7.9/1065 votes#1 - The Barefoot Girls of Bleecker Street
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/1974
McCloud helps a runaway and her baby, amidst a curious stolen property investigation.
Director: Barry Shear
Writer: N/A
8.0/1079 votes#2 - The Gang That Stole Manhattan
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 10/13/1974
McCloud is assigned to a film shoot, and suspects the production is a front.
Director: Bruce Kessler
Writer: N/A
8.0/1061 votes#3 - Shivaree on Delancy Street
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 11/3/1974
A black gang infiltrating a white ethnic gang's numbers racket makes four very big mistakes, in ascending order of importance: robbing and killing a pickup man for his bets and the numbers; shooting Broadhurst (knocking him out of the episode after the first scene) when he tries to interfere; framing the unconscious Broadhurst for skimming money from the numbers runners; and depriving a VERY well-connected Jewish tailor of his winnings.
Director: Bruce Kessler
Writer: N/A
7.5/1068 votes#4 - The 42nd Street Cavalry
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 11/17/1974
McCloud's lackluster assignments make him grouse, so Chief Clifford sends him to the Mounted Unit. A fence sets up a munitions theft at a National Guard Armory (USMC) for a revolutionary group, and the cavalry is on its way.
Director: Jerry Jameson
Writer: Michael Gleason
8.0/1067 votes#5 - The Concrete Jungle Caper
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 11/24/1974
The international drug trade and a dealer named Harry Hague have McCloud undercover and in prison to root out the Rhigas family of distributors.
Director: Gene Levitt
Writer: N/A
8.1/1071 votes#6 - The Man with the Golden Hat
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 1/12/1975
After hanging his Stetson in a diner one night, McCloud is stymied by various attempts to relieve him of it. His clues lead to a ballet company on the verge of folding, and a philanthropic foundation with millions of dollars missing from its account books.
Director: Lou Antonio, Glen A. Larson
Writer: N/A
7.8/1066 votes#7 - Lady on the Run
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 1/26/1975
A woman pursues the hit man who killed her sister, and in Mexico City is pursued herself.
Director: Russ Mayberry
Writer: N/A
7.6/1068 votes#8 - Sharks!
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 2/23/1975
Loan sharks accidentally kill a welcher, and a hardnosed Homicide lieutenant has the wrong man.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.2/1081 votes#9 - Return to the Alamo
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 3/30/1975
In the second "Alamo" episode, Phyllis Norton, in her last appearance, takes over the station when Chief Clifford catches the flu, a thief kidnaps Broadhurst in order to swap him for the thief's brother, a drug-addicted mother kidnaps her addicted newborn daughter - and a time bomb ticks in the squad room ceiling.
Director: Walter Doniger
Writer: Glen A. Larson
The Best Episodes of McCloud Season 5
Every episode of McCloud Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of McCloud Season 5!
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 5 Ratings Summary
"The Barefoot Girls of Bleecker Street" is the best rated episode of "McCloud" season 5. It scored 7.9/10 based on 65 votes. Directed by Barry Shear and written by N/A, it aired on 9/22/1974. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Gang That Stole Manhattan".