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The Best Episodes of Get Smart Season 4

Every episode of Get Smart Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Get Smart Season 4!

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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 4 Episode 1 - The Impossible Mission
    8.1/10(210 votes)

    #1 - The Impossible Mission

    S4:E1

    The Chief assigns 86 and 99 to retrieve a deadly scientific theory from KAOS. The search takes the CONTROL agents to a TV studio, where they disguise themselves as dancers.

    Director:Bruce Bilson
    Writers:Chris Hayward, Arne Sultan, Leonard B. Stern, Allan Burns

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  2. Get Smart Season 4 Episode 2 - Snoopy Smart vs. the Red Baron
    8.1/10(213 votes)

    #2 - Snoopy Smart vs. the Red Baron

    S4:E2

    Max and 99 stumble on SIegfried's evil plot to destroy the U.S. potato crop while visiting 99's mother in Idaho.

    Director:Reza Badiyi
    Writer:Mike Marmer

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  3. Get Smart Season 4 Episode 3 - Closely Watched Planes
    8.0/10(197 votes)

    #3 - Closely Watched Planes

    S4:E3

    Max is assigned to protect CONTROL Courier Busby during a plane ride, but Busby mysteriously disappears from the bathroom in mid-flight.

    Director:Bruce Bilson
    Writers:Chris Hayward, Arne Sultan, Leonard B. Stern, Allan Burns

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  4. Get Smart Season 4 Episode 4 - The Secret of Sam Vittorio
    7.6/10(197 votes)

    #4 - The Secret of Sam Vittorio

    S4:E4

    Thirty years earlier bank robbers Connie and Floyd met up with Sam Vittorio, who had robbed 192 banks. Now dying, Vittorio will only reveal the location of his hidden loot to his protégés, who look remarkably like Max and 99.

    Director:Gary Nelson
    Writers:Chris Hayward, Arne Sultan, Leonard B. Stern, Allan Burns

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  5. Get Smart Season 4 Episode 5 - Diamonds Are a Spy's Best Friend
    7.8/10(197 votes)

    #5 - Diamonds Are a Spy's Best Friend

    S4:E5

    KAOS is using its League of Bald Headed Men to steal diamonds and smuggle them out of the country and fund their European payroll.

    Director:Jerry Hopper
    Writers:Chris Hayward, Arne Sultan, Leonard B. Stern, Allan Burns

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  6. Get Smart Season 4 Episode 6 - The Worst Best Man
    7.5/10(199 votes)

    #6 - The Worst Best Man

    S4:E6

    Each time Smart picks a best man for his upcoming wedding to Agent 99, the man meets with a mysterious accident. The Chief deducts that there must be a link between all of the accidents and KAOS because all of Max's prospects are fellow agents. To prevent further loss of manpower a t CONTROL, Hymie is appointed best man. KAOS then reveals it's true interest in Max's choice of best man - nearly to the extinction of CONTROL.

    Director:Gary Nelson
    Writers:Chris Hayward, Arne Sultan, Leonard B. Stern, Allan Burns

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  7. Get Smart Season 4 Episode 7 - A Tale of Two Tails
    7.7/10(193 votes)

    #7 - A Tale of Two Tails

    S4:E7

    Smart and the Chief try all the standard escape methods and each time KAOS has Seigfried and his henchman, Starker, block them. The Chief realizes that there must be an informer in the camp and devises a plan to fool the informer.

    Director:Jerry Hopper
    Writers:Chris Hayward, Arne Sultan, Leonard B. Stern, Allan Burns

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  8. Get Smart Season 4 Episode 8 - The Return of the Ancient Mariner
    7.9/10(208 votes)

    #8 - The Return of the Ancient Mariner

    S4:E8

    With an attempt to kidnap Admiral Hardgrade in the works, Max has him stay in his apartment.

