The Best Episodes Directed By William Wiard

Every TV Episode Directed by William Wiard Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

  1. Background image for Tuttle
    8.9/10(7 votes)

    #1 - Tuttle

    S1:E15

    Hawkeye creates a fake doctor, Captain Jonathan S. Tuttle, to give supplies to the local orphans. Henry wants Tuttle to be officer of the day, so Hawkeye creates a fake personnel file, and all his back pay is given to the orphanage. When General Clayton wants to reward his generosity, Hawkeye is forced to invent a story about Tuttle jumping from a chopper without his parachute! Of course, Trapper's new friend, Captain Murdoch, obtained the fake dog tags and parachute...!

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  2. Background image for Sometimes You Hear the Bullet
    8.1/10(9 votes)

    #2 - Sometimes You Hear the Bullet

    S1:E17

    Frank throws his back out whilst spending the evening with Margaret, and ends up in traction. He promptly applies for the Purple Heart, having been 'technically' wounded at a frontline unit. Tommy Gillis, an old friend of Hawkeye's, is writing a book about the war, and pays him a visit. Later, Tommy is brought into the camp, seriously wounded, and Hawkeye can't save him. A 15-year-old kid is in the hospital to have his appendix out. He joined up to be a hero back home, but Hawkeye has him sent home, giving him Frank's purple heart.

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  3. Background image for The Longjohn Flap
    8.1/10(7 votes)

    #3 - The Longjohn Flap

    S1:E19

    The camp suffers from the severe cold, except for Hawkeye who has received some long john's from his father. They get passed around from person to person, as a gift, a gambling stake, a trade, a bribe, stolen, given up to Father Mulcahy, who gives them to Henry, who returns them to Hawkeye as thanks for taking out his appendix.

    Director:William Wiard
    Writer:Alan Alda
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  4. Background image for Kim
    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #4 - Kim

    S2:E6

    Everyone wants to mother a wounded and apparently orphaned boy.

    Director:William Wiard
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  5. Background image for The Family Hour
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - The Family Hour

    S3:E3

    Jim and Rocky find an abandoned young girl that leads to Jim finding and helping her father.

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  6. Background image for Just Another Polish Wedding
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - Just Another Polish Wedding

    S3:E17

    Jim gets Gandy (Isaac Hayes) a job with his P.I. buddy Marcus Hayes (Louis Gossett Jr.) who promptly then tries to steal the case.

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  7. Background image for To Protect and Serve: Part 1
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - To Protect and Serve: Part 1

    S3:E19

    Rockford is hired to find a missing woman, only to discover that she is also being sought by a New York crime family.

    Director:William Wiard
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  8. Background image for A Deadly Maze
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - A Deadly Maze

    S4:E13

    Jim is unwittingly involved in a bizarre experiment when hired to find a man's missing wife.

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  9. Background image for South by Southeast
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - South by Southeast

    S4:E18

    Mistaken identity by federal agents has Jim being sent to South America to help them contact a heiress, who has been isolated by her possessive husband.

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  10. Background image for Heartaches of a Fool
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Heartaches of a Fool

    S5:E1

    Jim finds that a country music star, corrupt union boss and Chinese triad all have one thing in common with why Rocky ended in hospital after his rig was forced off the road: sausages.

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  11. Background image for Rosendahl and Gilda Stern Are Dead
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - Rosendahl and Gilda Stern Are Dead

    S5:E2

    A doctor's murder has direct connections to the Mob, and Jim comes to the assistance of hooker friend Rita Capcovik (Rita Moreno) when she finds herself entangled in it.

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  12. Background image for The Jersey Bounce
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - The Jersey Bounce

    S5:E3

    Wrongly accused of beating a man to death, Jim discovers the best legal advice he can find is from disbarred lawyer John Cooper.

    Director:William Wiard
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  13. Background image for L.I.P. (Local Indigenous Personnel)
    7.8/10(4 votes)

    #13 - L.I.P. (Local Indigenous Personnel)

    S2:E7

    Hawkeye cuts through red tape to help a GI marry his child's Korean mother, and cuts romantic ties with a bigoted nurse.

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  14. Background image for Sleight of Hand
    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #14 - Sleight of Hand

    S1:E15

    Jim's girlfriend suddenly disappears with no clue as to how or why. Lt. Diel thinks Rockford is probably responsible for her disappearance and orders him to stay away from the case. But Jim can't stop until he finds out what happened.

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  15. Background image for Claire
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #15 - Claire

    S1:E17

    Jim's old girlfriend, Claire Prescott, phones, and asks him to help give her protection from 2 hoods chasing her. He soon discovers there's a missing undercover cop, which puts him up against an arrogant Cpt. Highland, as well.

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  16. Background image for The Fourth Man
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #16 - The Fourth Man

    S3:E1

    Jim helps a friend who works in the airline industry, who's apparently being pursued by a hit man, and she's no idea why she's being targeted.

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  17. Background image for Henry Please Come Home
    7.4/10(7 votes)

    #17 - Henry Please Come Home

    S1:E9

    Henry receives a citation for the camp achieving the best efficiency rating, and then General Hammond reassigns him to Tokyo. Frank then changes the camp to be more military, and he confiscates Hawkeye's and Trapper's still. They use forged passes to go to Tokyo to convince Henry to come back and end up pretending Radar is sick.

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  18. Background image for Bronzefinger
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #18 - Bronzefinger

    S2:E12

    Max has to learn about art in order to try to capture an art thief.

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  19. Background image for The Whole Tooth and . . .
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #19 - The Whole Tooth and . . .

    S2:E14

    While carrying plans for a nuclear reactor, Max runs into KAOS Agents, so he must hide the plans. Max later has to pretend to be a convict and go to jail to get them back.

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  20. Background image for The Man from YENTA
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #20 - The Man from YENTA

    S2:E19

    Max is assigned to protect an Arabian Prince.

    Director:William Wiard
    Writer:N/A
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  21. Background image for No Minor Vices
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #21 - No Minor Vices

    S5:E5

    A nice, normal 16-year-old hooker keeps having her johns turn up dead; Dan is particularly horrified by the case.

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  22. Background image for Gearjammers (2)
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #22 - Gearjammers (2)

    S2:E4

    Killers pursue Rocky, as Becker and Rockford investigate a hijacking operation.

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  23. Background image for The Decoy
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #23 - The Decoy

    S2:E7

    CONTROL makes KAOS believe that Max is carrying a secret code.

    Director:William Wiard
    Writer:N/A
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  24. Background image for Till Death Do Us Part
    5.5/10(2 votes)

    #24 - Till Death Do Us Part

    S5:E7

    Stone must protect a former book keeper's wife, in order to have her testify against several high profile mobsters who want her dead because of the evidence she has against them.

    Director:William Wiard
    Writer:N/A
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  25. Background image for The Deep Blue Sleep
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - The Deep Blue Sleep

    S2:E5

    The trail of a missing model leads to murder and an underworld operation within a high-fashion studio.

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William Wiard Ratings Summary

"Tuttle" is the best rated episode directed by William Wiard. It scored 8.9/10 based on 7 votes. It was written by Bruce Shelley. It aired on 1/14/1973 and is rated 0.8 points higher than their second-best episode, "Sometimes You Hear the Bullet".