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The Best Episodes of Longstreet

Every episode of Longstreet ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Longstreet!

Longstreet is an American crime drama series that was broadcast on the ABC in the 1971-1972 season. A 90-minute pilot movie of the same name...
Genre:Drama
Network:ABC
Episodes
23
Avg. Rating
7.9
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S4
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8.3
8.1
7.6

Best Episodes Summary

"Eye of the Storm" is the best rated episode of "Longstreet". It scored 8.5/10 based on 26 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/20/1972. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Way Of The Intercepting Fist".

  • Eye of the Storm
    8.5/10(26)

    #1 - Eye of the Storm

    Season 1 Episode 17

    Aired 1/20/1972

    Mike travels to a lonely roadside diner to meet the representative of a gang that stole a valuable jade chess set, in order to pay the ransom for its return. The man he is supposed to meet is a no-show as a hurricane blows through, stranding Mike and a group of fellow travelers.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Way Of The Intercepting Fist
    8.3/10(77)

    #2 - Way Of The Intercepting Fist

    Season 1 Episode 1

    Aired 9/16/1971

    Mike Longstreet enlists the Teachings of martial arts expert Li Tsung in order to defend himself despite his blindness.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Wednesday's Child
    8.3/10(37)

    #3 - Wednesday's Child

    Season 1 Episode 9

    Aired 11/11/1971

    Nikki is kidnapped after purchasing an antique sewing machine at an auction, and held for ransom. Mike must discover what's hidden within the machine that's of value, and then with Li's help find a way to rescue Nikki.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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    0
  • Please Leave the Wreck for Others to Enjoy
    8.3/10(17)

    #4 - Please Leave the Wreck for Others to Enjoy

    Season 1 Episode 18

    Aired 1/27/1972

    Nikki is run down by a hit-and-run driver while working on a case with Mike, placing her in the hospital in critical condition. Mike blames himself and begins to question his real motives for being an investigator, as he falls into a deep depression.

    Director: Alexander Singer

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant

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    0
  • Survival Times Two
    8.2/10(21)

    #5 - Survival Times Two

    Season 1 Episode 16

    Aired 1/13/1972

    A deadly water moccasin and an equally deadly trapper add up to peril for Longstreet and Duke, whose trek into the Louisiana bayous turns into a battle for survival.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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    0
  • A World of Perfect Complicity
    8.1/10(36)

    #6 - A World of Perfect Complicity

    Season 1 Episode 2

    Aired 9/23/1971

    Mike and Nikki go undercover as husband and wife in an exclusive apartment building, in an attempt to discover the identity of a thief who is robbing its wealthy residents.

    Director: Jud Taylor

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant

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    0
  • Spell Legacy Like Death
    8.1/10(40)

    #7 - Spell Legacy Like Death

    Season 1 Episode 6

    Aired 10/21/1971

    Spell Legacy Like Death is a 1971 action, crime and drama television episode written by Mark Rodgers, Sy Salkowitz, Stirling Silliphant and Baynard Kendrick and directed by Paul Krasny.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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    0
  • Elegy in Brass
    8.0/10(24)

    #8 - Elegy in Brass

    Season 1 Episode 5

    Aired 10/14/1971

    When Mike begins investigating the murder of a Jazz Society Director, and the theft of two rare and valuable instruments, it leads him on a path into greed, ambition, hidden family secrets and the world of jazz music.

    Director: David Lowell Rich

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Sound of Money Talking
    8.0/10(13)

    #9 - The Sound of Money Talking

    Season 1 Episode 23

    Aired 3/2/1972

    Bank teller Roy has an interesting early-retirement plan: he's the inside man on a quarter-million-dollar heist.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Shape of Nightmares
    7.9/10(22)

    #10 - The Shape of Nightmares

    Season 1 Episode 7

    Aired 10/28/1971

    A young widow asks Mike to look into the apparent suicide of her husband, who died in prison. Mike enters the prison to investigate, and discovers evidence that he was actually murdered.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant

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    0
  • There Was A Crooked Man
    7.9/10(21)

    #11 - There Was A Crooked Man

    Season 1 Episode 12

    Aired 12/9/1971

    A valuable racehorse is stolen and held for ransom. The kidnappers want Mike to deliver the ransom money, because they figure he won't be able to identify them.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

    Comments

    0
  • The Old Team Spirit
    7.9/10(18)

    #12 - The Old Team Spirit

    Season 1 Episode 13

    Aired 12/16/1971

    There has been a series of armored-car robberies, and Mike's old mentor, Harold Kemp, is in charge of the investigation. As Mike assists Harold in the investigation, he begins to suspect his mentor is involved.

