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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!

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...

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

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  2. Background image for Man from Taos (1) (or Who Says You Can't Make Friends in New York City?)
    6.9/10(88 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.

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

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

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

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

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  8. Background image for Man from Taos (2) (or Our Man in Paris)
    NaN/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.

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    Director:Russ Mayberry
    Writer:Unknown

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 7/10 based on 122 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 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Man from Taos (1) (or Who Says You Can't Make Friends in New York City?)".