The Millionaire: Season 5
Season 5 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 Millionaire Season 4.
- 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.
Episode Guide
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The Betty Hawley Story
Sep 3, 1958
After graduation from college, John Hawley (Richard Jaeckel) takes a job in Mexico for a mining company. John's wife Betty (Lisa Daniels) is pregnant and desperate to have their ch
The Norman Conover Story
Sep 10, 1958
Grocer Norman Conover starts a chain of stores with his million which draws a visit from his first wife, who has formerly agreed to stay away.
The Fred Morgan Story
Sep 17, 1958
Before they use the money for corrective surgery, Rita Morgan implores her husband to take her to place she was crippled in her husband's boating accident where they are intercepte
The Ken Leighton Story
Sep 24, 1958
Earnest, but gullible Ken Leighton is barely making it just to pay bills but is always is falling for his co-worker's grand money gambling schemes. His marriage is taking a strain
The David Barrett Story
Oct 1, 1958
Struggling young writer David Barrett takes a laborer job on a farm owned by a tough old Scotsman. He's told to stay away from the main house, but circumstances bring him there and
The Martin Scott Story
Oct 8, 1958
Martin Scott's boy is in trouble at school for running a lottery scam on his classmates. He wanted the cash to buy a car. So he's given an earnest talk about money, and why he can'
The Ellen Curry Story
Oct 15, 1958
Ellen Curry is grief stricken when she loses her husband and terrified when he returns.
The William Vaughan Story
Oct 22, 1958
William Eliot Vaughan is a millionaire who finds out he is completely broke.
The Cat Story
Oct 29, 1958
Soon after an old spinster lady becomes a "Tipton-made Millionaire", she dies, leaving her estate to her cat, Ralph. The old woman's nephew Freddie Howard is to take care of the fe
The Dan Howell Story
Nov 5, 1958
Anthony's meeting with detective Dan Howell on a train on which Howell is returning an escaped convict who wishes revenge on Howell gives the convict an opportunity to free himself
The Newman Johnson Story
Nov 12, 1958
Meek clerk Newman Johnson who deals with an intrusive sister-in-law, a critical wife, a conniving coworker and a dismissive and grumpy employer gains confidence with his million an
The Lee Randolph Story
Nov 19, 1958
Check recipient Lee Randolph suffers brain trauma which condition his brother uses to make him Lee appear insane so he might commit Lee and have the money.
The Frank Harrigan Story
Dec 3, 1958
Stickler Frank Harrigan overhears his friends plan a gag to teach him a lesson about his hard nosed attitude so he thinks Anthony is acting when Anthony says he is giving him a mil
The Pete Hopper Story
Dec 10, 1958
Hopper, a young insurance accountant, learns that a client is guilty of fraud. Pete refuses a bribe and intends to divulge his findings to the police. When the check for a million
The Eric Lodek Story
Dec 17, 1958
Eric Lodek, a man devoted to helping others, receives the million-dollar check shortly before he suffers a fatal heart attack. Nick Slade, an escaped convict, comes across Lodek's
The William Courtney Story
Jan 7, 1959
William Courtney is unable to pay the back taxes on an old castle he bought, until his check arrives.
The Terrence Costigan Story
Jan 14, 1959
Terrence Costigan receives someone else's check and tries to find the real recipient.
The Irene Marshall Story
Jan 21, 1959
Irene Marshall refuses to believe that her husband committed suicide.
The Julia Conrad Story
Jan 28, 1959
Julia Conrad and Gilbert Patterson each believe the other is wealthy.
The Emily Baker Story
Feb 4, 1959
A career bachelor and world traveler meets the perfect girl. He leaves her because he is sure that he is not ready to settle down, but she thinks it's because she's a simple countr
The Father Gilhooley Story
Feb 18, 1959
A priest provides for great and small needs in his poor parish.
The Hank Butler Story
Feb 25, 1959
Judy Butler feels unneeded when her husband fills her role in their business with new employees, plus hires an efficient household staff.
The Angela Temple Story
Mar 11, 1959
Rumors and a husband's secrets add suspicion to his behavior, leading to a crisis with his millionaire wife.
The Alicia Osante Story
Mar 18, 1959
Michael has a hard time finding Alicia Osante because she's trying to avoid immigration officials, with the help of sailor William Williams, who is on leave from San Diego.
The Marcia Forrest Story
Mar 25, 1959
New millionaires Marsha Forrest and her police lieutenant husband try to find out the truth about a man he arrested who has been convicted of theft and murder.
The Henry Banning Story
Apr 1, 1959
Henry Banning who lives with his sister's family and has no visible means is known as a teller of tall tales so when he receives his million he has trouble making himself and other
The Sally Simms Story
Apr 8, 1959
When mother and daughter Susan and Sally Simms jointly receive the million dollars, Sally uses the opportunity to find her mother a husband but the man she has picked on a cruise f
The Ann Griffin Story
Apr 15, 1959
Newlywed to her college sweetheart Ann Griffin secretly uses her money to successfully promote an acting career for her husband while the husband grows frustrated that an agent req
The Karl Miller Story
Apr 22, 1959
Refugee Karl Miller uses his money to post a reward for assistance in finding his lost daughter and draws the help of a reporter who wants to write a story about the search.
The Gilbert Burton Story
Apr 29, 1959
Country boy Gilbert Burton spends money on a dancer with which he has become infatuated as a dishwasher in a nightclub but the woman cuts him off when her feelings grow because she
The Susan Ballard Story
May 6, 1959
Small town teacher Susan Ballard flees from a wild party.
The Bill Franklin Story
May 13, 1959
Editor Bill Franklin's wife sees the million as way to escape the couples workaday town and thoughts of aging and so loses herself and consideration for husband in the bustle of Ne
The Louise Benson Story
May 20, 1959
Artist Louise Benson falls in love with a sailor who was injured while rescuing her from a mugging as she sketched on the San Francisco waterfront but there love can go no further
The Martha Halloran Story
May 27, 1959
Clint Halloran diverts an advance received to fuel his plane to take a boy to a hospital out of his way and has to fraudulently mortgage his plane to return because he did not rece
The Charles Bradwell Story
Jun 10, 1959
Charles Bradwell works as a janitor for a school, but has no family to call his own. After getting his million dollars, decides to go out and find a family to claim as his own.