McMillan and 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.

Creators and Cast

Creators

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Leonard B. Stern

Creator

Cast

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Rock Hudson

Stewart 'Mac' McMillan

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John Schuck

Sgt. Charles Enright

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Martha Raye

Agetha

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Richard Gilliland

Sgt. Steve DiMaggio

Episodes

Specials

1 episode

S0 E1 · Once Upon a Dead Man (Pilot)

1971-09-17

A theft at a charity auction and the disappearance of an Egyptian sarcophagus.

Season 1

7 episodes

S1 E1 · Murder by the Barrel

1971-09-29

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?

S1 E2 · The Easy Sunday Murder Case

1971-10-20

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

S1 E3 · Husbands, Wives, and Killers

1971-11-10

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

S1 E4 · Death Is a Seven Point Favorite

1971-12-08

A mysterious note in a football begins a case.

S1 E5 · The Face of Murder

1972-01-05

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

S1 E6 · 'Til Death Do Us Part

1972-02-16

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

S1 E7 · An Elementary Case of Murder

1972-03-01

An old flame enters the picture.

Season 2

7 episodes

S2 E1 · Night of the Wizard

1972-09-24

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

S2 E2 · Blues for Sally M

1972-10-22

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

S2 E3 · Cop of the Year

1972-11-19

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.

S2 E4 · Terror Times Two

1972-12-13

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

S2 E5 · No Hearts, No Flowers

1973-01-14

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

S2 E6 · The Fine Art of Staying Alive

1973-03-11

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.

S2 E7 · Two Dollars on Trouble to Win

1973-04-01

Strange accidents surrounding a thoroughbred horse suggest its owner, an old family friend of Sally's, is a target for murder.

Season 3

6 episodes

S3 E1 · Death of a Monster...Birth of a Legend

1973-09-30

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

S3 E2 · The Devil, You Say

1973-10-21

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.

S3 E3 · Free Fall to Terror

1973-11-11

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

S3 E4 · The Man Without a Face

1974-01-06

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

S3 E5 · Reunion in Terror

1974-01-27

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

S3 E6 · Cross & Double Cross

1974-02-17

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

Season 4

6 episodes

S4 E1 · Downshift to Danger

1974-09-29

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.

S4 E2 · The Game of Survival

1974-10-20

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

S4 E3 · Buried Alive

1974-11-10

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

S4 E4 · Guilt by Association

1974-12-08

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

S4 E5 · Night Train to L.A.

1975-01-19

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.

S4 E6 · Love, Honor and Swindle

1975-02-16

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

Season 5

7 episodes

S5 E1 · Deadly Inheritance

1975-09-28

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.

S5 E2 · Requiem for a Bride

1975-10-26

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.

S5 E3 · Aftershock

1975-11-09

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

S5 E4 · Secrets for Sale

1975-12-07

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.

S5 E5 · The Deadly Cure

1976-01-18

Mac is wounded in a failed drug raid and sent to the hospital, where he sees a patient smothered, and slowly unravels the case.

S5 E6 · Greed

1976-02-15

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

S5 E7 · Point of Law

1976-03-07

A naval lieutenant facing a court-martial on a murder charge is appointed counsel in the person of Commander McMillan, USNR.

Season 6

6 episodes

S6 E1 · All Bets Off

1976-12-05

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

S6 E2 · Dark Sunrise

1977-01-02

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

S6 E3 · Philip's Game

1977-01-23

Up against a hit man who announces himself.

S6 E4 · Coffee, Tea, or Cyanide?

1977-01-30

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

S6 E5 · Affair of the Heart

1977-03-20

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

S6 E6 · Have You Heard About Vanessa?

1977-04-24

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