McCloud
Somebody's Out to Get Jennie
TV Flash files “Somebody's Out to Get Jennie” as hour 10 of 46 in the TV Flash guide — McCloud (1970–1977) on NBC, season 2, episode 3, aired 1971-11-24, 90 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E03: listed hour 10 of 46 in the McCloud guide, hour 3 of 7 in season 2. It aired 1971-11-24 (90 min). The listed hour before it is “Top of the World, Ma!” (S02E02). Next is “The Disposal Man” (S02E04).
Viewer FAQ
Where does Somebody's Out to Get Jennie sit in the McCloud guide?
S02E03 is listed hour 10 of 46 — hour 3 of 7 in season 2, season 2 episode 3.
When did McCloud S02E03 air?
Somebody's Out to Get Jennie aired 1971-11-24 and is listed at 90 minutes.
Do I need Gunsmoke first?
No. Weaver's marshal is a post-Gunsmoke reinvention, not a sequel. Mystery Movie New York is the assignment.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Dennis Weaver's New Mexico marshal brings boots, a hat, and western myth onto New York asphalt. Fish-out-of-water crime on the Mystery Movie wheel, post-Gunsmoke reinvention with a drawl. Cowboy patience colliding with Manhattan procedure, then winning the hour on charm instead of gunfire.
So the group chat wants a New York cop in a black-tie silhouette (Lana would call the hat a *statement*) and then McCloud shows up in boots like that was the whole fish-out-of-water contract. NBC, 1970–1977: Taos marshal Sam McCloud is assigned to the NYPD, solving crimes with small-town tactics and big-city collisions. Herman Miller's Mystery Movie staple alongside Columbo. Dennis Weaver's post-Gunsmoke reinvention: boots, a hat, western myth on asphalt. J.D. Cannon's Chief Clifford and Terry Carter's Sgt.…
Filed against
- Dennis Weaver as Deputy Marshal Sam McCloud
Dennis Weaver’s Chester Goode was Gunsmoke’s limp and loyalty — chorus, not gadget, in Dodge City’s weekly moral court. Twenty seasons of adult western that treated a gunfight as a verdict, James Arness as a marshal the camera could…
- J.D. Cannon as Chief Peter B. Clifford
J.D. Cannon’s Chief Peter B. Clifford parked McCloud’s New York while a New Mexico marshal brought boots onto asphalt — Mystery Movie wheel, post-Gunsmoke reinvention, cowboy patience colliding with Manhattan procedure. 1970s…
- Terry Carter as Sgt. Joe Broadhurst
Terry Carter partnered McCloud as Sgt. Joe Broadhurst — New Mexico marshal boots on New York asphalt, fish-out-of-water crime on the Mystery Movie wheel, cowboy patience colliding with Manhattan procedure. Drawl versus the precinct. TV…