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The Best Episodes Directed By Murray Golden

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 1 Episode 23 - I'm Only Human
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    S1:E23

    Max convinces the Chief of taking Fang out of retirement after some Control agents are killed by their own dogs. Each of those agents had left their pets at an animal spa while they were travelling. What they ignored was that the animals were being brainwashed before being returned to their owners. When Fang goes MIA Max disobeys orders and goes after him which causes the Chief to go rescue Max.

    Director:Murray Golden
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  2. undefined Season 3 Episode 19 - Requiem for Methuselah
    7.2/10(40 votes)

    S3:E19

    The crew of the Enterprise encounter an immortal human in this science fiction variation on Shakespeare's The Tempest.

    Director:Murray Golden
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  3. undefined Season 1 Episode 24 - Stakeout on Blue Mist Mountain
    7.0/10(3 votes)

    S1:E24

    A horde of KAOS agents are taking flights to Washington. Each one carries a piece of a bomb which is meant to explode near an American base. Max and the Chief capture one of KAOS's agents and fool-force confidential information out of him. They end up in Blue Mist Mountain and it's up to 86 to dismantle the bomb before it goes off. All the help he has is Parker on the shoe-phone, a coin, and a very expensive tie.

    Director:Murray Golden
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  4. undefined Season 1 Episode 21 - Dear Diary
    7.0/10(3 votes)

    S1:E21

    A retired agent and his secret diary are missing.

    Director:Murray Golden
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  5. undefined Season 5 Episode 20 - Kitara (aka The Bigot)
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    S5:E20

    John Darcy, codename 'Kitara', leads a liberation movement in the African country of Bocamo and has been inadvertently captured by the ruthless Colonel Kohler. Kohler plans to torture Kitara, who if he confesses his true identity will result in the destruction of the entire movement. Kohler is after a truckful of government gold bullion Kitara stole. Jim and Doug play agents while Barney is captured and gets the location of the bullion from Kitara and gets it to Jim. Doug warns Kohler about ""lamposa hycondra"", a disease that causes blacks to turn white. After Kohler takes a IMF-rigged shower he wakes up the next morning to find himself black! Dana as a reporter introduces Kohler to shopkeeper Paris, who has ""proof"" that Kohler's grandfather was black. Kohler goes on the run and Paris hides him out at the gold's location. The authorities find Kohler there and believe he is Kitara and have him arrested, then hand the gold over to Jim to deliver it to headquarters.

    Director:Murray Golden
    Writer:N/A

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  6. undefined Season 1 Episode 16 - He Meets His Match, The Grisly Ghoul
    6.8/10(13 votes)

    S1:E16

    A power failure prevents Batman and Robin from being electrocuted. Meanwhile, a recording Batman made confirms that cheerleader Susie is one of the Joker's confederates. Robin, in his Dick Grayson identity, attempts to infiltrate the gang. Meanwhile, the Joker's main plot is finally revealed. Members of the high school basketball team receive answers to final exams from the rigged vending machines. The Joker appears, claiming to be a concerned citizen. The team's starters will be suspended as the Joker bets big money on the team's next opponent. Batman, however, has other ideas.

    Director:Murray Golden
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  7. undefined Season 2 Episode 27 - The Penguin's Nest
    6.8/10(5 votes)

    S2:E27

    Penguin has opened a fancy restaurant called The Penguin's Nest. There every order has to be written down by the customers on a piece of paper. He then plans to get himself arrested and hand over the handwritten notes to a forger doing time by the name of Ballpoint Baxter. Suspecting a scheme, Batman urges the police not to send The Penguin back to his permanent cell. Unable to reach Ballpoint, The Penguin and his culinary cohorts escape from jail, taking Chief O'Hara along as a hostage.

