 1955 · 30 min

The Lone Ranger and sheriff John Trent find a stage with a dead driver and the gold on board missing. Following the trail left by the outlaws, they find and shoot Hook Mason. The l

S4·E32 Core

The Tell-Tale Bullet

Apr 14, 1955 · 30 min

While visiting the town of Jarvis, the Lone Ranger learns that the outlaw Cash Nasby has been released from jail. The Lone Ranger does not believe Nasby could by reformed in just t

S4·E33 Core

False Accusation

Apr 21, 1955 · 30 min

The Lone Ranger gets word that the town of Rock Point New Mexico is being terrorized by a strange midnight rider who has been staging hold ups all over New Mexico. The Lone Ranger

S4·E34 Core

Gold Freight

Apr 28, 1955 · 30 min

Dan reports a freight line war between two agents is developing in Eagle City. The Lone Ranger fears one of them might abuse their monopoly further damaging the economy of the area

S4·E35 Core

Wanted: The Lone Ranger

May 5, 1955 · 30 min

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.

S4·E36 Core

The Woman in the White Mask

May 12, 1955 · 30 min

The Lone Ranger and Dan encounter a stage drive who'd been shot. He explains he was attacked by the Woman in the white mask gang. The Lone Ranger decides to investigate and try to

S4·E37 Core

The Bounty Hunter

May 19, 1955 · 30 min

The Lone Ranger intercepts Glen Bolton's gang when they attempt a holdup of a stage. Bolton is wounded and seeks help from one of the local people.

S4·E38 Core

Showdown at Sand Creek

May 26, 1955 · 30 min

The Lone Ranger is on the way to Sand Creek to see Sheriff Clay Huston when they receive news the sheriff's been killed. The Lone Ranger does not think it is a coincidence that lon

S4·E39 Core

Heart of a Cheater

Jun 2, 1955 · 30 min

Dan, while collecting supplies from Dravis witnesses a bank hold up. The Lone Ranger follows the trail and come across a farm, the two are connected and the Ranger needs to figure

S4·E40 Core

The Swami

Jun 9, 1955 · 30 min

The Lone Ranger visit an old friend Hardrock Hazen, only to discover the man has been shot and wounded. Meanwhile Dan has a strange encounter with Swami Yoganto while traveling thr

S4·E41 Core

Sheriff's Sale

Jun 16, 1955 · 30 min

The Lone Ranger hears that an old friend sheriff Jack Morrison is having trouble with an outlaw Hutch Conant who has been slowly taking over a local town by applying economic press

S4·E42 Core

Six-Gun Artist

Jun 23, 1955 · 30 min

The Lone Ranger and Tonto hear of a string of stage coach robberies in the area. They head for Mesa Junction where the Lone Ranger thinks the gang is located.

S4·E43 Core

Death Goes to Press

Jun 30, 1955 · 30 min

The Lone Ranger and Tonto get word that Sheriff Hubbard is under pressure from the press in Cactus City about his performance and morals. The Lone Ranger knows the sheriff well and

S4·E44 Core

The Return of Dice Dawson

Jul 7, 1955 · 30 min

Dice Dawson, a well known outlaw to the Lone Ranger has become active again around Elliot City. The Lone Ranger goes to investigate, but he has doubts about Dawson's activity and w

S4·E45 Core

Adventure at Arbuckle

Jul 14, 1955 · 30 min

The Lone Ranger gets news that the town of Arbuckle has been over run by outlaws and is now being used as a sanctuary. Using a disguise he decides to infiltrate the town and see wh

S4·E46 Core

The Return

Jul 21, 1955 · 30 min

The Lone Ranger saves a woman from outlaws only to discover he'd recently jailed her brother for murder. She goes to her brother to find out what the real situation is.

S4·E47 Core

Framed for Murder

Jul 28, 1955 · 30 min

Jim Blake strikes it rich with a gold claim. He insists a local shop keeper be declared a partner. Unknown to Jim, the shop keeper has a dark past and is being blackmailed.

S4·E48 Core

Trapped

Aug 4, 1955 · 30 min

Gaff Morgan and Jack Hall escape from a local prison. The Lone Ranger and Tonto decide to track the two down and bring them to justice, but Morgan and Hall are following their own

S4·E49 Core

The Bait: Gold

Aug 11, 1955 · 30 min

The Lone Ranger and Tonto see a stage being robbed and ride to intercept the bandits. After securing the situation, the Lone Ranger realizes the holdup is part of a string of such

S4·E50 Core

The Sheriff's Wife

Aug 18, 1955 · 30 min

The Lone Ranger and Tonto gets word that Parkersburg is being threatened by two violent criminals, the Miles brothers. The Lone Ranger and Tonto decide to go to Parkersburg and cap

S4·E51 Mytharc

Counterfeit Redskins

Aug 25, 1955 · 30 min

Three men dress as Indians to try and intimidate local homesteaders into moving out or attacking the real local Indians. Either way the land owners run the risk of losing their lan

S4·E52 Mytharc

One Nation Indivisible

Sep 1, 1955 · 30 min

Two brothers, working their way west after they lose their farm because of the Civil War, encounter the Lone Ranger and learn about what a future can be if they can let go of the p

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