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The Best Episodes of McMillan & Wife

Every episode of McMillan & Wife ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of McMillan & Wife!

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McMillan & Wife is a lighthearted American police procedural that aired on NBC from September 17, 1971 to April 24, 1977. Starring Rock Hudson and Susan Saint James in the title roles, the series premiered

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    McMillan & Wife Season 2 Episode 3 - Cop of the Year
    8.3/10(176 votes)

    S2:E3

    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.

    Director:Robert Michael Lewis
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. McMillan & Wife Season 4 Episode 4 - Guilt by Association
    8.0/10(133 votes)

    S4:E4

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

    Director:Harry Falk
    Writer:Steven Bochco

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  3. McMillan & Wife Season 1 Episode 6 - 'Til Death Do Us Part
    7.9/10(194 votes)

    S1:E6

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

    Director:Robert Michael Lewis
    Writer:Oliver Hailey

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  4. McMillan & Wife Season 2 Episode 5 - No Hearts, No Flowers
    7.9/10(147 votes)

    S2:E5

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

    Director:Gary Nelson
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. McMillan & Wife Season 5 Episode 3 - Aftershock
    7.9/10(150 votes)

    S5:E3

    Unusual interest is shown in the McMillans' house when Sally thinks of selling it. Then an earthquake reveals a body behind the brickwork.

    Director:Harry Falk
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. McMillan & Wife Season 4 Episode 6 - Love, Honor and Swindle
    7.8/10(125 votes)

    S4:E6

    It seems that Mac's sister is engaged to a con man out to diddle a mining company.

    Director:Lou Antonio
    Writer:Peter S. Fischer

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  7. McMillan & Wife Season 5 Episode 4 - Secrets for Sale
    7.8/10(132 votes)

    S5:E4

    During an election, the city is beset by a fiscal crisis. Politicians are being blackmailed, and Sgt. Enright leaves the force to marry an heiress and work for a private detective agency.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. McMillan & Wife Season 5 Episode 6 - Greed
    7.8/10(116 votes)

    S5:E6

    Mildred and Agatha are named in a will. Heirs start dying, and next to inherit is Agatha, whose investigation runs parallel to McMillan's.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. McMillan & Wife Season 1 Episode 7 - An Elementary Case of Murder
    7.7/10(179 votes)

    S1:E7

    An old flame enters the picture.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. McMillan & Wife Season 2 Episode 7 - Two Dollars on Trouble to Win
    7.7/10(135 votes)

    S2:E7

    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

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  11. McMillan & Wife Season 3 Episode 3 - Free Fall to Terror
    7.7/10(128 votes)

    S3:E3

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

    Director:Alf Kjellin
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. McMillan & Wife Season 3 Episode 4 - The Man Without a Face
    7.7/10(138 votes)

    S3:E4

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

    Director:Lee H. Katzin
    Writer:Don Mankiewicz

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  13. McMillan & Wife Season 4 Episode 1 - Downshift to Danger
    7.7/10(161 votes)

    S4:E1

    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

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  14. McMillan & Wife Season 3 Episode 1 - Death of a Monster...Birth of a Legend
    7.6/10(148 votes)

    S3:E1

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

    Director:Daniel Petrie
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. McMillan & Wife Season 4 Episode 2 - The Game of Survival
    7.6/10(122 votes)

    S4:E2

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

    Director:Harry Falk
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. McMillan & Wife Season 4 Episode 5 - Night Train to L.A.
    7.6/10(134 votes)

    S4:E5

    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

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  17. McMillan & Wife Season 5 Episode 5 - The Deadly Cure
    7.6/10(130 votes)

    S5:E5

    Mac is wounded in a failed drug raid and sent to the hospital, where he sees a patient smothered, and slowly unravels the case.

    Director:James Sheldon
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. McMillan & Wife Season 5 Episode 7 - Point of Law
    7.6/10(109 votes)

    S5:E7

    A naval lieutenant facing a court-martial on a murder charge is appointed counsel in the person of Commander McMillan, USNR.

    Director:Lou Antonio
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. McMillan & Wife Season 1 Episode 5 - The Face of Murder
    7.5/10(177 votes)

    S1:E5

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

    Director:Hy Averback
    Writer:Oliver Hailey

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  20. McMillan & Wife Season 2 Episode 1 - Night of the Wizard
    7.5/10(165 votes)

    S2:E1

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. McMillan & Wife Season 4 Episode 3 - Buried Alive
    7.5/10(115 votes)

    S4:E3

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

    Director:James Sheldon
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. McMillan & Wife Season 5 Episode 1 - Deadly Inheritance
    7.5/10(136 votes)

    S5:E1

    At Andy Kenesaw's 90th birthday party, an attempt is made on his life, just before a stockholders' meeting of the company he founded with Mac's grandfather years before (Kenemac Alfalfa Corporation, est. 1901) is held to consider a merger bid from Harvest Foods Incorporated.

    Director:Lou Antonio
    Writer:Peter S. Fischer

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  23. McMillan & Wife Season 6 Episode 4 - Coffee, Tea, or Cyanide?
    7.5/10(103 votes)

    S6:E4

    You pays your money, you takes your choice. While on an airline flight, Mac witnesses passengers dying mysteriously.

    Director:James Sheldon
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. McMillan & Wife Season 1 Episode 2 - The Easy Sunday Murder Case
    7.4/10(186 votes)

    S1:E2

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

    Director:Barry Shear
    Writer:Burt Prelutsky

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  25. McMillan & Wife Season 1 Episode 3 - Husbands, Wives, and Killers
    7.4/10(177 votes)

    S1:E3

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

    Director:Daniel Petrie
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Cop of the Year" is the best rated episode of "McMillan & Wife". It scored 8.3/10 based on 176 votes. Directed by Robert Michael Lewis and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/19/1972. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "Guilt by Association".