    Director:Gary Nelson
    Writers:Chris Hayward, Arne Sultan, Leonard B. Stern, Allan Burns

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  9. Get Smart Season 4 Episode 9 - With Love and Twitches
    8.1/10(215 votes)

    #9 - With Love and Twitches

    S4:E9

    The big day arrives for Smart and Agent 99, but almost without Smart as he is sidetracked by a bizarre case. KAOS scientist Dr. Madre passes information on the location of the Melnick uranium mine to Max, in the form of a "drinkable map".

    Director:Gary Nelson
    Writers:Chris Hayward, Arne Sultan, Leonard B. Stern, Allan Burns

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

    #10 - 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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  11. Get Smart Season 4 Episode 11 - The Farkas Fracas
    7.9/10(194 votes)

    #11 - The Farkas Fracas

    S4:E11

    When Agent 99 is caught without dessert, she gratefully accepts chocolate mousse from her solicitious neighbor Naomi Farkas. Naomi and her husband Emil are secret KAOS agents who hope to photograph some papers the Chief has with him.

    Director:Jay Sandrich
    Writers:Chris Hayward, Arne Sultan, Leonard B. Stern, Allan Burns

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  12. Get Smart Season 4 Episode 12 - Temporarily Out of CONTROL
    7.3/10(182 votes)

    #12 - Temporarily Out of CONTROL

    S4:E12

    KAOS fakes military call-up orders for Maxwell Smart and the Chief for the US Navy! Smart's restoration to the rank of Ensign makes him the Chief's superior, humiliating the Chief, who was restored to Seaman.

    Director:James Komack
    Writers:Chris Hayward, Arne Sultan, Leonard B. Stern, Allan Burns

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  13. Get Smart Season 4 Episode 13 - Schwartz's Island
    8.0/10(206 votes)

    #13 - Schwartz's Island

    S4:E13

    The Smarts' honeymoon cruise ends when their sailboat blows up. They drift to an uncharted island, which soon proves to be owned by KAOS chief Seigfried.

    Director:Bruce Bilson
    Writers:Chris Hayward, Arne Sultan, Leonard B. Stern, Allan Burns

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  14. Get Smart Season 4 Episode 14 - One Nation Invisible
    7.6/10(191 votes)

    #14 - One Nation Invisible

    S4:E14

    Max must bring a scientist, Dr. Canyon, into the CONTROL camp. His problems multiply quickly; the invisible doctor turns out to be a pretty woman whose visibility returns just as Agent 99 enters their apartment.

    Director:Harry Falk
    Writers:Lloyd Turner, Gordon Mitchell

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  15. Get Smart Season 4 Episode 15 - Hurray for Hollywood
    7.7/10(193 votes)

    #15 - Hurray for Hollywood

    S4:E15

    Max and 99 go undercover as actors Lawrence Hollywood and Viola Vain to learn how KAOS is using performances of a play to communicate with their agents.

    Director:Don Adams
    Writers:Chris Hayward, Arne Sultan

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  16. Get Smart Season 4 Episode 16 - The Day They Raided the Knights
    7.7/10(191 votes)

    #16 - The Day They Raided the Knights

    S4:E16

    When budget cuts hit CONTROL, 99 is on the list of agents to be laid off. She then finds a temporary job at a trading stamp redemption center, which also happens to be a KAOS munitions drop that is about to begin distribution of their latest weapon, a stereophonic pistol. 99 finds out what is going on and informs the Chief, but is captured before she can give the location. The Chief and Larabee eventually find the location, but are captured themselves. It is now up to Max to find and save them.

    Director:Reza Badiyi
    Writer:Rick Mittleman

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  17. Get Smart Season 4 Episode 17 - Tequila Mockingbird
    7.8/10(200 votes)

    #17 - Tequila Mockingbird

    S4:E17

    Smart and 99 pose as a flamenco dancer and a seedy doctor to fool KAOS as both search for hidden gems in Mexico.

