Get Smart: Season 1

1965 · 30 episodes · ★ 7.2

What Season 1 of Get Smart

Maxwell Smart, Agent 86, is a clumsy spy who follows the rulebook to the letter. He works for CONTROL, a secret government agency of the United States based in Washington, D.C., alongside Agent 99. His enemy is KAOS, an international organization of evil bent on ruling the world with outlandish schemes and flashy gadgets. Max almost always foils their plots, although his way of doing things usually lands him in trouble. His missions include recovering the Inthermo ray, stopping a string of kidnappings of blonde women, and tracking down the electroretrograde weapon.

30episodes

Sep 18, 1965premiered

May 7, 1966latest episode

12.5 hrtotal runtime

Season 1 Episodes

1x01 Mr. Big
Sep 18, 1965 · 25 min · ★ 6.1
Mr. Big is blackmailing CONTROL: unless they pay him $100,000,000 he will use the "Inthermo Ray" to destroy the Statue of Liberty. Max teams up with Fang and a new partner, Agent 99, to stop Mr. Big.
Directing: Howard Morris · Writing: Buck Henry, Mel Brooks · Starring: Michael Dunn, Janine Gray, Kelton Garwood, Karen Norris
1x02 Diplomat's Daughter
Sep 25, 1965 · 25 min
Numerous blondes have been kidnapped and Smart is assigned to protect a beautiful diplomat's daughter. He discovers the KAOS lair and tangles with The Claw, capturing him and his henchmen.
Directing: Paul Bogart · Writing: Dee Caruso, Gerald Gardner · Starring: Frank De Vol, Leonard Strong, Inger Stratton, Bill Saito
1x03 School Days
Oct 2, 1965 · 25 min
CONTROL's spy school has been infiltrated by KAOS. To find the imposter, Max and Fang go undercover as students, while 99 poses as an instructor. There are three students suspected of being imposters - Dimitri, Grillak, and Zukor. Max must verify that Dimitri speaks a rare East Himalayan dialect, that Zukor has unusual handwriting, and that Grillak has a heart-shaped birthmark. Max finds himself all wet when attempting to eliminate them from the suspect list and he and 99 get captured and tied to a bomb. It is only by Fang's skilled intervention that they aren't blown to bits.
Directing: Paul Bogart · Writing: Mike Marmer, Stan Burns · Starring: Ben Wright, Kitty Kelly, Leo Gordon, Henry Brandon
1x04 Our Man in Toyland
Oct 9, 1965 · 25 min
KAOS is secretly smuggling secrets out of the country. 99 discovers they are using a Department Store as a front and Polly Dollys to smuggle out the secrets. When one pulls the doll's string, Polly reveals top secrets. Max and 99 get caught by KAOS. Using children's toys, Max and 99 attempt to fight their way to safety and stop KAOS' smuggling ring.
Directing: Don Richardson · Writing: Mike Marmer, Stan Burns · Starring: John Hoyt, Helen Kleeb, Bryan O'Byrne, Buck Kartalian
1x05 Now You See Him, Now You Don’t
Oct 16, 1965 · 25 min · ★ 7.6
A doctor meets Max at his apartment and convinces him that he has escaped from KAOS with an invisibility ray. KAOS then attempts to kidnap Max as tries to figure out if the ray is real.
Directed by: Paul Bogart · Writers: Marvin Worth, Arne Sultan · Cast: Joseph Ruskin, John Sebastian, Val Avery, Gregory Morton
1x06 Washington 4, Indians 3
Oct 23, 1965 · 25 min
Indians threaten to use a bomb if they don't get all of their land back. Smart then goes into their camp and foils their plan.While on his three-week vacation Agent 43 is confronted by a group of rebel Indians. They demand the return of all Indian lands or they will fire their secret weapon on Washington. Max calls an all-out alert, though we're not sure if it's because of an Indian attack or because he doesn't get three weeks vacation. Once saturation bombing of Arizona is discarded as a plan, Max and 99 mount 'em up and head out to disarm the secret weapon. Max, disguised as a Papawahsee, infiltrates the camp. The Papwahsee is actually the Indian word for fiancee and Max is forced to romance Chief Red Cloud's daughter to fulfill his assignment. A jealous 99 raids the camp to prevent Max from kissing the daughter and tries to prevent the Indians from launching their secret weapon, a giant arrow.
