The BEST episodes written by Lou Shaw
#2 - The Barefoot Girls of Bleecker Street
McCloud - Season 5 - Episode 1
McCloud helps a runaway and her baby, amidst a curious stolen property investigation.
#3 - The Deadlier Species
Barnaby Jones - Season 3 - Episode 21
Betty poses as rich widow Miss Enright to get access to the ""Center for Female Consciousness"" in order to clear up the death of lawyer George Lockman. When she finds proof of embezzlement committed by comptroller Robert Travis she jeopardizes her life.
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#4 - Sing a Song of Murder
Barnaby Jones - Season 1 - Episode 8
When rock music star Rick Michaels accidentally falls into his empty pool his girl friend April thinks he is dead. Rick's managers Rooney and Paige believe the same and fearing for their salary they feign a kidnapping. Barnaby searches for April, who disappeared.
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#6 - The Man with the Golden Hat
McCloud - Season 5 - Episode 6
After hanging his Stetson in a diner one night, McCloud is stymied by various attempts to relieve him of it. His clues lead to a ballet company on the verge of folding, and a philanthropic foundation with millions of dollars missing from its account books.
#7 - Broken Image
Have Gun, Will Travel - Season 4 - Episode 32
Paladin and a local hero go in pursuit of a gang of bank robbers but the hero may not be what he seems.
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#8 - The Vivian Carter Story
Wagon Train - Season 2 - Episode 23
Getting set to leave the wagon train, Vivian Carter finds out a friend she knows from the train hoped for more than that. Heading to a new life and her first marriage, she's given some options and even at her age has its surprises.
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#9 - Speed
Mission: Impossible - Season 7 - Episode 19
Sam Hibbing, a major Syndicate drug dealer, stole three tons of amphetamines from a chemical plant and hit the stash in a secret location - the IMF must get it before he sells it. The IMF replaces Hibbert's drug-addicted daughter Margaret with Casey and her new friend Jim, who turns out to own a charter plane and served time for murder. Meanwhile Barney teams up with Hibbing's buyer Dayton to purchase the drugs but they must have them the next day - Jim sets it up so Hibbing's regular courier gave drugs to Margaret/Casey, leaving Hibbing with no other choice then to use Jim as the delivery man. Hibbing sees through Casey's disguise and she escapes, but Hibbing tries to stop Jim - Barney and Willy stop him and Margaret goes into rehab.
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#11 - The Juan Ortega Story
Wagon Train - Season 2 - Episode 2
Juan awakens to the sound of three men hanging his beloved father. Joining the wagon train, he comes across one of the three, tortured by Indians. He nurses him back to health but only under the guise of looking for the other two killers.
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Have Gun, Will Travel - Season 5 - Episode 7
Paladin is offered $1000 to win a horse race called a mule kalanta. When he arrives he finds out what the bet is, and he decides to make a change.
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#13 - Showdown at Times Square
McCloud - Season 6 - Episode 2
The Chief (Clifford) is running a weekly bull session, that is, the detectives squawk and he gives them a talk. McCloud notices smoke signals coming from a nearby roof. The Chief (Stillwater) is seeking his grandson Johnny, who has followed a gang of thieves to New York. Johnny's father is in jail back home in Phoenix, framed by the gang.
#14 - A Proof of Love
Have Gun, Will Travel - Season 5 - Episode 5
Paladin urges a momma's boy farmer to win back his wayward mail-order bride, by besting party-animal neighbor Rud Saxon in a dance contest. The meek farm-boy hired Paladin to teach him to outdraw the usurper, but Paladin convinces him that he can win her Greek heart with his feet.
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#16 - Go Fight City Hall... To the Death
Quincy, M.E. - Season 1 - Episode 1
A young woman is raped and strangled on a Los Angeles beach. Further down the coastline a young boy is shot and arrested for her murder. Quincy doesn't think that it would have been possible for the boy arrested to strangle the woman and decides that he is going to go out and begin a little investigation of his own. He visits City Hall where the woman worked to ask some questions and, after a little checking, finds out that there seem to have been a rash of unexplained deaths there.
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#17 - Inside, Outside
The Fall Guy - Season 3 - Episode 8
Colt refuses a bribe, so Terri is kidnapped to pressure him not to testify.
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#18 - The Ives Have It
The Fall Guy - Season 2 - Episode 2
Terri sends Colt to Aruba to bring back a burglar, but it turns out she is one of twins and had a good reason for the breaking and entering. But which one did it?
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#19 - Death Boat
The Fall Guy - Season 2 - Episode 14
When a jewel thief has plastic surgery and takes a cruise to recover, Colt and insurance investigator Kay Faulkner join the cruise along with Howie and Jody, who pretend to be an invalid and his nurse. Now if only they could identify the thief.
