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The Best Episodes of M Squad Season 1

Every episode of M Squad Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of M Squad Season 1!

The Best Episodes of M Squad Season 1

Lt. Frank Ballinger is a no-nonsense plain clothes cop in the elite M Squad Division. The Squad's task is to root out organised crime and...

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  1. Background image for The Golden Look
    7.7/10(43 votes)

    #1 - The Golden Look

    S1:E1

    The Squad is on the lookout for a bank robbery suspect with a unique feature, witnesses say he has gold teeth.

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  2. Background image for The Watchdog
    7.3/10(39 votes)

    #2 - The Watchdog

    S1:E2

    Ballinger and the Squad are out to catch a burglar who may have rabies.

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  3. Background image for Neighborhood Killer
    6.7/10(31 votes)

    #3 - Neighborhood Killer

    S1:E3

    The squad hunts down a cop killer.

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  4. Background image for Pete Loves Mary
    7.4/10(41 votes)

    #4 - Pete Loves Mary

    S1:E4

    The squad goes after a jail inmate who's just escaped.

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  5. Background image for Face of Evil
    7.6/10(33 votes)

    #5 - Face of Evil

    S1:E5

    Ballinger investigates the murders of four women. The victims were all connected to the same church and lived within two miles of each other.

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  6. Background image for Street of Fear
    7.7/10(32 votes)

    #6 - Street of Fear

    S1:E6

    Chicago cop Frank Ballinger stages a rescue in order to gain the confidence of Alice, a young woman who works for suspected jewelry fence Louis Prince. Pretending to be furniture salesman Bob Steele, Ballinger romances Alice and gets friendly with her boss. But Alice falls for "Bob" and Ballinger must weigh her feelings and safety against his duty as a police officer.

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    Director:Don Weis
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for The Matinee Trade
    7.6/10(28 votes)

    #7 - The Matinee Trade

    S1:E7

    Lt. Frank Ballinger investigates the case of a gambling ring and its connection to an unidentified police officer. The deeper into the investigation he gets, the more Ballinger becomes concerned that the crooked cop may be an old friend.

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    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for The Hard Case
    7.3/10(21 votes)

    #8 - The Hard Case

    S1:E8

    A jewelry store robbery sends the thief to prison, but his claim that the night watchman, a former big-league ballplayer named Lightnin' Joe Adams, was in on the heist costs Adams his job. Lt. Frank Ballinger goes undercover in prison to find out from the robber whether Adams was involved in the crime and what happened to the loot.

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    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for Killer in Town
    8.0/10(24 votes)

    #9 - Killer in Town

    S1:E9

    Frank Ballinger and his colleagues on the M Squad have to find a needle in a haystack: a cop killer somewhere in the city of Chicago. Their only clues are an old magazine and the killer's habit of saying "You bet."

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    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for Diamond Hard
    7.9/10(31 votes)

    #10 - Diamond Hard

    S1:E10

    Lt. Frank Ballinger keeps an eye on Hazel, a bar girl with a record who nonetheless wants to go straight. He discovers she is involved with Joe Mazzerin, a safecracker. Ballinger goes undercover to get the goods on Mazzerin and to learn who his mysterious partner is.

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    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for The Alibi Witness
    7.8/10(23 votes)

    #11 - The Alibi Witness

    S1:E11

    When perennial loser Wally Gardner is identified as the perpetrator of a robbery-murder, he tells police unique details of a stranger he met miles away at the time of the crime. But when that stranger is found, he says he can prove that HE was miles from where Gardner says they met at the time of the crime. Lt. Frank Ballinger must determine who's lying.

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    Director:John Brahm
    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for The Specialists
    7.3/10(23 votes)

    #12 - The Specialists

    S1:E12

    When a hired gunman gets himself tossed in jail following a fistfight, Lt. Frank Ballinger takes his place undercover as protection for a group of three businessmen who meet once a year to commit a specialized crime.

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    Director:Earl Bellamy
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for Family Portrait
    7.8/10(28 votes)

    #13 - Family Portrait

    S1:E13

    When his partner in an investigation is killed, Lt. Frank Ballinger makes it a personal business to pin the crime on narcotics lord Sam Hinder. But, as Ballinger discovers, Hinder has an unusual reason for wanting to keep the police out of his own personal business.

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    Director:John Peyser
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for The Palace Guard
    7.5/10(23 votes)

    #14 - The Palace Guard

    S1:E14

    Gangster Tommy Hatch is wanted for murder, but the police have to keep him safe from other gangsters who want him dead before he can testify against them. Lt. Frank Ballinger is assigned to protect Hatch even though he despises him.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for The Slow Trap
    7.1/10(25 votes)

    #15 - The Slow Trap

    S1:E15

    Ballinger investigates the case of a security courier who is charged with robbing himself of $75,000.

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    Director:Earl Bellamy
    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for The Cover Up
    7.3/10(22 votes)

    #16 - The Cover Up

    S1:E16

    District Attorney Grover calls for Ballinger to help him sort out a potentially embarrassing situation involving the murder of a former business associate.

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    Director:Edward Ludwig
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for Blue Indigo
    7.7/10(23 votes)

    #17 - Blue Indigo

    S1:E17

    The room mate of the third murder victim of the Blue Indigo serial killer may be the only link Ballinger has to catching him.

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    Director:John Brahm
    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for The Long Ride
    7.9/10(19 votes)

    #18 - The Long Ride

    S1:E18

    When a convicted murderer gets the upper hand on Lieutenant Ballinger during a train ride back to Chicago, his last best hope for recapturing the felon is the persistence of an alert young boy.

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    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for The Shakedown
    7.8/10(20 votes)

    #19 - The Shakedown

    S1:E19

    Ballinger suspects an inside job when a dry cleaning company refuses to knuckle under to a shakedown mob.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for Dolly's Bear
    7.8/10(19 votes)

    #20 - Dolly's Bear

    S1:E20

    Kathy Bane, an old flame of Ballinger's, needs his help when a blackmailer trying to extort money turns up dead-- in her apartment.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for Lover's Lane Killing
    7.9/10(27 votes)

    #21 - Lover's Lane Killing

    S1:E21

    Ballinger investigates a murder with multiple motives.

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    Director:Robert Altman
    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for The Frightened Wife
    8.1/10(20 votes)

    #22 - The Frightened Wife

    S1:E22

    A man's aunt reports her nephew is missing. Ballinger investigates.

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    Director:Don Taylor
    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for The Black Mermaid
    7.9/10(21 votes)

    #23 - The Black Mermaid

    S1:E23

    Ballinger goes undercover to capture a robbery suspect.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  25. Background image for The Man in Hiding
    8.2/10(21 votes)

    #24 - The Man in Hiding

    S1:E24

    Ballinger investigates after a bank robber leaves a pencil at the scene.

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    Director:Don Taylor
    Writer:Unknown
  26. Background image for Chicago Bluebeard
    8.0/10(24 votes)

    #25 - Chicago Bluebeard

    S1:E25

    A woman dies. Ballinger investigates.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Golden Look" is the best rated episode of "M Squad" season 1. It scored 7.7/10 based on 43 votes. Directed by Bernard Girard and written by Joel Murcott, it aired on 9/20/1957. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "The Watchdog".