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I Led 3 Lives Season 1 Episodes

Season 1 Episode Guide

39 Episodes 1953 - 1954

Episode 1

Pilot

Tue, Feb 17, 202630 mins

Philbrick leads three lives: average citizen, Communist Party member and counter spy for the FBI. Tonight he is called to an important meeting at his local Communist cell. Main topic is how to bring about the downfall of the United States.

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Episode 2

Pilot #2

Tue, Feb 17, 202630 mins

Philbrick fears his FBI connection has been discovered by his Communist comrades.

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Episode 3

Dope Photographic

Tue, Feb 17, 202630 mins

The FBI requests Philbrick's help to breakup a narcotics ring, whose aim is to gather secret defense plant information in exchange for free drugs. Philbrick's plan to film the illegal transactions from his office window hit a snag when he discovers a recently hired secretary is communist spy sent to keep an eye on his activities.

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Episode 4

Baited Trap

Thu, Oct 1, 195330 mins

Philbrick is ordered by a communist leader to type up a list of non-card carrying communists from a coded document, but he suspects a trap.

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Episode 5

Railroad Strike Attempt

Tue, Feb 17, 202630 mins

Philbrick is ordered to write a leaflet that will trigger a wildcat strike at the local railroad yard.

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Episode 6

Campus Story

Tue, Feb 17, 202630 mins

Philbrick is assigned to supervise a program to recruit likely future communists at a local college, including the son of a prominent college donor.

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Episode 7

Army Infiltration

Tue, Feb 17, 202630 mins

As Educational Director of his district, Philbrick encourages his cell members to send literature to others abroad. A U.S. Army soldier finds himself in hot water when his elderly aunts, members of Philbrick's cell, send him microfilm along with the package of pamphlets.

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Episode 8

The Spy

Tue, Feb 17, 202630 mins

Philbrick is ordered to investigate Bernard Tippy, a fellow cell member who is suspected of deviant behavior. Philbrick discovers that should the U.S. go to war with the Soviet Union, Tippy would fight with the Americans. Although he is aware that his report is tantamount to a death warrant for Tippy, Philbrick submits an accurate account of his findings only to learn that the whole investigation was a set-up to learn where Herb's true loyalties lay.

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Episode 9

The Jet Engine

Tue, Feb 17, 202630 mins

While stuffing envelopes with a fellow cell member, Philbrick learns that the communists have infiltrated a jet engine manufacturing plant that uses top secret production machinery and a shop steward is the head of the spy ring operating on the inside.

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Episode 10

Helping Hand

Tue, Feb 17, 202630 mins

Philbrick receives a special assignment - pick up a man who has been smuggled into the country, obtain false credentials and introduce him to the Hollywood elite. The Communist administration hope that their agent can infiltrate the film and television industry.

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Episode 11

Parcels for Poland

Tue, Feb 17, 202630 mins

The reds have a treacherous plot : they arrange a phony charitable organization that ostensibly allows people in America to donate to the relief of their destitute family members in Poland according to a menu of gift packages. They're wildly overcharged, so the communists get rich and a list those to persecute behind the iron curtain.

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Episode 12

Captured Congressman

Tue, Feb 17, 202630 mins

Philbrick is assisting George Reynolds with his election campaign for the U.S. Congress when he learns that one of Reynolds' primary contributors is giving the candidate money provided by the Communist party. As Reynolds is campaigning on an anti-communism platform it will be profoundly damaging to his chances when the information comes to light on the eve of the election.

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Episode 13

Purloined Printing Press

Tue, Feb 17, 202630 mins

To get out some secretly produced propaganda leaflets, the communists have Philbrick go through an elaborate cloak-and-dagger scheme to secure an offset printing press. It involves a new typewriter, the use of his car, and an eager printer in a hidden location.

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Episode 14

Civil Defense

Tue, Feb 17, 202630 mins

Comrade Ted directs Philbrick and other cell members to enrol with Civil Defense. The plan is to infiltrate and cripple the organization so that it will be unable to respond when the Communists launch an attack.

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Episode 15

The Wife

Tue, Feb 17, 202630 mins

Philbrick's marriage is threatened when the party demands that wife Eva becomes a member.

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Episode 16

Communist Cop

Tue, Feb 17, 202630 mins

Philbrick has to race against time to prevent his cell from eliminating "Comrade Rick" whom they discover to be an undercover policeman.