    Director:Murray Golden
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  8. undefined Season 1 Episode 15 - The Joker Goes to School
    6.8/10(13 votes)

    S1:E15

    At Woodrow Roosevelt High School, a vending machine gives out money. Dick Grayson is there to witness it. Batman learns the vending machines are operated by a company bought by the Joker after being released from prison. The Joker and his gang are aided by Susie, a cheerleader at the school. In the course of their investigation, Batman and Robin are captured and placed in electric chairs. If a "one armed bandit" comes up the wrong way, they'll be electrocuted.

    Director:Murray Golden
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  9. undefined Season 2 Episode 5 - The Minstrel's Shakedown
    6.7/10(7 votes)

    S2:E5

    The Minstrel, a villain with both musical talent and electronic ingenuity, is wrecking havoc with the Gotham City Exchange in an attempt to blackmail the exchange members. When he soon realizes Batman and Robin are equally skilled with electronics, he deems them a threat to his plan and sets a trap for their demise.

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  10. undefined Season 4 Episode 5 - Fool's Gold
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    S4:E5

    Paris poses as a counterfeiter in order to gain access to a safe and destroy millions in phony money, as well as the plates used to make it.

    Director:Murray Golden
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  11. undefined Season 5 Episode 22 - The Party
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    S5:E22

    Alexander Vanin, arrested and convicted for espionage, hid a list of agents operating in the U.S. His control, Mishenko of the EEPR, has been ordered to get the list but Vanin refuses to give in because then Mishenko would cut him loose. The IMF must get the list. Vanin hypnotized himself to forget the list's location and only his wife Olga can give the trigger command to let him remember. Jim gets Olga to the U.S. while Barney and the others clear out the EEPR Consulate with a bomb ruse and then take it over and stage a party where the reunited couple meet (while Mishenko waits across the street for Barney to defuse the bomb). The IMF fake partygoers sneak out and Mishenko shows up to find Vanin there. To prove his loyalty and that he didn't talk, Vanin has his wife give the trigger, unaware that the IMF are listening in and get to the bus where Vanin hid the list before Mishenko can.

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  12. undefined Season 4 Episode 11 - The Brothers
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    S4:E11

    A Middle Eastern king needs to be restored to the throne. So a medical operation is replicated where he will seemingly donate his kidney to his murderous brother.

    Director:Murray Golden
    Writer:N/A

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  13. undefined Season 2 Episode 6 - Barbecued Batman?
    6.4/10(7 votes)

    S2:E6

    Failing to destroy Batman and Robin, the Minstrel enacts "Plan High C." He shakes the building of the Gotham City Exchange, and promises to send it crumbling down if his demands are not met in one hour. Batman assumes cutting off the building's power will thwart the villain, but when that plan fails, it's up to the Dynamic Duo to track down the Minstrel before it's too late.

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  14. undefined Season 2 Episode 28 - The Bird's Last Jest
    6.2/10(5 votes)

    S2:E28

    Attempting to save Chief O'Hara from drowning inside a metal trunk, Batman and Robin find themselves under fire from the Penguin's henchmen. Batman instructs Alfred to pose as famous forger Quill-Pen Quertch (complete with false fingerprints), but the Penguin recognizes Alfred as soon as he puts on his glasses. The evil Bird-man and his cronies then visit stately Wayne manor brandishing a giant Butler-pie.

    Director:Murray Golden
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  15. undefined Season 4 Episode 12 - Time Bomb
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    S4:E12

    The IMF team has to try and gain access to a nuclear reactor complex, where a terminally ill officer plans to detonate an atomic bomb.

    Director:Murray Golden
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  16. undefined Season 5 Episode 2 - A Passion for Justice
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    S5:E2

    Renowned English novelist Charles Dickens comes to Virginia City. In short order, he is accused of a crime he didn't commit. The problem then becomes how to convince the stubborn author to defend himself.

    Director:Murray Golden
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Murray Golden Ratings Summary

"I'm Only Human" is the best rated episode directed by Murray Golden. It scored 7.667/10 based on 3 votes. It was written by N/A. It aired on 2/26/1966 and is rated 0.5 points higher than their second-best episode, "Requiem for Methuselah".