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Get Smart is an American comedy television series that satirizes the secret agent genre. Created by Mel Brooks with Buck Henry, the show stars Don Adams, Barbara Feldon, and Edward Platt. Henry said they created

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Get Smart Season 1 Episode 19 - Back to the Old Drawing Board
    8.6/10(306 votes)

    #1 - Back to the Old Drawing Board

    S1:E19

    KAOS is interested in capturing Dr. Shotwire, a brilliant scientist whose work has been set 6 months back thanks to his bodyguard's helping hands (no other than 86). The KAOS agent in charge of the kidnapping, Natz, also has a vendetta with Max who sent him to prison in the past. Natz's plan involves the latest creation of rogue Dr. Ratton: Hymie a humanoid robot who enters Control as a newbie agent. However no one knows what to expect when Hymie has a drink and gets some quality time with Max.

    Director:Bruce Bilson
    Writer:Gary Clarke

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  2. Get Smart Season 3 Episode 19 - 99 Loses CONTROL
    8.4/10(231 votes)

    #2 - 99 Loses CONTROL

    S3:E19

    Feeling that she has no future at Control, and no future with Max, 99 decides to leave, and accept the marriage proposal with handsome, wealthy Victor Royale. Max, feeling jealous, goes to pursue 99. Having saved Royale from an assassination attempt, Royale offers Max a job as his bodyguard.

    Director:Bruce Bilson
    Writer:Myles Wilder

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  3. Get Smart Season 4 Episode 25 - The Not-So-Great Escape (1)
    8.4/10(192 votes)

    #3 - The Not-So-Great Escape (1)

    S4:E25

    Max is assigned to see Agent Kendall safely on a plane to Europe. However, Kendall mysteriously disappears from the airport after being paged. When Max takes the Chief to the airport to find out what happened, the Chief also disappears after being paged.

    Director:Don Adams
    Writer:Chris Hayward

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  4. Get Smart Season 1 Episode 11 - Too Many Chiefs
    8.3/10(286 votes)

    #4 - Too Many Chiefs

    S1:E11

    Alexi Sebastian, a master impersonator, attempts to kill someone who was about to reveal the secret of the KAOS coding system. Alexi disguises himself as the Chief to confuse the situation even more. Max and 99 must guard Tanya Lupescu, who has memorized KAOS' codebook. An attempt to hide her in a hotel fails, so CONTROL decides to hide her in Max's apartment. KAOS hires master impersonator Alexi Sebastian to kill Lupesco. Sebastian has successfully disguised himself as Johnny Carson and Max's Aunt Rose, so CONTROL has him listed as a 101 - shoot on sight. Sebastian disguises himself as the Chief and gets inside the apartment, but the real Chief shows up and Max is confronted by two Chiefs. Can Maxie pick the correct Chief?

    Director:Bruce Bilson
    Writers:Dee Caruso, Gerald Gardner

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  5. Get Smart Season 1 Episode 12 - My Nephew the Spy
    8.3/10(287 votes)

    #5 - My Nephew the Spy

    S1:E12

    Max stumbles upon a shoe store that just happens to be a KAOS communications center. Max is follwed by a KAOS agent who wants to kill him. The arrival of Max's aunt and uncle foil the KAOS agent's plan.

    Director:Bruce Bilson
    Writer:Marvin Worth

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  6. Get Smart Season 1 Episode 25 - The Amazing Harry Hoo
    8.3/10(278 votes)

    #6 - The Amazing Harry Hoo

    S1:E25

    The Claw is back, and planning to lead Max into his deadly trap. His scheme leads Max and 99 to San Francisco as they follow a Chinese agent (Number 3) in the hopes that this will lead them to Number One (Claw), the mastermind behind a smuggling operation that uses a laundromat as facade (though the real money is actually in the laundry). However Max gets help from Harry Hoo, a chinese police inspector with a keen eye for detail and two possibilities to explain anything.

    Director:Gary Nelson
    Writers:Dee Caruso, Gerald Gardner

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  7. Get Smart Season 1 Episode 27 - Ship of Spies (1)
    8.3/10(264 votes)

    #7 - Ship of Spies (1)

    S1:E27

    Ahoy mate! Max's new assignment has him in a boat where he must find the blueprints of a super weapon while watching his back from a mysterious killer who makes a peculiar clip-clop sound, which is not that much help as every single passenger and crew member make that sound.

    Director:Bruce Bilson
    Writer:Buck Henry

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  8. Get Smart Season 3 Episode 7 - One of Our Olives is Missing
    8.3/10(230 votes)

    #8 - One of Our Olives is Missing

    S3:E7

    A country singer accidentally swallows a KAOS transmitter disguised as an olive. Max has to protect her from KAOS agents.

    Director:Jess Oppenheimer
    Writer:Jess Oppenheimer

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  9. Get Smart Season 4 Episode 26 - The Not-So-Great Escape (2)
    8.3/10(178 votes)

    #9 - The Not-So-Great Escape (2)

    S4:E26

    CONTROL agents tunnel out of the KAOS POW camp à la "The Great Escape."

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Get Smart Season 1 Episode 28 - Ship of Spies (2)
    8.2/10(252 votes)

    #10 - Ship of Spies (2)

    S1:E28

    99's quick and clever reactions save Max from drowning. Back on the ship, Max talks with the captain who offers his assistance after finding out the reason he can never understand his aide. To make matters worse, 44 has finally had it. Not only Max cracks his super secret message, but he's tired of working hidden, not being able to eat at the captain's table, it's a boring job... As if it wasn't bad enough, he gets shot and Max finally discovers who the killer is, though it may be too late for him.

