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The Best Episodes of McCloud

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

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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 a special investigator.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    McCloud Season 1 Episode 1 - Portrait of a Dead Girl (or Who Killed Miss U.S.A.?)
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - 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.

    Director:Richard A. Colla
    Writers:William Link, Richard Levinson, Stanford Whitmore

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  2. McCloud Season 1 Episode 2 - Man from Taos (1) (or Who Says You Can't Make Friends in New York City?)
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #2 - 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.

    Director:Douglas Heyes
    Writer:Leslie Stevens

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  3. McCloud Season 1 Episode 3 - Manhattan Manhunt (1) (or Horse Stealing on Fifth Avenue)
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #3 - 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.

    Director:Bruce Kessler
    Writer:Glen A. Larson

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  4. McCloud Season 1 Episode 4 - Murder Arena (1) (or The Concrete Corral)
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #4 - 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.

    Director:Nicholas Colasanto
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. McCloud Season 1 Episode 5 - Manhattan Manhunt (2) (or The Stage Is All the World)
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #5 - 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.

    Directors:Russ Mayberry, Bruce Kessler
    Writer:Norman Hudis

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  6. McCloud Season 1 Episode 6 - Murder Arena (2) (or Walk in the Dark)
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #6 - 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.

    Directors:Russ Mayberry, Nicholas Colasanto
    Writer:Leslie Stevens

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    The 20 WORST Episodes of McCloud

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  7. McCloud Season 1 Episode 7 - Man from Taos (2) (or Our Man in Paris)
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #7 - 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.

    Director:Russ Mayberry
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. McCloud Season 2 Episode 1 - Encounter with Aries
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #8 - Encounter with Aries

    S2:E1

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

    Director:Russ Mayberry
    Writer:Peter Allan Fields

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  9. McCloud Season 2 Episode 2 - Top of the World, Ma!
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #9 - 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.

    Director:Alex March
    Writer:Peter Allan Fields

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  10. McCloud Season 2 Episode 3 - Somebody's Out to Get Jennie
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #10 - 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.

    Director:Jack Smight
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. McCloud Season 2 Episode 4 - The Disposal Man
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #11 - The Disposal Man

    S2:E4

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

    Director:Boris Sagal
    Writer:Dean Hargrove

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  12. McCloud Season 2 Episode 5 - A Little Plot at Tranquil Valley
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #12 - 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.

    Director:Jack Smight
    Writer:Peter Allan Fields

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  13. McCloud Season 2 Episode 6 - Fifth Man in a String Quartet
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #13 - 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.

    Director:Russ Mayberry
    Writer:James D. Buchanan

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  14. McCloud Season 2 Episode 7 - Give My Regrets to Broadway
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #14 - Give My Regrets to Broadway

    S2:E7

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

    Director:Lou Antonio
    Writer:Peter Allan Fields

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  15. McCloud Season 3 Episode 1 - The New Mexican Connection
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #15 - 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.

    Directors:Russ Mayberry, Hy Averback
    Writer:Glen A. Larson

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  16. McCloud Season 3 Episode 2 - The Barefoot Stewardess Caper
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #16 - The Barefoot Stewardess Caper

    S3:E2

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

    Director:Harry Falk
    Writers:Glen A. Larson, Michael Gleason

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  17. McCloud Season 3 Episode 3 - The Park Avenue Rustlers
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #17 - 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.

    Director:Jack Arnold
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. McCloud Season 3 Episode 4 - Showdown at the End of the World
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #18 - 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.

    Director:Lou Antonio
    Writer:Robert Hamner

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  19. McCloud Season 3 Episode 5 - The Million Dollar Round Up
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #19 - 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.

    Director:Douglas Heyes
    Writer:Douglas Heyes

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  20. McCloud Season 4 Episode 1 - Butch Cassidy Rides Again
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #20 - Butch Cassidy Rides Again

    S4:E1

    The NYPD demonstrates a bank robbery on live closed-circuit TV, and is bushwhacked by a gang of antiquated outlaws.

    Director:Barry Shear
    Writer:Glen A. Larson

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  21. McCloud Season 4 Episode 2 - The Solid Gold Swingers
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #21 - The Solid Gold Swingers

    S4:E2

    While answering a high-rise apartment burglary call, McCloud stumbles on a body, which then disappears. The case leads to a VIP madam under indictment, whose girls are apparently being murdered by a serial killer.

    Director:Lou Antonio
    Writer:Michael Gleason

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  22. McCloud Season 4 Episode 3 - A Cowboy in Paradise
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #22 - A Cowboy in Paradise

    S4:E3

    Just before presenting a rackets case, Chief Clifford goes to Hawaii for a police conference. Taos sends McCloud, too, and the Marshal is obliged to dragoon a vacationing N.Y. policewoman when the Chief is set up on a murder charge.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Jimmy Sangster

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  23. McCloud Season 4 Episode 4 - The Colorado Cattle Caper
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #23 - The Colorado Cattle Caper

    S4:E4

    Modern-day cattle rustlers ship lethally contaminated beef to New York.

    Director:Robert Day
    Writer:Michael Gleason

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  24. McCloud Season 4 Episode 5 - This Must Be the Alamo
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #24 - This Must Be the Alamo

    S4:E5

    During a heat wave, Chief Clifford is called away and leaves Sgt. Broadhurst in charge. A football gambling ring that scores with ""inside dope on injuries"" loses a little black book and begins eliminating witnesses in a search for it, leading to an assault on precinct headquarters.

    Director:Bruce Kessler
    Writer:Glen A. Larson

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  25. McCloud Season 5 Episode 1 - The Barefoot Girls of Bleecker Street
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #25 - The Barefoot Girls of Bleecker Street

    S5:E1

    McCloud helps a runaway and her baby, amidst a curious stolen property investigation.

    Director:Barry Shear
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Portrait of a Dead Girl (or Who Killed Miss U.S.A.?)" is the best rated episode of "McCloud". It scored 7/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Richard A. Colla and written by William Link, Richard Levinson, Stanford Whitmore, it aired on 2/17/1970. This episode scored 7.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Man from Taos (1) (or Who Says You Can't Make Friends in New York City?)".