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The Worst Episodes of Checkmate

Checkmate is an American detective television series starring Anthony George, Sebastian Cabot, and Doug McClure. The show aired on CBS Television from 1960 to 1962...

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  1. Background image for The Terror from the East
    5.7/10(16 votes)

    #1 - The Terror from the East

    S1:E14

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  2. Background image for Juan Moreno's Body
    5.7/10(13 votes)

    #2 - Juan Moreno's Body

    S2:E6

    The son of a prominent businessman has been murdered in San Felipe. The town suspects Juan Moreno, a migrant worker, but the men at Checkmate think he is being railroaded. They investigate, and in the process, uncover details that are embarrassing to both the defendant and the victim's family.

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    Director:Tom Gries
  3. Background image for Hot Wind in a Cold Town
    5.8/10(19 votes)

    #3 - Hot Wind in a Cold Town

    S1:E34

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for The Bold and the Tough
    6.1/10(13 votes)

    #4 - The Bold and the Tough

    S2:E31

    After an attempt is made on the life of bankrupt ranch owner Harl Stoner, the Checkmate agency goes undercover at the ranch's stockholder's meeting, where a ruthless business man sets out to take the ranch and split it up for sale and profit.

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    Director:Don Taylor
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for Side by Side
    6.1/10(15 votes)

    #5 - Side by Side

    S2:E34

    The personal relationship between entertainer Johnny Kay and his singing partner Pete O'Mara has hit a sour note. Corey (Anthony George), who has been asked to keep a protective eye on them, shows up during one of their recording sessions - which angers Johnny into storming out of the studio.

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  6. Background image for A Slight Touch of Venom
    6.3/10(13 votes)

    #6 - A Slight Touch of Venom

    S1:E35

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for An Assassin Arrives, Andante
    6.3/10(11 votes)

    #7 - An Assassin Arrives, Andante

    S2:E19

    Victor Ragar, a cellist at a music conservatory that fronts for an Eastern Bloc freedom movement of which he is the leader, is in danger of being assassinated by a compatriot who accuses him of betraying the cause. The would-be assassin, Paul Delorio, also has a personal motive- Victor ran off with Paul's wife while Paul was in prison in the old country. The conservatory's director, also a member of the movement, hires Checkmate to protect Victor.

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    Director:Tom Gries
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for Rendezvous in Washington
    6.3/10(14 votes)

    #8 - Rendezvous in Washington

    S2:E30

    Wealthy industrialist Frederick Haley, who has been appointed to an important position at a humanitarian foundation, asks Checkmate to find out who has been threatening his mistress, whom he plans to marry after leaving his wife.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for Hour of Execution
    6.4/10(16 votes)

    #9 - Hour of Execution

    S1:E16

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for The Crimson Pool
    6.4/10(13 votes)

    #10 - The Crimson Pool

    S2:E8

    Zoe Kamens is an artist who just wants to paint honestly by copying masterpieces, but her husband, a man of questionable ethics, has been pressuring her to make copies and pass them off as originals. He in turn is being pressured by a crooked art dealer. Zoe turns to Checkmate, but keeps changing her story because of her shifting feelings for her husband, and complicating matters is the fact that she and Don were once an item, something Don has trouble forgetting.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for Trial by Midnight
    6.4/10(13 votes)

    #11 - Trial by Midnight

    S2:E24

    Checkmate is hired to protect the life of Judge Leland McIntyre, who is conducting a series of lectures concerning a trial over which he presided eight years ago resulting in him sending a man to the gas chamber. Checkmate suspects that one of the students may be connected to the case and signed up for the course to get to him. In the course of their investigation, the judge begins to question his own conduct in the trial.

