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The Best Episodes of McCloud

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The Best Episodes of McCloud

Deputy Marshal Sam McCloud of the small western town of Taos, New Mexico is assigned to the metropolitan New York City Police Department (NYPD) as...

Seasons7

  1. Background image for London Bridges
    8.1/10(62 votes)

    #1 - London Bridges

    S7:E5

    A peer of the realm, who's a photographer as well as a cat burglar, comes to America and, in flagrante delicto at a Long Island costume party, witnesses a killing at the hands of Irish bombers, all of which sends McCloud to Blighty, where the target remains to be found.

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    Director:Noel Black
  2. Background image for The Park Avenue Rustlers
    8.0/10(92 votes)

    #2 - The Park Avenue Rustlers

    S3:E3

    As part of a pilot program, McCloud is assigned a female partner, and the two go undercover against a big-time auto theft ring.

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    Director:Jack Arnold
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for Showdown at the End of the World
    7.8/10(99 votes)

    #3 - Showdown at the End of the World

    S3:E4

    An ambitious junior executive in the mob uses fashion models to transport heroin into New York.

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    Director:Lou Antonio
  4. Background image for 'Twas the Fight Before Christmas...
    7.8/10(91 votes)

    #4 - 'Twas the Fight Before Christmas...

    S7:E2

    On Christmas Eve, an assassin stalks McCloud, a spurned mistress attempts suicide, a sidewalk Santa turns mugger, junkies raid a hospital pharmacy, Chris's newspaper organizes a party for orphans at Westside Hospital with Chief Clifford as Santa, and the junkies take hostages.

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  5. Background image for The New Mexican Connection
    7.6/10(56 votes)

    #5 - The New Mexican Connection

    S3:E1

    A TV commentator's critique of police shootings tarnishes the department's stakeout squad, and Chris Coughlin is threatened to force the release of a murder suspect extradited to Taos by McCloud.

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  6. Background image for The Moscow Connection
    7.6/10(70 votes)

    #6 - The Moscow Connection

    S7:E4

    The State Department sends Chief Clifford and McCloud to Moscow with a touring country & western singer, undercover.

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    Director:Bruce Kessler
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Top of the World, Ma!
    7.5/10(114 votes)

    #7 - Top of the World, Ma!

    S2:E2

    A football player from Ohio who needs an operation goes to find the New York mobster who owes him money.

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  9. Background image for The Million Dollar Round Up
    7.5/10(80 votes)

    #8 - The Million Dollar Round Up

    S3:E5

    A dying Roman mobster wills his ""Saracen Horse,"" a jewel-encrusted green jade treasure, to any of his criminal colleagues who can take possession of it.

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  10. Background image for McCloud Meets Dracula
    7.5/10(87 votes)

    #9 - McCloud Meets Dracula

    S7:E6

    Murder victims are found to be drained of blood, and an elderly star of vampire films is suspected; Chief Clifford is on the hunt for a random sniper.

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  11. Background image for The Disposal Man
    7.4/10(100 votes)

    #10 - The Disposal Man

    S2:E4

    A nabob is menaced by a professional killer with an unknown employer.

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    Director:Boris Sagal
  12. Background image for The Barefoot Stewardess Caper
    7.4/10(118 votes)

    #11 - The Barefoot Stewardess Caper

    S3:E2

    A bevy of international stewardesses have a second career as cat burglars.

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  13. Background image for Murder Arena (2) (or Walk in the Dark)
    7.3/10(75 votes)

    #12 - Murder Arena (2) (or Walk in the Dark)

    S1:E6

    McCloud complains about his assignment to rodeo detail, so Chief Clifford sends him to Special Auxiliary Force VI under the command of Sgt. Dameron, where he works to catch a murderer in Central Park.

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  14. Background image for The Great Taxicab Stampede
    7.3/10(67 votes)

    #13 - The Great Taxicab Stampede

    S7:E3

    McCloud is framed for the murder of a drug-dealing hack, and exposes the ring.

