The BEST episodes directed by George Mccowan
#1 - The Shooting
Hart to Hart - Season 5 - Episode 18
Jennifer takes on a glamorous modeling assignment, not knowing that the camera is rigged with an explosive device, as Jonathan races to stop the deadly scheme concocted by a vengeful man from her past.
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The Mod Squad - Season 1 - Episode 15
While transporting a prisoner by commercial airline, Pete, Linc and Greer face death in a forced plane crash.
#3 - Silent Dance
Hart to Hart - Season 5 - Episode 16
A young figure skater's dreams of Olympic gold will be shattered unless Hart Industries can mix modern technology with the astounding talent of skater Tai Babilonia.
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The Littlest Hobo - Season 2 - Episode 7
An injured Hobo is picked up by a TV reporter and helps her find out who is stealing rare and expensive animals from a zoo.
#5 - When Smitty Comes Marching Home
The Mod Squad - Season 1 - Episode 4
Returning Vietnam veteran Smitty, being sought by police on a homicide charge, turns to his boyhood friend Linc for help proving his innocence.
#6 - Baby / Marathon: Battle of the Sexes
Fantasy Island - Season 3 - Episode 4
In 'The Baby' Tattoo becomes enamored of the little baby Patrick, whose parents were killed and Tattoo wishes to adopt him, but fears that because of his difference that he cannot give the baby the life he deserves. In 'Marathon: Battle of the Sexes" Olaf, Bunny and Gretchen enter the marathon in order to save their hometown, meanwhile the race has been sabotaged by Dr. Bunk and Bruno. The tables turn when Mr. Roarke throws in a few curves.
#7 - Chapel of the Damned
The Streets of San Francisco - Season 2 - Episode 16
Stone and Keller work to crack a kidnap case where the mother is friends with an alleged psychic.
#9 - The Set-Up
The Streets of San Francisco - Season 1 - Episode 17
A retired hit man returns to San Francisco, not knowing that he will be the target of a hit.
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#10 - The Salinas Jackpot
Cannon - Season 1 - Episode 1
Tom Skerritt plays Dude Donaldson: dressed as rodeo clowns, he and an accomplice rob a rodeo (rather brutally, killing half-a-dozen people). Cannon is summoned to figure out what's going on, after authorites spend 6 weeks and come up with nothing. There's a home movie taken at the time of the robbery, in the vicinity of the buliding... Cannon and the others watch this film over and over, like the Zapruder film, and eventually it dawns on Cannon that the clowns may be involved. He tracks a clown suit to a Texan who died in Vietnam the previous winter... the man's widow (Sharon Acker) is less than forthcoming... though her young son (Vincent Van Patten) gives Cannon some leads... Skerritt took the suit from the widow's barn and used it in the robbery. Skerritt goes to Acker's house and threatens her and her son against saying anything to Cannon...Cannon senses what's going on, and after almost being snipered by Skerritt...finally subdues him with a bear hug.
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#13 - Fear is the Bucking Horse
The Mod Squad - Season 1 - Episode 17
The Squad works a rodeo undercover to protect a TV cowboy star whose life has been threatened.
#14 - Willie Poor Boy
The Mod Squad - Season 2 - Episode 8
Pete befriends a young man caught in a robbery after learning that the suspect is illiterate.
#16 - The Victims
The Streets of San Francisco - Season 2 - Episode 11
Three escaped convicts leave a path of destruction behind them as well as causing friction between Keller and his girlfriend, Connie.
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#20 - Murder by the Numbers
Cannon - Season 3 - Episode 13
A blackmailer's murder brings his Swiss wife to America, and Cannon discovers still more dealings.
#21 - Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Starlet
The Mod Squad - Season 1 - Episode 11
With Pete and Linc close by, Julie poses as a Hollywood starlet to lure into the open a serial assailant preying upon young actresses.
