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The Best Episodes of Get Smart

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Maxwell Smart, a hilariously inept and maladroit secret agent for CONTROL, battles the nefarious—though equally incompetent—KAOS.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Get Smart Season 2 Episode 3 - A Spy for a Spy
    8.8/10(307 votes)

    #1 - A Spy for a Spy

    S2:E3

    A series of kidnapping take place between KAOS and CONTROL, masterminded by Siegfried. So many kidnappings take place, no one is left but Siegfried and Maxwell Smart, who must negotiate the trade of captured agents.

    Director:Bruce Bilson
    Writers:Mike Marmer, Stan Burns

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  2. Get Smart Season 1 Episode 19 - Back to the Old Drawing Board
    8.6/10(330 votes)

    #2 - 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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  3. Get Smart Season 2 Episode 8 - Hoo Done It
    8.4/10(268 votes)

    #3 - Hoo Done It

    S2:E8

    Max and Harry Hoo try to solve a murder of an agent in a tropical hotel, but their suspects keep turning into victims.

    Director:Gary Nelson
    Writers:Dee Caruso, Gerald Gardner

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  4. Get Smart Season 2 Episode 25 - How to Succeed in the Spy Business Without Really Trying
    8.4/10(224 votes)

    #4 - How to Succeed in the Spy Business Without Really Trying

    S2:E25

    Max and 99 are saved by Siegfried, who wants to defect. The Chief doesn't trust Siegfried until he starts to sell important information about KAOS.

    Director:Gary Nelson
    Writer:Mike Marmer

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  5. Get Smart Season 3 Episode 19 - 99 Loses CONTROL
    8.4/10(238 votes)

    #5 - 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
    Writers:Myles Wilder, William Raynor

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  6. Get Smart Season 4 Episode 25 - The Not-So-Great Escape (1)
    8.4/10(202 votes)

    #6 - 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
    Writers:Chris Hayward, Arne Sultan

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  7. Get Smart Season 1 Episode 11 - Too Many Chiefs
    8.3/10(311 votes)

    #7 - 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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  8. Get Smart Season 1 Episode 12 - My Nephew the Spy
    8.3/10(307 votes)

    #8 - 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
    Writers:Marvin Worth, Arne Sultan

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  9. Get Smart Season 1 Episode 25 - The Amazing Harry Hoo
    8.3/10(298 votes)

    #9 - 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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  10. Get Smart Season 1 Episode 27 - Ship of Spies (1)
    8.3/10(285 votes)

    #10 - 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
    Writers:Buck Henry, Leonard B. Stern

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  11. Get Smart Season 2 Episode 1 - Anatomy of a Lover
    8.3/10(260 votes)

    #11 - Anatomy of a Lover

    S2:E1

    KAOS reprograms Hymie to murder the Chief. After Max foils the attempt, and unable to go through dismantling him, he hides Hymie in his apartment. Posing as Max's cousin, Hymie meets the Chief's daughter who immediately becomes smitten with the robot. KAOS again reprograms Hymie, and this time, he's out to kill Max!

    Director:Bruce Bilson
    Writer:Gary Clarke

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  12. Get Smart Season 2 Episode 28 - A Man Called Smart (1)
    8.3/10(234 votes)

    #12 - A Man Called Smart (1)

    S2:E28

    KAOS steals a water evaporation formula (DRY-UP) and blackmails the country by threatening to dry up all its water.

    Director:Earl Bellamy
    Writer:Leonard B. Stern

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  13. Get Smart Season 2 Episode 29 - A Man Called Smart (2)
    8.3/10(222 votes)

    #13 - A Man Called Smart (2)

    S2:E29

    Admiral Hardgrade, CONTROL's first chief, is appointed by the president to take charge of CONTROL during this crisis. He sends the Chief, Max and 99 into the field to interview Bediyoskin and learn who's behind the DryUp caper.

    Director:Earl Bellamy
    Writer:Leonard B. Stern

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  14. Get Smart Season 2 Episode 30 - A Man Called Smart (3)
    8.3/10(226 votes)

    #14 - A Man Called Smart (3)

    S2:E30

    KAOS attempts to kill the Chief in his hospital room, but a sharp-eyed 99 foils the plot. Investigating a clue at Three Brothers Omniwash, Max and 99 discover TBO means T.B.Orlando, a Hollywood executive. Or does it? When Orlando turns up dead, Max and 99 must find the truth before KAOS dries up the Mississippi River.

    Director:Earl Bellamy
    Writer:Leonard B. Stern

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  15. Get Smart Season 3 Episode 7 - One of Our Olives is Missing
    8.3/10(241 votes)

    #15 - 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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  16. Get Smart Season 4 Episode 26 - The Not-So-Great Escape (2)
    8.3/10(192 votes)

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

    S4:E26

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

    Director:Don Adams
    Writers:Chris Hayward, Arne Sultan

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  17. Get Smart Season 1 Episode 28 - Ship of Spies (2)
    8.2/10(270 votes)

    #17 - 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
    Writers:Buck Henry, Leonard B. Stern

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  18. Get Smart Season 2 Episode 18 - Cutback at CONTROL
    8.2/10(220 votes)

    #18 - Cutback at CONTROL

    S2:E18

    The Senate is close to closing down CONTROL which leads to some agents working with KAOS.

    Director:Earl Bellamy
    Writers:Dee Caruso, Gerald Gardner

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  19. Get Smart Season 3 Episode 1 - The Spy Who Met Himself
    8.2/10(226 votes)

    #19 - 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!

    Director:Gary Nelson
    Writers:Phil Leslie, Keith Fowler

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  20. Get Smart Season 3 Episode 13 - The Mysterious Dr. T
    8.2/10(221 votes)

    #20 - 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
    Writers:Myles Wilder, William Raynor

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  21. Get Smart Season 3 Episode 14 - The King Lives?
    8.2/10(225 votes)

    #21 - 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
    Writers:Don Adams, Gloria Burton

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  22. Get Smart Season 3 Episode 16 - The Little Black Book (1)
    8.2/10(246 votes)

    #22 - 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
    Writers:Jack Hanrahan, Phil Hahn

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  23. Get Smart Season 3 Episode 24 - The Hot Line
    8.2/10(218 votes)

    #23 - 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:Unknown

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  24. Get Smart Season 3 Episode 26 - The Reluctant Redhead
    8.2/10(213 votes)

    #24 - The Reluctant Redhead

    S3:E26

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

    Director:James Komack
    Writer:Leonard B. Stern

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  25. Get Smart Season 4 Episode 10 - The Laser Blazer
    8.2/10(206 votes)

    #25 - The Laser Blazer

    S4:E10

    Smart wears a new blazer given to him by a Chinese merchant, Lin Chan. Smart, however, isn't aware he posses a weapon in the blazer, and is mystified as object disappear around him.

    Director:Jay Sandrich
    Writer:Mike Marmer

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Best Episodes Summary

"A Spy for a Spy" is the best rated episode of "Get Smart". It scored 8.8/10 based on 307 votes. Directed by Bruce Bilson and written by Mike Marmer, Stan Burns, it aired on 10/1/1966. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Back to the Old Drawing Board".