The BEST episodes of McCloud season 1
Every episode of McCloud season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of McCloud season 1!
A "fish-out-of-water" cop show about a New Mexico lawman assigned to a Manhattan precinct. There's a healthy dose of matchstick-chewing and down-home phrases, but McCloud is one sharp country slicker who teaches his city counterparts a thing or two about nailing bad guys.
#1 - Horse Stealing on Fifth Avenue
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/23/1970
(NOTE: For repeats, this episode was known as "Manhattan Manhunt, Part 1"). McCloud is becoming famous thanks to press coverage. It doesn't endear him to the boys in blue, who have to deal with a string of drugstore holdups.
#2 - Portrait of a Dead Girl (aka Who Killed Miss U.S.A.?)
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/17/1970
McCloud escorts a witness from New Mexico to New York City, but loses him to kidnappers and finds himself in a murder case involving Puerto Rican nationalists, a lady novelist, a Wall Street lawyer, and a dead beauty pageant winner.
#3 - Who Says You Can't Make Friends in New York City
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/16/1970
(NOTE: For televised repeats, this episode was known as "Man from Taos, Part 1"). McCloud goes to help a lady in distress, but gets caught in a shootout that sends him back to Taos on Chief Clifford's orders. At the last minute, the Chief is kidnapped to force McCloud to act as a courier to Paris.
#4 - The Concrete Corral
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/30/1970
(NOTE: For televised repeats, this episode was known as "Murder Arena, Part 1"). McCloud is assigned to shepherd the cowboys at a visiting rodeo. They're old friends, and one of them is killed by a jealous rival over a woman, it appears.
#5 - The Stage is All the World
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/7/1970
(NOTE: For televised repeats, this episode was known as "Manhattan Manhunt, Part 2"). McCloud, whose new-found celebrity (thanks to an article by Chris Coughlin in the Chronicle) vexes the Department, is assigned to protect a British theatrical maven who has received letters assailing his ""filthy, obscene"" productions and threatening his life.
#6 - Walk in the Dark
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/14/1970
(NOTE: For televised repeats, this episode was known as "Murder Arena, Part 2"). McCloud complains about his assignment to rodeo detail, so Chief Clifford sends him to Special Auxiliary Force VI under the command of Sgt. Dameron, where he works to catch a murderer in Central Park.
#7 - Our Man in Paris
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/21/1970
(NOTE: For televised repeats, this episode was known as "Man from Taos, Part 2"). In Paris, McCloud and a stewardess try to locate a mysterious arms smuggler with ties to an American mogul and a New York gubernatorial candidate.