The BEST episodes directed by E.w. Swackhamer

God Bless the Child
star
9.50
2 votes

#1 - God Bless the Child

Jake and the Fatman - Season 4 - Episode 1

A pair of spoiled children murder their wealthy father—who is one of McCabe's poker buddies—and frame a businessman for the crime.

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The Day New York Turned Blue
star
9.00
1 votes

#2 - The Day New York Turned Blue

McCloud - Season 6 - Episode 6

During a New York City snowstorm, a union lawyer is placed in protective custody as a witness to graft, a working girl is slipping out-of-towners a mickey and painting them blue, a Federal Inspector is auditing the Department books, the mob plans an invasion of headquarters, and patrolmen have a strike meeting.

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Our Man in the Harem
star
9.00
1 votes

#3 - Our Man in the Harem

McCloud - Season 6 - Episode 5

A patrolman's daughter is held captive in the Middle East.

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Sharks!
star
8.50
1 votes

#4 - Sharks!

McCloud - Season 5 - Episode 8

Loan sharks accidentally kill a welcher, and a hardnosed Homicide lieutenant has the wrong man.

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The Man That Got Away
star
8.42
12 votes

#5 - The Man That Got Away

Jake and the Fatman - Season 1 - Episode 5

Jake and McCabe question the evidence found in the case of a woman charged with murder, whose lawyer is also her ex-husband.

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Babyface
star
8.40
5 votes

#6 - Babyface

Jake and the Fatman - Season 1 - Episode 19

Jake sets out to expose the double life of an alleged kidnapped heiress who's determined to get romantically close to him.

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Laura
star
8.33
9 votes

#7 - Laura

Jake and the Fatman - Season 1 - Episode 4

Jake's former partner is killed while chasing an alleged burglar, but the evidence points towards the dead man's fiancee.

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Lady, Be Good
star
8.25
4 votes

#8 - Lady, Be Good

Jake and the Fatman - Season 1 - Episode 17

McCabe believes that what looks like a drunken-driving accident is a murder, so he sends Jake to investigate.

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Park Avenue Pirates
star
8.00
1 votes

#9 - Park Avenue Pirates

McCloud - Season 6 - Episode 1

Racketeers take over a record company.

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Gidget Gadget
star
8.00
7 votes

#10 - Gidget Gadget

Gidget - Season 1 - Episode 5

Gidget attempts to get Anne and John to make-up.

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Two Bad Eggs
star
8.00
2 votes

#11 - Two Bad Eggs

The Flying Nun - Season 2 - Episode 7

Seeing Sister Betrille fly, a tourist thinks she is an invader from outer space.

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Reuben Kincaid Lives
star
8.00
5 votes

#12 - Reuben Kincaid Lives

The Partridge Family - Season 4 - Episode 5

Shirley tells the children they have to start being nice to Reuben. But since he is not used to this new attitude, he thinks it is because they heard he is dying. The nicer they are, the more he thinks he is dying.

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Cousin Edgar
star
7.95
90 votes

#13 - Cousin Edgar

Bewitched - Season 1 - Episode 36

Endora is not alone when she tries to break up the Stephens' marriage. It seems that a mute elf named Edgar voices his disapproval when he begins playing dirty tricks on Darrin. As a result of these tricks, a competitor named Fred Schulwiler almost gets a shoe account. Edgar realizes that Samantha really loves Darrin and to show his appreciation, Edgar helps Darrin win the account by playing pranks on Schulwiler.

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The Convert
star
7.93
15 votes

#14 - The Convert

The Flying Nun - Season 1 - Episode 2

Sister Bertrille tries to explain her flying ability to Carlos Ramirez, who thinks he has seen a religious vision.

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Go Fight City Hall... To the Death
star
7.87
171 votes

#15 - Go Fight City Hall... To the Death

Quincy, M.E. - Season 1 - Episode 1

A young woman is raped and strangled on a Los Angeles beach. Further down the coastline a young boy is shot and arrested for her murder. Quincy doesn't think that it would have been possible for the boy arrested to strangle the woman and decides that he is going to go out and begin a little investigation of his own. He visits City Hall where the woman worked to ask some questions and, after a little checking, finds out that there seem to have been a rash of unexplained deaths there.

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The House of the Rising Flan
star
7.80
46 votes

#16 - The House of the Rising Flan

L.A. Law - Season 1 - Episode 3

Sifuentes is outraged when he learns that the motive behind an invitation to dinner at the Brackman house was to enlist his aid in perpetrating an immigration fraud; Kuzak continues to pursue Van Owen; Perkins is devastated when her ex-husband kidnaps their son, and quickly becomes frantic when it appears that the police cannot help her find him; Kuzak discovers that his client's suit against an amusement park for injuries his son suffered is based on a fraudulent claim; Markowitz fears that he will lose his job when he declines to run a scam on an alcoholic I.R.S. agent to mitigate his client's tax bill, but luck is on his side when the adverse I.R.S. ruling turns into a financial coup after his client's wife sues for divorce.

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The Modfather
star
7.80
5 votes

#17 - The Modfather

The Partridge Family - Season 3 - Episode 7

Shirley's parents visit, and they try to find a hidden meaning from every sound and sentence when these are simple every day things. Soon, the Partridge family is finding faults with everything and arguing with each other.

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Chief Surgeon Who?
star
7.79
1000 votes

#18 - Chief Surgeon Who?

M*A*S*H - Season 1 - Episode 4

Frank Burns complains about Hawkeye Pierce's disrespect...and Henry appoints Hawkeye chief surgeon, to Burns's shock. The rest of the 4077th "coronates" Hawk while Frank and Hot Lips complain to General Barker. The General's visit provides him with a view of life at the 4077th M*A*S*H unit: camp hijinks, a poker game, and a surgery session. This shows him M*A*S*H has fun but gets the job done.

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Whatever Happened to Moby Dick?
star
7.78
9 votes

#19 - Whatever Happened to Moby Dick?

The Partridge Family - Season 2 - Episode 6

Danny is interested in the whales singing and tells the family they need to include whales in their act to show their support of ecology.

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Columbo Goes to College
star
7.75
278 votes

#20 - Columbo Goes to College

Columbo - Season 10 - Episode 1

Lt. Columbo is invited as guest speaker in a Criminology course and squares off against two cunning students, who are confident they have duped the lieutenant with various leads, when their professor is found murdered.

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My Grandson, The Warlock
star
7.65
149 votes

#21 - My Grandson, The Warlock

Bewitched - Season 2 - Episode 4

The Stephens look after the Tate's baby while they are in London. When they return from the Tate's house with Jonathan, their baby, nosy old Gladys Kravitz finds Maurice and tells him that the baby has been born. Maurice then takes Jonathan, who he believes is his grandson, to a Warlock Club in London to teach him about witchcraft. After series of misunderstandings, Samantha clears everything up when she tells Maurice and Gladys that her baby is not due for a few months.

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But the Memory Lingers On
star
7.63
16 votes

#22 - But the Memory Lingers On

The Partridge Family - Season 1 - Episode 8

While the family is on a picnic, a skunk sneaks on board the bus and winds up spraying them. They try the best they can to get rid of the odor without much success; even bathing in tomato juice. However, things go from bad to worse when Reuben informs them that they have been requested to play at a local hospital to entertain some of the children that are patients there.

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Russian Roulette
star
7.59
175 votes

#23 - Russian Roulette

I Dream of Jeannie - Season 1 - Episode 13

Roger Healey is in love and is still searching for his missing Dream Girl, Jeannie, complete with an engagement ring in tow. Meanwhile, he and Tony are ordered by their superiors to escort and entertain two Russian cosmonauts who are visiting the Base, one of them being a good-looking female cosmonaut who has an immediate attraction to Tony. In a jealous huff, Jeannie sneaks along on the men's assignment by hiding herself (in her bottle) inside of Roger's overcoat pocket. The female Russian cosmonaut expresses a real interest in the antique bottle and Roger gives it to her as a gift of friendship. Once Tony realizes what has happened, he makes every effort to get Jeannie back, but not before the Russian cosmonaut discovers that she now possesses a genuine genie in a bottle.

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Richest Astronaut in the World
star
7.54
138 votes

#24 - Richest Astronaut in the World

I Dream of Jeannie - Season 1 - Episode 17

Roger finally discovers the truth about Jeannie and takes control of the bottle without Tony's permission. He then uses Jeannie for his own greedy purposes.

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The Torrents of Greed (2)
star
7.53
337 votes

#25 - The Torrents of Greed (2)

Law & Order - Season 1 - Episode 16

Stone tries to salvage his prosecution of the Masucci family when Beigel faces bribery charges and seems willing to turn against his brother-in-law.

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Profile
star
7.49
224 votes

#26 - Profile

Law & Order - Season 4 - Episode 4

Stone finds himself up against an ambitious black lawyer defending a white, racist serial killer.

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A Strange Little Visitor
star
7.46
136 votes

#27 - A Strange Little Visitor

Bewitched - Season 2 - Episode 12

Samantha and Darrin agree to babysit a young warlock boy named Merel. Once there, Merel is given the ultimate ground rule from Darrin: NO WITCHCRAFT! Merel keeps his end of the bargain until a burglar breaks in and ties both him and Darrin together. The burglar is after an expensive necklace that Larry gives Darrin to keep for Louise, and is conned by Darrin into taking a fire engine. As soon as the burglar take it, Darrin tells Merel to hit the magic and the burglar is scared off by Merel's powers.

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The Strike-Out King
star
7.43
7 votes

#28 - The Strike-Out King

The Partridge Family - Season 4 - Episode 4

Danny has started following Keith and Laurie around all the time. He even tries dressing and acting like Keith. Ruben suggests he try baseball so he can be around kids his own age. Danny hates baseball, but turns out he is a good pitcher.

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The Secret Sharers
star
7.42
285 votes

#29 - The Secret Sharers

Law & Order - Season 1 - Episode 18

Stone faces a flashy Texas lawyer and a hostile community as he tries to prosecute a young man accused of killing a drug dealer.

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The Joker Is a Card
star
7.41
224 votes

#30 - The Joker Is a Card

Bewitched - Season 2 - Episode 5

Need some amusement in your life? Call Uncle Arthur, or, in this case, don't call him. Uncle Arthur arrives playing practical jokes on Darrin and Endora while Samantha is trying to get these two antagonists to make up once and for all. After many hits and misses, Darrin needs Uncle Arthur's help in getting Endora back. This is the famous "Yagazuzie Zim" episode.

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For Whom the Bell Tolls . . . and Tolls . . . and Tolls
star
7.40
5 votes

#31 - For Whom the Bell Tolls . . . and Tolls . . . and Tolls

The Partridge Family - Season 3 - Episode 15

Ruben has a burglar alarm installed in the Partridge home for their security. They keep setting off the alarm accidentally so much that everyone starts to ignore it. When a real burglar breaks in, no one realizes it is a real break in.

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Where'd You Go-Go?
star
7.38
147 votes

#32 - Where'd You Go-Go?

I Dream of Jeannie - Season 1 - Episode 12

Diane, an old girlfriend of Tony's, comes into town and invites him to pick up where they left off, making Jeannie jealous. Meanwhile, Tony's best friend, Roger Healey, who still doesn't know about Jeannie, "bumps" into her on the street and becomes immediately attracted to her, aggressively pursuing her for a date. Jeannie accepts, causing Tony to become worried and a little bit jealous about her very first mystery date. He decides to drag Diane all over town in search of Jeannie and her unidentified escort.

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Deadpan
star
7.35
115 votes

#33 - Deadpan

Murder, She Wrote - Season 4 - Episode 21

Two critics take opposite views of a play based on one of Jessica's novels, 'Mainly Murder'. One is suspected of the murder of the other.

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And Then I Wrote
star
7.34
206 votes

#34 - And Then I Wrote

Bewitched - Season 2 - Episode 9

Samantha sets up a play for a rest home to celebrate the end of the Civil War. As she writes, Endora brings her characters to life to help Sam out. Of course, nosy Gladys see all this and goes crazy, as usual. Sam suffers a writer's block near the end of writing, and her play characters lend a hand to tie up the loose ends.

