The Best Episodes Directed By Gary Nelson

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   9.0/10(3 votes)

   #1 - Just one of Those Things

   S3:E142/6/1999

   Gary decides to tell Erica about the paper but she does not believe him until she witnesses him saving the life of a little girl trapped in a refrigerator. Unfortunately, Patrick, who is looking for an apartment, accidently takes Gary's paper.

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   #2 - Requiem for a Cop

   S1:E611/28/1973

   Kojak races a 48-hour deadline to prevent the burial without honors of his old friend, an officer accused of corruption.

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   8.7/10(3 votes)

   #3 - Romancing the Throne

   S2:E121/17/1998

   Gary must deal with a stowaway princess who hid in his trunk.

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   8.7/10(3 votes)

   #4 - Don't Walk Away, Renee

   S2:E205/9/1998

   Gary helps Renee, a woman who is being targeted by thieves.

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   8.5/10(2 votes)

   #5 - The Out-of-Towner

   S4:E19/25/1999

   Gary meets a man, Sam Cooper, that also receives tomorrow's paper (the New York Daily). However, unlike Gary, Sam hires others to complete the rescues and uses the paper's knowledge to make money.

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   8.5/10(2 votes)

   #6 - Fatal Edition (2)

   S4:E811/13/1999

   When Gary's own investigation leads him to one of Scanlon's informants, he learns that at the time of Scanlon's death, the reporter was about to break a story on a murder-for-hire ring. With the help of Sun Times photographer Miguel Diaz, Gary obtains a printout of Scanlon's notes for his story that identifies six murders that were made to look like accidents. Meanwhile, Detective Brigatti uncovers some evidence of her own, which proves Gary's innocence and implicates someone with whom she works closely in the department. When Brigatti is subsequently taken hostage and about to be murdered, Gary must save her before the real killer sets him up a second time.

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   8.5/10(2 votes)

   #7 - Fatal Edition (1)

   S4:E711/6/1999

   When Frank Scanlon, a Chicago Sun Times columnist famous for his exposes, meets Gary during one of his daily saves, Gary piques the interest of the reporter, who believes that the rescues are more than coincidental. Intent on investigating Gary further, Scanlon demands that Sun Times cameraman Miguel Diaz hand over the confidential file he's been collecting on Gary. Meanwhile, when Gary reads in the paper that Scanlon is about to be murdered, he rushes to save him but the paper lists the wrong time of death - leading Gary to be found at the scene by police and subsequently arrested. Mounting circumstantial evidence even has Detective Toni Brigatti convinced of Gary's guilt. After escaping his arraignment, with Marissa's help, Gary becomes a fugitive desperate to find Scanlon's murderer.

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   8.5/10(2 votes)

   #8 - Performance Anxiety

   S4:E143/11/2000

   The former recipient of the New York paper decides to relinquish his duties by turning over the next day's news to his friend Clams, but the paper suddenly stops coming after Clams meets with a mysterious man asking questions about his satisfaction with his special subscription. When Gary is involved in a similar meeting, Clams warns him that he too could lose his paper if he makes any wrong decisions. Desperate to get his own paper back, Clams steals Gary's edition so he can convince the powers-that-be to give him another chance. But even as he tries to make amends, Clams continues to abuse the paper and winds up putting the life of a down on-his-luck computer genius in jeopardy. When Gary reads that Clams and the computer wiz will perish in a dangerous explosion, he must race to save their lives before it's too late.

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   8.5/10(2 votes)

   #9 - Everybody Goes to Rick's

   S4:E215/20/2000

   Gary travels back in time to 1929, and is the proprietor of a speakeasy at the location where McGinty's is currently located. He must try to prevent the St. Valentine's Day Massacre.

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    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #10 - Luck o' the Irish

    S4:E225/27/2000

    A young Irish woman loses her chance at a million dollar lottery when Gary swipes her dollar that she was going to buy the winning ticket with. To repay her he ends up caught up in a wild scheme that has them pretending to be engaged while Kate looks for a man she loves.

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    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #11 - Halloween

    S3:E610/31/1998

    Gary is abducted by two witches that he saved from a fire. The witches believe that Gary is a warlock, and that Gary can help them free their sister who has been locked up for close to 200 years.

