- 7.2/10107 votes
#1 - Portrait of a Dead Girl (or Who Killed Miss U.S.A.?)
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2/17/1970
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
Writer: William Link, Richard Levinson, Stanford Whitmore
- 6.9/1081 votes
#2 - Man from Taos (1) (or Who Says You Can't Make Friends in New York City?)
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/16/1970
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
- 6.9/1079 votes
#3 - Manhattan Manhunt (1) (or Horse Stealing on Fifth Avenue)
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/23/1970
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
- 7.1/1086 votes
#4 - Murder Arena (1) (or The Concrete Corral)
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/30/1970
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: N/A
- 7.1/1084 votes
#5 - Manhattan Manhunt (2) (or The Stage Is All the World)
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/7/1970
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.
Director: Russ Mayberry, Bruce Kessler
Writer: Norman Hudis
- 7.4/1065 votes
#6 - Murder Arena (2) (or Walk in the Dark)
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/14/1970
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.
Director: Nicholas Colasanto, Russ Mayberry
Writer: Leslie Stevens
- NaN/100 votes
#7 - Man from Taos (2) (or Our Man in Paris)
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/21/1970
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: N/A
The Best Episodes of McCloud Season 1
Every episode of McCloud Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of McCloud Season 1!
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...
Genres:CrimeDrama
Network:NBC
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Portrait of a Dead Girl (or Who Killed Miss U.S.A.?)" is the best rated episode of "McCloud" season 1. It scored 7.2/10 based on 107 votes. Directed by Richard A. Colla and written by William Link, Richard Levinson, Stanford Whitmore, it aired on 2/17/1970. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Man from Taos (1) (or Who Says You Can't Make Friends in New York City?)".