    Director:Bruce Bilson
    Writer:Buck Henry

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  11. Get Smart Season 3 Episode 1 - The Spy Who Met Himself
    8.2/10(215 votes)

    #11 - The Spy Who Met Himself

    S3:E1

    KAOS's League of Impersonators are serving as duplicates for CONTROL agents, trying to steal the plans for a warhead and wreak havoc at CONTROL. After the real Max kidnapped and is replaced by an impostor, he manages to escape and a committee has to determine which is the real Max!

    Directors:Gary Nelson, James Komack
    Writer:Phil Leslie

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  12. Get Smart Season 3 Episode 13 - The Mysterious Dr. T
    8.2/10(209 votes)

    #12 - The Mysterious Dr. T

    S3:E13

    When a top CONTROL scientist dies, it turns out that he wasn't the real brains behind the operations.

    Director:Gary Nelson
    Writer:Myles Wilder

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  13. Get Smart Season 3 Episode 14 - The King Lives?
    8.2/10(212 votes)

    #13 - The King Lives?

    S3:E14

    Max travels to Coronia to protect the King of Coronia from the King's evil half-brother Basil

    Director:Gary Nelson
    Writer:Don Adams

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  14. Get Smart Season 3 Episode 16 - The Little Black Book (1)
    8.2/10(236 votes)

    #14 - The Little Black Book (1)

    S3:E16

    Max receives a visit from his Army buddy Sid Krimm.Before he arrives however,a woman defecter from Kaos shows up to give Max a little Black Book that contains the names of various Kaos Agents.

    Director:James Komack
    Writer:Jack Hanrahan

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  15. Get Smart Season 3 Episode 26 - The Reluctant Redhead
    8.2/10(200 votes)

    #15 - The Reluctant Redhead

    S3:E26

    CONTROL tries to get files that contain a list of KAOS informers and agents.

    Director:James Komack
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Get Smart Season 1 Episode 13 - Aboard the Orient Express
    8.1/10(285 votes)

    #16 - Aboard the Orient Express

    S1:E13

    CONTROL couriers are aboard the Orient Express are being murdered in order to prevent them from delivering important information. Max and 99 get into a sticky situation while trying to solve the mystery.

    Director:Frank McDonald
    Writer:Robert C. Dennis

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  17. Get Smart Season 1 Episode 16 - Double Agent
    8.1/10(266 votes)

    #17 - Double Agent

    S1:E16

    Max has to become a broken, drunk agent so that KAOS will probably try to recruit him as one of their agents. He eventually is and has a difficult task.

    Director:Frank McDonald
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Get Smart Season 1 Episode 18 - The Dead Spy Scrawls
    8.1/10(277 votes)

    #18 - The Dead Spy Scrawls

    S1:E18

    CONTROL tries to find the location of a KAOS communications center, which turns out to be in a pool hall.

    Director:Gary Nelson
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Get Smart Season 3 Episode 5 - Maxwell Smart, Private Eye
    8.1/10(224 votes)

    #19 - Maxwell Smart, Private Eye

    S3:E5

    With a cutback at control, everyone is taking on extra jobs.

    Director:Bruce Bilson
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Get Smart Season 3 Episode 23 - Run, Robot, Run
    8.1/10(213 votes)

    #20 - Run, Robot, Run

    S3:E23

    KAOS agents disrupt an international track meet by injuring the U.S. athletes.

    Director:Bruce Bilson
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Get Smart Season 3 Episode 24 - The Hot Line
    8.1/10(211 votes)

    #21 - The Hot Line

    S3:E24

    The Chief is relieved of duty as Chief when "the President" (actually Gorshen, a Kaos voice impersonator) calls him and demotes him, making Max the new Chief. This is part of Kaos's plan to infiltrate and then destroy Control--but with Max in charge, Kaos doesn't really need to plan.

    Director:Gary Nelson
    Writer:Jack Hanrahan

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  22. Get Smart Season 3 Episode 25 - Die, Spy
    8.1/10(217 votes)

    #22 - Die, Spy

    S3:E25

    The story spoofs NBC's ""I Spy"" and Robert Culp of that series appears in a cameo role.

    Director:Gary Nelson
    Writer:Jack Hanrahan

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  23. Get Smart Season 4 Episode 10 - The Laser Blazer
    8.1/10(190 votes)

    #23 - The Laser Blazer

    S4:E10

    The big day arrives for Smart and Agent 99, but almost without Smart as he is sidetracked by a bizarre case.

    Directors:Gary Nelson, Jay Sandrich
    Writer:Chris Hayward

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  24. Get Smart Season 4 Episode 21 - To Sire, with Love (2)
    8.1/10(182 votes)

    #24 - To Sire, with Love (2)

    S4:E21

    Max tries to test his and agent 99's relationship by dressing up like the king. In the mean time, the real king is kidnapped by KAOS. It is up to Max to rescue him.

    Director:Jay Sandrich
    Writer:Chris Hayward

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  25. Get Smart Season 1 Episode 1 - Mr. Big
    8.0/10(504 votes)

    #25 - Mr. Big

    S1:E1

    Mr. Big is blackmailing CONTROL: unless they pay him $100,000,000 he will use the ""Inthermo Ray"" to destroy the Statue of Liberty. Max teams up with Fang and a new partner, Agent 99, to stop Mr. Big.

    Director:Howard Morris
    Writers:Buck Henry, Mel Brooks

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Best Episodes Summary

"Back to the Old Drawing Board" is the best rated episode of "Get Smart". It scored 8.6/10 based on 306 votes. Directed by Bruce Bilson and written by Gary Clarke, it aired on 1/29/1966. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "99 Loses CONTROL".