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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. 8.1/10(14 votes)

    #1 - The Executioner

    S2:E11

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  2. 8.0/10(27 votes)

    #2 - 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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  3. 7.7/10(16 votes)

    #3 - 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
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  4. 7.6/10(13 votes)

    #4 - Contraband

    S2:E13

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    Director:Don Medford
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  5. 7.6/10(14 votes)

    #5 - 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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  6. 7.6/10(16 votes)

    #6 - High School Bride

    S2:E35

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    Director:John Brahm
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  8. 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. 7.5/10(15 votes)

    #8 - The Third Shadow

    S2:E16

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  10. 7.5/10(13 votes)

    #9 - 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
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  11. 7.5/10(22 votes)

    #10 - The Jumper

    S2:E18

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  12. 7.4/10(16 votes)

    #11 - The Refugee

    S2:E4

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

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  13. 7.4/10(12 votes)

    #12 - The Harpies

    S2:E25

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  14. 7.4/10(45 votes)

    #13 - The Fire Makers

    S2:E29

    Detective Ballinger helps investigate a series of arson crimes that are being used to cover up insurance scams.

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    Director:Don Medford
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  15. 7.4/10(8 votes)

    #14 - Death Is a Clock

    S2:E40

    LT. Frank Ballinger takes a personal interest in a case when the wife of convicted murderer Paul Danzig approaches him for help. Danzig has only 20 hours to live and his wife talks openly of stopping the clock. Ballinger has to figure out what she means, and ensure the right man pays for the crime of murder.

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  16. 7.3/10(19 votes)

    #15 - 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
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  17. 7.3/10(34 votes)

    #16 - The Teacher (aka Trade School)

    S2:E15

    Young hoodlums use a trade school for criminal purposes.

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  18. 7.3/10(13 votes)

    #17 - Ghost Town

    S2:E26

    Lieutenant Ballinger and the FBI have few leads and little time to find a kidnapped socialite with a predilection for visiting jazz clubs. Bound, unattended, and hidden in a condemned building during a cruel Chicago winter, the young woman is in grave danger of dying from injury or exposure before she can be rescued.

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    Director:John Brahm
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  19. 7.2/10(15 votes)

    #18 - 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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  20. 7.2/10(15 votes)

    #19 - 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
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  21. 7.2/10(15 votes)

    #20 - 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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  22. 7.2/10(13 votes)

    #21 - 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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  23. 7.2/10(13 votes)

    #22 - Mugger Murder

    S2:E20

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

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  24. 7.2/10(15 votes)

    #23 - Model in the Lake

    S2:E33

    A swimsuit model is found dead in Lake Michigan, but physical evidence indicates the she may not have drowned while swimming. Lieutenant Ballinger becomes convinced that she was murdered after he learns that she was a strong swimmer and an iniquitous individual with a large number of unexplained bank deposits.

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  25. 7.1/10(16 votes)

    #24 - 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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  26. 7.1/10(11 votes)

    #25 - The Star Witness

    S2:E21

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"The Executioner" is the best rated episode of "M Squad" season 2. It scored 8.1/10 based on 14 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 12/5/1958. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "More Deadly".