List of Mr. and Mrs. North episodes

This is a list of episodes for the television series Mr. and Mrs. North.

Series overview

Season		Episodes	First aired	Last aired	Network
	1	39	October 3, 1952	June 26, 1953	CBS
	2	18	January 26, 1954	May 25, 1954	NBC

Episodes

Season 1 (1952–53)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	1	"Weekend Murder"	Ralph Murphy	DeWitt Bodeen	October 3, 1952
Pam and Jerry are invited to spend the weekend at a famous actress' country home, but when they arrive the housekeeper can't be found and there's a dead man in the pantry.
2	2	"Till Death Do Us Part"	Ralph Murphy	Robert Sloane	October 10, 1952
While heading out to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary, the Norths receive a package containing bride and groom dolls — and the bride has a bloody dagger stuck in her back. Suddenly, there's a scream from the hall, and in falls a neighbor in her bridal gown, stabbed to death. Confusing matters more, an old woman with a gun arrives demanding the dolls back, saying they were delivered to the Norths by mistake.
3	3	"A Good Buy"	Ralph Murphy	Reginald Denham, Mary Orr	October 17, 1952
Pam buys an old trunk at an auction and is immediately approached by a woman who offers her big money for it. Mrs. North digs in her heels and refuses to sell. When the trunk is delivered to the North home, it contains a corpse — the body of the woman who'd desperately tried to buy it earlier.
4	4	"Death in the Dunes"	unknown	unknown	October 24, 1952
5	5	"These Latins"	Ralph Murphy	Hoffman Hays	October 31, 1952
Jerry is about to publish a novel from a sexy and secretive Latin woman who refuses to allow her photo to be used. The Norths find her murdered following the arrival of her husband, a South American general. It seems Lolita had run away from her domineering spouse and was carrying on affairs with a jealous young man and a rich, older aristocrat.
6	6	"Nosed Out"	Ralph Murphy	Reginald Denham, Mary Orr	November 7, 1952
After a day at the racetrack, the Norths find the body of jockey Eddie Mears in their car trunk. It's an unexpected coincidence that Mears owned the same make and model car as the Norths and kept it in the same city parking garage. Eddie's wife Zelma who had asked him for a divorce just the night before seems the obvious suspect, but Pam questions the garage owner.
7	7	"The Forgotten Grave"	Lew Landers	unknown	November 14, 1952
8	8	"Dead Man's Tale"	Ralph Murphy	Tom Reed	November 21, 1952
Jerry Lawson, a bookmaker working out of Dave's Cigar Store, is found dead. Tough-talking crime figure Nick Magnus has accidentally implicated himself in the murder by making threats on Lawson's life in a wrong-number telephone call made to the Norths' residence.
9	9	"Surprise"	Ralph Murphy	George Oppenheimer, Barry Trivers	November 28, 1952
A memorable birthday party is attended by the Norths. One of the guests, a lecherous, hammy actor, is stabbed to death while waiting to jump out and yell "Surprise!" Pam's the one who finds the weapon; it was hidden as a part of a model ship. Lt. Weigand realizes that any of the guests may have wanted the over-the-hill Casanova dead.
10	10	"Comic-Strip Tease"	Ralph Murphy	George Oppenheimer, Barry Trivers	December 5, 1952
Pam and Jerry try to help a cartoonist break up a gang of street toughs running a protection racket in a nearby neighborhood.
11	11	"Where There's a Will"	Ralph Murphy	M. Coates Webster	December 12, 1952
The Norths meet their new neighbor, Tommy Clarkson, when he tumbles down the stairs and lands at their feet. He claims someone's been trying to kill him. After Pam's purse gets switched with that of his Aunt Laura, she goes to the Clarkson apartment and finds the young man nearly dead on the floor. With Lt. Weigand now involved, Pam goes snooping on her own and uncovers the reason someone desperately wants Tommy dead before his 21st birthday.
12	12	"The Nobles"	Ralph Murphy	DeWitt Bodeen	December 19, 1952
Pam is a volunteer nurse's aide for the wheelchair-bound and elderly matriarch of the once proud and well-respected Noble family. A murder attempt has been made on the old woman's life, and Pam is determined to protect her and to bring the culprit to justice.