    Director: James Sheldon

    Writer: Robert Hamner

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  • The Long Way Home
    7.9/10(16)

    #13 - The Long Way Home

    Season 1 Episode 14

    Aired 12/30/1971

    Harper Electronics specializes in hiring handicapped employees, but the company is hit with a string of robberies. Going undercover to investigate, Mike becomes an employee with the firm.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Anatomy of a Mayday
    7.9/10(17)

    #14 - Anatomy of a Mayday

    Season 1 Episode 19

    Aired 2/3/1972

    Mike's good friend is killed in a boating accident, but Mike feels someone may have tried to murder him. Investigating several potential suspects leads him to believe his friend is really still alive.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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    0
  • So, Who's Fred Hornbeck?
    7.8/10(28)

    #15 - So, Who's Fred Hornbeck?

    Season 1 Episode 4

    Aired 10/7/1971

    A man who spent several years in prison for a murder he didn't commit enlists Mike's help in finding the real killer.

    Director: David Lowell Rich

    Writer: Sandor Stern

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    0
  • Sad Songs and Other Conversations
    7.8/10(15)

    #16 - Sad Songs and Other Conversations

    Season 1 Episode 20

    Aired 2/10/1972

    When a fire breaks out in a hospital room, the patient inside dies. Mike investigates and suspects arson, but must sift through several suspects to find out who and why.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Sandor Stern

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    0
  • Field of Honor
    7.8/10(22)

    #17 - Field of Honor

    Season 1 Episode 21

    Aired 2/17/1972

    Mike's good friend is Jim Collins, the starting quarterback for the New Orleans football team. After suffering a terrible accident, Jim finds he may never walk again. Mike suspects the accident involved foul play.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Herman Groves

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    0
  • I See, Said the Blind Man
    7.7/10(43)

    #18 - I See, Said the Blind Man

    Season 1 Episode 10

    Aired 11/18/1971

    I See, Said the Blind Man is a 1971 action, drama and crime television episode written by Sandor Stern and directed by Leslie H. Martinson.

    Director: Leslie H. Martinson

    Writer: Sandor Stern

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  • This Little Piggy Went to the Marquette
    7.7/10(18)

    #19 - This Little Piggy Went to the Marquette

    Season 1 Episode 11

    Aired 12/2/1971

    Mike investigates a series of thefts of semi-truck trailers, known as "pigs", and uncovers a ring of thieves.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • One in the Reality Column
    7.6/10(29)

    #20 - One in the Reality Column

    Season 1 Episode 3

    Aired 9/30/1971

    Mike is kidnapped, drugged and left for dead on an abandoned salvage ship. Miraculously, he survives and attempts to piece together clues and fractured memories, believing it's somehow connected to a case he is working on.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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    0
  • Let the Memories Be Happy Ones
    7.6/10(19)

    #21 - Let the Memories Be Happy Ones

    Season 1 Episode 15

    Aired 1/6/1972

    Nikki takes Mike to the New Orleans International Airport to pick up his late wife's sister, Hannah, and her husband, Sven Aalborg. While greeting each other in the crowded airport terminal, someone mysteriously shoots Hannah's husband, leaving him in critical condition.

    Director: Jeffrey Hayden

    Writer: N/A

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    0
  • Through Shattering Glass
    7.6/10(15)

    #22 - Through Shattering Glass

    Season 1 Episode 22

    Aired 2/24/1972

    When Mike hears a man being murdered, he pieces together enough clues to guess the killer's identity. He then plays a dangerous game as he pretends to be an eyewitness to the killing, hoping to draw the killer out into the open.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Girl with a Broom
    7.5/10(20)

    #23 - The Girl with a Broom

    Season 1 Episode 8

    Aired 11/4/1971

    An expensive Rembrandt painting is stolen from a wealthy family's home. Mike's investigation into the theft takes him into a web of hidden family secrets and lies.

    Director: Lee Philips

    Writer: N/A

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