The Best Episodes Written By Chris Hayward

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   #1 - The Return of the Ancient Mariner

   S4:E811/9/1968

   With an attempt to kidnap Admiral Hardgrade in the works, Max has him stay in his apartment.

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   #2 - Closely Watched Planes

   S4:E310/5/1968

   Max is assigned to protect CONTROL Courier Busby during a plane ride, but Busby mysteriously disappears from the bathroom in mid-flight.

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   #3 - Temporarily Out of CONTROL

   S4:E1212/14/1968

   KAOS fakes military call-up orders for Maxwell Smart and the Chief for the US Navy! Smart's restoration to the rank of Ensign makes him the Chief's superior, humiliating the Chief, who was restored to Seaman.

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   #4 - The Impossible Mission

   S4:E19/21/1968

   The Chief assigns 86 and 99 to retrieve a deadly scientific theory from KAOS. The search takes the CONTROL agents to a TV studio, where they disguise themselves as dancers.

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   #5 - The Farkas Fracas

   S4:E1112/7/1968

   When Agent 99 is caught without dessert, she gratefully accepts chocolate mousse from her solicitious neighbor Naomi Farkas. Naomi and her husband Emil are secret KAOS agents who hope to photograph some papers the Chief has with him.

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   #6 - The Secret of Sam Vittorio

   S4:E410/12/1968

   Thirty years earlier bank robbers Connie and Floyd met up with Sam Vittorio, who had robbed 192 banks. Now dying, Vittorio will only reveal the location of his hidden loot to his protégés, who look remarkably like Max and 99.

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   #7 - With Love and Twitches

   S4:E911/16/1968

   The big day arrives for Smart and Agent 99, but almost without Smart as he is sidetracked by a bizarre case. KAOS scientist Dr. Madre passes information on the location of the Melnick uranium mine to Max, in the form of a "drinkable map".

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   #8 - The Worst Best Man

   S4:E610/26/1968

   Each time Smart picks a best man for his upcoming wedding to Agent 99, the man meets with a mysterious accident. The Chief deducts that there must be a link between all of the accidents and KAOS because all of Max's prospects are fellow agents. To prevent further loss of manpower a t CONTROL, Hymie is appointed best man. KAOS then reveals it's true interest in Max's choice of best man - nearly to the extinction of CONTROL.

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   #9 - Diamonds Are a Spy's Best Friend

   S4:E510/19/1968

   KAOS is using its League of Bald Headed Men to steal diamonds and smuggle them out of the country and fund their European payroll.

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    #10 - Schwartz's Island

    S4:E1312/21/1968

    The Smarts' honeymoon cruise ends when their sailboat blows up. They drift to an uncharted island, which soon proves to be owned by KAOS chief Seigfried.

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    #11 - The Not-So-Great Escape (1)

    S4:E253/22/1969

    Max is assigned to see Agent Kendall safely on a plane to Europe. However, Kendall mysteriously disappears from the airport after being paged. When Max takes the Chief to the airport to find out what happened, the Chief also disappears after being paged.

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    #12 - Absorb the Greek

    S4:E192/8/1969

    The Chief takes up computer dating and winds up dating a gorgeous young woman. The Chief's boss (unseen) orders Max and 99 to follow the Chief to make sure that this romance is not a security risk. 99 also thinks that the Chief should be dating someone more his age, like her mother. The young woman is actually the wife of Dr. Paponickolini, who is giving the Chief a secret formula for eternal youth. The Chief arrives at Max's apartment for a dinner date with 99's mom but instead KAOS shows up and kidnaps 99's mother, thinking she's the wife of Dr. Paonickolini.

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    #13 - Bureaucrat

    S1:E73/6/1975

    Guests to the 12th include a drunken bureaucrat and the 12-year-old who robbed Chano's apartment; Wojo closes the precinct's favorite delicatessen for minor health-code infractions.

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    #14 - Ms. Cop

    S1:E83/13/1975

    An overzealous lady cop ruffles the feathers of the testosterone-run 12th; Chano nabs an obscene phone caller. Linda Lavin (""Alice"") debuts as Detective Janice Wentworth.

