The Best Episodes Directed By Richard Donner

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   9.5/10(2 votes)

   #1 - The Best War in Town

   S2:E1211/24/1974

   A rookie cop (Mark Shea) stumbles upon an attempted murder of a rival gang leader in which he foils, triggering a gang war.

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   8.3/10(31 votes)

   #2 - Nightmare at 20,000 Feet

   S5:E310/11/1963

   A man, newly recovered from a nervous breakdown, becomes convinced that a monster only he sees is damaging the plane he's flying in.

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   7.6/10(14 votes)

   #3 - The Ventriloquist's Dummy

   S2:E86/5/1990

   A ventriloquist seeks out his old hero, Ingels, who he always admired. He soon meets up with his ventriloquist dummy Morty and discovers a shocking secret.

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   7.2/10(10 votes)

   #4 - The Jeopardy Room

   S5:E294/17/1964

   A KGB agent plays games with a defector, whose life he's been ordered to take, by giving him three hours to find and defuse a bomb he has hidden in his room.

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   7.1/10(20 votes)

   #5 - The Man Who Was Death / And All Through the House / Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone

   S1:E16/10/1989

   Niles Talbot moved from the country to the big city to get a job as an electrian but ended up as an executioner. His trouble begins when he's suddenly uemployed and decides to take the law into his own hands. On Christmas Eve, a woman slaughters her husband and learns that she's on Santa's naughty list when an escaped maniac dressed as Santa Claus shows up at her doorstep with a special present for her. A bum named Ulric is given the chance of a lifetime when a scientist puts the gland of a cat inside his body. Soon Ulric becomes the main attraction at a sideshow.

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   7.0/10(3 votes)

   #6 - Our Man in Leotards

   S1:E1011/20/1965

   Enilio Naharana steals a new drug invented by CONTROL named Immobilo, in order to use it against the Ambassador of Pinerovia. Max and 99 disguise themselves in order to save the day. Dancer and rebel Enilio Naharana steals a new CONTROL drug, Immobilo, to use against the Ambassador of Pinerovia. Immobilo paralyzes people instantly and Naharana plans to use it to prevent the Ambassador from signing a treaty with the U.S. Disguised as dancers, Max and 99 try to foil a peach of a plot. Unfortunately, Max is not a dancer and he gets caught! Keep an eye out for the bass drum sequence, which is one of the funniest bits in the entire series.

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   7.0/10(3 votes)

   #7 - Washington 4, Indians 3

   S1:E610/23/1965

   Indians threaten to use a bomb if they don't get all of their land back. Smart then goes into their camp and foils their plan. While on his three-week vacation Agent 43 is confronted by a group of rebel Indians. They demand the return of all Indian lands or they will fire their secret weapon on Washington. Max calls an all-out alert, though we're not sure if it's because of an Indian attack or because he doesn't get three weeks vacation. Once saturation bombing of Arizona is discarded as a plan, Max and 99 mount 'em up and head out to disarm the secret weapon. Max, disguised as a Papawahsee, infiltrates the camp. The Papwahsee is actually the Indian word for fiancee and Max is forced to romance Chief Red Cloud's daughter to fulfill his assignment. A jealous 99 raids the camp to prevent Max from kissing the daughter and tries to prevent the Indians from launching their secret weapon, a giant arrow.

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   7.0/10(2 votes)

   #8 - Wall Street Gunslinger

   S2:E510/6/1974

   Kojak goes undercover as a Greek millionaire to track down the person responsible for the theft of $20 million in securities as well as three murders.

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9. 

   7.0/10(1 votes)

   #9 - One for the Morgue

   S1:E311/7/1973

   Kojak is suspicious of anonymous tips suggesting that an underworld boss is attempting assassination of his rival which would lead to a mafia war.

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    6.8/10(5 votes)

    #10 - Showdown

    S4:E68/1/1992

    A gunman being is chased down by another quickdrawing gunslinger in an old abandoned western town. The gunman wins the duel but he soon learns a new meaning to the phrase ""ghost town"" as the spirits of all his victims come back to haunt him.

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    6.4/10(9 votes)

    #11 - From Agnes – With Love

    S5:E202/14/1964

    A computer technician must deal with the queen of all femme fatales: a computer named Agnes who wreaks havoc on his love life.

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12. 

    6.3/10(9 votes)

    #12 - The Brain Center at Whipple's

    S5:E335/15/1964

    A factory CEO replaces human workers with machines.

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13. 

    6.1/10(9 votes)

    #13 - Come Wander with Me

    S5:E345/22/1964

    A singer searches for an authentic folk song.

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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - Home Sweet Hut

    S1:E210/3/1964

    A hurricane is coming, so the Castaways must quickly build one large community hut in which to weather the storm. However, they soon get on each-others nerves, so they later decide to branch out and build individual huts.

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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - President Gilligan

    S1:E610/31/1964

    The castaways decide that they need someone to be the leader on the island, and so they hold elections. As you might imagine, both Mr. Howell and the Skipper imagine themselves to be the natural choice to lead the Castaways in their island society. However, when the votes are counted Gilligan is elected president of the island! Just as we recently learned in Florida, every vote counts!

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16. 

    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #16 - St. Gilligan and the Dragon

    S1:E202/13/1965

    Angry because the men haven't kept their promise to build them private houses, the women decide to move to the other side of the island in protest. Gilligan and the Skipper dress as a monster, in an attempt to frighten the girls and cause them to come running back.

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    5.5/10(12 votes)

    #17 - Sounds and Silences

    S5:E274/3/1964

    A man's wish to listen to loud noise backfires.

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