Directing: Richard Donner · Writing: Dee Caruso, Gerald Gardner · Starring: Roberto Contreras, Donald Curtis, Anthony Caruso, Willis Bouchey
1x07 KAOS in CONTROL
Oct 30, 1965 · 25 min
Conrol hosted a conference for some of the smarted scientists on the planet, but KAOS has other plans which include a retrogressor gun.CONTROL is due to host a conference of six scientific geniuses, but just before it occurs,. KAOS manages to steal CONTROL's retrogressor gun. The gun, which turns adults into children mentally, is taken by a KAOS mole who manages to retrogress the gun's inventor and the Chief. KAOS' goal is to turn the scientists into children, destroying the free world's greatest minds. Max takes over the conference and by knowing his history of Captain Kangaroo, defeats the mole.
Directing: Don Richardson · Writing: Al Gordon, Hal Goldman · Starring: Barbara Bain, Ed Peck, Robert Cornthwaite, Bryan O'Byrne
1x08 The Day Smart Turned Chicken
Nov 6, 1965 · 25 min
Smart is to testify against KAOS soon, so they devise situations to show that Smart is losing his mind.A dying cowboy comes to Max's apartment to reveal a plot to poison the Morovian Ambassador at a costume party that night. Max calls the Chief, but when help arrives, the dead cowboy is missing and there's no proof of his ever having existed. Max dresses as a giant chicken and attends the costume ball at the embassy in order to protect the ambassador, but it's not a costume party and there's no poison in the ambassador's drink. It's all a KAOS plot to convince everyone that Max is crazy and discredit his testimony in an upcoming court case.
Directed by: Frank McDonald · Writers: Pat McCormick, Ron Friedman · Cast: Iris Adrian, Simon Oakland, George J. Lewis, Phillip Pine
1x09 Satan Place
Nov 13, 1965 · 25 min
KAOS kidnaps the Chief and prepare to give him mind-control surgery. Max pretends to be a doctor in order to try to free the Chief from Harvey Satan.Evil KAOS mastermind Harvey Satan kidnaps the Chief and holds him for a $200,000 ransom. Struggling to raise the money, Max is forced to deliver a ransom of only $600. CONTROL follows the KAOS agent picking up the ransom and they find him at Satan Place. Satan is preparing the Chief for mind-control surgery, which involves KAOS freezing the Chief. Disguised as a doctor and nurse, Max and 99 try to free the frozen Chief.
Directing: Frank McDonald · Writing: Mike Marmer, Stan Burns · Starring: Len Lesser, Joseph Sirola, Jack Perkins, Robert Cornthwaite
1x10 Our Man in Leotards
Nov 20, 1965 · 25 min
Enilio Naharana steals a new drug invented by CONTROL named Immobilo, in order to use it against the Ambassador of Pinerovia. Max and 99 disguise themselves in order to save the day.Dancer and rebel Enilio Naharana steals a new CONTROL drug, Immobilo, to use against the Ambassador of Pinerovia. Immobilo paralyzes people instantly and Naharana plans to use it to prevent the Ambassador from signing a treaty with the U.S. Disguised as dancers, Max and 99 try to foil a peach of a plot. Unfortunately, Max is not a dancer and he gets caught! Keep an eye out for the bass drum sequence, which is one of the funniest bits in the entire series.
Directing: Richard Donner · Writing: Mel Brooks, Gary Belkin · Starring: John Stephenson, Michael Pate, Nestor Paiva, Robert Cornthwaite
1x11 Too Many Chiefs
Nov 27, 1965 · 25 min
Alexi Sebastian, a master impersonator, attempts to kill someone who was about to reveal the secret of the KAOS coding system. Alexi disguises himself as the Chief to confuse the situation even more.Max and 99 must guard Tanya Lupescu, who has memorized KAOS' codebook. An attempt to hide her in a hotel fails, so CONTROL decides to hide her in Max's apartment. KAOS hires master impersonator Alexi Sebastian to kill Lupesco. Sebastian has successfully disguised himself as Johnny Carson and Max's Aunt Rose, so CONTROL has him listed as a 101 - shoot on sight. Sebastian disguises himself as the Chief and gets inside the apartment, but the real Chief shows up and Max is confronted by two Chiefs. Can Maxie pick the correct Chief?
