The Worst Episodes of McMillan & Wife

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   6.5/10(146 votes)

   #1 - The Devil, You Say

   S3:E210/21/1973

   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:Unknown

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   Director:Alex March

   Writer:Unknown
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   6.8/10(96 votes)

   #2 - All Bets Off

   S6:E112/5/1976

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

   Director:Jackie Cooper

   Writer:Robert Swanson

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   Director:Jackie Cooper

   Writer:Robert Swanson
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   6.9/10(115 votes)

   #3 - Cross & Double Cross

   S3:E62/17/1974

   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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   Director:Alex March

   Writer:Oliver Hailey
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   7.0/10(82 votes)

   #4 - Philip's Game

   S6:E31/23/1977

   Up against a hit man who announces himself.

   Director:Lou Antonio

   Writer:Don Mankiewicz

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   Director:Lou Antonio

   Writer:Don Mankiewicz
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   7.0/10(91 votes)

   #5 - Have You Heard About Vanessa?

   S6:E64/24/1977

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

   Director:James Sheldon

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:James Sheldon

   Writer:Unknown
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   7.2/10(214 votes)

   #6 - Murder by the Barrel

   S1:E19/29/1971

   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

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   Director:John Astin

   Writer:Burt Prelutsky
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   7.2/10(167 votes)

   #7 - Death Is a Seven Point Favorite

   S1:E412/8/1971

   A mysterious note in a football begins a case.

   Director:John Astin

   Writer:Robert Lewin

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   Director:John Astin

   Writer:Robert Lewin
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   7.2/10(97 votes)

   #8 - Dark Sunrise

   S6:E21/2/1977

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

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Jerry McNeely

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   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Jerry McNeely
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   7.2/10(90 votes)

   #9 - Affair of the Heart

   S6:E53/20/1977

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

   Director:Jackie Cooper

   Writer:Steven Bochco

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   Director:Jackie Cooper

   Writer:Steven Bochco
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    7.3/10(173 votes)

    #10 - The Easy Sunday Murder Case

    S1:E210/20/1971

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

    Director:Barry Shear

    Writer:Burt Prelutsky

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    Director:Barry Shear

    Writer:Burt Prelutsky
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    7.3/10(150 votes)

    #11 - Blues for Sally M

    S2:E210/22/1972

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

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown
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    7.3/10(114 votes)

    #12 - Reunion in Terror

    S3:E51/27/1974

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

    Director:Mel Ferber

    Writer:Oliver Hailey

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    Director:Mel Ferber

    Writer:Oliver Hailey
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    7.3/10(120 votes)

    #13 - Requiem for a Bride

    S5:E210/26/1975

    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.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown
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    7.4/10(168 votes)

    #14 - Husbands, Wives, and Killers

    S1:E311/10/1971

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

    Director:Daniel Petrie

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Daniel Petrie

    Writer:Unknown
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    7.4/10(168 votes)

    #15 - The Face of Murder

    S1:E51/5/1972

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

    Director:Hy Averback

    Writer:Oliver Hailey

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    Director:Hy Averback

    Writer:Oliver Hailey
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    7.4/10(127 votes)

    #16 - Terror Times Two

    S2:E412/13/1972

    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:Unknown

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    Director:Ron Winston

    Writer:Unknown
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    7.4/10(115 votes)

    #17 - The Fine Art of Staying Alive

    S2:E63/11/1973

    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

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    Director:Edward M. Abroms

    Writer:Oliver Hailey
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    7.5/10(152 votes)

    #18 - Night of the Wizard

    S2:E19/24/1972

    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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    Writer:Unknown
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    7.5/10(110 votes)

    #19 - Buried Alive

    S4:E311/10/1974

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

    Director:James Sheldon

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:James Sheldon

    Writer:Unknown
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    7.5/10(98 votes)

    #20 - Coffee, Tea, or Cyanide?

    S6:E41/30/1977

    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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    Director:James Sheldon

    Writer:Unknown
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    7.6/10(143 votes)

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

    S3:E19/30/1973

    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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    Writer:Unknown
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    7.6/10(116 votes)

    #22 - The Game of Survival

    S4:E210/20/1974

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

    Director:Harry Falk

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Harry Falk

    Writer:Unknown
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    7.6/10(126 votes)

    #23 - Night Train to L.A.

    S4:E51/19/1975

    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

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    Director:Leonard Horn

    Writer:Booker Bradshaw
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    7.6/10(104 votes)

    #24 - Point of Law

    S5:E73/7/1976

    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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    Director:Lou Antonio

    Writer:Unknown
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    7.7/10(168 votes)

    #25 - An Elementary Case of Murder

    S1:E73/1/1972

    An old flame enters the picture.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown