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The Worst Episodes of McCloud

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The Worst Episodes of McCloud

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 Man from Taos (1) (or Who Says You Can't Make Friends in New York City?)
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    #1 - 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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  2. Background image for Manhattan Manhunt (1) (or Horse Stealing on Fifth Avenue)
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    #2 - 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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  3. Background image for Murder Arena (1) (or The Concrete Corral)
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    #3 - 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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  4. Background image for Manhattan Manhunt (2) (or The Stage Is All the World)
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    #4 - 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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  5. Background image for Murder Arena (2) (or Walk in the Dark)
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    #5 - 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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  6. Background image for Man from Taos (2) (or Our Man in Paris)
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    #6 - 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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    #7 - Encounter with Aries

    S2:E1

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

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    #8 - 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.

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  10. Background image for Somebody's Out to Get Jennie
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    #9 - 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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    #10 - The Disposal Man

    S2:E4

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

    Director:Boris Sagal
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    #11 - 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.

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    #12 - 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.

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    #13 - Give My Regrets to Broadway

    S2:E7

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

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    #14 - 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.

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  16. Background image for The Barefoot Stewardess Caper
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    #15 - The Barefoot Stewardess Caper

    S3:E2

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

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    #16 - 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. Background image for Showdown at the End of the World
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    #17 - 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
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    #18 - 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.

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  20. Background image for Butch Cassidy Rides Again
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    #19 - 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.

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    #20 - 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.

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    #21 - 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.

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  23. Background image for The Colorado Cattle Caper
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    #22 - The Colorado Cattle Caper

    S4:E4

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

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    #23 - 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.

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  25. Background image for The Barefoot Girls of Bleecker Street
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    #24 - 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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  26. Background image for The Gang That Stole Manhattan
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    #25 - The Gang That Stole Manhattan

    S5:E2

    McCloud is assigned to a film shoot, and suspects the production is a front.

    Director:Bruce Kessler
    Writer:Unknown
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Worst Episodes Summary

"Man from Taos (1) (or Who Says You Can't Make Friends in New York City?)" is the worst rated episode of "McCloud". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Douglas Heyes and written by Leslie Stevens, it aired on 9/16/1970. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Manhattan Manhunt (1) (or Horse Stealing on Fifth Avenue)".