13	13	"Silent Butler"	Ralph Murphy	George Oppenheimer, Barry Trivers	December 26, 1952
The Norths' new butler, Oliver, comes with a lot of baggage. He's carrying on an affair with the married maid who works next door, and his ex-flame refuses to accept that they're over. The maid's husband, also a butler, is found dead in the building's basement and Oliver is the obvious suspect.
14	14	"On the Rocks"	Ralph Murphy	George Oppenheimer, Barry Trivers	January 2, 1953
The Norths spend the weekend at the country estate of a successful writer Jerry's trying to lure to his firm. The party turns ugly when despised rival publisher Ned Waters shows up. His soused wife quickly downs her husband's drink, and promptly falls over dead of poisoning. Any one of the group had motive to want Ned Walters dead.
15	15	"Formula for Trouble"	Ralph Murphy	Leslie Edgley	January 9, 1953
Hidden inside the library book that Pam checks out is a breakthrough formula placed there for safekeeping by a researcher. It must be a valuable property because someone's willing to kill to get the document. The murdered scientist worked at the Potter Industrial Research Lab, where everyone is clearly hiding something.
16	16	"House Behind the Wall"	Ralph Murphy	Adele Comandini	January 16, 1953
During a driving rainstorm, the Norths' car gets a flat tire, leaving them stranded in the woods. They spot a seemingly deserted house nearby, when suddenly they hear a woman scream. Running to the house, they find a message scrawled on an upstairs window, leading to a horrible discovery in the basement.
17	17	"Beauty Prize"	Ralph Murphy	DeWitt Bodeen	January 23, 1953
Curious about a beauty contestant who could easily be mistaken for her twin, Pam finds herself backstage at the Miss Venus contest where she fills in for the missing Kitty Pomeroy. Kitty has made numerous enemies of her betrayed lovers and their scorned wives, so it's not surprising when she's found dead in the prop room.
18	18	"The Third Eye"	Ralph Murphy	Barry Trivers	January 30, 1953
Someone's been secretly photographing Madame Suzi's latest dress designs and leaking them to competing, cheaper dress stores. Pam drags Jerry to Suzi's to see a preview of the latest fashions when a model involved in the stealing scheme takes the stage and promptly falls over dead.
19	19	"The Doll House"	Ralph Murphy	Tom Reed	February 6, 1953
A doll given to Pam leads to the Norths' involvement in a murder.
20	20	"Terror"	Ralph Murphy	Tom Reed	February 13, 1953
Lt. Weigand and the Norths become trapped in the rural home of Dr. Arno, a physician treating a homicidal maniac who's hiding somewhere in the house. The group stages a fake murder scene, hoping the mysterious "Patient X" will be drawn into the open. Instead, when the lights are lowered Dr. Arno's secretary is actually stabbed to death. Once Weigand learns the actual name of the patient, he makes some phone calls and learns they're dealing with a real-life Jekyll and Hyde.
21	21	"Stranger Than Fiction"	Ralph Murphy	unknown	February 20, 1953
A murder occurs while the Norths are spending a country weekend with one of Jerry's authors.
22	22	"The Frightened Bride"	Ralph Murphy	M. Coates Webster	February 27, 1953
The Norths and their newly married friend Helen drive out to her recently acquired country home, and all is not well: Aunt Clara is missing, a stranger has taken up residence in the house, a dead man falls out of the grandfather clock, and a frightening old man with a rifle prevents them from leaving.
23	23	"Murder in Short Pants"	Ralph Murphy	unknown	March 6, 1953
After no one believes that he found a corpse, the Norths' nephew tries to find the murderer himself.
24	24	"Dying to Live"	Ralph Murphy	John Meredyth Lucas	March 13, 1953
The Norths' taxman has only a few months left to live, and he wants to spend his final days in luxury. He offers his embezzler of a boss a deal: he will leave a letter to be opened upon his death confessing to the embezzlement, thus getting his boss off the hook, in exchange for $10,000 now. That letter is now missing, and the taxman is dead.
25	25	"Blackout"	Ralph Murphy	unknown	March 20, 1953
26	26	"Jade Dragon"	Ralph Murphy	unknown	March 27, 1953
