The BEST episodes directed by Bernard Mceveety
#1 - The Little Carousel
Combat! - Season 3 - Episode 8
Despite having just having liberated a French town, Saunders is demoralized and angry. In this emotional episode, he lashes out at a 13-year-old girl whose one ambition is to serve the troops as a nurse. After he gets some sleep, she wins over his heart and gains his support, but she still manages to crosses his line.
#2 - The General and the Sergeant
Combat! - Season 2 - Episode 18
John Dehner and Vic Morrow have the title roles, but they play two characters from two wars nearly thirty years apart. Upon liberation of a French village by King Company, French General Armand Bouchard, a veteran of WWI, wants to take command of Saunders' squad. While Bouchard apparently suffers from some form of dementia and is the object of ridicule by some of the villagers, he obviously has personal pride and character.
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#3 - The Good Samaritan
Combat! - Season 4 - Episode 18
Marsini, the sole survivor of a squad, blames Saunders for the fate of his fellows after Saunders could not help because he had orders to keep his position. Marsini volunteers to lead the sergeant on reconnaisance of the same deadly area.
#4 - The Tree of Moray
Combat! - Season 3 - Episode 26
Hanley's efforts to bring a Frenchman with information valuable to the Allies to London is hampered by a lynching party that wants him for themselves.
#5 - Bridgehead
Combat! - Season 2 - Episode 2
Hanley orders Saunders and his squad to take a bridge which is guarded by a heavily fortified house. Pvt. Mick Hellar (Nick Adams) is a self-centered, wise-cracking private who only cares about saving his own skin. He reveals that he is a jazz drummer and is soon to be leaving the front to play in an army band entertaining troops and wants to be sure he keeps himself in one piece. The mission demands heavy sacrifices from the squad.
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#6 - Anatomy of a Patrol
Combat! - Season 2 - Episode 11
When a U.S. reconnaissance plane crashes, Sgt. Saunders' men race a German patrol to recover the pilot and his film. The Americans get there first, but carrying the wounded airman on a stretcher over heavily wooded hills slows them down. The wily German Sgt. Beckman (James Caan) and his squad counter Saunders' every trick.
#8 - The Vasquez Woman
Rawhide - Season 8 - Episode 7
Colonel Emilio Vasquez ""buys"" 200 head from Quince, Jed and Simon in Mexico. Jed goes to town to see if the pesos are worth anything. The gringo who runs the town says they're just paper. Emilio's wife, Maria, was left behind and is in the bar. Emilio sneaks into town and kills the gringo, but doesn't get Maria. Jed escapes with Maria. Jed and Emilio argue over the terms of her return.
#10 - Ollie Joe
Combat! - Season 5 - Episode 3
Saunders's squad is disrupted by Ollie Joe Brown, a young soldier determined to be "GI Perfect." Ollie Joe's commanding officer dies before he can warn Saunders about Ollie.
#14 - A Silent Cry
Combat! - Season 2 - Episode 23
Sgt. Saunders must deliver radios to the French underground with the radio expert, Sgt. Perkins. Perkins is arrogant, self-centered, and has never been in combat. With an endearing French family in jeopardy, Saunders and Perkins clash over duty and service to the greater good.
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#18 - No Time for Pity
Combat! - Season 1 - Episode 21
Lieutenant Hanley and his men have just three hours to rescue an old man, pretty librarian, and 5 children from the Germans before the Americans bomb the building they are in.
#20 - The Twisted Heritage
Gunsmoke - Season 14 - Episode 15
Kitty saves the life of a man during a stage hold-up, taking him back to his ranch she finds his mother a ruthless matron and his daughter alienated from her father.
#21 - The Avenging Angel
Misfits of Science - Season 1 - Episode 15
Gloria helps out an aspiring pro wrestler with the use of her telekintic powers without telling him - the wrestler, Milt, soon decides he does have super powers and Gloria needs to keep helping him out when he decides to go after crooks trying to sell him protection.