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Episode 17

Defense Plant Security

Tue, Feb 17, 202630 mins

The Evans Manufacturing Company has won a big defense contract with the US military. Philbrick discovers that fellow cell member Comrade Clyde has a job there. What is he up to?

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Episode 18

Gun Running

Tue, Feb 17, 202630 mins

Comrade Elaine instructs Philbrick to tour the city collecting assorted objects from secret contacts. The bits and pieces will be assembled into untraceable guns which the Communists will use on murder missions.

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Episode 19

Passports

Tue, Feb 17, 202630 mins

Communist special courier Comrade Neil tells Philbrick to liaise with a master passport forger. The party want an American citizen who has a wealth of secrets to slip out of the country and defect to the East.

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Episode 20

Youth Movement

Tue, Feb 17, 202630 mins

Philbrick is raising funds for a new youth center. However, the comrades plan to infiltrate both the center and its bank account.

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Episode 21

Map of the City

Tue, Feb 17, 202630 mins

Philbrick's cell members receive four city map references indicating locations of planned sabotage. Utilities, communications, industrial installations and military targets will all be hit unless Philbrick can tip off the FBI.

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Episode 22

Caviar

Tue, Feb 17, 202630 mins

When the reds instruct Philbrick to find a public place for a meeting, he chooses a golf driving range because he assumed the spy was a golfer because of a pamphlet. It turns out the spy had no use for the sport, and the booklet was in fact a prototype destruction manual for commie agents.

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Episode 23

The Kid

Tue, Feb 17, 202630 mins

A reluctant comrade is forced to film secret radar-tube designs.

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Episode 24

Infra Red Film

Tue, Feb 17, 202630 mins

Philbrick's cell colleague Comrade Ormand claims to have a contact at the FBI who is about to supply a photo list of counter spies. Will Philbrick's name be on the list?

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Episode 25

The Editor

Fri, Jan 1, 195430 mins

Rock Falls newspaper editor Larry Edwards is exposing Communist infiltration at an important power plant. The infiltrator disappears, so the party send Philbrick to Rock Falls to get back the secret plans.

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Episode 26

Confused Comrades

Tue, Feb 17, 202630 mins

The FBI ask Philbrick to attend a secret meeting of the Communist policy committee. He manages to disunite the comrades on whether to continue with the phony peace initiative or else escalate their acts of violence.

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Episode 27

Communications

Tue, Feb 17, 202630 mins

Comrade John has a plan to cripple US communications systems by sabotaging radio stations. Philbrick must find a way to tip off the FBI.

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Episode 28

Phantom Labor Leader

Tue, Feb 17, 202630 mins

Philbrick discovers that the comrades are planning to take over a labor union.

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Episode 29

Progressive

Tue, Feb 17, 202630 mins

The reds order Philbrick to infiltrate a citizens committee.

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Episode 30

The Old Man

Tue, Feb 17, 202630 mins

Philbrick tries to protect an important comrade who is called before a state committee.

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Episode 31

Birthday

Tue, Feb 17, 202630 mins

Two comrades become suspicious of Philbrick.

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Episode 32

Cell Leader

Tue, Feb 17, 202630 mins

Philbrick is offered a party promotion. The problem is that acceptance would make his communications with the FBI far more difficult.

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Episode 33

Dry Run

Tue, Feb 17, 202630 mins

Philbrick is put to a frightening test of loyalty.

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Episode 34

Comrade Wants Out

Tue, Feb 17, 202630 mins

Philbrick must denounce a party member whose loyalty is waning.

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Episode 35

Depression

Tue, Feb 17, 202630 mins

The reds plan to launch a major rumor that the US is about to enter economic depression. Only a change to Communism can rescue the situation.

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Episode 36

The Boss

Tue, Feb 17, 202630 mins

Philbrick's office boss notices he's looking tired and distracted of late. Little does the boss know that his employee leads three lives and is about to undergo a mission that could endanger his life.

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Episode 37

Love Story

Tue, Feb 17, 202630 mins

Philbrick's colleague Paul is depressed that his girlfriend Margaret has become a Communist. How can she be cured of this dreadful "sickness?"

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Episode 38

Unexpected Trip

Tue, Feb 17, 202630 mins

The comrades order Philbrick to report to the airport, then fly him to another US city. He arrives at a secret conference where the reds are scheming to infiltrate the US education system, hoping to brainwash kids with Communist ideology.

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Episode 39

Strategic Material

Tue, Feb 17, 202630 mins

Philbrick discovers the comrades are collecting surplus metal. The FBI want to know why.

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