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Get Me to Mecca on Time
star
7.32
161 votes

#35 - Get Me to Mecca on Time

I Dream of Jeannie - Season 1 - Episode 16

When it is discovered that it is the day of the ramda, Jeannie says that Tony and her must make a trip to Mecca and cite the sacred words or else Jeannie will lose her powers forever and go into limbo.

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Out of the Half-Light
star
7.31
362 votes

#36 - Out of the Half-Light

Law & Order - Season 1 - Episode 11

Greevey and Logan's investigation into a black teenager's claim that she was raped by white policemen is hampered by a publicity hungry, black politician who will not grant the detectives access to the victim.

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The Torrents of Greed (1)
star
7.29
320 votes

#37 - The Torrents of Greed (1)

Law & Order - Season 1 - Episode 15

An assault on a candy storeowner leads Stone and Robinette to build a case against a powerful mafia don.

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Poison Ivy
star
7.28
450 votes

#38 - Poison Ivy

Law & Order - Season 1 - Episode 8

The shooting of a black honors student stirs up racial tensions, especially after it becomes apparent that the cop responsible for the death may have planted a gun on the body to excuse the shooting.

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God Bless the Child
star
7.27
357 votes

#39 - God Bless the Child

Law & Order - Season 2 - Episode 5

A couple faces trial after they deny medical help to their daughter based on their religious beliefs.

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Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
star
7.22
36 votes

#40 - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

Jake and the Fatman - Season 1 - Episode 12

It's Christmastime, but McCabe isn't feeling so jolly as an ambitious assistant DA helps Jake find a murderous Santa Claus.

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Happy Days Are Here Again
star
7.22
23 votes

#41 - Happy Days Are Here Again

Jake and the Fatman - Season 1 - Episode 1

A speechwriter frames a politician for murdering his assistant, then tries to blackmail him.

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Aunt Clara's Old Flame
star
7.19
198 votes

#42 - Aunt Clara's Old Flame

Bewitched - Season 2 - Episode 11

Aunt Clara is embarrassed when an old boyfriend Hedley Partridge comes to see her. She is afraid that he will not talk to her because her magic is fading away, but she learns that he has the same problem, too.

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Crackdown
star
7.12
17 votes

#43 - Crackdown

In the Heat of the Night - Season 3 - Episode 5

Someone is selling crack to teenagers and Sweet tries desperately to save a young addict.

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Old Cars for New
star
7.09
43 votes

#44 - Old Cars for New

The Flying Nun - Season 1 - Episode 3

Sister Bertrille and Carlos turn the tables on a greedy used-car salesman.

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A Young Man with a Cornette
star
7.09
33 votes

#45 - A Young Man with a Cornette

The Flying Nun - Season 1 - Episode 12

A little orphan feels he can fly if he wears Sister Bertrille's cornette.

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With Love from Irving
star
7.03
32 votes

#46 - With Love from Irving

The Flying Nun - Season 1 - Episode 10

After helping a pelican on the beach, Sister Bertrille has to cope with a lovesick bird.

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Too Many Tonys
star
7.00
188 votes

#47 - Too Many Tonys

I Dream of Jeannie - Season 1 - Episode 15

Jeannie blinks up another Tony that by which is more romantic and worships the ground Jeannie walks on.

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Wish You Were Here (1)
star
7.00
31 votes

#48 - Wish You Were Here (1)

Jake and the Fatman - Season 2 - Episode 1

Jake goes to Oahu to visit his former partner, only to find him murdered, so McCabe arrives from the mainland to help out.

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Wish You Were Here (2)
star
7.00
29 votes

#49 - Wish You Were Here (2)

Jake and the Fatman - Season 2 - Episode 2

Jake continues trying to find Graney's murderer, now while under suspicion of John's partner's murder.

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Stallion
star
7.00
4 votes

#50 - Stallion

Bonanza - Season 14 - Episode 9

The moving tale of Little Joe and his beloved black stallion, which Ben purchases for his son as a birthday gift.