The BEST episodes directed by Gene Nelson
#1 - Shell Game
The Mod Squad - Season 1 - Episode 16
Investigating a policeman's death, Pete and Linc infiltrate a gang of thieves, only to find it has kidnapped Julie.
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#2 - The Girl in Chair Nine
The Mod Squad - Season 2 - Episode 1
A clairvoyant's prediction about a missing college student leads to an illegal abortion ring.
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#3 - Child of Sorrow, Child of Light
The Mod Squad - Season 1 - Episode 22
Julie poses as an unwed mother to infiltrate an extortion racket that blackmails parents of adopted babies.
#4 - Keep the Faith, Baby
The Mod Squad - Season 1 - Episode 23
The Squad is assigned to protect the life of a militant black priest, threatened by a murderer who is afraid he will break his seal of confession.
#5 - Dark Legacy
Barnaby Jones - Season 2 - Episode 21
During his honeymoon Paul Barringer falls to death from a cliff. Barnaby investigates for his widow Marilyn and finds out that there is one heir who wants to inherit the Barringer family fortune, killing the others. Marilyn waived, but learns she is pregnant.
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#6 - The Dancer / Nobody's There
Fantasy Island - Season 3 - Episode 9
In "The Dancer" a Texas millionaire sponsors the comeback of a famous ballerina, so that he can declare his love for her. And in "Nobody's There", a well-intentioned but bumbling lady private eye gets the chance to crack her first big case.
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#8 - Find Tara Chapman!
The Mod Squad - Season 1 - Episode 7
Unaware she has contagious meningitis, a singer who witnessed a mob murder flees the hospital.
#9 - The Sunday Drivers
The Mod Squad - Season 1 - Episode 13
Linc joins an automobile thrill circus in Las Vegas to investigate the death of a stunt-driver friend.
#10 - A Reign of Guns
The Mod Squad - Season 1 - Episode 20
The Squad tangles with a wealthy arch-conservative who is forming a private militia armed with stolen guns.
#11 - Anybody Here Seen Jeannie?
I Dream of Jeannie - Season 1 - Episode 7
At Cape Kennedy America's three man astronaut team is preparing to take an historical walk into outerspace. The team consists of Captain Tony Nelson, Captain Roger Healey and Lt. Geroge Conway. Captain Nelson as the head of the team will be the first American to step out into space. However, Dr. Bellows is concerned that Tony has been a bit jumpy and he orders him to appear at the base at 2:00 for some tests. Jeannie overhears of Tony's mission. Jeannie worries about his tether breaking and Tony spinning out into space. So she decides to sabotage Tony's tests, while hiding in Tony's jacket.
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#12 - Knight Errant
The Rifleman - Season 4 - Episode 7
Lucas tries to dissuade a latter-day knight from rushing into battle.
#13 - The Yacht Murder Case
I Dream of Jeannie - Season 1 - Episode 6
Onboard a yacht for an important meeting, Tony is followed by Jeannie. With witnesses around Tony argues with Jeannie and tells her to go home. When she does dissappear, they think Tony has killed her (since she cant be found) and put him in jail.
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#14 - The Americanization of Jeannie
I Dream of Jeannie - Season 1 - Episode 8
Jeannie reads about how to be an American woman in a magazine and takes after it in order to please Tony.
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#15 - A Night to Raise the Dead
Quincy, M.E. - Season 4 - Episode 9
After four nights of continuous rain a man finds a body by his car. It had been washed down the mountains and ended up in his front yard. Once Quincy has completed the autopsy he announces that the man died of typhoid, an extremely infectious disease. The man had been illegally buried in the cemetery at the top of the mountain very recently. Quincy wants the whole cemetery checked to see if there are more infectious bodies buried up there but he comes up against a barrel load of red tape trying to get this authorized.
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#16 - My Hero?
I Dream of Jeannie - Season 1 - Episode 2
Jeannie blinks Captain Nelson to ancient Persia, where he avenges Jeannie's honor against Ali, the Killer of Giants. Meanwhile, Jeannie visits her parents and happily announces that she has found the man she wishes to marry, her Master, Captain Anthony Nelson, a man who "makes his living flying through space."
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#17 - The Moving Finger
I Dream of Jeannie - Season 1 - Episode 9
Jeannie becomes jealous of Tony because he goes out to dinner with a famous movie star. Jeannie then wants to become a moviestar herself to get Tony's attention only she ends up coming to the conclusion that genies dont photograph when she is given a screen test and she is invisible in it.
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#18 - The Lady in the Bottle
I Dream of Jeannie - Season 1 - Episode 1
When the rocket launch for a space mission goes awry, its astronaut, Captain Anthony Nelson, finds himself stranded on a desert island. There, he finds a beautiful antique bottle lying there on the sand. When Tony opens the bottle, he is shocked to find a beautiful, 2,000-year-old genie named Jeannie, who is now calling him her new Master and willing to grant him anything he wishes.