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#20 - Three for the Road
The Fall Guy - Season 1 - Episode 20
A pretty jewel thief hops off to Mexico with Colt and his friends, joined by insurance investigator Kay Faulkner, hot on her trail.
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Have Gun, Will Travel - Season 5 - Episode 33
Gavin O'Shea, revered in his homeland, appeals to any Irishman listening to help by providing money for his cause. When two brothers help him out by breaking the law Paladin must think fast to prevent one of them from swinging from a rope.
#22 - Will Success Spoil Herman Munster?
The Munsters - Season 2 - Episode 12
Eddie borrows a tape recorder belonging to the disc-jockey father of one of his friends. Herman records a version of DRY BONES, accompanying himself on the guitar. The following day, the disc jockey plays the song on his radio show - and it becomes an instant hit. Herman identifies himself as the mystery singer and quickly turns into an egomaniacal would-be celebrity. Grandpa comes to the rescue with his Nothin' Muffins.
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#23 - Maude and the Medical Profession
Maude - Season 1 - Episode 16
Walter and Maude are planning on taking a second honeymoon to Italy, however, the day their plane leaves, Maude gets a tetnus shot which results in a rash. She immediatley hotfoots it down to the doctors office where she encounters a busy preoccupied doctor who perscribes her medication but doesn't advise her on how to take it, resulting in an overdose, cancellation of the honeymoon and a possible malpractice suit.
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#24 - Fade in to Murder
Columbo - Season 6 - Episode 1
Ward Fowler, who plays debonair television detective Lieutenant Lucerne, has a reputation for being a difficult actor. His series is a hit, however, so the network and studio executives again and again capitulate to his demands. Although separated, husband and wife team Sid and Claire Daley continue to produce the Inspector Lucerne program. Claire continually advises everyone else to go along with their stars demands. Not even Sid knows that Claire is blackmailing Ward. Claire discovers Ward in Canada. She knows he deserted from the United States Army during the Korean War. If that information got out ,it would ruin Ward's career. When Claire takes a phone call in Ward's trailer, the actor overhears her saying she’ll be getting a sandwich at Tony’s Deli. Ward gets to Tony’s Deli just after Claire disguising himself with a ski mask and bulky parka he pretends to be a hold up man.
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#25 - A Case of Immunity
Columbo - Season 5 - Episode 2
An ambassador from Suari and his code clerk kill the chief of security in an attempt to make it look like the chief was a traitor, who blew up the legation safe and stole £600.000 on behalf of a dissident group. But Columbo gets suspicious. He just have problem crushing the ambassador's alibi. And then, when the code clerk turns up dead, the ambassador has an alibi again. But even if Colombo could rock the two alibis, there is always the immunity problem.
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#26 - Snake Eyes (1)
Quincy, M.E. - Season 2 - Episode 1
Quincy, Lee and Danny are all in Lake Tahoe together. Quincy is there for a forensic Pathologist convention and the others for a weekend break. While they are there the guests and staff start coming down with some kind of strange illness. Quincy and a couple of other Forensic Pathologists are called in to help but when some of the patients start dying they still have no clue as to what is killing them. To make things worse the casino owner does not want to admit that anything is wrong, as it will affect his bookings and profits.
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#27 - The Thigh Bone's Connected to the Knee Bone
Quincy, M.E. - Season 2 - Episode 3
A thigh bone is found buried on the building site of a new student union building. Quincy is teaching a class at the university and soon involves himself and his students who the bone belonged to, how they died and possibly even who killed him. Not surprisingly Monaghan and Asten consider this a complete waste of time and want Quincy to get back to his job and stop bothering them.
#28 - Rockabye Baby
The Fall Guy - Season 4 - Episode 19
Colt trails a bail-jumping girl singer accused of murder. Cameos: The Four Tops, the Temptations, LaToya Jackson.
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#29 - A Star Is Dead
Quincy, M.E. - Season 1 - Episode 3
Roberta Rhodes, a famous movie star, is found dead in her bedroom. The police think that it was probably suicide but Quincy thinks not. A gossip newspaper editor approaches Quincy and tells him that on the night of her death his friend, and prospective senator, Congressman Charles Sinclair was with her. Quincy cannot believe that his friend could have killed Roberta but if he didn't then why does he keep lying to Quincy?
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#30 - Snake Eyes (2)
Quincy, M.E. - Season 2 - Episode 2
The disease continues to spread and the rest of the hotel/casino's guests want to know what is going on. They want to get out of the building but Quincy and his colleagues know that they have to keep the disease, and the guests, contained. If the disease gets out of the hotel it could cause an epidemic that could quickly spread all over the country!
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Have Gun, Will Travel - Season 5 - Episode 37
$20,000 in gold bullion is stolen and dropped into a lake. Paladin decides to try to retrieve it but Jonah, a fisherman, has the spot staked out. He's after a huge trout and doesn't want anyone getting in his way. There's also the three thieves watching and waiting to ambush Paladin once he gets the gold.
