The BEST episodes of McMillan and Wife
Every episode of McMillan and Wife ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of McMillan and Wife!
Police Commissioner Stewart McMillan of San Francisco is a man with ponderous responsibilities. By good fortune, his wife Sally is something of a genius. They live in the city and have a shrewd housekeeper named Mildred, who is as often as not at odds with her slightly distraught sister Agatha. McMillan's duties require him to intervene personally when circumstances warrant in police cases, and here he is aided by the saturnine but enthusiastic Sgt. Enright. The commissioner's mother, Beatrice McMillan, a brilliant person, independent-minded and a very fast driver, breezes through now and again. In the last season, two of the actors have departed, and the show is renamed McMillan. Directors: Daniel Petrie, Hy Averback, Lee H. Katzin, etc.
#1 - Guilt by Association
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/8/1974
Mildred is accosted while serving on a sequestered jury, then another juror is murdered in his locked room.
#2 - The Game of Survival
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/20/1974
A temperamental tennis champion is suspected of murdering a newspaper magnate who had him suspended.
#3 - The Deadly Cure
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/18/1976
Mac is wounded in a failed drug raid and sent to the hospital, where he sees a patient smothered, and slowly unravels the case.
#4 - Deadly Inheritance
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/28/1975
At Andy Kenesaw's 90th birthday party, an attempt is made on his life, just before a stockholders' meeting of the company he founded with Mac's grandfather years before (Kenemac Alfalfa Corporation, est. 1901) is held to consider a merger bid from Harvest Foods Incorporated.
#5 - The Devil You Say
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/21/1973
Mildred thinks she's witnessed a murder, and Sally receives a strange gift in the mail: film of a satanic ritual. More gifts reveal someone has it in for Mildred and a yen for Sally.
Watch Now:Amazon
#6 - All Bets Off
Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 12/5/1976
The wagers of sin. Mac is out to retrieve a set of diamonds swiped from his girl in Vegas.
#7 - Dark Sunrise
Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/2/1977
Mac is away on a fishing trip when his house is blown up by a would-be assassin. Presumed dead, he investigates.
#8 - Affair of the Heart
Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/20/1977
The case is clear, according to the Deputy D.A., but Mac has his doubts.
#9 - Aftershock
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/9/1975
Unusual interest is shown in the McMillans' house when Sally thinks of selling it. Then an earthquake reveals a body behind the brickwork.
#10 - The Man Without a Face
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/6/1974
A colleague from military intelligence calls on Mac, and is murdered. First two-hour episode of the series.
#11 - Freefall to Terror
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/11/1973
A suicide investigation reveals the executive had a merger in the works.
Watch Now:Amazon
#12 - Death of a Monster...Birth of a Legend
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/30/1973
It's off to Scotland to see the laird and the loch, where the game's afoot.
#13 - Murder by the Barrel
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/1971
On moving day, Sally discovers a dead body in a moving barrel. When she leaves to tell Mac, the barrel disappears. What happened to it?
#14 - Husbands, Wives and Killers
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/10/1971
A valuable necklace under the eyes of Mac and Sally at a masked ball.
#15 - The Easy Sunday Murder Case
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/20/1971
After the crosswords... a woman's husband is kidnapped, and her dog.
#16 - Have You Heard About Vanessa?
Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/24/1977
After a model commits suicide, Mac investigates her lonely life.
#17 - Requiem for a Bride
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/26/1975
Commissioner McMillan celebrates an old friend's wedding, but the honeymoon ends when the bride is murdered, and the intended victim may be closer to home.
#18 - Buried Alive
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/10/1974
A WWII intelligence colleague, long since thought to be dead, turns up and is murdered.
#19 - No Hearts, No Flowers
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/14/1973
Sally's next on a maniac's agenda; a psychiatrist assists.
#20 - Cop of the Year
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/19/1972
After receiving the Cop of The Year award, Sgt. Enright is accused of the murder of his ex-wife--and the case against him seems air-tight.
Watch Now:Amazon
#21 - An Elementary Case of Murder
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/1/1972
Mac's old flame is accused of murder and the evidence points to her, or does it? Barabara McNair guest-stars in this unusual episode which was lifted almost verbatim from Season 2 of 'Ironside' (staring Raymond Burr), Episode 9.
#22 - Till Death Do Us Part
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/16/1972
Sally and Mac are sealed in their home by a killer.
#23 - Death is a Seven Point Favorite
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/8/1971
A mysterious note in a football begins a case.
#24 - Night of the Wizard
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/1972
A man is done in by his wife, but he's not done yet. Evidently his ghost is unquiet.
#25 - The Face of Murder
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/5/1972
A phiz for the fuzz. Sally becomes the prey of a jewel thief out to dispose of witnesses.
Want to see the rest of the rankings?
Episode Ninja is a small business run by one person.
Pro memberships help fund servers and new feature development!