- 7.6/10116 votes7.6/10(116)
#1 - Bad Cats and Sudden Death
Season 2 Episode 1
Aired 9/13/1972
That's about as unlucky as you can get. An assistant DA investigating a car theft ring is framed for his wife's murder.
Director: Philip Leacock
Writer: Robert Lewin
- 7.3/10135 votes7.3/10(135)
#2 - Sky Above, Death Below
Season 2 Episode 2
Aired 9/20/1972
Keeping your double chin up. A draft dodger winesses a murder on his way to the Yukon.
Director: George McCowan
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/10113 votes7.3/10(113)
#3 - Bitter Legion
Season 2 Episode 3
Aired 9/27/1972
Cannon goes undercover to find a missing man in a gang. ""Why did the barmaid champagne?""
Director: Michael O'Herlihy
Writer: George Bellak
- 7.7/10122 votes7.7/10(122)
#4 - That Was No Lady
Season 2 Episode 4
Aired 10/4/1972
That was my wife? A lady lawyer gets threatened with death for defending punks who robbed a charity.
Director: George McCowan
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10110 votes7.8/10(110)
#5 - Stakeout
Season 2 Episode 5
Aired 10/11/1972
Served with a good Victor Hugo sauce, preferably. A girl wounded in a holdup mysteriously refuses to identify the crook.
Director: Leo Penn
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/10111 votes7.6/10(111)
#6 - The Predators
Season 2 Episode 6
Aired 10/18/1972
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- 7.1/10122 votes7.1/10(122)
#7 - A Long Way Down
Season 2 Episode 7
Aired 10/25/1972
- 8.2/10118 votes8.2/10(118)
#8 - The Rip-Off
Season 2 Episode 8
Aired 11/1/1972
There's only one way to deal with that: serve equal portions. Freight shipments are stolen by computer, and Cannon's in the middle of a custody fight.
Director: George McCowan
Writer: Douglas Day Stewart
- 7.8/10120 votes7.8/10(120)
#9 - Child of Fear
Season 2 Episode 9
Aired 11/15/1972
- 7.4/10108 votes7.4/10(108)
#10 - The Shadow Man
Season 2 Episode 10
Aired 11/22/1972
- 8.0/10108 votes8.0/10(108)
#11 - Hear No Evil
Season 2 Episode 11
Aired 11/29/1972
Dale and Laura Corey are a happily married couple who own an electronics store; he does a lot of electronic eavesdropping for clients, she was a cop on the force with Cannon a few years back, and hires him because Dale is being threatened after bugging some hotel rooms for the owner.
Director: Charles S. Dubin
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/10116 votes8.1/10(116)
#12 - The Endangered Species
Season 2 Episode 12
Aired 12/13/1972
- 7.6/10116 votes7.6/10(116)
#13 - Nobody Beats the House
Season 2 Episode 13
Aired 12/20/1972
Toby Hauser is a compulsive gambler who is $200,000 in debt to Ben Logan (who runs local illegal gaming operations). The bill is due and Hauser has about $5000; they threaten to come after Hauser's wife Cathy if payment isn't made. Cathy, sensing one of them will be hurt, calls in Cannon to help.
Director: Herbert Hirschman
Writer: Meyer Dolinsky
- 7.6/10114 votes7.6/10(114)
#14 - Hard Rock Roller Coaster
Season 2 Episode 14
Aired 1/3/1973
A diamond smuggler is drugged to reveal his contraband.
Director: Charles S. Dubin
Writer: Meyer Dolinsky
- 7.8/10119 votes7.8/10(119)
#15 - The Dead Samaritan
Season 2 Episode 15
Aired 1/10/1973
- 7.8/10111 votes7.8/10(111)
#16 - Death of a Stone Seahorse
Season 2 Episode 16
Aired 1/17/1973
- 7.3/10104 votes7.3/10(104)
#17 - Moving Target
Season 2 Episode 17
Aired 1/31/1973
The co-author of an industrialist's unauthorized biography is murdered.
Director: Lawrence Dobkin
Writer: Worley Thorne
- 7.5/1093 votes7.5/10(93)
#18 - Murder for Murder
Season 2 Episode 18
Aired 2/7/1973
A case of revenge for a daughter's death at a swinging affair.
Director: Herschel Daugherty
Writer: Arthur Heinemann
- 7.6/1095 votes7.6/10(95)
#19 - To Ride a Tiger
Season 2 Episode 19
Aired 2/14/1973
A kidnapping case involving the funds of a halfway house and a diabetic lawyer.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/10109 votes7.5/10(109)
#20 - The Prisoners
Season 2 Episode 20
Aired 2/21/1973
A young man is persuaded to extort $50,000 from his father, who turns out to be bankrupt.
Director: Charles S. Dubin
Writer: Robert Lewin
- 7.9/10123 votes7.9/10(123)
#21 - The Seventh Grave
Season 2 Episode 21
Aired 2/28/1973
One step forward, two steps back as Cannon hunts a mass murderer. Helping to cloud the facts: a police lab technician who's altering the evidence as quickly as it is found.
Director: John Badham
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/10112 votes7.7/10(112)
#22 - Catch Me If You Can
Season 2 Episode 22
Aired 3/7/1973
- 7.3/1095 votes7.3/10(95)
#23 - Press Pass to the Slammer
Season 2 Episode 23
Aired 3/14/1973
- 7.8/10106 votes7.8/10(106)
#24 - Deadly Heritage
Season 2 Episode 24
Aired 3/21/1973
A terrorized woman asks Cannon to find her husband's illegitimate son.
Director: Seymour Robbie
Writer: Robert Lewin
The Best Episodes of Cannon Season 2
Every episode of Cannon Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Cannon Season 2!
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Genres:DramaAction & Adventure
Network:CBS
Episodes
24
Avg. Rating
7.6
S1
S2
S3
S4
E1
E2
E3
7.6
7.3
7.3
Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Bad Cats and Sudden Death" is the best rated episode of "Cannon" season 2. It scored 7.6/10 based on 116 votes. Directed by Philip Leacock and written by Robert Lewin, it aired on 9/13/1972. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Sky Above, Death Below".