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The Worst Episodes of McMillan & Wife

Every episode of McMillan & Wife ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst 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 Susan Saint James in the title roles, the series premiered

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    McMillan & Wife Season 1 Episode 1 - Murder by the Barrel
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    #1 - Murder by the Barrel

    S1:E1

    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

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  2. McMillan & Wife Season 1 Episode 2 - The Easy Sunday Murder Case
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    #2 - The Easy Sunday Murder Case

    S1:E2

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

    Director:Barry Shear
    Writer:Burt Prelutsky

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  3. McMillan & Wife Season 1 Episode 3 - Husbands, Wives, and Killers
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    #3 - Husbands, Wives, and Killers

    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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  4. McMillan & Wife Season 1 Episode 4 - Death Is a Seven Point Favorite
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    #4 - Death Is a Seven Point Favorite

    S1:E4

    A mysterious note in a football begins a case.

    Director:John Astin
    Writer:Robert Lewin

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  5. McMillan & Wife Season 1 Episode 5 - The Face of Murder
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    #5 - The Face of Murder

    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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  6. McMillan & Wife Season 1 Episode 6 - 'Til Death Do Us Part
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    #6 - 'Til Death Do Us Part

    S1:E6

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

    Director:Robert Michael Lewis
    Writer:Oliver Hailey

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  7. McMillan & Wife Season 1 Episode 7 - An Elementary Case of Murder
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    #7 - An Elementary Case of Murder

    S1:E7

    An old flame enters the picture.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. McMillan & Wife Season 2 Episode 1 - Night of the Wizard
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    #8 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. McMillan & Wife Season 2 Episode 2 - Blues for Sally M
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    #9 - Blues for Sally M

    S2:E2

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. McMillan & Wife Season 2 Episode 3 - Cop of the Year
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    #10 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. McMillan & Wife Season 2 Episode 4 - Terror Times Two
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    #11 - 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.

    Director:Ron Winston
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. McMillan & Wife Season 2 Episode 5 - No Hearts, No Flowers
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    #12 - No Hearts, No Flowers

    S2:E5

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

    Director:Gary Nelson
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. McMillan & Wife Season 2 Episode 6 - The Fine Art of Staying Alive
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    #13 - 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.

    Director:Edward M. Abroms
    Writer:Oliver Hailey

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  14. McMillan & Wife Season 2 Episode 7 - Two Dollars on Trouble to Win
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    #14 - 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.

    Director:Gary Nelson
    Writer:Burt Prelutsky

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  15. McMillan & Wife Season 3 Episode 1 - Death of a Monster...Birth of a Legend
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    #15 - Death of a Monster...Birth of a Legend

    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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  16. McMillan & Wife Season 3 Episode 2 - The Devil, You Say
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    #16 - The Devil, You Say

    S3:E2

    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:Unknown

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  17. McMillan & Wife Season 3 Episode 3 - Free Fall to Terror
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    #17 - Free Fall to Terror

    S3:E3

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

    Director:Alf Kjellin
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. McMillan & Wife Season 3 Episode 4 - The Man Without a Face
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    #18 - The Man Without a Face

    S3:E4

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

    Director:Lee H. Katzin
    Writer:Don Mankiewicz

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  19. McMillan & Wife Season 3 Episode 5 - Reunion in Terror
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    #19 - Reunion in Terror

    S3:E5

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

    Director:Mel Ferber
    Writer:Oliver Hailey

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  20. McMillan & Wife Season 3 Episode 6 - Cross & Double Cross
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    #20 - Cross & Double Cross

    S3:E6

    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. McMillan & Wife Season 4 Episode 1 - Downshift to Danger
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    #21 - 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.

    Director:Lou Antonio
    Writer:Peter S. Fischer

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  22. McMillan & Wife Season 4 Episode 2 - The Game of Survival
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    #22 - The Game of Survival

    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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  23. McMillan & Wife Season 4 Episode 3 - Buried Alive
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    #23 - Buried Alive

    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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  24. McMillan & Wife Season 4 Episode 4 - Guilt by Association
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    #24 - Guilt by Association

    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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  25. McMillan & Wife Season 4 Episode 5 - Night Train to L.A.
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    #25 - 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.

    Director:Leonard Horn
    Writer:Booker Bradshaw

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Murder by the Barrel" is the worst rated episode of "McMillan & Wife". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by John Astin and written by Burt Prelutsky, it aired on 9/29/1971. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Easy Sunday Murder Case".