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    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #12 - Nest Egg

    S3:E1012/5/1998

    To his surprise, Gary runs into his mother in the middle of Chicago. Later he shadows her and sees her drinking champagne with a strange man. Gary first suspects an affair, but learns that the stranger has tricked her into investing in a fictive company.

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    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #13 - Fate

    S3:E183/20/1999

    A homeless man plummets to his death while Gary tries to save him. Gary is rattled by his inability to prevent the tragedy and questions his involvement with the paper. When Gary refuses to prevent the next day's bad news, he winds up being forced to confront his own fate when he reads his obituary in the paper and must figure out what he's done wrong so he can save his life.

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    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #14 - Jenny Sloane

    S2:E410/18/1997

    Gary must help a young boy who is ill with leukimia, but is refusing treatment. Gary wants him to meet Jenny Sloane, Chicago's sweetheart who is ill with cancer. A Sun-Times columnist writes a column about Jenny Sloane.

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    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #15 - The Fourth Carpathian

    S2:E174/18/1998

    Gary's parents receive the paper when Gary is trapped in an absndoned theater trying to save a monkey. Gary's parents and Crumb accidentally bring together a family of Letonian trapeze artists in Chicago.

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    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #16 - Hot Time in the Old Town

    S2:E215/16/1998

    Gary reads in the paper that a pylon at a construction site drops and knocks over a nearby building killing thousands. He goes to try and prevent it from happening only to get knocked out and wakes up 2 days before the Great Chicago Fire. He meets Morris, who looks like Chuck. He also meets Jesse, a young boy who is the brother of a woman, Elanor, who is a singer at a saloon, and looks exactly like Marissa, and is a victim of racism. Gary must help Jessee and Elanor, and try to stop the fire from happening.

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    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #17 - Blackout

    S3:E19/26/1998

    During a blackout in Chicago, Marissa attempts to save two trapped teenagers.

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    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #18 - The Amazing Harry Hoo

    S1:E253/12/1966

    The Claw is back, and planning to lead Max into his deadly trap. His scheme leads Max and 99 to San Francisco as they follow a Chinese agent (Number 3) in the hopes that this will lead them to Number One (Claw), the mastermind behind a smuggling operation that uses a laundromat as facade (though the real money is actually in the laundry). However Max gets help from Harry Hoo, a chinese police inspector with a keen eye for detail and two possibilities to explain anything.

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    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #19 - How to Succeed in the Spy Business Without Really Trying

    S2:E253/11/1967

    Max and 99 are saved by Siegfried, who wants to defect. The Chief doesn't trust Siegfried until he starts to sell important information about KAOS.

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    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #20 - The Spy Who Met Himself

    S3:E19/16/1967

    KAOS's League of Impersonators are serving as duplicates for CONTROL agents, trying to steal the plans for a warhead and wreak havoc at CONTROL. After the real Max kidnapped and is replaced by an impostor, he manages to escape and a committee has to determine which is the real Max!

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    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #21 - The King Lives?

    S3:E141/6/1968

    Max travels to Coronia to protect the King of Coronia from the King's evil half-brother Basil

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    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #22 - The Mysterious Dr. T

    S3:E1312/30/1967

    When a top CONTROL scientist dies, it turns out that he wasn't the real brains behind the operations.

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    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #23 - The Hot Line

    S3:E243/23/1968

    The Chief is relieved of duty as Chief when "the President" (actually Gorshen, a Kaos voice impersonator) calls him and demotes him, making Max the new Chief. This is part of Kaos's plan to infiltrate and then destroy Control--but with Max in charge, Kaos doesn't really need to plan.

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    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #24 - Die, Spy

    S3:E253/30/1968

    The story spoofs NBC's ""I Spy"" and Robert Culp of that series appears in a cameo role.

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    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #25 - Play It Again Sammo

    S3:E225/8/1999

    Gary does his usual routine to help others, and finds himself involved with the robbery of an ancient Chinese helmet that was stolen from LA. Detective Sammo Law from the Los Angeles police department is in Chicago looking for the missing helmet. After investigating Gary's involvement with the case, Sammo and Gary find out Gary accidentally bought the helmet as a piece of an art decoration object. Unfortunately the helmet is stolen again, forcing Sammo and Gary to team up to get it back, while trying to stop the man who stole it and his niece from being murdered by international smugglers who want the helmet.

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