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The Best Episodes of M Squad Season 2

Every episode of M Squad Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of M Squad Season 2!

The Best Episodes of M Squad Season 2

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 More Deadly
    8.0/10(27 votes)

    #1 - More Deadly

    S2:E1

    2 innocent men are iced by a currency exchange bookkeeper, to disguise her embezzlement. The sultry femme fatale's yarn that it was a heist gone bad makes sense at first, because of a wave of such robberies on Chicago's Far East Side. But the murdered customer Halper checks out as a solid working stiff, plus the other stick-ups were solo jobs while this was supposedly a 2 hood hold-up, so M Squad's debonair Lt. Ballinger's sic-ed on the case to soften up hard boiled Ora Kane.

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  2. Background image for Dead or Alive
    7.3/10(19 votes)

    #2 - Dead or Alive

    S2:E2

    A pair of gun crazy kids are loose in Chicago-- and a young reporter is defending them in the press against Ballinger and "police brutality".

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    Director:Don Taylor
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for The Missing Claimant
    7.1/10(16 votes)

    #3 - The Missing Claimant

    S2:E3

    A shady lawyer protects a false heir to a fortune-- by killing the real relative! Ballinger is called in to set everything straight.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for The Refugee
    7.4/10(16 votes)

    #4 - The Refugee

    S2:E4

    Ballinger goes undercover as an immigrant worker to help break an extortion ring targeting foreigners.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for The Trap
    7.7/10(16 votes)

    #5 - The Trap

    S2:E5

    Danny Mitchell is trying to find an engagement ring for his girl when he mistaken for a thief by the store owner. A fight convinces him he has killed the old man-- as such Danny's on the run! Ballinger is called in to find the kid before he gets into real trouble.

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    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for Force of Habit
    7.2/10(15 votes)

    #6 - Force of Habit

    S2:E6

    Val Mooney, hiding out from the cops, sees the perfect opportunity to evade them. When his wife's brother is killed in a massive warehouse fire, he forces her to identify the body as-- VAL MOONEY.

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  8. Background image for The Phantom Raiders
    7.5/10(15 votes)

    #7 - The Phantom Raiders

    S2:E7

    A pair of high-speed motorcycle thugs are robbing gas stations across Chicago. When one attendant gets shot, Ballinger goes undercover as a biker to crack the case.

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  9. Background image for The Merits of the Case
    7.2/10(15 votes)

    #8 - The Merits of the Case

    S2:E8

    A famous defense attorney is gunned down in his house. Now Ballinger must piece together the clues to find the kille

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    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for The Big Kill
    7.2/10(15 votes)

    #9 - The Big Kill

    S2:E9

    Larry Princeton is the master of bank heists-- he plans then sits back while his thugs pull off the job. Except for the last one-- which resulted in a bank teller's murder! Now Ballinger's after him.

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  11. Background image for The Sitters
    7.0/10(14 votes)

    #10 - The Sitters

    S2:E10

    Unsuspecting women allow bookmakers to use their telephones in return for payment of $50 per week, but they later learn that their lives will be in danger if they try to get out of the agreement.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for The Executioner
    8.1/10(14 votes)

    #11 - The Executioner

    S2:E11

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for The Widows
    7.2/10(13 votes)

    #12 - The Widows

    S2:E12

    Widows have something in common. All their husbands were murdered, and all had life insurance policies with double indemnity. And the widows have the same crooked lawyer. Lt. Frank Ballinger suspects a murder for hire scheme.

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  14. Background image for Contraband
    7.6/10(13 votes)

    #13 - Contraband

    S2:E13

    No description available

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    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for Prescription for Murder
    7.0/10(10 votes)

    #14 - Prescription for Murder

    S2:E14

    The wife of a brain surgeon is abducted and threatened with death if the surgeon goes ahead with an emergency operation to save a critically injured police witness that can implicate a loan shark in two murders.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for The Teacher (aka Trade School)
    7.3/10(34 votes)

    #15 - The Teacher (aka Trade School)

    S2:E15

    Young hoodlums use a trade school for criminal purposes.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for The Third Shadow
    7.4/10(17 votes)

    #16 - The Third Shadow

    S2:E16

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for One Man's Life
    7.5/10(13 votes)

    #17 - One Man's Life

    S2:E17

    An innocent man will be executed in 48 hours unless Lieutenant Ballinger can convince a socially prominent woman to recant the false testimony that she gave as a result of a ruthless blackmailer's threats.

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    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for The Jumper
    7.5/10(22 votes)

    #18 - The Jumper

    S2:E18

    No description available

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    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for The Last Act
    6.9/10(13 votes)

    #19 - The Last Act

    S2:E19

    No description available

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    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for Mugger Murder
    7.2/10(13 votes)

    #20 - Mugger Murder

    S2:E20

    Frank must solve several connected homicides wherein convicted muggers are being strangled to death.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for The Star Witness
    7.1/10(11 votes)

    #21 - The Star Witness

    S2:E21

    No description available

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for The Take Over
    7.6/10(14 votes)

    #22 - The Take Over

    S2:E22

    Racketeers try to steal profits from a new entertainment establishment run by an old friend of Ballinger.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for Voluntary Surrender
    7.1/10(14 votes)

    #23 - Voluntary Surrender

    S2:E23

    No description available

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    Director:Unknown
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  25. Background image for Death Threat
    6.6/10(14 votes)

    #24 - Death Threat

    S2:E24

    No description available

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    Director:John Brahm
    Writer:Unknown
  26. Background image for The Harpies
    7.4/10(12 votes)

    #25 - The Harpies

    S2:E25

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

Season 2 Ratings Summary

"More Deadly" is the best rated episode of "M Squad" season 2. It scored 8/10 based on 27 votes. Directed by Don Medford and written by Sidney Marshall, it aired on 9/19/1958. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "Dead or Alive".