
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.
Seasons
1. Murder by the Barrel
Air Date: 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?
2. The Easy Sunday Murder Case
Air Date: 1971-10-20
After the crosswords... a woman's husband is kidnapped, and her dog.
3. Husbands, Wives, and Killers
Air Date: 1971-11-10
A valuable necklace under the eyes of Mac and Sally at a masked ball.
4. Death Is a Seven Point Favorite
Air Date: 1971-12-08
A mysterious note in a football begins a case.
5. The Face of Murder
Air Date: 1972-01-05
A phiz for the fuzz. Sally becomes the prey of a jewel thief out to dispose of witnesses.
6. 'Til Death Do Us Part
Air Date: 1972-02-16
Sally and Mac are sealed in their home by a killer.
7. An Elementary Case of Murder
Air Date: 1972-03-01
An old flame enters the picture.
1. Night of the Wizard
Air Date: 1972-09-24
A man is done in by his wife, but he's not done yet. Evidently his ghost is unquiet.
2. Blues for Sally M
Air Date: 1972-10-22
A composer is up against it, and Sally's somehow connected to him.
3. Cop of the Year
Air Date: 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.
4. Terror Times Two
Air Date: 1972-12-13
The mob abducts Mac and replaces him with a surgically-altered lookalike, to liquidate a squealer in a tightly-guarded hospital.
5. No Hearts, No Flowers
Air Date: 1973-01-14
Sally's next on a maniac's agenda; a psychiatrist assists.
6. The Fine Art of Staying Alive
Air Date: 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.
7. Two Dollars on Trouble to Win
Air Date: 1973-04-01
Strange accidents surrounding a thoroughbred horse suggest its owner, an old family friend of Sally's, is a target for murder.
1. Death of a Monster...Birth of a Legend
Air Date: 1973-09-30
It's off to Scotland to see the laird and the loch, where the game's afoot.
2. The Devil, You Say
Air Date: 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.
3. Free Fall to Terror
Air Date: 1973-11-11
A suicide investigation reveals the executive had a merger in the works.
4. The Man Without a Face
Air Date: 1974-01-06
A colleague from military intelligence calls on Mac, and is murdered.
5. Reunion in Terror
Air Date: 1974-01-27
Mac's old football squad is being eliminated one by one.
6. Cross & Double Cross
Air Date: 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.
1. Downshift to Danger
Air Date: 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.
2. The Game of Survival
Air Date: 1974-10-20
A temperamental tennis champion is suspected of murdering a newspaper magnate who had him suspended.
3. Buried Alive
Air Date: 1974-11-10
A WWII intelligence colleague, long since thought to be dead, turns up and is murdered.
4. Guilt by Association
Air Date: 1974-12-08
Mildred is accosted while serving on a sequestered jury, then another juror is murdered in his locked room.
5. Night Train to L.A.
Air Date: 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.
6. Love, Honor and Swindle
Air Date: 1975-02-16
It seems that Mac's sister is engaged to a con man out to diddle a mining company.

1. Deadly Inheritance
Air Date: 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.

2. Requiem for a Bride
Air Date: 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.

3. Aftershock
Air Date: 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.

4. Secrets for Sale
Air Date: 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.

5. The Deadly Cure
Air Date: 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.

6. Greed
Air Date: 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.

7. Point of Law
Air Date: 1976-03-07
A naval lieutenant facing a court-martial on a murder charge is appointed counsel in the person of Commander McMillan, USNR.

1. All Bets Off
Air Date: 1976-12-05
The wagers of sin. Mac is out to retrieve a set of diamonds swiped from his girl in Vegas.

2. Dark Sunrise
Air Date: 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.

3. Philip's Game
Air Date: 1977-01-23
Up against a hit man who announces himself.

4. Coffee, Tea, or Cyanide?
Air Date: 1977-01-30
You pays your money, you takes your choice. While on an airline flight, Mac witnesses passengers dying mysteriously.

5. Affair of the Heart
Air Date: 1977-03-20
The case is clear, according to the Deputy D.A., but Mac has his doubts.
6. Have You Heard About Vanessa?
Air Date: 1977-04-24
After a model commits suicide, Mac investigates her lonely life.
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Rating
7.1/10
Release Date
1971-09-29
Episodes
39 (6 seasons)
Status
Ended
Cast
Videos
Production Companies

Universal Television
Talent Associates
Norton Simon Inc.