A letter written in Chinese lead the Norths to Chinatown... and murder!
27	27	"Pretty Baby"	Ralph Murphy	M. Coates Webster	April 3, 1953
A toddler is lost and found numerous times after being left at the North's door. The mother dropped off the child after leaving her race-obsessed bookie husband. An incompetent detective hired by the father repeatedly grabs and loses the tot. Drunks from a bar, seeing a quick buck, join in the kidnapping fun. All the while, a crabby female cop tries to unravel the story.
28	28	"The Man Who Came to Murder"	Ralph Murphy	Reginald Denham, Mary Orr	April 10, 1953
The secrets of the Honey Moon Inn come to the surface during the North's fifth anniversary visit to the hideaway. Inn owner Margaret is surprised by a marriage proposal from a fresh-from-prison ex-beau, the murdered sheriff is found in bigamist Chef Francois' pantry, and at least one of the household members has a secret marriage.
29	29	"Breakout"	Ralph Murphy	Herbert Purdom	April 17, 1953
The warden at the State Penitentiary asks the Norths if they wish to interview a high-profile inmate for a potential book. While they're in the prison, a disturbance breaks out that suddenly escalates into a hostage situation — with the Norths as the hostages.
30	30	"Maternity, Third Floor"	unknown	unknown	April 24, 1953
An assassin is on the prowl when Pam and Jerry visit a friend in Maternity.
31	31	"Hot Mink"	Ralph Murphy	John Meredyth Lucas	May 1, 1953
Pam is disappointed when the fur she thought was her birthday present is retrieved by a store representative; the man says it was delivered to her by mistake. It turns out that a con man, posing as Jerry, charged the fur to the Norths' account and then made off with the mink.
32	32	"Seven Sacred Rubies"	unknown	unknown	May 8, 1953
33	33	"Shock"	unknown	unknown	May 15, 1953
A Korean War veteran is committed to a mental hospital by his wife. He escapes and ends up being accused of murdering her.
34	34	"Busy Signal"	Ralph Murphy	Warren Wilson	May 22, 1953
Pam becomes involved in another murder after the phone company switches the Norths' number with that of a crooked bookie. She takes non-stop phone calls from gamblers placing bets on horses, but has no idea what's they're all talking about. She's on the phone with the shady bookie when he's gunned down in Grand Central Station.
35	35	"Salt in His Blood"	Ralph Murphy	Herbert Purdom	May 29, 1953
Chuck Walker, a North family friend, is discharged from the Navy for being underage. Planning to rejoin on the West Coast under another name, he needs some money for the trip. After being involved in a bar fight with a drunk who's robbed and dies, Chuck is charged with murder.
36	36	"Two Faced"	Ralph Murphy	Buckley Angell	June 5, 1953
The manicurist at Jerry's favorite barber shop recognizes a customer as a wanted murderer, but instead of phoning the police, she devises a plan to blackmail him. However, her scheme goes awry, with deadly results.
37	37	"Trained for Murder"	Ralph Murphy	Erna Lazarus	June 12, 1953
The Norths go to a training camp so Jerry can interview the up-and-coming prizefighter, Vince McKay, for a future book project. Unfortunately, the boxer collapses in the ring and dies. It turns out that McKay was hard to get along with and made promises to women that he didn't intend to keep. Many people had it in for McKay, but which one fed him the rat poison?
38	38	"Murder on the Midway"	Ralph Murphy	Buckley Angell	June 19, 1953
Pam and Jerry run into an old war buddy who is visiting his mother on the midway of a traveling carnival. Problems surface when the crooked stepfather is involved in a plot to rig the games. When the Norths begin to unravel a mystery, things turn ugly on the midway.
39	39	"Million Dollar Coffin"	Ralph Murphy	Warren Wilson	June 26, 1953
Jerry is excited about publishing the personal papers a Revolutionary War figure. He and Pam accompany Nathaniel Sykes III to the small town where his ancestor is buried to retrieve the historic documents from his ancestor's coffin. In the next grave over is buried a drifter and a million dollars; a gang of criminals stashed their stolen loot in the grave for safekeeping until the cops lost interest. When the headstones get switched, everyone's in a panic.