Directing: Bruce Bilson · Writing: Dee Caruso, Gerald Gardner · Starring: Susanne Cramer, Harry Basch, Victor French
1x12 My Nephew the Spy
Dec 4, 1965 · 25 min
Max stumbles upon a shoe store that just happens to be a KAOS communications center. Max is follwed by a KAOS agent who wants to kill him. The arrival of Max's aunt and uncle foil the KAOS agent's plan.
Directing: Bruce Bilson · Writing: Marvin Worth, Arne Sultan · Starring: Conrad Janis, Charles Lane, Maudie Prickett, Vincent Beck
1x13 Aboard the Orient Express
Dec 11, 1965 · 25 min
CONTROL couriers are aboard the Orient Express are being murdered in order to prevent them from delivering important information. Max and 99 get into a sticky situation while trying to solve the mystery.
Directing: Frank McDonald · Writing: Robert C. Dennis, Earl Barret · Starring: Del Close, Carol Ohmart, Victor French, Jack Donner
1x14 Weekend Vampire
Dec 18, 1965 · 25 min
CONTROL agents are found murdered with mysterious puncture marks on their necks. The investigation leads to the mysterious Dr. Drago.
Directed by: Bruce Bilson · Writers: Dee Caruso, Gerald Gardner · Cast: Martin Kosleck, Roger Price, Ford Rainey, Don Ross
1x15 Survival of the Fattest
Dec 25, 1965 · 25 min
Max has to protect an Arab prince, who must remain fat to retain his power.
Directed by: Frank McDonald · Writers: Mel Brooks, Ronny Pearlman · Cast: Ned Romero, Karen Steele, Milton Selzer, Dan Seymour
1x16 Double Agent
Jan 8, 1966 · 25 min
Max has to become a broken, drunk agent so that KAOS will probably try to recruit him as one of their agents. He eventually is and has a difficult task.
Directing: Frank McDonald · Writing: Joseph C. Cavella, Carol Cavella · Starring: Robert Ellenstein, Arthur Batanides, Milton Selzer, Gregg Palmer
1x17 Kisses for KAOS
Jan 15, 1966 · 25 min
After several buildings are inexplicably blown up, Control follows the trail to an art gallery where a former chemist, debonair Rex Savage, has teamed up with painter Mondo to produce a series of explosive paintings. 99 disguises as an art expert with Max as her driver/butler as they try to get Savage's fingerprints and photograph, something that turns out to be a little more complicated than expected.
Directing: Gary Nelson · Writing: Mike Marmer, Stan Burns · Starring: Michael Dante, John Abbott, Milton Selzer, Ray Kellogg
1x18 The Dead Spy Scrawls
Jan 22, 1966 · 25 min
CONTROL tries to find the location of a KAOS communications center, which turns out to be in a pool hall.
Directing: Gary Nelson · Writing: Mike Marmer, Stan Burns · Starring: Harry Bartell, Milton Selzer, Leonard Nimoy, Jack Lambert
1x19 Back to the Old Drawing Board
Jan 29, 1966 · 25 min
KAOS is interested in capturing Dr. Shotwire, a brilliant scientist whose work has been set 6 months back thanks to his bodyguard's helping hands (no other than 86). The KAOS agent in charge of the kidnapping, Natz, also has a vendetta with Max who sent him to prison in the past. Natz's plan involves the latest creation of rogue Dr. Ratton: Hymie a humanoid robot who enters Control as a newbie agent. However no one knows what to expect when Hymie has a drink and gets some quality time with Max.
Directing: Bruce Bilson · Writing: Gary Clarke · Starring: Victor French, Jim Boles, Richard Gautier, Dick Cherney
1x20 All in the Mind
Feb 5, 1966 · 25 min
Max poses as an insane colonel in order to prove that a KAOS psychiatrist is revealing confidential information.
Directing: Bruce Bilson · Writing: Dee Caruso, Gerald Gardner · Starring: Torin Thatcher, Robert F. Simon, King Moody, William Tannen
1x21 Dear Diary
Feb 12, 1966 · 25 min
A retired agent and his secret diary are missing.
Directing: Murray Golden · Writing: Mike Marmer, Stan Burns · Starring: Ellen Corby, Vaughn Taylor, William Keene, Byron Foulger
1x22 Smart, the Assassin
Feb 19, 1966 · 25 min
After being hypnotized by KAOS, Max finds himself in a difficult situation while playing a game of chess.
Directing: Bruce Bilson · Writing: Budd Grossman · Starring: Tony Lo Bianco, Eileen O'Neill, Murray Matheson, Ken Scott
1x23 I'm Only Human
Feb 26, 1966 · 25 min
