The Best Episodes Written By John T. dugan

Every TV Episode Written by John T. dugan Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

John T. Dugan Ratings Summary

The best episode written by John T. Dugan is "Return to Tomorrow", rated 7.2/10 from 30 user votes. It was "directed by Ralph Senensky". "Return to Tomorrow" aired on 2/9/1968 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "The Most Crucial Game".

  • Return to Tomorrow
    7.2/10 30 votes

    #1 - Return to Tomorrow

    Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 2/9/1968

    Ancient alien minds are given control of Captain Kirk's and First Officer Spock's bodies.

    Director: Ralph Senensky

    Writer: John T. Dugan

  • The Most Crucial Game
    7.1/10 25 votes

    #2 - The Most Crucial Game

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 11/5/1972

    The manager of a football team kills the team's owner, disguising himself as an ice cream vendor as a cover. He then uses a recording of a faked phone call as an alibi to prove he was elsewhere at the time of the murder.

    Director: Jeremy Kagan

    Writer: John T. Dugan

  • Dead Weight
    6.4/10 34 votes

    #3 - Dead Weight

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/27/1971

    A famous general kills a business associate, then woos a neurotic female witness to thwart Columbo's investigation.

    Director: Jack Smight

    Writer: John T. Dugan

  • The Cardinal
    5.0/10 1 votes

    #4 - The Cardinal

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/17/1968

    General Zepke plans to rise to power - the only threat to him is Cardinal Souchek who stands for a free people. Zepke has had Souchek imprisoned and plans to replace him with a double who will endorse him. The IMF use an infected mosquito to make the doiuble, Nagorski, ill. Phelps and Cinnamon are called in as doctor and nurse to tend to him while Rollin impersonates a Cardinal and sees through Nagorski's impersonation. He escapes from an airtight sarcophagus and helps Barney and Willy enter the monastery through a booby-trapped tunnel before their air runs out. When Jim has Nagorski placed in an oxygen tent, the others open up the wall behind him, take out Nagorski and replace him with Souchek whom they've secretly freed. Zepke has Souchek-as-Nagorski-as-Souchek give a speech, but Souchek doesn't say what Zepke was expecting...

    Director: Sutton Roley

    Writer: John T. Dugan