My favorite 5, best 1 each of seasons 1-4 and Loveless:
The Night of the Tottering Tontine
The Night of the Surreal McCoy
The Night of the Big Blackmail
The Night of the Burning Diamond
The Night of the Death Masks
Underrated show 1 each from seasons 1-4:
The Night of the Bars of Hell (West disguising himself is unique)
The Night of the Deadly Blossom (Barclay villain is 2nd to Loveless)
The Night of the Fugitives (stunt where Conrad was badly injured)
The Night of the Firebrand (Best opening scene & conventional Western)
Best of others not mentioned, 1 each from seasons 1-4 Loveless and without Artemus Gordon:
TNOT Bleak Island
TNOT Vicious Valentine
TNOT Kraken
TNOT Hangman
TNOT Thousand Eyes
The Night Dr Loveless Died
Others:
TNOT Samurai
TNOT Bottomless Pit
TNOT Watery Death
It's easier to list clunkers:
TNOT Spanish Curse
TNOT Plague
The 2 TV movies (ridiculing the audience and lame spoofs were awful)
Season 4 was sputtering with a lot of recycling plots and themes. This show should had taken a season hiatus and retooled to Mission Impossible style plots like TNOT Big Blackmail, mysteries like TNOT Hangman. Dial back Robert Conrad's stuntwork, could had done 100 more episodes.
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