TV Show

McMillan & Wife

McMillan & Wife is a lighthearted American police procedural that aired on NBC from September 17, 1971 to April 24, 1977. Starring Rock Hudson and Susan Saint James in the title roles, the series premiered in 90-minute episodes as part of the wheel series NBC Mystery Movie, in rotation with Columbo and McCloud. Initially airing on Wednesday night, the original line-up was shifted to Sundays in the second season, where it aired for the rest of its run. This was the first element to be created specially for the Mystery Movie strand.

TV Show Stats +8%

6 seasons

39 episodes total

Status

Ended

First Aired

1971

Rating

TV Show

6.9/10

24 votes • HD

Season 1

7 episodes
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Murder by the Barrel
Episode 1

Murder by the Barrel

Episode 1 • Sep 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?

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The Easy Sunday Murder Case
Episode 2

The Easy Sunday Murder Case

Episode 2 • Oct 20, 1971

After the crosswords... a woman's husband is kidnapped, and her dog.

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Husbands, Wives, and Killers
Episode 3

Husbands, Wives, and Killers

Episode 3 • Nov 10, 1971

A valuable necklace under the eyes of Mac and Sally at a masked ball.

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Death Is a Seven Point Favorite
Episode 4

Death Is a Seven Point Favorite

Episode 4 • Dec 08, 1971

A mysterious note in a football begins a case.

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The Face of Murder
Episode 5

The Face of Murder

Episode 5 • Jan 05, 1972

A phiz for the fuzz. Sally becomes the prey of a jewel thief out to dispose of witnesses.

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'Til Death Do Us Part
Episode 6

'Til Death Do Us Part

Episode 6 • Feb 16, 1972

Sally and Mac are sealed in their home by a killer.

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Season 2

7 episodes
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Night of the Wizard
Episode 1

Night of the Wizard

Episode 1 • Sep 24, 1972

A man is done in by his wife, but he's not done yet. Evidently his ghost is unquiet.

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Blues for Sally M
Episode 2

Blues for Sally M

Episode 2 • Oct 22, 1972

A composer is up against it, and Sally's somehow connected to him.

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Cop of the Year
Episode 3

Cop of the Year

Episode 3 • Nov 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.

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Terror Times Two
Episode 4

Terror Times Two

Episode 4 • Dec 13, 1972

The mob abducts Mac and replaces him with a surgically-altered lookalike, to liquidate a squealer in a tightly-guarded hospital.

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No Hearts, No Flowers
Episode 5

No Hearts, No Flowers

Episode 5 • Jan 14, 1973

Sally's next on a maniac's agenda; a psychiatrist assists.

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The Fine Art of Staying Alive
Episode 6

The Fine Art of Staying Alive

Episode 6 • Mar 11, 1973

Sally is kidnapped at an art museum. The ransom: a priceless painting owned by Spain that they are unwilling to relinquish. Mac's only clue takes him back to the day he proposed to Sally.

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Season 3

6 episodes
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Death of a Monster...Birth of a Legend
Episode 1

Death of a Monster...Birth of a Legend

Episode 1 • Sep 30, 1973

It's off to Scotland to see the laird and the loch, where the game's afoot.

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The Devil, You Say
Episode 2

The Devil, You Say

Episode 2 • Oct 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.

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Free Fall to Terror
Episode 3

Free Fall to Terror

Episode 3 • Nov 11, 1973

A suicide investigation reveals the executive had a merger in the works.

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The Man Without a Face
Episode 4

The Man Without a Face

Episode 4 • Jan 06, 1974

A colleague from military intelligence calls on Mac, and is murdered.

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Reunion in Terror
Episode 5

Reunion in Terror

Episode 5 • Jan 27, 1974

Mac's old football squad is being eliminated one by one.

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Cross & Double Cross
Episode 6

Cross & Double Cross

Episode 6 • Feb 17, 1974

Mac switches places with Claudio Manton, a hood with a striking resemblance, to intercept stolen gold trans-shipped from France via Portugal and Mexico.

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Season 4

6 episodes
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Downshift to Danger
Episode 1

Downshift to Danger

Episode 1 • Sep 29, 1974

The grand prize of the 20th Annual Golden State Rally in Monterey is an antique car collection willed by a late millionaire. Mischief develops into mishaps and worse, until an entrant is killed.

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The Game of Survival
Episode 2

The Game of Survival

Episode 2 • Oct 20, 1974

A temperamental tennis champion is suspected of murdering a newspaper magnate who had him suspended.

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Buried Alive
Episode 3

Buried Alive

Episode 3 • Nov 10, 1974

A WWII intelligence colleague, long since thought to be dead, turns up and is murdered.

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Guilt by Association
Episode 4

Guilt by Association

Episode 4 • Dec 08, 1974

Mildred is accosted while serving on a sequestered jury, then another juror is murdered in his locked room.

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Night Train to L.A.
Episode 5

Night Train to L.A.

Episode 5 • Jan 19, 1975

Mac heads south to a police convention on a train filled with officers, Mildred, and the author of Cops and Other Crooks, who is murdered en route.

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Love, Honor and Swindle
Episode 6

Love, Honor and Swindle

Episode 6 • Feb 16, 1975

It seems that Mac's sister is engaged to a con man out to diddle a mining company.

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Season 5

7 episodes
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Deadly Inheritance
Episode 1

Deadly Inheritance

Episode 1 • Sep 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.

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Requiem for a Bride
Episode 2

Requiem for a Bride

Episode 2 • Oct 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.

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Aftershock
Episode 3

Aftershock

Episode 3 • Nov 09, 1975

Unusual interest is shown in the McMillans' house when Sally thinks of selling it. Then an earthquake reveals a body behind the brickwork.

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Secrets for Sale
Episode 4

Secrets for Sale

Episode 4 • Dec 07, 1975

During an election, the city is beset by a fiscal crisis. Politicians are being blackmailed, and Sgt. Enright leaves the force to marry an heiress and work for a private detective agency.

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The Deadly Cure
Episode 5

The Deadly Cure

Episode 5 • Jan 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.

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Greed
Episode 6

Greed

Episode 6 • Feb 15, 1976

Mildred and Agatha are named in a will. Heirs start dying, and next to inherit is Agatha, whose investigation runs parallel to McMillan's.

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Season 6

6 episodes
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All Bets Off
Episode 1

All Bets Off

Episode 1 • Dec 05, 1976

The wagers of sin. Mac is out to retrieve a set of diamonds swiped from his girl in Vegas.

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Dark Sunrise
Episode 2

Dark Sunrise

Episode 2 • Jan 02, 1977

Mac is away on a fishing trip when his house is blown up by a would-be assassin. Presumed dead, he investigates.

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Philip's Game
Episode 3

Philip's Game

Episode 3 • Jan 23, 1977

Up against a hit man who announces himself.

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Coffee, Tea, or Cyanide?
Episode 4

Coffee, Tea, or Cyanide?

Episode 4 • Jan 30, 1977

You pays your money, you takes your choice. While on an airline flight, Mac witnesses passengers dying mysteriously.

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Affair of the Heart
Episode 5

Affair of the Heart

Episode 5 • Mar 20, 1977

The case is clear, according to the Deputy D.A., but Mac has his doubts.

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Have You Heard About Vanessa?
Episode 6

Have You Heard About Vanessa?

Episode 6 • Apr 24, 1977

After a model commits suicide, Mac investigates her lonely life.

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