10.0/101 votes#1 - Dead Load
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/21/1961
Cain searches for a waterfront racketeer.
Director: Tom Gries
Writer: Fred Freiberger
- 9.0/101 votes
#2 - Heart Is a Handout
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 3/7/1962
Jed and Dr. Hyatt go undercover as members of a hobo community to protect a man known as Doc, acknowledged leader of the community. Years ago Doc was disinherited by his wealthy father for behaving irresponsibly with money, but now his dying father wants him back, and others in his family want him dead so they won't have to pay him an allowance. When Doc winds up inheriting the entire estate, he goes to town with it, making Checkmate's job more difficult.
Director: Tom Gries
Writer: N/A
8.0/101 votes#3 - Line Camp
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/9/1960
Dave and Brown find a dead man on the trail. They take him to a cattle camp, where he meets an old friend of his. But when Daves friend gets drunk and picks a fight with Dave, Dave has no choice to shoot his old friend.
Director: Tom Gries
Writer: Tom Gries
8.0/106 votes#4 - When the Rat's Away the Mice Will Play
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 2/17/1966
Batman manages to escape the Riddler's death trap. He and Robin decide to lay low until they can figure out the Riddler's caper. Meanwhile, the Riddler frees King Boris, who brings a gift to a major monument in Gotham City. It turns out the Riddler has substituted a bomb for King Boris's gift and he is demanding a ransom. The Riddler, though, overplays his hand, enabling Batman and Robin to capture the Riddler and his gang.
Director: Tom Gries
Writer: Fred De Gorter
8.0/104 votes#5 - Fine Finny Fiends
Season 1 Episode 33 - Aired 5/4/1966
Alfred is kidnapped by the Penguin ans his finny fiends while buying caviar for the Multimillionaires Annual Award Dinner. Although the loyal butler does not know the secret location where the dinner is to be held, Penguin brainwashes the man-servant as part of his diabolical scheme. Batman and Robin track down the Penguin's hideout on a fishing pier owned by 'Knott A. Fish', only to walk into a trap.
Director: Tom Gries
Writer: Sheldon Stark
8.0/104 votes#6 - Batman Makes the Scenes
Season 1 Episode 34 - Aired 5/5/1966
The Penguin learns the location of the Multi-millionaires Annual Award Dinner from Alfred: on board Bruce Wayne's S.S. Gotham Neptune. His female fink Finella replaces the beauty queen for the chosen charity Miss Natural Resources, pops out of a giant cake at the diner and proceeds to gas all the multimillionaires present, as well as Bruce Wayne and Master Grayson's replacements: Batman and Robin.
Director: Tom Gries
Writer: Sheldon Stark
7.8/106 votes#7 - A Riddle a Day Keeps the Riddler Away
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 2/16/1966
King Boris, who hails from a European country, comes to Gotham City for a visit. Upon his arrival, there is a disturbance, which includes a clue from the Riddler. Batman and Robin investigate and get on the Riddler's trail. They are trapped by the criminal, who ties them to large wheels that will spin with ever-increasing speed until they are dead.
Director: Tom Gries
Writer: Fred De Gorter
7.5/102 votes#8 - Wheels
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/29/1966
In the country of Valeria, the IMF must assure that the corrupt Nationalist party's rigged voting machine doesn't give them the election.
Director: Tom Gries
Writer: Laurence Heath
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"Dead Load" is the best rated episode directed by Tom Gries. It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. It was written by Fred Freiberger. It aired on 11/21/1961 and is rated 1.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Heart Is a Handout".