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The Best Episodes of McCloud Season 1

Every episode of McCloud Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of McCloud Season 1!

Binge this in 6h 22m•Peaking at 7.5/10

Deputy Marshal Sam McCloud of the small western town of Taos, New Mexico is assigned to the metropolitan New York City Police Department (NYPD) as a special investigator.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    McCloud Season 1 Episode 6 - Murder Arena (2) (or Walk in the Dark)
    7.5/10(88 votes)

    S1:E6

    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.

    Directors:Russ Mayberry, Nicholas Colasanto
    Writer:Leslie Stevens

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  2. McCloud Season 1 Episode 5 - Manhattan Manhunt (2) (or The Stage Is All the World)
    7.3/10(102 votes)

    S1:E5

    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.

    Directors:Russ Mayberry, Bruce Kessler
    Writer:Norman Hudis

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  3. McCloud Season 1 Episode 4 - Murder Arena (1) (or The Concrete Corral)
    7.1/10(108 votes)

    S1:E4

    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.

    Director:Nicholas Colasanto
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. McCloud Season 1 Episode 1 - Portrait of a Dead Girl (or Who Killed Miss U.S.A.?)
    7.0/10(143 votes)

    S1:E1

    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.

    Director:Richard A. Colla
    Writers:William Link, Richard Levinson, Stanford Whitmore

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  5. McCloud Season 1 Episode 3 - Manhattan Manhunt (1) (or Horse Stealing on Fifth Avenue)
    7.0/10(103 votes)

    S1:E3

    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.

    Director:Bruce Kessler
    Writer:Glen A. Larson

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  6. McCloud Season 1 Episode 2 - Man from Taos (1) (or Who Says You Can't Make Friends in New York City?)
    6.9/10(100 votes)

    S1:E2

    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.

    Director:Douglas Heyes
    Writer:Leslie Stevens

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  7. McCloud Season 1 Episode 7 - Man from Taos (2) (or Our Man in Paris)
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S1:E7

    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.

    Director:Russ Mayberry
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Murder Arena (2) (or Walk in the Dark)" is the best rated episode of "McCloud" season 1. It scored 7.5/10 based on 88 votes. Directed by Russ Mayberry, Nicholas Colasanto and written by Leslie Stevens, it aired on 10/14/1970. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Manhattan Manhunt (2) (or The Stage Is All the World)".