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McCloud: Season 4

5 episodes Premiered Oct 14, 1973 Updated Nov 12, 2026
Previously on McCloud

Season 4 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of McCloud Season 3.
  • ⚡ Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
  • ⚡ Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
  • ⚡ Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
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Season 4 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 4: Filler vs. Essential Canon

Filter episodes by narrative weight. Focus on essential mytharc and skip standalone side quests.

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (2): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S4·E1 Mytharc

Butch Cassidy Rides Again

Oct 14, 1973 · 120 min

The NYPD demonstrates a bank robbery on live closed-circuit TV, and is bushwhacked by a gang of antiquated outlaws.

S4·E2 Mytharc

The Solid Gold Swingers

Dec 2, 1973 · 120 min

While answering a high-rise apartment burglary call, McCloud stumbles on a body, which then disappears. The case leads to a VIP madam under indictment, whose girls are apparently b

S4·E3 Core

A Cowboy in Paradise

Jan 20, 1974 · 120 min

Just before presenting a rackets case, Chief Clifford goes to Hawaii for a police conference. Taos sends McCloud, too, and the Marshal is obliged to dragoon a vacationing N.Y. poli

S4·E4 Core

The Colorado Cattle Caper

Feb 24, 1974 · 120 min

Modern-day cattle rustlers ship lethally contaminated beef to New York.

S4·E5 Mytharc

This Must Be the Alamo

Mar 24, 1974 · 120 min

During a heat wave, Chief Clifford is called away and leaves Sgt. Broadhurst in charge. A football gambling ring that scores with ""inside dope on injuries"" loses a little black b

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