8.0/10179 votes#1 - The Impossible Mission
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/1968
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
Writer: N/A
8.0/10180 votes#2 - Snoopy Smart vs. the Red Baron
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/1968
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: N/A
7.9/10166 votes#3 - Closely Watched Planes
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/5/1968
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
Writer: Chris Hayward
7.5/10166 votes#4 - The Secret of Sam Vittorio
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/12/1968
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
Writer: Chris Hayward
7.6/10165 votes#5 - Diamonds Are a Spy's Best Friend
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/19/1968
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
Writer: Chris Hayward
7.4/10167 votes#6 - The Worst Best Man
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/26/1968
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
Writer: Chris Hayward
7.6/10161 votes#7 - A Tale of Two Tails
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/2/1968
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: Don Adams, Jerry Hopper
Writer: Chris Hayward
7.8/10177 votes#8 - The Return of the Ancient Mariner
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/9/1968
With an attempt to kidnap Admiral Hardgrade in the works, Max has him stay in his apartment.
Director: Gary Nelson, Jerry Hopper
Writer: Chris Hayward
8.0/10180 votes#9 - With Love and Twitches
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/16/1968
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
Writer: Chris Hayward
8.0/10175 votes#10 - The Laser Blazer
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 11/30/1968
The big day arrives for Smart and Agent 99, but almost without Smart as he is sidetracked by a bizarre case.
Director: Gary Nelson, Jay Sandrich
Writer: Chris Hayward
7.8/10165 votes#11 - The Farkas Fracas
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 12/7/1968
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: N/A
7.2/10156 votes#12 - Temporarily Out of CONTROL
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 12/14/1968
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
Writer: Chris Hayward
7.9/10174 votes#13 - Schwartz's Island
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 12/21/1968
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, James Komack
Writer: Chris Hayward
7.5/10163 votes#14 - One Nation Invisible
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 12/28/1968
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, Harry Falk
Writer: Chris Hayward
7.6/10166 votes#15 - Hurray for Hollywood
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 1/4/1969
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: Don Adams, Harry Falk
Writer: Whitey Mitchell
7.7/10166 votes#16 - The Day They Raided the Knights
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 1/11/1969
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
7.7/10172 votes#17 - Tequila Mockingbird
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 1/18/1969
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, Reza Badiyi
Writer: N/A
7.5/10160 votes#18 - I Shot 86 Today
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 2/1/1969
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, Jay Sandrich
Writer: Chris Hayward
7.8/10153 votes#19 - Absorb the Greek
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 2/8/1969
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: Jay Sandrich, Richard Benedict
Writer: N/A
7.9/10166 votes#20 - To Sire, with Love (1)
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 2/15/1969
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/10171 votes#21 - To Sire, with Love (2)
Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 2/22/1969
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
7.6/10159 votes#22 - Shock It to Me
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 3/1/1969
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
Writer: N/A
7.9/10161 votes#23 - Leadside
Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 3/8/1969
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, Jay Sandrich
Writer: Chris Hayward
7.8/10155 votes#24 - Greer Window
Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 3/15/1969
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: Gary Nelson, Eddie Ryder
Writer: Whitey Mitchell
8.3/10180 votes#25 - The Not-So-Great Escape (1)
Season 4 Episode 25 - Aired 3/22/1969
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
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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Season 4 Ratings Summary
"The Impossible Mission" is the best rated episode of "Get Smart" season 4. It scored 8/10 based on 179 votes. Directed by Bruce Bilson and written by N/A, it aired on 9/21/1968. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Snoopy Smart vs. the Red Baron".