M Squad: Season 2
Season 2 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of M Squad Season 1.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
More Deadly
Sep 19, 1958 · 30 min
2 innocent men are iced by a currency exchange bookkeeper, to disguise her embezzlement. The sultry femme fatale's yarn that it was a heist gone bad makes sense at first, because o
Dead or Alive
Sep 26, 1958 · 30 min
A pair of gun crazy kids are loose in Chicago-- and a young reporter is defending them in the press against Ballinger and "police brutality".
The Missing Claimant
Oct 3, 1958 · 30 min
A shady lawyer protects a false heir to a fortune-- by killing the real relative! Ballinger is called in to set everything straight.
The Refugee
Oct 10, 1958 · 30 min
Ballinger goes undercover as an immigrant worker to help break an extortion ring targeting foreigners.
The Trap
Oct 24, 1958 · 30 min
Danny Mitchell is trying to find an engagement ring for his girl when he mistaken for a thief by the store owner. A fight convinces him he has killed the old man-- as such Danny's
Force of Habit
Oct 31, 1958 · 30 min
Val Mooney, hiding out from the cops, sees the perfect opportunity to evade them. When his wife's brother is killed in a massive warehouse fire, he forces her to identify the body
The Phantom Raiders
Nov 7, 1958 · 30 min
A pair of high-speed motorcycle thugs are robbing gas stations across Chicago. When one attendant gets shot, Ballinger goes undercover as a biker to crack the case.
The Merits of the Case
Nov 14, 1958 · 30 min
A famous defense attorney is gunned down in his house. Now Ballinger must piece together the clues to find the kille
The Big Kill
Nov 21, 1958 · 30 min
Larry Princeton is the master of bank heists-- he plans then sits back while his thugs pull off the job. Except for the last one-- which resulted in a bank teller's murder! Now Bal
The Sitters
Nov 28, 1958 · 30 min
Unsuspecting women allow bookmakers to use their telephones in return for payment of $50 per week, but they later learn that their lives will be in danger if they try to get out of
The Widows
Dec 12, 1958 · 30 min
Widows have something in common. All their husbands were murdered, and all had life insurance policies with double indemnity. And the widows have the same crooked lawyer. Lt. Frank
Prescription for Murder
Dec 26, 1958 · 30 min
The wife of a brain surgeon is abducted and threatened with death if the surgeon goes ahead with an emergency operation to save a critically injured police witness that can implica
The Teacher (aka Trade School)
Jan 2, 1959 · 30 min
Young hoodlums use a trade school for criminal purposes.
One Man's Life
Jan 23, 1959 · 30 min
An innocent man will be executed in 48 hours unless Lieutenant Ballinger can convince a socially prominent woman to recant the false testimony that she gave as a result of a ruthle
Mugger Murder
Feb 13, 1959 · 30 min
Frank must solve several connected homicides wherein convicted muggers are being strangled to death.
The Take Over
Feb 27, 1959 · 30 min
Racketeers try to steal profits from a new entertainment establishment run by an old friend of Ballinger.
Ghost Town
Mar 27, 1959 · 30 min
Lieutenant Ballinger and the FBI have few leads and little time to find a kidnapped socialite with a predilection for visiting jazz clubs. Bound, unattended, and hidden in a condem
The Fire Makers
Apr 17, 1959 · 30 min
Detective Ballinger helps investigate a series of arson crimes that are being used to cover up insurance scams.
The Terror on Dark Street
Apr 24, 1959 · 30 min
Lieutenant Ballinger investigates a possible link between a series of Dark Street purse snatchings and the disappearance of a successful but unhappily married architect.
The Baited Hook
May 8, 1959 · 30 min
A former convict and his daughter are being harassed by an old inmate.
Model in the Lake
May 15, 1959 · 30 min
A swimsuit model is found dead in Lake Michigan, but physical evidence indicates the she may not have drowned while swimming. Lieutenant Ballinger becomes convinced that she was mu
The Dangerous Game
Jun 5, 1959 · 30 min
The M squad is called in after a brutal robbery at the Leslie Fur Salon leaves a man clinging to death. As the investigation progresses, the situation faced by M Squad becomes more
Decoy in White
Jun 12, 1959 · 30 min
The M Squad become involved when a bank manager laundering illegal money is killed. The situation becomes tangled when a young lady accompanying the bank manager comes forward.
Mr. Grim's Rabbits
Jun 19, 1959 · 30 min
A seemingly random dockside shooting leads M Squad on a strange investigation involving fur skins and ancient Inca artifacts.
Platter Pirates
Jun 26, 1959 · 30 min
A D.J threatens to reveal the influence of racketeers in the music industry. Before he can go to air with the information he is gunned down. M squad are brought in to solve the mys
Death Is a Clock
Jul 3, 1959 · 30 min
LT. Frank Ballinger takes a personal interest in a case when the wife of convicted murderer Paul Danzig approaches him for help. Danzig has only 20 hours to live and his wife talks