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Your Favorite Episodes |
Almost from the start of this website in 1995, I've been soliciting votes for your favorite episodes. The top 15 vote-getters are shown here, but I encourage you to vote for any episode. The battle for first place was always between three episodes - Aboard the Orient Express, The Not-so-Great Escape, and The Little Black Book, but in 2010 A Spy For a Spy broke through and grabbed the top spot for good! (Add Your Vote) If you need help with an episode title, my episode guide can be found here. In the first 20 or so years of the website, I got a ton of episode votes. Now I get maybe five votes a year, so I think that the top 15 are pretty set. I consider two-part episodes as one part for voting purposes.
The top 10 by fan vote:
#10 - My Nephew The Spy
#9 - And Baby Makes Four - I don't get this at all. Even if you forget that the first 6 minutes of part two are a recap, I believe this episode to be flat and uninspired. I know a lot of people like the romance aspect of the show and I think that's why they like this episode.
#8 - Aboard the Orient Express - Number one for a few years, this solid episode dropped a lot after the DVD set came out. I think that's because people got to see more episodes, not that this doesn't stand up.
#7 - A Man Called Smart - This would have been a stellar GS movie, which is how it was written. The admiral and the revolving door scene make this a top five episode on my list.
#6 - The Groovy Guru - Man do people love this episode! TV Guide once rated it one of the Top100 TV Show Episodes of all time. The Sacred Cows seem to have put an indelible mark on people's minds.
#5 - The Little Black Book - The classic Don Rickles guest episode.
Moment please, for #4, Diplomat's Daughter. Harry Hoo and the Craw? An instant classic.
#3 - Ship of Spies - Another two-part episode, this won the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Writing and it deserved it. The scene with Parker and Max talking about the bananas still gets me laughing out loud.
#2 - The Not-So-Great Escape - My personal favorite, I think Siegfried and Shtarker are in rare form here, as is Larabee. "Paging President Maxwell Smart," remains damn funny.
And the champion by several hundred votes:
#1 - A Spy for a Spy - The first appearance of Siegfried, the classic park bench scene, and wonderful chemistry between Max and Bernie mark this one for the ages.
Voting Last Updated: December 31, 2024
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