#22 - The Heroine / The Warrior
Fantasy Island - Season 4 - Episode 12
In "The Heroine" romance novelist Florence Richmond whose own life is rather dull, wishes to become one of her book's wild and lusty heroines. And in "The Warrior" mild-mannered Robert Graham wishes to become a martial arts warrior in a fight to the finish in order to fulfill his fantasy about beating the best.
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#25 - The Committee
Starsky & Hutch - Season 2 - Episode 21
After the streetwise detectives capture a rapist, they are outraged when the thug is let of with a lenient court sentence. Starsky openly vents his disgust at such light punishment - attracting the interests of a vigilante Police 'death squad', who are executing criminals that are given such lenient sentences, and see him as their next possible recruit...
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#26 - Dark Outpost
The Invaders - Season 2 - Episode 8
While investigating the Invaders susceptibility to minor human ailments, Vincent unknowingly is taken aboard an alien spacecraft.
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#27 - Gold Record for Murder
Barnaby Jones - Season 2 - Episode 18
When his 'ghost writer' Ray wants the proper credit for his songs, rock star David Colton kills him with a drug overdose. David tries to get rid of his manager Gil, who knows about Ray's songs. Barnaby, hired by Ray's parents, finds out about David's secret.
#28 - Let the Goodtimes Roll / Nightmare / The Tiger
Fantasy Island - Season 2 - Episode 7
In "Let the Goodtimes Roll" a former hot-rod king wishes for his past glory and get the girl he left behind. In "Nightmare" Jeanine Sanford has terrifying nightmares which she wants to overcome. In "The Tiger" also known as Jamporie, world famous adventure writer Victor Duncan wants to stalk a legendary wild beast.
#29 - Treasure Hunt / Beauty Contest
Fantasy Island - Season 1 - Episode 6
In "Treasure Hunt" a couple along with their friend thirst for money and adventure leading them to some very difficult decisions. In "Beauty Contest" a sheltered 19 year old girl wishes to enter a beauty contest like her mother did in order to get acceptance from her father.
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#30 - Pentagram / A Little Ball / Casting Director
Fantasy Island - Season 2 - Episode 18
In "Pentagram" TV reporter Jane Garwood becomes an unsuspecting target when her relationships start dying one by one. In "A Little Ball" a nun has to decide between the church and getting married. In "Casting Couch" Felix Birdsong becomes casting director and is overwhelmed when all the lovelies attempt to win the lead role in a movie. Bribs not withstanding Felix is between a rock and a hard place.
#31 - The Prodigal Son
War of the Worlds - Season 1 - Episode 16
In 1953, aliens invaded Earth, but were stopped when they fell to the planet's bacteria - except one. Now this rebellious rogue alien uses Blackwood's meeting with the United Nations to help his own plan for global domination.
#32 - Unto Us a Child is Born
War of the Worlds - Season 1 - Episode 18
After a pregnant woman is possessed by an alien and gives birth, the child becomes the focus of a search as it may offer an immunity to Earth's bacteria.
#34 - A Coffin for Starsky
Starsky & Hutch - Season 1 - Episode 21
A masked assassin breaks into Starsky's apartment in the middle of the night, and injects him with a deadly poison. With the lethal drug quickly taking its hold, the rapidly ailing Starksy has less than 24 hours to live unless Hutch and himself can find the antidote in time. And to identify the exact poison in order to find the right antidote, they must first find the would-be killer...
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#35 - Long Walk Down a Short Dirt Road
Starsky & Hutch - Season 2 - Episode 23
The dashing detectives try to catch the deranged stalker who is hounding a successful country singer, and will only stop if she pays him $10,000. At first, the anonymous madman just issues threats via phone, but when he turns to murder, Starsky and Hutch must piece together just who the extortionist is and capture him before anyone else is killed...
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#37 - Spending Spree / The Hunted
Fantasy Island - Season 2 - Episode 19
In "Spending Spree" two girlfriends are given half a million dollars to spend and realize that friendship is more important than anything is. In "The Hunted" a thrill seeking big game hunter unexpectedly becomes the prey in the hunt.