#32 - The Jenna Douglas Story
Wagon Train - Season 5 - Episode 6
Jenna Douglas is found by scouts for the wagon train. She appears to have been a victim of a scavenger attack and is adopted by the train. As time goes on people on the train begin to have doubts about her story and her mental state.
#33 - Incident at the Top of the World
Rawhide - Season 3 - Episode 12
There's a new drover who has just spent five years in an army hospital and is addicted to morphine.
#34 - Dream Girl
Have Gun, Will Travel - Season 5 - Episode 22
Paladin rides upon Buddy Webster's mining camp, who needs a big favor. He has been prospecting for gold dust the last five years. He asks Paladin to help him get to Jackson City to find a girl he believes is waiting for him. With Paladin's help, this young miner quickly learns the ways of the world.
#35 - Trauma
The Fall Guy - Season 3 - Episode 2
Howie is seriously hurt in a sabotaged stunt meant to keep them from testifying against a thief. NOTE: This two-part episode was concluded on the series "Trauma Center."
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#36 - No Way to Treat a Patient
Quincy, M.E. - Season 5 - Episode 22
A young physician may lose his license over his alleged mishandling of a gunshot victim.
#37 - The Play
Mission: Impossible - Season 3 - Episode 9
Milos Kuro, minister of culture has been using propaganda to discredit his premier, Leon Vados. Vados is a progressive trying to negotiate a nonagression pact with the U.S. When in the U.S. Kuro witnesses a play written by Cinnamon that undermines Vados and the U.S. He arranges to have it staged in his country. But Cinnamon and Rollin leak the play's existence to Vados. Vados attends a rehersal and is seated beneath a special radar disk that creates a sound envelope so that Vados hears only the special dialogue the IMF has created that makes Vados out to look like a fool. Vados has Kuro arrested.
#38 - Dirty Laundry
The Fall Guy - Season 3 - Episode 7
Flo hits an amorous man, is jailed, and then jumps bail. She flees to Reno, where she is involved with a money laundering scheme.
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#39 - Cool Hand Colt
The Fall Guy - Season 3 - Episode 13
A corporation wants to drain the bayou. Colt is sent to bring back Junior to testify, but is put in a chain gang and the sheriff is out to kill him.
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#40 - Devil's Island
The Fall Guy - Season 3 - Episode 1
Fred wants Mary detained long enough to keep her from testifying against his boss. She is in Mexico. Opening stunt is a choreographed battle in freefall.
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#41 - The Chase
The Fall Guy - Season 2 - Episode 22
Max sees a murder in the parking lot where he was about to steal a car. He is arrested and the killers escape. Now he is the target.
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#42 - The Pearl Necklace
Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Season 6 - Episode 29
How to marry a millionaire becomes a pathway to a loveless union for a beautiful young woman already in a relationship with a grasping and handsome man. Thinking she has married a man with a year to live and a fortune to inherit, her future plans soon go awry when her husband does the unexpected - he continues to live!
#43 - Eight Ball
The Fall Guy - Season 2 - Episode 15
Howie and Jody are concerned that Colt is acting very secretive. Little do they realize that he's helping a former pool champ, now a recovering alcoholic, practice for a big comeback game. But mobsters who have money on their own.
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#44 - The Concrete Jungle Caper
McCloud - Season 5 - Episode 5
The international drug trade and a dealer named Harry Hague have McCloud undercover and in prison to root out the Rhigas family of distributors.
#45 - October the 31st
The Fall Guy - Season 4 - Episode 7
Elvira and company are offered a night in a haunted house.
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#46 - Scavenger Hunt
The Fall Guy - Season 1 - Episode 22
Some naval officers were involved in a $5 million robbery in Hawaii and they are looking for the man holding the money. For some reason, they just can't find the money.
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#47 - Strange Bedfellows
The Fall Guy - Season 2 - Episode 17
A wild tale in which a man who fails to convince Colt to bail out a woman takes Jody hostage to further his cause. The woman has an urgent need to pick up a million dollars.
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#48 - Trial by Terror
Ironside - Season 8 - Episode 4
A woman reluctantly turns to Ironside for protection after she witnesses the murder of her father, a man who was set to testify in the trial of a drug kingpin.
#49 - Losers Weepers (1)
The Fall Guy - Season 4 - Episode 1
A cast of comedians, an insurance agent and the theft of $3 million interact in this episode.
#50 - Mystery of the Solid Gold Kicker
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries - Season 1 - Episode 14
Nancy and her girlfriend, George, attend a victory party where they find a star football player, standing over a prostate girl, with a broken crystal vase in his hand. Only the ever persistent Nancy can unravel who's out to frame the player and why.