The Best Episodes of The Master

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
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   7.5/10(29 votes)

   #1 - A Place to Call Home

   S1:E138/31/1984

   The Master and Max take on a ruthless land developer who is trying to evict a woman and the orphans she takes care of from their property.

   Director:Sidney Hayers

   Writer:Susan Woollen

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   Director:Sidney Hayers

   Writer:Susan Woollen
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   7.3/10(30 votes)

   #2 - The Good, the Bad and the Priceless

   S1:E83/23/1984

   To rescue a woman claiming to be the Master's daughter, Max and the Master end up having to steal the British Crown Jewels.

   Director:Michael Caffey

   Writers:Tom Sawyer, Michael Sloan, Susan Woollen

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   Director:Michael Caffey

   Writers:Tom Sawyer, Michael Sloan, Susan Woollen
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   7.2/10(34 votes)

   #3 - Fat Tuesday

   S1:E63/9/1984

   McCallister and Max come to the aid of a reporter doing an expose on ruthless gunrunners.

   Director:Sidney Hayers

   Writer:Tom Sawyer

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   Director:Sidney Hayers

   Writer:Tom Sawyer
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   7.1/10(35 votes)

   #4 - Kunoichi

   S1:E94/6/1984

   McCallister is framed for murder by an old ""friend.""

   Director:Gordon Hessler

   Writer:Susan Woollen

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   Director:Gordon Hessler

   Writer:Susan Woollen
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   7.1/10(32 votes)

   #5 - Failure to Communicate

   S1:E115/4/1984

   When a secretary is kidnapped, Max and the Master get involved. The secretary works for Max's negligent, drunk father, and they must protect a blind woman who the kidnappers believe is a witness to their crime.

   Director:Sidney Hayers

   Writer:Michael Sloan

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   Director:Sidney Hayers

   Writer:Michael Sloan
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   7.0/10(32 votes)

   #6 - Rogues

   S1:E128/10/1984

   The Master takes on a squad of rogue cops using their training and positions to commit a series of robberies.

   Director:Gordon Hessler

   Writer:S.S. Schweitzer

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   Director:Gordon Hessler

   Writer:S.S. Schweitzer
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   6.8/10(40 votes)

   #7 - Juggernaut

   S1:E73/16/1984

   Farmers need the help of the Master and pupil to get their goods to market past a trucking firm's roadblock.

   Director:Gordon Hessler

   Writers:Michael Sloan, Susan Woollen

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   Director:Gordon Hessler

   Writers:Michael Sloan, Susan Woollen
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   6.7/10(31 votes)

   #8 - The Java Tiger

   S1:E104/13/1984

   The Master must make his way past a booby-trapped cave in Hawaii to recover a priceless statue.

   Director:Bruce Kessler

   Writer:Tom Sawyer

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   Director:Bruce Kessler

   Writer:Tom Sawyer
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   6.6/10(38 votes)

   #9 - High Rollers

   S1:E53/2/1984

   A former military squad turns to crime and plans a casino heist, and needs the inside help of a dancer - they kidnap her daughter to get it.

   Director:Peter Crane

   Writer:Susan Woollen

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   Director:Peter Crane

   Writer:Susan Woollen
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    5.3/10(107 votes)

    #10 - Out-of-Time Step

    S1:E21/27/1984

    On the trail of his daughter in San Francisco, McCallister and Max aid a nightclub owner against a ruthless Chinese syndicate.

    Director:Ray Austin

    Writers:Michael Sloan, Susan Woollen

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    Director:Ray Austin

    Writers:Michael Sloan, Susan Woollen
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    4.5/10(96 votes)

    #11 - Hostages

    S1:E42/10/1984

    Max and McCallister get invited to an exclusive political party at an isolated mansion that is taken over by terrorists. The local CIA head is aware of McCallister's past and suspects him of being involved - McCallister must free the hostages to prove his innocence. And Okasa is lurking nearby to complicate matters even further...

    Director:Ray Austin

    Writer:Susan Woollen

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    Director:Ray Austin

    Writer:Susan Woollen
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    4.3/10(146 votes)

    #12 - Max

    S1:E11/20/1984

    Max Keller meets up with John Peter McAllister, an American who having remained in Japan after World War II, became the only occidental American ever to achieve the status of the Ninja. Having returned to America to locate his newly discovered daughter, he agrees to tutor Max in the ninjutsu arts, while helping a father and daughter fend off an unscrupulous land developer who is trying to get a hold of their airport.

    Director:Robert Clouse

    Writer:Michael Sloan

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    Director:Robert Clouse

    Writer:Michael Sloan
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    4.3/10(96 votes)

    #13 - State of the Union

    S1:E32/3/1984

    After arriving in a coastal down, Max and the Master help a young girl, Kerry, set up a union in the local cannery despite the wishes of the owner.

    Director:Alan Myerson

    Writer:Susan Woollen

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    Director:Alan Myerson

    Writer:Susan Woollen