The BEST episodes of Banacek
Every episode of Banacek ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Banacek!
Peppard played Thomas Banacek, a suave, Polish-American freelance investigator based in Boston, who solved seemingly impossible thefts (see locked room mystery). He then collected from the insurance companies 10% of the insured value of the recovered property. One of Banacek's verbal signatures was the quotation of strangely worded yet curiously cogent "Polish" proverbs. -- Wikipedia
#1 - To Steal a King
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/15/1972
Banacek must discover how a coin collector's priceless collection is stolen from a locked vault inside a state-of-the-art secure hotel room.
#2 - Ten Thousand Dollars a Page
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/10/1973
Banacek must solve a murder and the disappearance of a valuable book from a theft-proof display case.
#3 - No Stone Unturned
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/3/1973
Banacek must locate a 3-ton, 3-meter-tall statue that inexplicably disappears before its unveiling.
#4 - The Vanishing Chalice
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/15/1974
Banacek and Carlie race to solve the mystery of a one-of-a-kind Greek treasure that disappeared from a museum gallery in front of a crowd of startled onlookers.
#5 - Horse of a Slightly Different Color
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/22/1974
Banacek must figure out how a $5 million racehorse was switched for another during its morning workout.
#6 - Rocket to Oblivion
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/12/1974
An experimental rocket engine disappears from a trade show display.
#7 - A Million the Hard Way
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/1/1972
A million dollars in cash disappears from a Las Vegas casino's tamperproof display case.
#8 - The Three Million Dollar Piracy
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/21/1973
A precious jewel-encrusted coach is stolen from a sealed container as it's loaded onto a cargo ship.
#9 - The Two Million Clams of Cap'n Jack
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/7/1973
Banacek is hired to retrieve valuable stock certificates stolen from a major food company on the eve of a planned merger.
#10 - Let's Hear It for a Living Legend
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/13/1972
When a professional football player vanishes from the field of play in front of a large crowd and millions of TV viewers, Banacek is called in by the owner of the team to solve the mystery.
#11 - No Sign of the Cross
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/11/1972
A priceless gold cross disappears en route from Mexico to Los Angeles, despite being guarded by an army officer and handcuffed to a priest.
#12 - Now You See Me, Now You Don't
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/12/1974
Banacek assists the daughter of a stage magician, suspected of grand larceny, who disappeared during his act - for good.
#13 - Project Phoenix
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/1972
A $5,000,000 experimental car, and the train car it was being transported on, both disappear without a trace.
#14 - Fly Me -- If You Can Find Me
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/19/1974
A crippled airplane makes an emergency landing on a tiny desert airstrip, only to vanish the next morning.
#15 - If Max is So Smart, Why Doesn't He Tell Us Where He Is?
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/7/1973
A highly prized medical computer disappears from a lab fortified with electric fences and sensitive alarms.
#16 - The Greatest Collection of Them All
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 1/24/1973
Banacek must figure out how $23 million worth of paintings vanished from a sealed truck on its way from New York to Boston.