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The Best Episodes of Switch

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

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Switch is an American action-adventure, tongue-in-cheek detective series starring Eddie Albert and Robert Wagner, who work as private eyes, for a deceptive sting operation. It was broadcast on the CBS network for three seasons between

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Switch Season 3 Episode 5 - Fade Out
    7.8/10(13 votes)

    #1 - Fade Out

    S3:E5

    No description available

    Director:Lawrence Doheny
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Switch Season 3 Episode 20 - The Cage
    7.8/10(15 votes)

    #2 - The Cage

    S3:E20

    The series began a summer run (ironically, enjoying its best ratings since the first season and tremendously better than it had done in the fall) with an episode about kidnappers grabbing the brother of a photographic model -- the brother is a veterinary student specializing in large-animal surgery, which he is to be forced to use to remove diamonds from the hide of an African rhinoceros recently imported to Los Angeles. Watch very fast for Natalie Wood bidding her then-husband Robert Wagner (Pete) goodbye from a bathtub at about the 10th minute.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Switch Season 3 Episode 17 - Blue Crusaders Reunion
    7.6/10(12 votes)

    #3 - Blue Crusaders Reunion

    S3:E17

    Pete tags along when Mac attends a reunion of his old police buddies, but the event takes a dark turn as someone is killing off the attendees one by one.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Leigh Vance

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  4. Switch Season 3 Episode 13 - Three Blond Mice
    7.5/10(15 votes)

    #4 - Three Blond Mice

    S3:E13

    Soem interesting underwater (swimming pool) footage highlights this episode as Pete and Mac -- in full business suits and at their ages (over 70 for Eddie Albert) dive in to defuse a nuclear bomb threatening to take out a society party and much of Los Angeles to boot. This episode was broadcast on August 6, 1978 (possinly its first run) just before the TV news announced the death of Pope Paul VI.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Switch Season 3 Episode 16 - Formula for Murder
    7.4/10(12 votes)

    #5 - Formula for Murder

    S3:E16

    No description available

    Director:Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Switch Season 3 Episode 21 - Photo Finish
    7.3/10(13 votes)

    #6 - Photo Finish

    S3:E21

    No description available

    Director:Ray Danton
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Switch Season 3 Episode 3 - Legend of the Macunas (1)
    7.2/10(13 votes)

    #7 - Legend of the Macunas (1)

    S3:E3

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Switch Season 3 Episode 9 - Thirty Thousand Witnesses
    7.2/10(16 votes)

    #8 - Thirty Thousand Witnesses

    S3:E9

    Pete becomes a rather overage soccer goalie (Robert Wagner, though he looked younger, was 47 at the time of filming) in order to figure out who killed the team's previous goalie and how (the killer uses a camera with a special attachment which shoots a poisoned dart).

    Director:Fernando Lamas
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Switch Season 3 Episode 10 - Dangerous Curves
    7.0/10(16 votes)

    #9 - Dangerous Curves

    S3:E10

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Switch Season 3 Episode 19 - Play-off
    7.0/10(12 votes)

    #10 - Play-off

    S3:E19

    Ryan is forced to protect a kingpin's son at a golf tournament, otherwise Malcolm's life is forfeit.

    Director:Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Switch Season 3 Episode 8 - Lady of the Deep
    6.8/10(13 votes)

    #11 - Lady of the Deep

    S3:E8

    No description available

    Director:Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Switch Season 3 Episode 18 - Mexican Standoff
    6.8/10(13 votes)

    #12 - Mexican Standoff

    S3:E18

    No description available

    Director:Fernando Lamas
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Switch Season 3 Episode 22 - The Siege at the Bouziki Bar
    6.8/10(13 votes)

    #13 - The Siege at the Bouziki Bar

    S3:E22

    The near-ultimate in budget-conscious "bottle shows" (all but two scenes are filmed inside Malcolm's Bouziki Bar; Pamela Bellwood and two firemen are the only guest actors; and much of the show is in flashbacks) finds Pete, Mac, Malcolm and Maggie trapped inside the bar with a very pregnant murder witness while mob hit men search unseen for a way in. Some sources give this episode's air date as August 13, 1978, when the show was run off as a summer series (and did very well in the ratings).

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Switch Season 3 Episode 1 - Net Loss
    6.2/10(14 votes)

    #14 - Net Loss

    S3:E1

    No description available

    Director:Reza Badiyi
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Switch Season 1 Episode 1 - The James Caan Con
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #15 - The James Caan Con

    S1:E1

    An wannabe actor who blackmails women targets an actress who ask for help from Pete and Frank.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Switch Season 1 Episode 2 - The Late Show Murders
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #16 - The Late Show Murders

    S1:E2

    A ex-cop now private investigator murders a man who stole jewels and takes the jewels himself. Pete and Frank help the cops by linking the murder and the jewels to the private investigator.

    Director:Gordon Hessler
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Switch Season 1 Episode 3 - The Old Diamond Game
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #17 - The Old Diamond Game

    S1:E3

    The treasurer of a retirement home takes the money and runs away to Brazil. The owner asks Pete and Mac to get the money back or the home will be shut down and the residents will have no place to go. Since the man can't be extradited . Mac and Pete decide to get him to give up the money by pretending to have a diamond mine they want to sell.

    Director:Gordon Hessler
    Writers:Glen A. Larson, Michael Sloan

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  18. Switch Season 1 Episode 4 - Stung from Beyond
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #18 - Stung from Beyond

    S1:E4

    A small group of con artists, including two women( one played by Joan Collins), use seances to dupe their gullible clients out of their Stockmarket investments.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:David Ketchum

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  19. Switch Season 1 Episode 5 - The Deadly Missiles Caper
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #19 - The Deadly Missiles Caper

    S1:E5

    A woman persuades Pete and Mac to investigate and prove her wealthy Father was murdered by her unscrupulous Uncle.

    Director:Walter Doniger
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Switch Season 1 Episode 6 - The Man Who Couldn't Lose
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #20 - The Man Who Couldn't Lose

    S1:E6

    Pete and Mac try to uncover the location of a high jacked armored truck's loot.

    Director:Bruce Kessler
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Switch Season 1 Episode 7 - Death Heist
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #21 - Death Heist

    S1:E7

    Pete and Mac have only 11 days to solve an old emerald robbery.

    Director:Glen A. Larson
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Switch Season 1 Episode 8 - The Body at the Bottom
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #22 - The Body at the Bottom

    S1:E8

    An ex-con turns to Pete and Mac for help when he's accused of torching a warehouse on the waterfront. Certain that the warehouse owner is the real culprit, the two detectives plan a con to nail him, trying to convince him that he's a murderer who disposed of his victim under the burnt warehouse.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Switch Season 1 Episode 9 - The Cruise Ship Murders
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #23 - The Cruise Ship Murders

    S1:E9

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Switch Season 1 Episode 10 - Kiss of Death
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #24 - Kiss of Death

    S1:E10

    No description available

    Director:Allen Baron
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Switch Season 1 Episode 11 - Death By Resurrection
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #25 - Death By Resurrection

    S1:E11

    A client asks Pete to do a background check on a man with possible mob connections, who wants to marry his daughter .

    Director:Alf Kjellin
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Fade Out" is the best rated episode of "Switch". It scored 7.8/10 based on 13 votes. Directed by Lawrence Doheny and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/4/1977. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Cage".