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The Best Episodes of McMillan & 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...

Seasons6

  1. Background image for Cop of the Year
    8.2/10(156 votes)

    #1 - Cop of the Year

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Guilt by Association
    8.1/10(114 votes)

    #2 - Guilt by Association

    S4:E4

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

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    Director:Harry Falk
  3. Background image for 'Til Death Do Us Part
    7.9/10(175 votes)

    #3 - 'Til Death Do Us Part

    S1:E6

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

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  4. Background image for Secrets for Sale
    7.9/10(118 votes)

    #4 - Secrets for Sale

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for No Hearts, No Flowers
    7.8/10(130 votes)

    #5 - No Hearts, No Flowers

    S2:E5

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

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    Director:Gary Nelson
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for Downshift to Danger
    7.8/10(143 votes)

    #6 - Downshift to Danger

    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.

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    7.8/10(131 votes)

    #7 - Aftershock

    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.

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    Director:Harry Falk
    Writer:Unknown
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    7.8/10(98 votes)

    #8 - Greed

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for An Elementary Case of Murder
    7.7/10(158 votes)

    #9 - An Elementary Case of Murder

    S1:E7

    An old flame enters the picture.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for Love, Honor and Swindle
    7.7/10(111 votes)

    #10 - Love, Honor and Swindle

    S4:E6

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

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  12. Background image for Two Dollars on Trouble to Win
    7.6/10(121 votes)

    #11 - Two Dollars on Trouble to Win

    S2:E7

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

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    7.6/10(118 votes)

    #12 - Deadly Inheritance

    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.

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  14. Background image for The Deadly Cure
    7.6/10(114 votes)

    #13 - The Deadly Cure

    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.

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    Director:James Sheldon
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for Night of the Wizard
    7.5/10(147 votes)

    #14 - Night of the Wizard

    S2:E1

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for The Game of Survival
    7.5/10(108 votes)

    #15 - The Game of Survival

    S4:E2

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

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    Director:Harry Falk
    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for Buried Alive
    7.5/10(101 votes)

    #16 - Buried Alive

    S4:E3

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

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    Director:James Sheldon
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for Night Train to L.A.
    7.5/10(119 votes)

    #17 - Night Train to L.A.

    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.

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  19. Background image for Point of Law
    7.5/10(96 votes)

    #18 - Point of Law

    S5:E7

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

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    Director:Lou Antonio
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for Coffee, Tea, or Cyanide?
    7.5/10(93 votes)

    #19 - Coffee, Tea, or Cyanide?

    S6:E4

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

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    Director:James Sheldon
    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for Husbands, Wives, and Killers
    7.4/10(159 votes)

    #20 - Husbands, Wives, and Killers

    S1:E3

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

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    Director:Daniel Petrie
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for The Face of Murder
    7.4/10(157 votes)

    #21 - The Face of Murder

    S1:E5

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

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    Director:Hy Averback
  23. Background image for Terror Times Two
    7.4/10(122 votes)

    #22 - Terror Times Two

    S2:E4

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

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    Director:Ron Winston
    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for The Fine Art of Staying Alive
    7.4/10(111 votes)

    #23 - The Fine Art of Staying Alive

    S2:E6

    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.

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  25. Background image for The Easy Sunday Murder Case
    7.3/10(160 votes)

    #24 - The Easy Sunday Murder Case

    S1:E2

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

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  26. Background image for Blues for Sally M
    7.3/10(146 votes)

    #25 - Blues for Sally M

    S2:E2

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

Best Episodes Summary

"Cop of the Year" is the best rated episode of "McMillan & Wife". It scored 8.2/10 based on 156 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/19/1972. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Guilt by Association".