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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 5 Episode 23 - What's It All About, Algie?
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    S5:E23

    KAOS Agent Algernon DeGrasse owns a nursery that uses its plants to spy on important people in Washington. After a CONTROL agent disappears, Max goes to work in the nursery to crack the case. While he's working undercover as a Japanese gardener, 99 stocks up on plants for their apartment.

    Director:Don Adams
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  2. undefined Season 3 Episode 18 - Don't Look Back
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    S3:E18

    In this take-off of The Fugitive series Max is framed by Kaos. He is charged with Bank Robbery, and Murder. This comes about when a one-handed Man (in a Maxwell Smart facemask) shoots the Bank Guard, in front of witnesses who could identify him.

    Director:Don Adams
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  3. undefined Season 5 Episode 21 - And Only Two Ninety-Nine
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    S5:E21

    Max comes home from work one evening to find 99 in bed,with a back eye.99 explains it away as nothing.When he inquires about 99's visit to her Mother,99 says that she did'nt feel much like visiting her.This makes Max suspicious,and before he inquires about anything else,the telephone rings.It is the Chief who informs Max that the woman in his Apartment is not 99.This is true since the real 99 is in the Chiefs Office.The Chief lets 99 talk to Max on the telephone,and this confirms to Max that it is the real 99.The Chief will explain everything to Max in the Morning,but that Max should at the present time should pretend that the woman imposter is 99.99 herself explains to the Chief what had happened that morning.While some furnisher men were moving furniture into her,and Max's apartment,the imposter 99 pulls a gun on her.She then instructed 99 to accompany the moving men(who are Kaos agents)back to their secret place.In response 99 punched the imposter,thus giving her the black eye.She w

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  4. undefined Season 4 Episode 25 - The Not-So-Great Escape (1)
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S4:E25

    Max is assigned to see Agent Kendall safely on a plane to Europe. However, Kendall mysteriously disappears from the airport after being paged. When Max takes the Chief to the airport to find out what happened, the Chief also disappears after being paged.

    Director:Don Adams
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  5. undefined Season 2 Episode 26 - Appointment in Sahara
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    S2:E26

    Once KAOS gets a nuclear bomb, they try to blackmail the world into disarmament, but Max and 99 are sent to save the day.

    Director:Don Adams
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  6. undefined Season 5 Episode 1 - Pheasant Under Glass
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    S5:E1

    On a mission for CONTROL to rescue Professor Milo Pheasant, Smart and 99 learn that he is imprisoned within an impregnable glass dome. KAOS has kidnapped Professor Pheasant and imprisoned him in a nuclear-glass cube. Max and 99 break into KAOS HQ to break him out, but they're unable to break the glass and forced to flee. As they're escaping, 99 reveals that she's pregnant, causing Max to get so excited that he reveals his identity as a secret agent to a reporter. This renders Max useless as an agent and eliminates CONTROL's plan to free the professor by having The Singing Agent, Rosa LaCosta, sing a special note that can shatter glass and have Max go undercover as her accompanist. To save his job, Max visits Dr. Proctor, who has discovered a way to spray paint a new face on people, and Max tries out several faces before picking one to help him infiltrate KAOS headquarters and rescue the professor.

    Director:Don Adams
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  7. undefined Season 5 Episode 2 - Ironhand
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    S5:E2

    When IH Industries acquires KAOS, Max and 99 attempt Operation Baby Buggy Switch to stop the new head of KAOS, Ironhand, a man with an iron fist, from obtaining The Anti-Anti_Anti-Missle-Missle plans.

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  8. undefined Season 5 Episode 7 - And Baby Makes Four (1)
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    S5:E7

    Max and 99 follow the wrong map and end up at KAOS's new HQ instead of the maternity ward. 99 is incredibly close to giving birth, which is making Max nervous and unable to pay attention to his job. He spends all of his time trying to find the shortest way to get 99 to the hospital. At the same time, CONTROL is desperately trying to find the new location of KAOS HQ. It's made more urgent because Simon the Likable is coming to town to steal the Huffiker Plans from the Pentagon. Simon is unstoppable because everyone that sees him instantly likes him and will do anything for him. Max and Simon get their directions mixed up and Simon goes to the maternity hospital while Max takes 99 to KAOS HQ, Sunny Slope Sanitarium.

    Director:Don Adams
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  9. undefined Season 5 Episode 8 - And Baby Makes Four (2)
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    S5:E8

    CONTROL must defeat Simon the Likable while 99 delivers twins. Max and 99 escape and manage to get to the correct hospital in time for her to have twins, a boy and a girl. While everyone is congratulating Max, Simon tries to escape until he runs into the one person who doesn't like him, 99's mother.

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  10. undefined Season 5 Episode 5 - The Treasure of C. Errol Madre
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    S5:E5

    When KAOS heists CONTROL's payrolls, putting it into severe financial straits, The Chief sends Max, disguised as prospector Frogsie Debbs, to Mira Lodo, Mexico, to find Debbs' old partner C. Errol Madre, who posesses the second half of a map that leads to a gold mind that could restore CONTROL's operations.

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  11. undefined Season 4 Episode 15 - Hurray for Hollywood
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    S4:E15

    Max and 99 go undercover as actors Lawrence Hollywood and Viola Vain to learn how KAOS is using performances of a play to communicate with their agents.

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  12. undefined Season 4 Episode 17 - Tequila Mockingbird
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    S4:E17

    Smart and 99 pose as a flamenco dancer and a seedy doctor to fool KAOS as both search for hidden gems in Mexico.

    Director:Don Adams
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  13. undefined Season 4 Episode 26 - The Not-So-Great Escape (2)
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    S4:E26

    CONTROL agents tunnel out of the KAOS POW camp à la "The Great Escape."

    Director:Don Adams
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Don Adams Ratings Summary

"What's It All About, Algie?" is the best rated episode directed by Don Adams. It scored 8/10 based on 2 votes. It was written by N/A. It aired on 4/24/1970 and is rated 1.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Don't Look Back".