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  13. Background image for In a Foreign Quarter
    6.4/10(13 votes)

    #12 - In a Foreign Quarter

    S2:E27

    The Checkmate team is in Chinatown on behalf of a colleague of Dr. Hyatt's, a Dr. James Low, who claims his Chinese wife may try to kill a man who is supposedly blackmailing her in an attempt to ingratiate himself into Chinese society. Their investigation reveals that they are being used as pawns in an elaborate web of deceit, greed, and possibly murder.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for Target: Tycoon
    6.5/10(17 votes)

    #13 - Target: Tycoon

    S1:E7

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for The Mask of Vengeance
    6.5/10(14 votes)

    #14 - The Mask of Vengeance

    S1:E11

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for State of Shock
    6.5/10(14 votes)

    #15 - State of Shock

    S1:E36

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    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for A Brooding Fixation
    6.5/10(15 votes)

    #16 - A Brooding Fixation

    S2:E22

    The death of powerful business magnate Arnold Brack from an apparent gun accident, and his widow's and brother's apparent lack of emotion, leaves his grieving son, Daniel, to suspect it was no accident. His father recorded all of his dealings on tape, and Daniel searches for a recording of the moment of his father's death to find out what really happened. Checkmate is hired to aid in the investigation.

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  18. Background image for A Chant of Silence
    6.5/10(19 votes)

    #17 - A Chant of Silence

    S2:E23

    Two convicts, both former Catholic schoolboys, escape by shooting a policeman, then hole up in a monastery while Dr. Hyatt is visiting and hold the Father Abbot and Dr. Hyatt hostage. Dr. Hyatt appeals to the penitential instincts of one of the men in an effort to end the situation.

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    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for Ride a Wild Horse
    6.5/10(16 votes)

    #18 - Ride a Wild Horse

    S2:E25

    Checkmate is hired to protect rodeo star Len Kobalsky from his girlfriend Marcy Lowell's brother, who disapproves of their relationship and prefers she marry someone from a wealthy family such as theirs. As it turns out, the real threat to Len is from one of his fellow rodeo riders.

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    Director:Unknown
  20. Background image for The Princess in the Tower
    6.6/10(13 votes)

    #19 - The Princess in the Tower

    S1:E13

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  21. Background image for The Gift
    6.6/10(14 votes)

    #20 - The Gift

    S1:E23

    Lola Tuscany, a temperamental lady soprano, is having premonitions of her death. After her concert she is almost poisoned and Checkmate Inc. is hired to keep her safe. Don Corey is skeptical, believing it is a publicity stunt, until he is nearly killed when a bomb explodes in the car he and Lola are driving in.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for Kill the Sound
    6.6/10(15 votes)

    #21 - Kill the Sound

    S2:E7

    Sid Caesar appears as Johnny Wilder, a highly popular but guilt-ridden, somewhat neurotic San Francisco disk jockey who believes that a former rival whose own career went on the skids blames Johnny and wants to kill him. The station's owner hires Checkmate to protect Johnny- maybe from himself.

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    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for Death Beyond Recall
    6.6/10(14 votes)

    #22 - Death Beyond Recall

    S2:E17

    John Baker, a lawyer friend of Dr. Hyatt's with a mysterious past, is threatened with disbarment. He decides he wants to die, and asks a friend to arrange for his death, then changes his mind. When his friend is found murdered, he fears his death has already been arranged, and goes to Checkmate for protection.

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  24. Background image for The Someday Man
    6.6/10(11 votes)

    #23 - The Someday Man

    S2:E29

    In a tour-de-force performance, Don Taylor guest stars as an ex-pro football player, now fronting a cheap health club and always on the make for one big score. Wealthy thrill seekers enlist him in an elaborate conspiracy to convince his college football protege to throw the big game. The detectives at Checkmate attempt to untangle the deceptions and restore Taylor's pride.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  25. Background image for Down the Gardenia Path
    6.6/10(15 votes)

    #24 - Down the Gardenia Path

    S2:E33

    A young hotel convention hostess is being used to escort businessmen attending the convention to their rooms, and then have her picture taken with them for the purpose of blackmail. The proprietress, Mary Reed, is suspicious and asks the men from Checkmate to investigate.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  26. Background image for The Dark Divide
    6.7/10(17 votes)

    #25 - The Dark Divide

    S1:E9

    Barbara Rush plays a dual role in The dark divide. Why should Margaret Russell's life be threatened? Her aunt keeps getting phone calls from a woman named Nikki Garnett, threatening Margaret. What motive could the woman have?

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    Director:Don Weis
    Writer:James Gunn

Worst Episodes Summary

"The Terror from the East" is the worst rated episode of "Checkmate". It scored 5.7/10 based on 16 votes. Directed by Herschel Daugherty and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/7/1961. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Juan Moreno's Body".