    Director:Don Adams
    Writers:Chris Hayward, Arne Sultan

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  18. Get Smart Season 4 Episode 18 - I Shot 86 Today
    7.6/10(188 votes)

    #18 - I Shot 86 Today

    S4:E18

    Max and 99 investigate after receiving a tip that KAOS is planning to blow up an aerospace center adjoining the Pomona National Golf Club - the third such incident in less than a year.

    Director:Jay Sandrich
    Writer:Burt Nodella

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  19. Get Smart Season 4 Episode 19 - Absorb the Greek
    7.8/10(180 votes)

    #19 - Absorb the Greek

    S4:E19

    The Chief takes up computer dating and winds up dating a gorgeous young woman. The Chief's boss (unseen) orders Max and 99 to follow the Chief to make sure that this romance is not a security risk. 99 also thinks that the Chief should be dating someone more his age, like her mother. The young woman is actually the wife of Dr. Paponickolini, who is giving the Chief a secret formula for eternal youth. The Chief arrives at Max's apartment for a dinner date with 99's mom but instead KAOS shows up and kidnaps 99's mother, thinking she's the wife of Dr. Paonickolini.

    Director:Richard Benedict
    Writers:Chris Hayward, Arne Sultan

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  20. Get Smart Season 4 Episode 20 - To Sire, with Love (1)
    8.0/10(190 votes)

    #20 - To Sire, with Love (1)

    S4:E20

    Max must hid the king of Caronia in his apartment. Agent 99 is contently getting Max and the king confused as the king is 86's double. KAOS tries to kill them by putting a tarantula in the apartment.

    Director:Gary Nelson
    Writers:Chris Hayward, Arne Sultan

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  21. Get Smart Season 4 Episode 21 - To Sire, with Love (2)
    8.2/10(198 votes)

    #21 - 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
    Writers:Don Adams, Gloria Burton

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  22. Get Smart Season 4 Episode 22 - Shock It to Me
    7.7/10(187 votes)

    #22 - Shock It to Me

    S4:E22

    Dr. Erick Zharko and his assistant Bruce wire Max and 99 to a Dr. Frankenstein-like apparatus. Zharko figures that a jolt of his specially controlled electricity will shock Max and 99 into a five year sleep.

    Director:Jay Sandrich
    Writers:Chris Hayward, Arne Sultan

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  23. Get Smart Season 4 Episode 23 - Leadside
    8.0/10(189 votes)

    #23 - Leadside

    S4:E23

    Wheelchair bound mastermind Leadside is caught in a robbery by Max and announces a three-part plan. Phase one, he will escape from Max. Phase two, he will destroy CONTROL. Phase three, he will kill Maxwell Smart. After Leadside follows through on Phases One and Two, Max holes up in his apartment, vowing "Leadside will only complete Phase Three over my dead body." This is one of my favorite episodes and Ronald Long is brilliant as Leadside. "My mother gave me Norman." The wheelchair in the back of the truck bit is still side-splittingly funny.

    Director:Gary Nelson
    Writers:Lloyd Turner, Gordon Mitchell

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  24. Get Smart Season 4 Episode 24 - Greer Window
    7.9/10(182 votes)

    #24 - Greer Window

    S4:E24

    CONTROL corners KAOS Agent Klineschmidt in a house and attempts to take him alive. Before they can do that, he manages to shoot Max in the buttocks. Forced to stay at home, Max amuses himself by using binoculars to spy on the office building across the street. The office he's watching belongs to Otto Greer, who is a government contractor. Top secret papers have been disappearing from his office so the Chief assigns 99 to work undercover as secretary to Greer. Max keeps an eye on 99's progress and discovers too late that Greer is a KAOS agent planning to kill both of them.

    Director:Eddie Ryder
    Writers:Chris Hayward, Arne Sultan

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

    #25 - 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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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"The Impossible Mission" is the best rated episode of "Get Smart" season 4. It scored 8.1/10 based on 210 votes. Directed by Bruce Bilson and written by Chris Hayward, Arne Sultan, Leonard B. Stern, Allan Burns, it aired on 9/21/1968. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Snoopy Smart vs. the Red Baron".