Max convinces the Chief of taking Fang out of retirement after some Control agents are killed by their own dogs. Each of those agents had left their pets at an animal spa while they were travelling. What they ignored was that the animals were being brainwashed before being returned to their owners. When Fang goes MIA Max disobeys orders and goes after him which causes the Chief to go rescue Max.
Directing: Murray Golden · Writing: Mike Marmer, Stan Burns, Pat McCormick · Starring: Frank De Vol, Oscar Beregi Jr, Gregg Palmer, Logan Field
1x24 Stakeout on Blue Mist Mountain
Mar 5, 1966 · 25 min
A horde of KAOS agents are taking flights to Washington. Each one carries a piece of a bomb which is meant to explode near an American base. Max and the Chief capture one of KAOS's agents and fool-force confidential information out of him. They end up in Blue Mist Mountain and it's up to 86 to dismantle the bomb before it goes off. All the help he has is Parker on the shoe-phone, a coin, and a very expensive tie.
Directing: Murray Golden · Writing: Stan Dreben, Howard Merrill · Starring: Victor French, Milton Selzer, Ted Knight, Jason Wingreen
1x25 The Amazing Harry Hoo
Mar 12, 1966 · 25 min
The Claw is back, and planning to lead Max into his deadly trap. His scheme leads Max and 99 to San Francisco as they follow a Chinese agent (Number 3) in the hopes that this will lead them to Number One (Claw), the mastermind behind a smuggling operation that uses a laundromat as facade (though the real money is actually in the laundry). However Max gets help from Harry Hoo, a chinese police inspector with a keen eye for detail and two possibilities to explain anything.
Directing: Gary Nelson · Writing: Dee Caruso, Gerald Gardner · Starring: Joey Forman, Leonard Strong
1x26 Hubert's Unfinished Symphony
Mar 19, 1966 · 25 min
Max and the Chief disguise themselves as concert critics as they go in the aid of Hubert, a violin virtuoso who has been working undercover to find the identity of KAOS's Big Boss. Just before Hubert is able to give his report he is killed but first hides a clue in the form of writen music. Max must then stop pianist Wolenska from being killed by a bomb planted in the piano on which he will perform Hubert's last symphony, a desperate attempt of the Big Boss to keep his identity secret.
Directing: Gary Nelson · Writing: Mike Marmer, Stan Burns · Starring: Richard Webb, Bert Freed, Victor French, Milton Selzer
1x27 Ship of Spies (1)
Apr 2, 1966 · 25 min
Ahoy mate! Max's new assignment has him in a boat where he must find the blueprints of a super weapon while watching his back from a mysterious killer who makes a peculiar clip-clop sound, which is not that much help as every single passenger and crew member make that sound.
Directing: Bruce Bilson · Writing: Buck Henry, Leonard B. Stern · Starring: Victor French, Milton Selzer, Harold J. Stone, Jan Arvan
1x28 Ship of Spies (2)
Apr 9, 1966 · 25 min
99's quick and clever reactions save Max from drowning. Back on the ship, Max talks with the captain who offers his assistance after finding out the reason he can never understand his aide. To make matters worse, 44 has finally had it. Not only Max cracks his super secret message, but he's tired of working hidden, not being able to eat at the captain's table, it's a boring job... As if it wasn't bad enough, he gets shot and Max finally discovers who the killer is, though it may be too late for him.
Directing: Bruce Bilson · Writing: Buck Henry, Leonard B. Stern · Starring: Victor French, Harold J. Stone, Paul Lukather, Viviane Ventura
1x29 Shipment to Beirut
Apr 23, 1966 · 25 min
Fashion model Mildred Spencer telephones Smart that the supersonic plans are sewn into a dress.
Directing: David Alexander · Writing: Arne Sultan · Starring: Lee Bergere, Allen Emerson, Judy Lang, Alice Reinheart
1x30 The Last One in is a Rotten Spy Season Finale
May 7, 1966 · 25 min
A swimmer on the Russian national team calls Max for help, but unfortunately he forgets her name.
Directing: David Alexander · Writing: Mike Marmer, Stan Burns · Starring: John Milford, Alice Ghostley, Elisa Ingram, Victoria Carroll