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    #15 - Snow Job

    S1:E32/6/1975

    The squad grapples with guarding a department store payroll and a flasher who attempts suicide in the bathroom.

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    #16 - Vigilante

    S1:E93/20/1975

    Barney is visited by Inspector Luger, who complains that his men aren't disliked enough by the public; a neighborhood vigilante is well into his twilight years; Wojo collars a cross-dressing teamster.

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    #17 - A Tale of Two Tails

    S4:E711/2/1968

    Smart and the Chief try all the standard escape methods and each time KAOS has Seigfried and his henchman, Starker, block them. The Chief realizes that there must be an informer in the camp and devises a plan to fool the informer.

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    #18 - Pheasant Under Glass

    S5:E19/26/1969

    On a mission for CONTROL to rescue Professor Milo Pheasant, Smart and 99 learn that he is imprisoned within an impregnable glass dome. KAOS has kidnapped Professor Pheasant and imprisoned him in a nuclear-glass cube. Max and 99 break into KAOS HQ to break him out, but they're unable to break the glass and forced to flee. As they're escaping, 99 reveals that she's pregnant, causing Max to get so excited that he reveals his identity as a secret agent to a reporter. This renders Max useless as an agent and eliminates CONTROL's plan to free the professor by having The Singing Agent, Rosa LaCosta, sing a special note that can shatter glass and have Max go undercover as her accompanist. To save his job, Max visits Dr. Proctor, who has discovered a way to spray paint a new face on people, and Max tries out several faces before picking one to help him infiltrate KAOS headquarters and rescue the professor.

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    #19 - And Baby Makes Four (1)

    S5:E711/7/1969

    Max and 99 follow the wrong map and end up at KAOS's new HQ instead of the maternity ward. 99 is incredibly close to giving birth, which is making Max nervous and unable to pay attention to his job. He spends all of his time trying to find the shortest way to get 99 to the hospital. At the same time, CONTROL is desperately trying to find the new location of KAOS HQ. It's made more urgent because Simon the Likable is coming to town to steal the Huffiker Plans from the Pentagon. Simon is unstoppable because everyone that sees him instantly likes him and will do anything for him. Max and Simon get their directions mixed up and Simon goes to the maternity hospital while Max takes 99 to KAOS HQ, Sunny Slope Sanitarium.

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    #20 - And Baby Makes Four (2)

    S5:E811/14/1969

    CONTROL must defeat Simon the Likable while 99 delivers twins. Max and 99 escape and manage to get to the correct hospital in time for her to have twins, a boy and a girl. While everyone is congratulating Max, Simon tries to escape until he runs into the one person who doesn't like him, 99's mother.

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    #21 - The Treasure of C. Errol Madre

    S5:E510/24/1969

    When KAOS heists CONTROL's payrolls, putting it into severe financial straits, The Chief sends Max, disguised as prospector Frogsie Debbs, to Mira Lodo, Mexico, to find Debbs' old partner C. Errol Madre, who posesses the second half of a map that leads to a gold mind that could restore CONTROL's operations.

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    #22 - To Sire, with Love (1)

    S4:E202/15/1969

    Max must hid the king of Caronia in his apartment. Agent 99 is contently getting Max and the king confused as the king is 86's double. KAOS tries to kill them by putting a tarantula in the apartment.

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    #23 - Hurray for Hollywood

    S4:E151/4/1969

    Max and 99 go undercover as actors Lawrence Hollywood and Viola Vain to learn how KAOS is using performances of a play to communicate with their agents.

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    #24 - Tequila Mockingbird

    S4:E171/18/1969

    Smart and 99 pose as a flamenco dancer and a seedy doctor to fool KAOS as both search for hidden gems in Mexico.

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    #25 - Shock It to Me

    S4:E223/1/1969

    Dr. Erick Zharko and his assistant Bruce wire Max and 99 to a Dr. Frankenstein-like apparatus. Zharko figures that a jolt of his specially controlled electricity will shock Max and 99 into a five year sleep.

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