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#19 - My, What a Pretty Bus
The Mod Squad - Season 1 - Episode 3
A wily ex-con, unaware that Pete, Linc and Julie are cops, recruits them for a big counterfeiting caper.
#20 - Whatever Became of Baby Custer?
I Dream of Jeannie - Season 1 - Episode 11
An 8-year-old boy, Custer, idolizes Tony. One day when making an unannounced visit, Custer sees Jeannie's magic at work. The little boy blabs almost immediately. Dr. Bellows learns about this and decides to use him to prove that the recent wierd goings-on with Tony have some explanation. Of course, Jeannie uses her magic to cause even more trouble.
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#21 - Peace Now -- Arly Blau
The Mod Squad - Season 1 - Episode 25
Linc and Pete go undercover as prison inmates to protect the life of a convicted draft dodger, whose father is a General in the Vietnam War.
#22 - Death Ride
Starsky & Hutch - Season 1 - Episode 3
Starsky and Hutch are involved in safeguarding a big time crime boss who has agreed to testify before a Senate sub-committee against some leading underworld figures. But when, during escort of the crime boss, the party is ambushed and the man shot and hospitalised, he refuses to go ahead with the testimony unless his daughter is brought safely to him. So Starsky and Hutch are assigned to bring the man's daughter safely to him, but the trip is a dangerous one, as they are chased the whole way across state by ruthless hit-men out to see that they never make it, and thus the trial never going ahead. Further more, the daring detectives aren't even aware of the full state of affairs regarding the case...
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#23 - The Joker's Wild, Man, Wild!
Hawaii Five-O - Season 2 - Episode 13
Two young men play an increasingly dangerous and deadly game for the attentions of a beautiful but spoiled heiress, who plays them off against each other.
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#24 - Goodbye, Sheriff Taylor
The Andy Griffith Show - Season 5 - Episode 10
While Andy is away in Raleigh considering a job offer, Barney is left as acting sheriff and dreams of the day he'll have the job. When he ends up causing more trouble than he prevents, he wonders if he really wants the job as much as he thought.
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#25 - Mind for Murder
Ironside - Season 7 - Episode 10
While Fran, Mark and Ed are at a night club, a psychic sees details of a recent fire. When the Chief becomes interested, he visits the psychic to try to see more, and discovers that he has been pursuing an arsonist for some time, unable to convince the police that his visions are for real.
#26 - Confrontation!
The Mod Squad - Season 2 - Episode 7
As dissident students prepare to demand changes in a school policy, a black student is found murdered on campus and the Squad is called in to investigate.
#28 - Djinn and Water
I Dream of Jeannie - Season 1 - Episode 10
One of Jeannie's great grandfathers (Bilejik) is summoned back by Jeannie in hopes of aiding Tony in making fresh water out of salt water.
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#30 - First Wages
The Rifleman - Season 4 - Episode 2
Lucas tries to find out why Mark has taken a job as a stableboy.
#31 - The Quiet Fear
The Rifleman - Season 4 - Episode 17
Lucas's old Army pal settles in North Fork with his deaf daughter.
#32 - The Long Goodbye
The Rifleman - Season 4 - Episode 9
Stubborn Grandpa Fogarty is Lucas's main roadblock as he tries to get young Woody Fogarty to attend school.
#33 - The Decision
The Rifleman - Season 4 - Episode 6
Corey Hazlett insists he's innocent of murder, despite Lucas's eyewitness testimony.
#34 - A Friend in Need
The Rifleman - Season 4 - Episode 13
Mark finds himself the unwilling companion of gunman Carl Avery.
#35 - The High Country
The Rifleman - Season 4 - Episode 12
Lucas becomes the target of a vengeful mountaineer.
#36 - Sporting Chance
The Rifleman - Season 4 - Episode 18
An Englishman arrives with a custom-made rifle and a plan to kill Lucas.
#37 - The Pageant
The Andy Griffith Show - Season 5 - Episode 11
Aunt Bee is elated when she is cast in the lead role in the Mayberry Centennial Pageant. When it becomes apparent she is not the actress she thinks she is, Andy devises a way for her to get a first-hand look at some real talent.
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#38 - Stop When Red Lights Flash
The Invisible Man (1975) - Season 1 - Episode 8
When the Westins are caught in a bogus traffic violation while driving through a small town, Dan decides to take on the corrupt local officials.
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#39 - A Time for Remembering
The Mod Squad - Season 2 - Episode 22
Shortly after Pete announces his plans to quit his undercover work, Linc is critically shot by an ex-convict seeking revenge.