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The Best Episodes of Switch Season 1

Every episode of Switch Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Switch Season 1!

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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
    Switch Season 1 Episode 1 - The James Caan Con
    7.6/10(24 votes)

    #1 - 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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  2. Switch Season 1 Episode 2 - The Late Show Murders
    6.8/10(19 votes)

    #2 - 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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  3. Switch Season 1 Episode 3 - The Old Diamond Game
    7.4/10(17 votes)

    #3 - 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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  4. Switch Season 1 Episode 4 - Stung from Beyond
    7.5/10(24 votes)

    #4 - 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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  5. Switch Season 1 Episode 5 - The Deadly Missiles Caper
    7.1/10(17 votes)

    #5 - 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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  6. Switch Season 1 Episode 6 - The Man Who Couldn't Lose
    7.1/10(15 votes)

    #6 - 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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  7. Switch Season 1 Episode 7 - Death Heist
    7.5/10(15 votes)

    #7 - 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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  8. Switch Season 1 Episode 8 - The Body at the Bottom
    7.6/10(16 votes)

    #8 - 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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  9. Switch Season 1 Episode 9 - The Cruise Ship Murders
    8.3/10(18 votes)

    #9 - The Cruise Ship Murders

    S1:E9

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Switch Season 1 Episode 10 - Kiss of Death
    7.2/10(13 votes)

    #10 - Kiss of Death

    S1:E10

    No description available

    Director:Allen Baron
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Switch Season 1 Episode 11 - Death By Resurrection
    7.0/10(13 votes)

    #11 - 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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  12. Switch Season 1 Episode 12 - The Cold War Con
    6.9/10(13 votes)

    #12 - The Cold War Con

    S1:E12

    A fashion model is abducted by white slavers. Pete and Mac devise a plan to rescue her.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Switch Season 1 Episode 13 - Through the Past Deadly
    8.2/10(15 votes)

    #13 - Through the Past Deadly

    S1:E13

    A bomb is planted in Ryan's car and he is injured. Mac tries to find the one who planted the bomb and starts by looking for the one who sold the explosive used. He finds the seller dead and all signs lead him to think it has something to do with a man named Speer who's the man who brought Ryan and Mac together. While waiting for the police to find the one who planted the bomb Mac recalls how they got together. It was two years ago and Mac was trying to get Speer for killing his partner and sought Ryan's help because Speer killed someone close to Ryan.

    Director:Allen Baron
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Switch Season 1 Episode 14 - Mistresses, Murder and Millions
    6.8/10(16 votes)

    #14 - Mistresses, Murder and Millions

    S1:E14

    A business magnate involved in a hideous divorce is kidnapped, and the kidnappers later critically wound a police officer. Pete and Mac suspect that the man's soon-to-be-ex-wife and his girlfriend may be behind the kidnapping -- along with somebody else.

    Director:Allen Baron
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Switch Season 1 Episode 15 - The Walking Bomb
    7.6/10(15 votes)

    #15 - The Walking Bomb

    S1:E15

    Extortionists kidnap a bank executive and strap a bomb to his chest in order to force him to pay them a fortune. When the bank executive suffers a heart attack, they let him go -- and strap the bomb to Pete Ryan instead.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Switch Season 1 Episode 16 - Ain't Nobody Here Named Barney
    7.4/10(16 votes)

    #16 - Ain't Nobody Here Named Barney

    S1:E16

    A loony sculptor claims her grandfather wasn't buried in his grave at all. Turns out he was ("When we put them down there, they stay down", says a minor character), but there is also evidence that $4.3 million in embezzled money is -- or was -- down there too. When Pete and Mac take up the case and find the money hijacked from a computer account, they also come upon a shadowy killer who is intent on making the sculptor look crazy or dead and take them with her.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Switch Season 1 Episode 17 - Come Die with Me
    7.4/10(17 votes)

    #17 - Come Die with Me

    S1:E17

    A stewardess stumbles on an air crew's plan to steal Federal money bags on her flight. She is murdered by them and they then frame Pete for her demise.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Switch Season 1 Episode 18 - One of Our Zeppelins Is Missing
    7.6/10(14 votes)

    #18 - One of Our Zeppelins Is Missing

    S1:E18

    A car collector (Dabney. Coleman) is blackmailed by a revengeful woman out to punish Mac who she blames for putting her husband in prison.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Switch Season 1 Episode 19 - Before the Holocaust
    7.1/10(14 votes)

    #19 - Before the Holocaust

    S1:E19

    Pete and Mac check out a gun club in the mountains which stockpiles supplies for wealthy buyers who want to hide in its bunkers in case of a nuclear war. The club's proprietors are swindlers who have already murdered an employee.

    Director:Edward M. Abroms
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Switch Season 1 Episode 20 - Big Deal in Paradise
    7.3/10(13 votes)

    #20 - Big Deal in Paradise

    S1:E20

    No description available

    Director:Bruce Kessler
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Switch Season 1 Episode 21 - The Case of the Purloined Case
    7.6/10(16 votes)

    #21 - The Case of the Purloined Case

    S1:E21

    Pete and Mac become involved in the search for a missing briefcase with something of value inside, something that a disparate cast of characters is also after and quite possibly willing to kill for.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Switch Season 1 Episode 22 - The Girl on the Golden Strip
    7.4/10(12 votes)

    #22 - The Girl on the Golden Strip

    S1:E22

    Unknown to himself, a Vegas nightclub singer turns into his alter ego, a deranged slasher-killer, when he hears one of his own classic songs. Pete and Mac get on the trail of the murderer but are sidelined by criminal activity on the parts of his managers. Filmed on location in Las Vegas and on Lake Mead.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Switch Season 1 Episode 23 - Round Up the Usual Suspects
    7.8/10(12 votes)

    #23 - Round Up the Usual Suspects

    S1:E23

    The beautiful client's (Veronica Hamel) brother is falsely imprisoned in Casablanca, and it's up to Pete and Mac to get him out before it's too late.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Switch Season 1 Episode 24 - Death Squad
    6.5/10(15 votes)

    #24 - Death Squad

    S1:E24

    A woman Pete knows shows UP with her son. She tells him her husband called and told her they're in danger and That they had to get away. She and Pete Go to meet her husband, he says he was hired to do something. When he found out its illegal he tried to get out but they're telling him, he has to do it and they threatened his family. Before he could say anything else the ones following him show up and take him. Pete and Mac Try to Find out whats going on, the men Show trying to get the boy but When they couldn't Find him, they take the mother, they also take Maggie to ...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The James Caan Con" is the best rated episode of "Switch" season 1. It scored 7.6/10 based on 24 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/9/1975. This episode is rated 0.8 points higher than the second-best, "The Late Show Murders".