The Best Episodes Written By Don Mankiewicz

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   8.0/10(1 votes)

   #1 - Dead Man's Tale

   S1:E49/28/1967

   A notorious gangster is preparing to turn State's evidence when he is murdered, but Ironside pretends that the man is still alive, and ready to talk, in order to catch the killer and nail a major criminal.

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   Writer:Don Mankiewicz

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   #2 - The Navigator

   S1:E134/14/1959

   The crew of a nineteenth century sailing ship find that somebody has altered its course before catching a stowaway, a mute, soaking wet Oriental whom they clap in irons. The alteration in course leads them to rescue survivors of a ship sunk by an ice berg, though that ship's navigator is dead and is the spitting image of the Oriental, who has mysteriously disappeared.

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   Writer:Don Mankiewicz

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   7.3/10(47 votes)

   #3 - Court Martial

   S1:E202/2/1967

   Captain Kirk's career is at stake when he is put on trial for the loss of a crewman during an ion storm.

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   Writer:Don Mankiewicz

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   #4 - To Be a Man

   S1:E173/5/1986

   In Afghanistan, wounded and hunted by the Soviets, MacGyver is given refuge by an Afghan woman and her son. But they are themselves at the mercy of an Afghan thug, who will kill MacGyver if he finds him at his woman.

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   Writer:Don Mankiewicz

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   #5 - Message from Beyond

   S1:E29/14/1967

   A substantial sum of money is stolen from a race-track, whilst Ironside and his team are present, and the Chief is determined to crack the case. The only clue is a car, crashed by the inside man, but if it has a secret to tell it is not going to give it up easily.

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   Writer:Don Mankiewicz

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