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The Best Episodes of Search

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

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Search is an American science fiction series that aired on Wednesday nights on NBC at 10 pm ET, from September 1972 to August 1973. It ran for 23 episodes, not including the two-hour pilot film

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Search Season 1 Episode 7 - The Bullet
    8.8/10(19 votes)

    #1 - The Bullet

    S1:E7

    Lockwood travels to an iron curtain country to bring out the scientist who invented a new deadly toxin and has the only formula for the cure. In the process Lockwood becomes infected by the toxin.

    Director:William Wiard
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Search Season 1 Episode 11 - The Gold Machine
    8.5/10(13 votes)

    #2 - The Gold Machine

    S1:E11

    Lockwood travels to San Francisco to find a gold mine that has been lost since the early 1900's.

    Director:Russ Mayberry
    Writer:Leslie Stevens

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  3. Search Season 1 Episode 20 - Moment of Madness
    8.5/10(16 votes)

    #3 - Moment of Madness

    S1:E20

    Grover looks for Cameron, who was kidnapped from Probe Control by an old army trainee, who blames Cameron for his capture and torture during the Korean War.

    Director:George McCowan
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Search Season 1 Episode 22 - Suffer My Child
    8.4/10(12 votes)

    #4 - Suffer My Child

    S1:E22

    Lockwood looks for the daughter of a financial wizard who was kiddnaped...or who arranged her own kiddnapping.

    Director:Russ Mayberry
    Writer:Norman Hudis

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  5. Search Season 1 Episode 10 - Flight to Nowhere
    8.3/10(16 votes)

    #5 - Flight to Nowhere

    S1:E10

    Lockwood asks for Probe Control's help in finding a friend who disappeared, along with his plane, in the desert.

    Director:Paul Stanley
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Search Season 1 Episode 5 - Live Men Tell Tales
    8.2/10(14 votes)

    #6 - Live Men Tell Tales

    S1:E5

    Bianco travels to the Adriatic to determine if a missing Probe Agent was kidnapped, killed or deserting his job and his wife.

    Director:Marc Daniels
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Search Season 1 Episode 6 - Operation Iceman
    8.2/10(15 votes)

    #7 - Operation Iceman

    S1:E6

    Bianco has to prevent the assassination of a diplomat by a hitman known only as ""The Iceman"".

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Search Season 1 Episode 12 - Let Us Prey
    8.2/10(13 votes)

    #8 - Let Us Prey

    S1:E12

    Bianco investigates the disappearance of a woman he was once involved with...only to find the whole thing was a trap set up by the woman's jealous fiance.

    Director:Russ Mayberry
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Search Season 1 Episode 3 - Short Circuit
    8.1/10(20 votes)

    #9 - Short Circuit

    S1:E3

    Doug McClure's first episode. Stand-by Probe Agent C. R. Grover races against the clock to prevent an electronics expert from destroying Probe Control with a Mega-Trans Package...a device that makes anything carrying electricity self-destruct.

    Director:Allen Reisner
    Writer:Leslie Stevens

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  10. Search Season 1 Episode 16 - Countdown to Panic
    8.1/10(14 votes)

    #10 - Countdown to Panic

    S1:E16

    Lockwood has to track down a friend who was infected by a mysterious and highly contagious disease following a deep sea dive.

    Director:Jerry Jameson
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Search Season 1 Episode 23 - The Packagers
    8.0/10(13 votes)

    #11 - The Packagers

    S1:E23

    Grover's search for a missing officer previously involved in a failed military coup carries him into the heart of a group planning a full-scale revolution.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Robert C. Dennis

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  12. Search Season 1 Episode 4 - Moonrock
    7.9/10(21 votes)

    #12 - Moonrock

    S1:E4

    Lockwood tracks down the man who stole a football-sized diamond brought back from the moon.

    Director:William Wiard
    Writer:Leslie Stevens

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  13. Search Season 1 Episode 8 - In Search of Midas
    7.9/10(14 votes)

    #13 - In Search of Midas

    S1:E8

    Grover sets out to find recluse billionaire J.R. Devlin, who has not been seen in public for 18 months.

    Director:Nicholas Colasanto
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Search Season 1 Episode 13 - A Honeymoon to Kill
    7.9/10(18 votes)

    #14 - A Honeymoon to Kill

    S1:E13

    Carla Lucchese, daughter of a billionaire industrialist, is shot at on her wedding day and promptly disappears. Her anxious husband hires Grover to track down his wife; however it soon emerges that other members of the Lucchese family are also on the trail-and will stop at nothing to prevent Carla from coming into her inheritance.

    Director:Russ Mayberry
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Search Season 1 Episode 14 - The Twenty-Four Carat Hit
    7.9/10(13 votes)

    #15 - The Twenty-Four Carat Hit

    S1:E14

    First episode with the new set and slightly revised format. Bianco tries to help a fellow Probe agent, who is injured and is out on his own to find the people who killed his wife and kidnapped his daughter.

    Director:Russ Mayberry
    Writer:Jack Turley

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  16. Search Season 1 Episode 18 - Goddess of Destruction
    7.9/10(14 votes)

    #16 - Goddess of Destruction

    S1:E18

    Grover has to find a stolen statue, which may signal the revival of an ancient criminal order.

    Director:Jerry Jameson
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Search Season 1 Episode 1 - The Murrow Disappearance
    7.8/10(23 votes)

    #17 - The Murrow Disappearance

    S1:E1

    Series Premiere. Lockwood investigates the disappearance of a State Department Official, which leads him to a private Country Club where the key to the operation may be a card game.

    Director:Russ Mayberry
    Writer:Leslie Stevens

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  18. Search Season 1 Episode 2 - One of Our Probes Is Missing
    7.8/10(27 votes)

    #18 - One of Our Probes Is Missing

    S1:E2

    Tony Franciosa's first episode. Omega Probe Agent Nick Bianco travels to England to find a missing Probe agent who was investigating perfect counterfeit $100 bills.

    Director:Philip Leacock
    Writer:Leslie Stevens

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  19. Search Season 1 Episode 9 - The Adonis File
    7.5/10(16 votes)

    #19 - The Adonis File

    S1:E9

    Lockwood investigates threats against a talk-show host who is running for the U.S. Senate.

    Director:Joseph Pevney
    Writer:Jack Turley

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  20. Search Season 1 Episode 15 - Numbered for Death
    7.5/10(10 votes)

    #20 - Numbered for Death

    S1:E15

    Grover travels to Switzerland to investigate the black-mailing of people who have secret numbered accounts in a Swiss Bank.

    Director:Allen Reisner
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Search Season 1 Episode 21 - Ends of the Earth
    7.5/10(12 votes)

    #21 - Ends of the Earth

    S1:E21

    Bianco's investigation of missing criminals leads him to a travel agency whose speciality is helping wanted criminals escape.

    Director:Ralph Senensky
    Writer:Robert C. Dennis

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  22. Search Season 1 Episode 19 - The Mattson Papers
    7.1/10(11 votes)

    #22 - The Mattson Papers

    S1:E19

    Bianco looks for a missing comptroller, whose journals could bring down an organized crime ring.

    Director:William Wiard
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Search Season 1 Episode 17 - The Clayton Lewis Document
    6.9/10(16 votes)

    #23 - The Clayton Lewis Document

    S1:E17

    Bianco goes to Washington to prevent the blackmailing of a friend who is the key to an upcoming international summit.

    Director:William Wiard
    Writer:Norman Hudis

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Bullet" is the best rated episode of "Search". It scored 8.8/10 based on 19 votes. Directed by William Wiard and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/1/1972. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Gold Machine".