Season 2 (1954

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
40	1	"Quick and the Deadly"	Paul Landres	Lee Erwin, Donn Mullally	January 26, 1954
Pam and Jerry go after thieves who have stolen secret government documents.
41	2	"Target"	Paul Landres	Lee Erwin, Donn Mullally	February 2, 1954
Pam and Jerry plan to have a nice quiet picnic at the beach, but a sniper quickly changes those plans.
42	3	"Reunion"	George Blair	Lee Erwin, Donn Mullally	February 9, 1954
While attending a college reunion, Pam is taken hostage by Jerry's former roommate who's now a professor. He demands that the school stop their atomic production program or he'll detonate one of his own at the school's field-house during that night's big basketball game.
43	4	"Loon Lake"	Lew Landers	Lee Erwin	February 16, 1954
A vicious counterfeiter escapes from prison and hides out in a remote cabin while recuperating from plastic surgery he received to alter his appearance. His gang lures the Norths to the cabin and holds them hostage, their plan being to ultimately kill the couple.
44	5	"Hand Painted Murder"	Lew Landers	unknown	February 23, 1954
45	6	"The Ungrateful Killer"	Paul Landres	Herbert Purdom	March 2, 1954
The Norths are driving to a party when they're stopped on the street by an injured man. He turns out to be a wounded criminal, and he gets in their car and tells them to drive him to Canada.
46	7	"Flight 217"	Lew Landers	Charles Belden	March 9, 1954
The Norths travel to Mexico City to help their friend, Det. Paco of the Mexico City police, solve a missing persons case. As they board their plane for the flight back to the US, they don't know that someone has planted a bomb aboard the aircraft, and it's ticking away.
47	8	"Death Doll"	Paul Landres	Lee Erwin	March 16, 1954
Pam and Jerry are investigating the death of an explorer, and among they things they turn up are a voodoo doll and a jealous wife.
48	9	"Phantom at the Wedding"	Paul Landres	Erna Lazarus	March 23, 1954
The Norths are asked for help by a young lawyer friend who has received a death threat on the evening before his impending marriage.
49	10	"Homicide Limited"	Paul Landres	Lee Erwin, Donn Mullally	March 30, 1954
Pam and Jerry traveling by train from New York to Florida when an attractive blonde is murdered. They attempt to solve the crime before reaching their destination.
50	11	"Shrinking Violet"	Lew Landers	Doris Gilbert	April 6, 1954
Amelia Little, someone Pam hasn't seen since childhood, comes for a visit. Pam believes her odd behavior is simply a case of being overwhelmed by the big city. The truth is she's an impostor who tossed Amelia off the train and assumed her identity; she's actually Violet Budge, a killer on the run for murdering a wealthy old woman. Pam's in danger of become her next victim after determining the supposed friend is actually a phony.
51	12	"Model for Murder"	Paul Landres	Herbert Purdom	April 13, 1954
Jerry intends to un-enroll Pam from a pricey modeling school she'd joined to learn poise. When they go to the studio to get Pam's tuition back, they find the suave head of the school has been murdered with a fencing epee. The school turns out to be a hotbed of romance and jealousy.
52	13	"Murder for Sale"	Lew Landers	Lee Erwin	April 20, 1954
A friend of the Norths, who is a jealous husband (Raymond Burr), arranges for his wife's lover's murder and then has second thoughts.
53	14	"The Placid Affair"	Lew Landers	Mortimer Braus	April 27, 1954
Jerry unwittingly becomes an accomplice to a payroll heist committed by a dying man and his nurse.
54	15	"The Girl in Cell 13"	Lew Landers	Doris Gilbert	May 4, 1954
Pam volunteers as an art teacher at a women's prison. There she becomes friendly with a quiet, naive young lady who is forced to cooperate with a drug ring upon her release from prison.
55	16	"The Suspected"	Paul Landres	Lee Erwin, Donn Mullally	May 11, 1954
The paid companion of an elderly silent film star tries to kill herself when the tabloids implicate her in the death of the former actress.
56	17	"Mask of Hate"	Lew Landers	Lee Erwin	May 18, 1954
Gordon Lane, a suicidal invalid, is bitter about his life and jealous of his wife's lover. Marion Lane feels trapped in an unhappy marriage and wants her lover, Barry, to kill her bed-ridden husband. When Barry turns up dead in the Lanes' home, Marion is the only logical suspect. But when the Norths visit, Pam discovers the truth behind Gordon's disabilities and finds her own life in jeopardy.
57	18	"Climax"	Lew Landers	Herbert Purdom	May 25, 1954
A serial killer of sailors is on the loose.

References

External links

• Mr. and Mrs. North at the Internet Movie Database
• Mr. and Mrs. North at TV.com