#22 - Barriers of Sound
Voyagers! - Season 1 - Episode 19
The Voyagers appear in 1890 in Texas, and find that Dwight Eisenhower's mother is unable to give birth to him because of the absence of a doctor. They are unable to call for help because the telephone doesn't exist! Travelling to 1875 Boston, they try to find what happened to Alexander Graham Bell. Bogg rescues a young deaf girl, and then they find out that Bell discontinued his experiments due to a lack of funds. Jeff remembers that Bell got his money from his fiancee, who turns out to be the deaf girl Bogg rescued. They must unite the couple, but Bogg falls in love with the girl in the process. Eventually he leaves her so that history can stay on track. After checking a few months down the road to make sure Bell does indeed invent the telephone, they return to 1890, where things work out and Dwight Eisenhower is born, setting history back on track.
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#23 - Command
Combat! - Season 2 - Episode 30
A wounded Hanley is replaced in the field by Lieutenant Douglas (Joseph Campanella), who is surly and opinionated even by Saunders' standards. At one point, he orders a soldier to burn a picture of his daughter, and then grinds it into the dirt with his boot. Saunders discovers what led to Douglas's leadership style and helps him get past it.
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#24 - The Furlough
Combat! - Season 5 - Episode 15
When Private Vincent is killed shortly before he is to go on a week's furlough, Saunders travels to England to deliver his bequest to Ann Tinsley, the director of an orphanage. During his time in London, he gets to know the children, and sees how they have suffered during the war. In addition, he becomes friendly with Ann, and an attraction begins to develop between them.
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#25 - Entombed
Combat! - Season 5 - Episode 16
After rescuing captive French resistance fighters, the squad regroups in an abandoned mine. When the Germans attack, Germans, French, and Americans are all trapped. They form a pact to work together to dig their way out of the cave, and soldiers learn something about the humanity of the enemy.
#26 - The Haunted Gun
The Big Valley - Season 2 - Episode 21
Gunman turned senator Jud Robson comes to Stockton, and soon begins to say he is being stalked. The main problem with his story, he is suspicious of EVERYONE.
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#27 - Knight Behind Bars
Knight Rider - Season 4 - Episode 10
Michael discovers that prison inmates were used to steal security plans for a hotel that is hosting a defense conference.
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#28 - Reprisal
Gunsmoke - Season 14 - Episode 20
Doc is given the choice of saving the life of a man he saw commit a murder and delivering a baby. He choses to save the man first, and the baby dies in childbirth. The baby's father, Tom Butler blames Doc and plans to get even.
#29 - Uncle Finney
Gunsmoke - Season 14 - Episode 4
A comedic episode. Two hillbillies attempt to turn their 102 year-old relative in for the bounty on him.
#30 - The Widow-Maker
Gunsmoke - Season 19 - Episode 5
A gunfighter wants to forget his past... and wants everyone else to forget it too. Unfortunately for him, this is not easy to accomplish...
#31 - Eyes of the Hunter
Combat! - Season 2 - Episode 19
Private Jessie Burgess is assigned to guide Sgt. Saunder's squad to a hidden German artillery site because he has done detailed reconnaissance. Saunders is warned to keep a close watch on Burgess but he doesn't know why. Burgess is popular with people who don't work with him.
#32 - A Knight in Shining Armor
Knight Rider - Season 2 - Episode 13
A killer with a treasure map must find his victim's estranged daughter, who holds the key to the treasure.
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The Big Valley - Season 1 - Episode 2
While preparing for a major cattle drive bunching the Barkley's herd with those of other ranchers, Heath has major difficulties being accepted as a Barkley, especially by the ranch hands. Then when Nick's former commander in the war comes to visit, Heath is suspicious of him, and with good reason. He is there to cause trouble and steal the herd!! Nick ends up getting shot while on the drive and has to be taken to town, leaving Heath in charge of the drive. Heath ends up saving the day, and finally the hands begin to accept him as a true Barkley.
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#34 - Milligan
Gunsmoke - Season 18 - Episode 9
When a family man lawfully kills a murderous outlaw by shooting him in the back, some people in town start to physically abuse him.