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    Director:Ivan Dixon
  15. Background image for Encounter with Aries
    7.2/10(116 votes)

    #14 - Encounter with Aries

    S2:E1

    The wife of an astrologer and widely-syndicated newspaper columnist is kidnapped in broad daylight.

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  16. Background image for Bonnie and McCloud
    7.2/10(76 votes)

    #15 - Bonnie and McCloud

    S7:E1

    The head of a trucking company is killed before eyewitnesses, and McCloud's girlfriend is the culprit.

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  17. Background image for Manhattan Manhunt (2) (or The Stage Is All the World)
    7.1/10(92 votes)

    #16 - Manhattan Manhunt (2) (or The Stage Is All the World)

    S1:E5

    McCloud, whose new-found celebrity (thanks to an article by Chris Coughlin in the Chronicle) vexes the Department, is assigned to protect a British theatrical maven who has received letters assailing his ""filthy, obscene"" productions and threatening his life.

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  18. Background image for Fifth Man in a String Quartet
    7.1/10(97 votes)

    #17 - Fifth Man in a String Quartet

    S2:E6

    A musician is framed for the killing of his teacher, a violinist whose long-lost brother was in the mob.

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  19. Background image for Give My Regrets to Broadway
    7.1/10(100 votes)

    #18 - Give My Regrets to Broadway

    S2:E7

    A Broadway producer is implicated in the murder of a detective investigating his business practices.

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  20. Background image for Portrait of a Dead Girl (or Who Killed Miss U.S.A.?)
    7.0/10(122 votes)

    #19 - Portrait of a Dead Girl (or Who Killed Miss U.S.A.?)

    S1:E1

    McCloud escorts a witness from New Mexico to New York City, but loses him to kidnappers and finds himself in a murder case involving Puerto Rican nationalists, a lady novelist, a Wall Street lawyer, and a dead beauty pageant winner.

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  21. Background image for Murder Arena (1) (or The Concrete Corral)
    7.0/10(96 votes)

    #20 - Murder Arena (1) (or The Concrete Corral)

    S1:E4

    McCloud is assigned to shepherd the cowboys at a visiting rodeo. They're old friends, and one of them is killed by a jealous rival over a woman, it appears.

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  22. Background image for Somebody's Out to Get Jennie
    7.0/10(115 votes)

    #21 - Somebody's Out to Get Jennie

    S2:E3

    An industrial engineer is thought to have been died in an air crash, and his secretary is driven into a mental hospital.

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    Director:Jack Smight
    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for Man from Taos (1) (or Who Says You Can't Make Friends in New York City?)
    6.9/10(88 votes)

    #22 - Man from Taos (1) (or Who Says You Can't Make Friends in New York City?)

    S1:E2

    McCloud goes to help a lady in distress, but gets caught in a shootout that sends him back to Taos on Chief Clifford's orders. At the last minute, the Chief is kidnapped to force McCloud to act as a courier to Paris.

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  24. Background image for Manhattan Manhunt (1) (or Horse Stealing on Fifth Avenue)
    6.9/10(91 votes)

    #23 - Manhattan Manhunt (1) (or Horse Stealing on Fifth Avenue)

    S1:E3

    McCloud is becoming famous thanks to press coverage. It doesn't endear him to the boys in blue, who have to deal with a string of drugstore holdups.

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  25. Background image for A Little Plot at Tranquil Valley
    6.4/10(107 votes)

    #24 - A Little Plot at Tranquil Valley

    S2:E5

    Stolen penicillin is diluted and sent south of the border by the director of a famous cemetery.

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  26. Background image for Man from Taos (2) (or Our Man in Paris)
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #25 - Man from Taos (2) (or Our Man in Paris)

    S1:E7

    In Paris, McCloud and a stewardess try to locate a mysterious arms smuggler with ties to an American mogul and a New York gubernatorial candidate.

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    Director:Russ Mayberry
    Writer:Unknown

Best Episodes Summary

"London Bridges" is the best rated episode of "McCloud". It scored 8.1/10 based on 62 votes. Directed by Noel Black and written by Michael Sloan, it aired on 3/6/1977. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Park Avenue Rustlers".