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The Worst Episodes of McMillan and Wife

Every episode of McMillan and Wife ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of McMillan and Wife!

McMillan & Wife is a lighthearted American police procedural that aired on NBC from September 17, 1971 to April 24, 1977. Starring Rock Hudson and...
Genres:CrimeDramaMystery
Network:NBC

Worst Episodes Summary

"Murder by the Barrel" is the worst rated episode of "McMillan and Wife". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by John Astin and written by Burt Prelutsky, it aired on 9/29/1971. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Easy Sunday Murder Case".

  • Murder by the Barrel
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    #1 - Murder by the Barrel

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/1971

    On moving day, Sally discovers a dead body in a moving barrel. When she leaves to tell Mac, the barrel disappears. What happened to it?

    Director: John Astin

    Writer: Burt Prelutsky

  • The Easy Sunday Murder Case
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    #2 - The Easy Sunday Murder Case

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/20/1971

    After the crosswords... a woman's husband is kidnapped, and her dog.

    Director: Barry Shear

    Writer: Burt Prelutsky

  • Husbands, Wives, and Killers
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    #3 - Husbands, Wives, and Killers

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/10/1971

    A valuable necklace under the eyes of Mac and Sally at a masked ball.

    Director: Daniel Petrie

    Writer: N/A

  • Death Is a Seven Point Favorite
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    #4 - Death Is a Seven Point Favorite

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 12/8/1971

    A mysterious note in a football begins a case.

    Director: John Astin

    Writer: Robert Lewin

  • The Face of Murder
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    #5 - The Face of Murder

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 1/5/1972

    A phiz for the fuzz. Sally becomes the prey of a jewel thief out to dispose of witnesses.

    Director: Hy Averback

    Writer: Oliver Hailey

  • 'Til Death Do Us Part
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    #6 - 'Til Death Do Us Part

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/16/1972

    Sally and Mac are sealed in their home by a killer.

    Director: Robert Michael Lewis

    Writer: Oliver Hailey

  • An Elementary Case of Murder
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    #7 - An Elementary Case of Murder

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 3/1/1972

    An old flame enters the picture.

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    Writer: N/A

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    #8 - Night of the Wizard

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/1972

    A man is done in by his wife, but he's not done yet. Evidently his ghost is unquiet.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Blues for Sally M
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    #9 - Blues for Sally M

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/22/1972

    A composer is up against it, and Sally's somehow connected to him.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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    #10 - Cop of the Year

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 11/19/1972

    After receiving the Cop of The Year award, Sgt. Enright is accused of the murder of his ex-wife--and the case against him seems air-tight.

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    #11 - Terror Times Two

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 12/13/1972

    The mob abducts Mac and replaces him with a surgically-altered lookalike, to liquidate a squealer in a tightly-guarded hospital.

    Director: Ron Winston

    Writer: N/A

  • No Hearts, No Flowers
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    #12 - No Hearts, No Flowers

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 1/14/1973

    Sally's next on a maniac's agenda; a psychiatrist assists.

    Director: Gary Nelson

    Writer: N/A

  • The Fine Art of Staying Alive
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    #13 - The Fine Art of Staying Alive

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 3/11/1973

    Sally is kidnapped at an art museum. The ransom: a priceless painting owned by Spain that they are unwilling to relinquish. Mac's only clue takes him back to the day he proposed to Sally.

    Director: Edward M. Abroms

    Writer: Oliver Hailey

  • Two Dollars on Trouble to Win
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    #14 - Two Dollars on Trouble to Win

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 4/1/1973

    Strange accidents surrounding a thoroughbred horse suggest its owner, an old family friend of Sally's, is a target for murder.

    Director: Gary Nelson

    Writer: Burt Prelutsky

  • Death of a Monster...Birth of a Legend
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    #15 - Death of a Monster...Birth of a Legend

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/30/1973

    It's off to Scotland to see the laird and the loch, where the game's afoot.

    Director: Daniel Petrie

    Writer: N/A

  • The Devil, You Say
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    #16 - The Devil, You Say

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/21/1973

    Mildred thinks she's witnessed a murder, and Sally receives a strange gift in the mail: film of a satanic ritual. More gifts reveal someone has it in for Mildred and a yen for Sally.

    Director: Alex March

    Writer: N/A

  • Free Fall to Terror
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    #17 - Free Fall to Terror

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 11/11/1973

    A suicide investigation reveals the executive had a merger in the works.

    Director: Alf Kjellin

    Writer: N/A

  • The Man Without a Face
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    #18 - The Man Without a Face

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 1/6/1974

    A colleague from military intelligence calls on Mac, and is murdered.

    Director: Lee H. Katzin

    Writer: Don Mankiewicz

  • Reunion in Terror
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    #19 - Reunion in Terror

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 1/27/1974

    Mac's old football squad is being eliminated one by one.

    Director: Mel Ferber

    Writer: Oliver Hailey

  • Cross & Double Cross
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    #20 - Cross & Double Cross

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 2/17/1974

    Mac switches places with Claudio Manton, a hood with a striking resemblance, to intercept stolen gold trans-shipped from France via Portugal and Mexico.

    Director: Alex March

    Writer: Oliver Hailey

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    #21 - Downshift to Danger

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/1974

    The grand prize of the 20th Annual Golden State Rally in Monterey is an antique car collection willed by a late millionaire. Mischief develops into mishaps and worse, until an entrant is killed.

    Director: Lou Antonio

    Writer: Peter S. Fischer

  • The Game of Survival
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    #22 - The Game of Survival

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 10/20/1974

    A temperamental tennis champion is suspected of murdering a newspaper magnate who had him suspended.

    Director: Harry Falk

    Writer: N/A

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    #23 - Buried Alive

    Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 11/10/1974

    A WWII intelligence colleague, long since thought to be dead, turns up and is murdered.

    Director: James Sheldon

    Writer: N/A

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    #24 - Guilt by Association

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 12/8/1974

    Mildred is accosted while serving on a sequestered jury, then another juror is murdered in his locked room.

    Director: Harry Falk

    Writer: Steven Bochco

  • Night Train to L.A.
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    #25 - Night Train to L.A.

    Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 1/19/1975

    Mac heads south to a police convention on a train filled with officers, Mildred, and the author of Cops and Other Crooks, who is murdered en route.

    Director: Leonard Horn

    Writer: Booker Bradshaw