#36 - Point of View
Combat! - Season 3 - Episode 3
Saunders faces a possible court-martial after a machine gun sergeant accuses him of bad judgment under fire when two of his men are killed.
#37 - Encounter
Combat! - Season 5 - Episode 19
Captain Cole (James Daly) is reunited with his son, Jack (James MacArthur), who he hasn't seen in years. Jack is now a reporter who is sent to cover the war at the front. When Jack and his father meet, it is evident that their relations are strained. When they are pinned down in a farmhouse and the situation is desperate, they finally speak from the heart.
#38 - Interlude
How the West Was Won - Season 2 - Episode 3
Luke's attempt to foil the Flint gang's gold robbery scheme doesn't go as planned. Zeb rescues a woman from two hide-cutters and is surprised to find a love from his past. When a certain guest arrives for Laura's wedding, second thoughts arise. Jessie fights for her life after being stung by a swarm of bees.
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#39 - Orville Gant
How the West Was Won - Season 2 - Episode 4
With the sheriff's son held hostage by Flint, the robbery goes forward, leaving two men dead. Jessie's condition worsens as the doctor can't help her. Zeb's and Beth's accounts of her rescue come under suspicion by authorities, causing her to leave abruptly, with her leading Zeb to a mountain cabin.
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#40 - Cleo and the Babe
Voyagers! - Season 1 - Episode 6
The Voyagers inadvertently bring Cleopatra forward in time to prohibition-era New York City, where she encounters gangster Lucky Luciano. In the main plot, Phineas has to convince young baseball player Babe Ruth to abandon his pitching career so that he will eventually become the home run hitter idolized by Jeffrey.
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#41 - The Legacy
Bonanza - Season 5 - Episode 11
Adam, Hoss and Joe mistakenly believe their father was murdered. They split into 3 different directions to confront the supposed killers. In his heart, Ben knows his sons will not act outside the law; but he is not 100% sure that Joe will behave correctly.
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#42 - Luke
Gunsmoke - Season 16 - Episode 8
A wounded outlaw comes to Dodge City to find his daughter before his death.
#43 - Fly Away Home
Combat! - Season 3 - Episode 9
Sgt. Keeley has lost faith in humanity and invests all his devotion to his carrier pigeons, which he has trained for military use.
#45 - A Time to Kill
The Big Valley - Season 1 - Episode 18
Jarrod is happy to see an old law school friend. . until he learns there is a secret service agent on his tail. It seems everywhere he goes counterfeit money follows, and Jarrod is determined to find out what's going on with his old friend.
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#46 - Targets: Daisy and Lulu
The Dukes of Hazzard - Season 6 - Episode 8
When Daisy and Lulu get back from a trip they took to New Orleans, they pick up the wrong suitcase at the airport that has a stolen diamond necklace in it. But the thieves follow them back to Hazzard and threaten to kill them unless they give them back the necklace.
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The Big Valley - Season 1 - Episode 22
Handy Random, theman who killed the man that killed Tom Barkley, comes to Stockton. It's a happy reunion for all but Heath who hates the man, and for good reason. Everywhere he goes he starts range wars to profit from them.
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#48 - Amnesty
How the West Was Won - Season 2 - Episode 5
Zeb learns Beth's husband is supposedly a dead, guilt-ridden Army hero involved in a military massacre. As Jessie nears death, Zeb decides to take her to an Arapaho medicine man - with a skeptical Luke and Josh in close pursuit.
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#49 - Mail Call
Combat! - Season 2 - Episode 21
Sgt. Saunders' squad blames his bad treatment of a likable new member, Trenton, on a foul mood caused by a letter he has just received. Actually Saunders believes Trenton is a coward who fakes injuries to avoid battle.
#50 - The Cassock
Combat! - Season 3 - Episode 17
K Company enters a town in force and routs the Germans, but an officer remains behind to destroy a strategic bridge. Failing at first, he escapes to a church, where he dons a cassock and takes on the guise of a priest. He struggles to maintain the disguise long enough to finish the job.