The Best Episodes of McCloud Season 1

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.0/10(130 votes)

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

   S1:E12/17/1970

   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

   Writers:William Link, Richard Levinson, Stanford Whitmore

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   Director:Richard A. Colla

   Writers:William Link, Richard Levinson, Stanford Whitmore
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   7.0/10(92 votes)

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

   S1:E29/16/1970

   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

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   Director:Douglas Heyes

   Writer:Leslie Stevens
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   7.0/10(94 votes)

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

   S1:E39/23/1970

   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

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   Director:Bruce Kessler

   Writer:Glen A. Larson
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   7.0/10(99 votes)

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

   S1:E49/30/1970

   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:Unknown

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   Director:Nicholas Colasanto

   Writer:Unknown
5. 

   7.2/10(93 votes)

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

   S1:E510/7/1970

   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.

   Directors:Russ Mayberry, Bruce Kessler

   Writer:Norman Hudis

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   Directors:Russ Mayberry, Bruce Kessler

   Writer:Norman Hudis
6. 

   7.5/10(77 votes)

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

   S1:E610/14/1970

   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.

   Directors:Russ Mayberry, Nicholas Colasanto

   Writer:Leslie Stevens

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   Directors:Russ Mayberry, Nicholas Colasanto

   Writer:Leslie Stevens
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   #7 - Man from Taos (2) (or Our Man in Paris)

   S1:E710/21/1970

   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:Unknown

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   Director:Russ Mayberry

   Writer:Unknown