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The Best Episodes of Get Smart Season 1

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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
    Get Smart Season 1 Episode 19 - Back to the Old Drawing Board
    8.6/10(332 votes)

    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 1 Episode 11 - Too Many Chiefs
    8.3/10(312 votes)

    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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  3. Get Smart Season 1 Episode 12 - My Nephew the Spy
    8.3/10(308 votes)

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

    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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  5. Get Smart Season 1 Episode 27 - Ship of Spies (1)
    8.3/10(286 votes)

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

    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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  7. Get Smart Season 1 Episode 13 - Aboard the Orient Express
    8.1/10(307 votes)

    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
    Writers:Robert C. Dennis, Earl Barret

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  8. Get Smart Season 1 Episode 16 - Double Agent
    8.1/10(286 votes)

    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
    Writers:Joseph C. Cavella, Carol Cavella

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  9. Get Smart Season 1 Episode 18 - The Dead Spy Scrawls
    8.1/10(298 votes)

    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
    Writers:Mike Marmer, Stan Burns

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  10. Get Smart Season 1 Episode 1 - Mr. Big
    8.0/10(546 votes)

    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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  11. Get Smart Season 1 Episode 8 - The Day Smart Turned Chicken
    8.0/10(318 votes)

    S1:E8

    Smart is to testify against KAOS soon, so they devise situations to show that Smart is losing his mind. A dying cowboy comes to Max's apartment to reveal a plot to poison the Morovian Ambassador at a costume party that night. Max calls the Chief, but when help arrives, the dead cowboy is missing and there's no proof of his ever having existed. Max dresses as a giant chicken and attends the costume ball at the embassy in order to protect the ambassador, but it's not a costume party and there's no poison in the ambassador's drink. It's all a KAOS plot to convince everyone that Max is crazy and discredit his testimony in an upcoming court case.

    Director:Frank McDonald
    Writers:Pat McCormick, Ron Friedman

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  12. Get Smart Season 1 Episode 22 - Smart, the Assassin
    8.0/10(287 votes)

    S1:E22

    After being hypnotized by KAOS, Max finds himself in a difficult situation while playing a game of chess.

    Director:Bruce Bilson
    Writer:Budd Grossman

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  13. Get Smart Season 1 Episode 2 - Diplomat's Daughter
    7.9/10(414 votes)

    S1:E2

    Numerous blondes have been kidnapped and Smart is assigned to protect a beautiful diplomat's daughter. He discovers the KAOS lair and tangles with The Claw, capturing him and his henchmen.

    Director:Paul Bogart
    Writers:Dee Caruso, Gerald Gardner

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  14. Get Smart Season 1 Episode 20 - All in the Mind
    7.8/10(266 votes)

    S1:E20

    Max poses as an insane colonel in order to prove that a KAOS psychiatrist is revealing confidential information.

    Director:Bruce Bilson
    Writers:Dee Caruso, Gerald Gardner

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  15. Get Smart Season 1 Episode 21 - Dear Diary
    7.8/10(274 votes)

    S1:E21

    A retired agent and his secret diary are missing.

    Director:Murray Golden
    Writers:Mike Marmer, Stan Burns

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  16. Get Smart Season 1 Episode 24 - Stakeout on Blue Mist Mountain
    7.8/10(257 votes)

    S1:E24

    A horde of KAOS agents are taking flights to Washington. Each one carries a piece of a bomb which is meant to explode near an American base. Max and the Chief capture one of KAOS's agents and fool-force confidential information out of him. They end up in Blue Mist Mountain and it's up to 86 to dismantle the bomb before it goes off. All the help he has is Parker on the shoe-phone, a coin, and a very expensive tie.

    Director:Murray Golden
    Writers:Stan Dreben, Howard Merrill

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  17. Get Smart Season 1 Episode 3 - School Days
    7.7/10(363 votes)

    S1:E3

    CONTROL's spy school has been infiltrated by KAOS. To find the imposter, Max and Fang go undercover as students, while 99 poses as an instructor. There are three students suspected of being imposters - Dimitri, Grillak, and Zukor. Max must verify that Dimitri speaks a rare East Himalayan dialect, that Zukor has unusual handwriting, and that Grillak has a heart-shaped birthmark. Max finds himself all wet when attempting to eliminate them from the suspect list and he and 99 get captured and tied to a bomb. It is only by Fang's skilled intervention that they aren't blown to bits.

    Director:Paul Bogart
    Writers:Mike Marmer, Stan Burns

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  18. Get Smart Season 1 Episode 4 - Our Man in Toyland
    7.7/10(344 votes)

    S1:E4

    KAOS is secretly smuggling secrets out of the country. 99 discovers they are using a Department Store as a front and Polly Dollys to smuggle out the secrets. When one pulls the doll's string, Polly reveals top secrets. Max and 99 get caught by KAOS. Using children's toys, Max and 99 attempt to fight their way to safety and stop KAOS' smuggling ring.

