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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...

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  1. 6.6/10(137 votes)

    #1 - The Devil, You Say

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    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.

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    Director:Alex March
    Writer:N/A
  2. 6.7/10(90 votes)

    #2 - All Bets Off

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    S6:E1

    The wagers of sin. Mac is out to retrieve a set of diamonds swiped from his girl in Vegas.

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  3. 6.9/10(105 votes)

    #3 - Cross & Double Cross

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    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.

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    Director:Alex March
  4. 6.9/10(77 votes)

    #4 - Philip's Game

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    S6:E3

    Up against a hit man who announces himself.

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  5. 7.1/10(156 votes)

    #5 - Death Is a Seven Point Favorite

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    S1:E4

    A mysterious note in a football begins a case.

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    Director:John Astin
  6. 7.1/10(86 votes)

    #6 - Have You Heard About Vanessa?

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    S6:E6

    After a model commits suicide, Mac investigates her lonely life.

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    Director:James Sheldon
    Writer:N/A
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  8. 7.2/10(104 votes)

    #7 - Reunion in Terror

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    S3:E5

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

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    Director:Mel Ferber
  9. 7.2/10(112 votes)

    #8 - Requiem for a Bride

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    S5:E2

    Commissioner McMillan celebrates an old friend's wedding, but the honeymoon ends when the bride is murdered, and the intended victim may be closer to home.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  10. 7.2/10(86 votes)

    #9 - Affair of the Heart

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    S6:E5

    The case is clear, according to the Deputy D.A., but Mac has his doubts.

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  11. 7.3/10(196 votes)

    #10 - Murder by the Barrel

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    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?

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    Director:John Astin
  12. 7.3/10(159 votes)

    #11 - The Easy Sunday Murder Case

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    S1:E2

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

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  13. 7.3/10(145 votes)

    #12 - Blues for Sally M

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    S2:E2

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

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  14. 7.3/10(90 votes)

    #13 - Dark Sunrise

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    S6:E2

    Mac is away on a fishing trip when his house is blown up by a would-be assassin. Presumed dead, he investigates.

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    Director:N/A
  15. 7.4/10(158 votes)

    #14 - Husbands, Wives, and Killers

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    S1:E3

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

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    Director:Daniel Petrie
    Writer:N/A
  16. 7.4/10(157 votes)

    #15 - The Face of Murder

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    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
  17. 7.4/10(120 votes)

    #16 - Terror Times Two

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    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:N/A
  18. 7.4/10(110 votes)

    #17 - The Fine Art of Staying Alive

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    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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  19. 7.5/10(145 votes)

    #18 - Night of the Wizard

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    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:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  20. 7.5/10(134 votes)

    #19 - Death of a Monster...Birth of a Legend

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    S3:E1

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

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    Director:Daniel Petrie
    Writer:N/A
  21. 7.5/10(109 votes)

    #20 - The Game of Survival

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    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:N/A
  22. 7.5/10(102 votes)

    #21 - Buried Alive

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    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:N/A
  23. 7.5/10(119 votes)

    #22 - Night Train to L.A.

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    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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  24. 7.5/10(97 votes)

    #23 - Point of Law

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    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:N/A
  25. 7.5/10(92 votes)

    #24 - Coffee, Tea, or Cyanide?

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    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:N/A
  26. 7.6/10(121 votes)

    #25 - Two Dollars on Trouble to Win

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    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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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Devil, You Say" is the worst rated episode of "McMillan & Wife". It scored 6.6/10 based on 137 votes. Directed by Alex March and written by N/A, it aired on 10/21/1973. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "All Bets Off".