#38 - Yesterday's Love / Fountain of Youth
Fantasy Island - Season 2 - Episode 21
In "Yesterday's Love" Peggy and Charles Atwood who are on the brink of divorce after 35 years of marriage, rekindle their love. In "Fountain of Youth" an old man on the brink of death hires a soldier of fortune to take him to the fountain of youth.
#40 - The Set-Up (1)
Starsky & Hutch - Season 2 - Episode 16
First episode of a two-part story. The tough detective partners are working incognito as truckers, in an operation to safely transport Joe Durniak - a man with Mob connections who Starsky knows from his childhood - who is promised protection and a new identity in return for giving testimony as a key state witness. But when Durniak is shot dead by a lone gunman convinced that Durniak was behind the murder of his wife, Starsky and Hutch find themselves uncovering a complex plot of bizarre deception. But as they investigate, they themselves come under suspicion for being involved with Durniak's murder..
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#42 - Gillian
Starsky & Hutch - Season 2 - Episode 5
The detective duo investigate a killing that is latest in a string of crimes in the red-light district. Off duty, Hutch is getting serious with his new girl-friend, the classy Gillian, but as the intrepid Detectives investigate the killing, Starsky by chance finds that Hutch's new love is a prostitute, who wants out but is being forced to continue by a cunning pimp and his mother. Starsky knows that his unwitting discovery could destroy his partnership with Hutch...
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#43 - Blind Man's Bluff
S.W.A.T. - Season 1 - Episode 11
While leading the team in the rescue of several women being held hostage by two known killers in a massage parlor, Hondo is grazed by a bullet across his temple. He refuses to take time off for tests until dizziness and blurred vision force him temporarily to relinquish his command to Lt. Purcell, an officer whose methods and personality have a demoralizing effect on the S.W.A.T. team.
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#44 - The Last Supper
War of the Worlds - Season 1 - Episode 19
A secret meeting between countries is conducted in order to evaluate the global alien threat. However, the Advocacy learn of this grouping, and seize it as an opportunity to swiftly crush resistance. for his own brand of justice.
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#45 - The Hostages
Starsky & Hutch - Season 1 - Episode 15
When Starsky offers for himself and Hutch to check on a waitress's missing friend, they find the man dead, leading them to stumble across a plot to rob an armoured car by a gang that are holding the driver's pregnant wife hostage, forcing the driver to go along with the plan...
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#46 - Cruising Angels
Charlie's Angels - Season 4 - Episode 13
Bosley and the Angels are sent to transfer Charlie's 100-foot yacht to Miami, only to find it stolen and mysteriously returned. They find blood on the deck and gold hidden on board.
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#47 - My Fair Pharaoh / The Power
Fantasy Island - Season 3 - Episode 22
In "My Fair Pharaoh" Lucy Atwell travels in time to ancient Egypt and poses as Cleopatra, only to find her life in grave danger. And in "The Power" Fred Webster wishes to assert more control over his life, is given the tricky power of telekinesis.
#48 - Jungle War
S.W.A.T. - Season 1 - Episode 6
Bo Pritchard is a veteran police officer who also served with Hondo in Vietnam. Having completed S.W.A.T. training, Pritchard all but begs Hondo to give him a chance to work on the team until "Deacon" Kay recovers. But going into action with Hondo recalls memories of jungle warfare to Pritchard whose hostility and resentments eventually pull him into an emotional breakdown.
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#49 - Time Bomb
S.W.A.T. - Season 2 - Episode 5
After completing S.W.A.T. exercises at a movie studio, Street realizes that he left his beeper on the lot. When he and his girlfriend return to collect it, they are trapped in the deserted studio by an embittered stuntman, who is planting explosives with the intent of blowing up the lot as an act of revenge.
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#50 - Murder at Sea (2)
Starsky & Hutch - Season 2 - Episode 4
Concluding part of this feature-length / two-part story. The detective duo, undercover as cruise ship entertainers Hack and Zack, find that they have stumbled onto something much bigger than dope dealers - the ship is to be the meeting place for a group of leading syndicate figures...
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