McMillan & Wife
Attorney and US Navy vet Stewart "Mac" McMillan is appointed Commissioner of Police for the city of San Francisco. He often handles the highest-profile cases personally. Helping him out on many of them is his wife Sally, whose father was a detective for the SFPD. In fact, Sally gets so involved that she often puts herself in harm's way. They are often assisted by Mac's loyal but somewhat inept assistant Sgt. Charlie Enright and their hard-drinking, smart-mouthed live-in maid Mildred. Sadly, a few years after Mac's appointment Sally dies in a plane crash. Also, Mildred quits her position and is replaced by her scatterbrained sister Agatha, and in later years Enright is promoted to lieutenant.
- 1971-1977
- 6 seasons
- NBC
- Suspense, Drama
- TV-PG
Attorney and US Navy vet Stewart "Mac" McMillan is appointed Commissioner of Police for the city of San Francisco. He often handles the highest-profile cases personally. Helping him out on many of them is his wife Sally, whose father was a detective for the SFPD. In fact, Sally gets so involved that she often puts herself in harm's way. They are often assisted by Mac's loyal but somewhat inept assistant Sgt. Charlie Enright and their hard-drinking, smart-mouthed live-in maid Mildred. Sadly, a few years after Mac's appointment Sally dies in a plane crash. Also, Mildred quits her position and is replaced by her scatterbrained sister Agatha, and in later years Enright is promoted to lieutenant.
Season 1 Episode Guide
8 Episodes 1971 - 1972
Episode 0
Once Upon a Dead Man
Fri, Sep 17, 1971 95 mins
The wife of a San Francisco police commissioner drags him into a charity auction theft, which leads to a murder.
Episode 1
Murder by the Barrel
Wed, Sep 29, 1971 76 mins
Moving into their new home, Sally discovers a dead body inside one of the barrels but when Mac and the police arrive both barrel and body are gone.
Episode 2
The Easy Sunday Murder Case
Wed, Oct 20, 1971 76 mins
Saturday brunch with Sally's mother leads to trouble when a neighbor reports that her pedigreed Pekinese has been kidnapped--along with her husband.
Episode 3
Husbands, Wives, and Killers
Wed, Nov 10, 1971 76 mins
Soup, an old crony/CI of Mac scares Sally and asks her to have Mac meet him at the "old place." When Mac arrives to meet Soup, a thug knocks out Mac; a note left in Mac's car claims "Big Shoes" followed Soup, and warns that Mac and Sally's house would be robbed that evening. But, Sally in charge of a costume ball, already made plans for them to choose costumes that evening and then, visit the home of Connie and Alex. The McMillans are not robbed but they walk in to find the safe of Connie and Alex wide open, with a very expensive-looking necklace still in the safe. Mac thinks the necklace is fake but it is supposedly authenticated the next day. Gossipy Sally learns many of their friends may be having financial and/or marital troubles. Mac is told that the necklace is real and it may be stolen at the ball. Mac tries to persuade Connie not to wear this necklace to the ball, but she refuses. Sally, as a black cat and Mac (famously) as a hot pink bunny with huge floppy feet, are en route to the ball, but pink bunnies have no pockets nor driver's licenses. Mac is made to "walk the chalk" line by a patrol officer who does not recognize him. At the ball, the lights go out and Connie's necklace is gone. One of their friends is shot. Can a bunny, a cat and a little red devil named Sgt. Charlie Enright solve this caper?
Episode 4
Death Is a Seven Point Favorite
Wed, Dec 8, 1971 76 mins
The McMillans befriend Billy Benton, quarterback for the Hawks, who is either innocent or involved in a plot to throw the game. A $75,000 bet was made against the Hawks, and the bettor intends to collect at any cost, even murder.
Episode 5
The Face of Murder
Wed, Jan 5, 1972 75 mins
Mac's ex-pug pal Freddie O'Neale becomes a target for murder after he claims he can identify The Dutchman, a notorious jewel thief whose face is unknown to the police and to the posh San Francisco social set whose treasures he plunders.
Episode 6
Till Death Do Us Part
Wed, Feb 16, 1972 75 mins
It's Sally's birthday, but she and Mac are in no mood to celebrate as someone has broken into their house and stolen all the sharp objects (knives, scissors, razor blades and even Sally's knitting needles). Making things worse is that a serial killer known as the Asylum Killer is on the loose and he has written a letter promising a double murder for his next crime. The couple make the best of it despite their fears and try to celebrate. However, after drinking drugged champagne they are knocked unconscious and awake to find their house covered with a fumigation tent and poison gas being pumped into their house. Now they must find a way to escape before they are overcome by the gas.
Episode 7
An Elementary Case of Murder
Wed, Mar 1, 1972 75 mins
Numerous bits of evidence indicate McMillan's former girlfriend shot and killed her husband, but the commissioner wants all of the facts before an arrest is made. (Script recycled and expanded from "Ironside", Season 2, Episode 9, An Obvious Case of Guilt, which aired 11/14/1968).