    Director:Don Richardson
    Writers:Mike Marmer, Stan Burns

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  19. Get Smart Season 1 Episode 10 - Our Man in Leotards
    7.7/10(300 votes)

    S1:E10

    Enilio Naharana steals a new drug invented by CONTROL named Immobilo, in order to use it against the Ambassador of Pinerovia. Max and 99 disguise themselves in order to save the day. Dancer and rebel Enilio Naharana steals a new CONTROL drug, Immobilo, to use against the Ambassador of Pinerovia. Immobilo paralyzes people instantly and Naharana plans to use it to prevent the Ambassador from signing a treaty with the U.S. Disguised as dancers, Max and 99 try to foil a peach of a plot. Unfortunately, Max is not a dancer and he gets caught! Keep an eye out for the bass drum sequence, which is one of the funniest bits in the entire series.

    Director:Richard Donner
    Writers:Mel Brooks, Gary Belkin

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  20. Get Smart Season 1 Episode 15 - Survival of the Fattest
    7.7/10(290 votes)

    S1:E15

    Max has to protect an Arab prince, who must remain fat to retain his power.

    Director:Frank McDonald
    Writers:Mel Brooks, Ronny Pearlman

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  21. Get Smart Season 1 Episode 26 - Hubert's Unfinished Symphony
    7.7/10(264 votes)

    S1:E26

    Max and the Chief disguise themselves as concert critics as they go in the aid of Hubert, a violin virtuoso who has been working undercover to find the identity of KAOS's Big Boss. Just before Hubert is able to give his report he is killed but first hides a clue in the form of writen music. Max must then stop pianist Wolenska from being killed by a bomb planted in the piano on which he will perform Hubert's last symphony, a desperate attempt of the Big Boss to keep his identity secret.

    Director:Gary Nelson
    Writers:Mike Marmer, Stan Burns

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  22. Get Smart Season 1 Episode 29 - Shipment to Beirut
    7.7/10(260 votes)

    S1:E29

    Fashion model Mildred Spencer telephones Smart that the supersonic plans are sewn into a dress.

    Director:David Alexander
    Writer:Arne Sultan

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  23. Get Smart Season 1 Episode 6 - Washington 4, Indians 3
    7.6/10(343 votes)

    S1:E6

    Indians threaten to use a bomb if they don't get all of their land back. Smart then goes into their camp and foils their plan. While on his three-week vacation Agent 43 is confronted by a group of rebel Indians. They demand the return of all Indian lands or they will fire their secret weapon on Washington. Max calls an all-out alert, though we're not sure if it's because of an Indian attack or because he doesn't get three weeks vacation. Once saturation bombing of Arizona is discarded as a plan, Max and 99 mount 'em up and head out to disarm the secret weapon. Max, disguised as a Papawahsee, infiltrates the camp. The Papwahsee is actually the Indian word for fiancee and Max is forced to romance Chief Red Cloud's daughter to fulfill his assignment. A jealous 99 raids the camp to prevent Max from kissing the daughter and tries to prevent the Indians from launching their secret weapon, a giant arrow.

    Director:Richard Donner
    Writers:Dee Caruso, Gerald Gardner

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  24. Get Smart Season 1 Episode 7 - KAOS in CONTROL
    7.6/10(317 votes)

    S1:E7

    Conrol hosted a conference for some of the smarted scientists on the planet, but KAOS has other plans which include a retrogressor gun. CONTROL is due to host a conference of six scientific geniuses, but just before it occurs,. KAOS manages to steal CONTROL's retrogressor gun. The gun, which turns adults into children mentally, is taken by a KAOS mole who manages to retrogress the gun's inventor and the Chief. KAOS' goal is to turn the scientists into children, destroying the free world's greatest minds. Max takes over the conference and by knowing his history of Captain Kangaroo, defeats the mole.

    Director:Don Richardson
    Writers:Hal Goldman, Al Gordon

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  25. Get Smart Season 1 Episode 17 - Kisses for KAOS
    7.6/10(274 votes)

    S1:E17

    After several buildings are inexplicably blown up, Control follows the trail to an art gallery where a former chemist, debonair Rex Savage, has teamed up with painter Mondo to produce a series of explosive paintings. 99 disguises as an art expert with Max as her driver/butler as they try to get Savage's fingerprints and photograph, something that turns out to be a little more complicated than expected.

    Director:Gary Nelson
    Writers:Mike Marmer, Stan Burns

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Back to the Old Drawing Board" is the best rated episode of "Get Smart" season 1. It scored 8.6/10 based on 332 votes. Directed by Bruce Bilson and written by Gary Clarke, it aired on 1/29/1966. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Too Many Chiefs".