I Spy
A pair of American agents handle their assignments with skill, humor, and some serious questions about their work. Kelly Robinson is a former Princeton law student whose cover is as a Davis Cup tennis player; partner and friend, Alexander Scott, is a Rhodes' scholar and language expert whose cover is as Kelly's trainer.
- 1965-1968
- 3 seasons
- NBC
- Action & Adventure, Drama
A pair of American agents handle their assignments with skill, humor, and some serious questions about their work. Kelly Robinson is a former Princeton law student whose cover is as a Davis Cup tennis player; partner and friend, Alexander Scott, is a Rhodes' scholar and language expert whose cover is as Kelly's trainer.
Season 1 Episode Guide
28 Episodes 1965 - 1966
Episode 1
So Long Patrick Henry
Wed, Sep 15, 1965 60 mins
Kelly and Alexander travel to Hong Kong to make contract with Elroy Browne, an american athlete who defected to Red China during the '64 Tokyo Olympics, and find out if Browne wants to return to the States. If he's interested, his life will be in danger from agents who won't want their star athlete to repatriate.
Episode 2
A Cup of Kindness
Wed, Sep 22, 1965 60 mins
Russ Conley, a former instructor of Kelly's, delivers a message to Kelly and Scott in Hong Kong. He tells them he botched an assignment, was caught and cracked. The department believes Conley's a traitor, and the message Corley delivered; the US want them to kiConley..
Episode 3
Carry Me Back to Old Tsing-Tao
Wed, Sep 29, 1965 60 mins
In Hong Kong, Kelly and Alexander have to make a deal with an old Chinese gangster, but he doesn't want money; he , wants to return to Formosa (now Taiwan) - his birthplace. But he can't emigrate until he settles a large tax bill with U.S. authorities.
Episode 4
Chrysanthemum
Wed, Oct 6, 1965 60 mins
While tracking a drugs for weapons smuggling deal Kelly and Scotty encounter the mysterious Blue Dragon society which makes sorting out the bad guys from the good anyone's guess.
Episode 5
Dragon's Teeth
Wed, Oct 13, 1965 60 mins
While tracking a drugs-for-weapons smuggling deal, Kelly and Scotty encounter the mysterious Blue Dragon society, which makes sorting out the bad guys from the good anyone's guess.
Episode 6
The Loser
Wed, Oct 20, 1965 60 mins
After Kelly and Scotty capture some heroin, the mobster wants it back, and to make certain he gets it returned, he's got a very valuable item to exchange; Scotty, who's being kept as a hostage in the dressing room of the beautiful drug addicted singer (Ms Eartha Kitt), who's working for the mobster.
Episode 7
Danny Was a Million Laughs
Wed, Oct 27, 1965 60 mins
Kelly and Scotty must keep an obnoxious drug smuggler alive until his escort arrives to extradite him to the States to testify.
Episode 8
The Time of the Knife
Wed, Nov 3, 1965 60 mins
Scotty and Kelly are assigned to investigate the death of an American agent in a fiery car crash and more important, the whereabouts of the secret documents he was carrying. Word on the street is the documents were destroyed in the fire but now one really believes that, including the bad guys who are happy to trade cash or bullets to acquire them.
Episode 9
No Exchange on Damaged Merchandise
Wed, Nov 10, 1965 60 mins
Scotty and Kelly search for an escaped prisoner, a Chinese agent scheduled for exchange with an American held by the Chinese.
Episode 10
Tatia
Wed, Nov 17, 1965 60 mins
Kelly falls in love with Tatia Loring, a free-lance photographer. His emotions for her remain strong, even when Scott confronts him with signs she's an enemy operative. She has photographed three men, all U.S. agents who've ended up dead. A fourth agent, John Irving, is killed in Kelly and Scotty's hotel room after meeting Tatia. Scott even tries to fight Kelly to prevent him from seeing her. But Kelly, wavering, decides to try one last gambit to determine if Tatia is an enemy agent or not.
Episode 11
Weight of the World
Wed, Dec 1, 1965 60 mins
An inexperienced agent works with Scotty and Kelly, as they attempt to prevent an enemy faction from releasing a new plague.
Episode 12
Three Hours on a Sunday Night
Wed, Dec 8, 1965 60 mins
Scott and Kelly must recover a roll of microfilm stolen from an Army courier. Unfortunately it's in the hands of a crime lord. To get it back Kelly has to meet the gangster's price; in cash or blood.
Episode 13
Tigers of Heaven
Wed, Dec 15, 1965 60 mins
A small group of fanatical, anti-American neo-samurai called the Tigers of Heaven target friends of Kelly.
Episode 14
Affair in T'Sien Cha
Wed, Dec 29, 1965 60 mins
Whilst in Hong Kong, and not currently on assignment, Kelly narrowly escapes a sniper's bullet while playing a tennis. He and Alexander Scott, are actually a pair of U.S. agents, Shortly thereafter, they're told to find a freight train which disappeared between China and Hong Kong. The train was supposedly only carrying building materials. It turns out, but, there was a passenger who's of great interest to China.
Episode 15
The Tiger
Wed, Jan 5, 1966 60 mins
Kelly's sent on a suicide mission to spring a trap before a world renowned humanitarian blunders into it to rescue his daughter.
Episode 16
The Barter
Wed, Jan 12, 1966 60 mins
Plans go awry when Kelly and Scotty are in Tokyo to help a Russian professor defect.
Episode 17
Always Say Goodbye
Wed, Jan 26, 1966 60 mins
Kelly takes the blame for all manner of indiscretions to spare the reputation of a diplomat.
Episode 18
Court of the Lion
Wed, Feb 2, 1966 60 mins
Scotty and Kelly combat a ruthless gang of smugglers who have co-opted an entire fishing village into their scheme. Although totally unarmed, with a little help from the villagers they might have a chance.
Episode 19
Turkish Delight
Wed, Feb 9, 1966 60 mins
Alexander Scott, traveling undercover in Mexico as Dr. Smithfield, is abducted along with three other agronomists that an amiable freelance spy is planning to sell to a foreign power. Kelly teams up with a taxi driver to track down his kidnapped comrade.
Episode 20
Bet Me a Dollar
Wed, Feb 16, 1966 60 mins
Scotty sportingly bets Kelly a dollar that he is capable of tracking down his friend anywhere in Mexico within a week. But the hide n' seek game becomes desperately urgent after Scott learns Kelly has unknowingly been infected with anthrax that will kill him if not treated within 24 hours.
Episode 21
Return to Glory
Wed, Feb 23, 1966 60 mins
A question over a five-dollar expense account item for "glass pants" for Scotty's mother leads to the boys recounting for Miss Clavell the whole story of their assignment to General Ortiz, democratic leader of an island republic ousted in a revolution and now living in exile in Taxco, Mexico. The general is seeking the United States' assistance in waging a counter-revolution, but Ortiz's wife is suspiciously resistant to allowing Kelly and Scott meet the general. Why the cover-up?
Episode 22
The Conquest of Maude Murdock
Wed, Mar 2, 1966 60 mins
Kelly and Scotty are assigned to kidnap a government official to detect shortcomings in her security detail, but Maude Murdock, a brash and scrappy Oklahoma woman, doesn't kidnap easily.
Episode 23
A Day Called 4 Jaguar
Wed, Mar 9, 1966 60 mins
Kelly's girlfriend insists she was rescued by the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl. Kelly and Scott's investigation of her claim soon dovetails with their assignment to locate a Soviet Air Force pilot thought to be defecting.
Episode 24
Crusade to Limbo
Wed, Mar 23, 1966 60 mins
Among the acclaimed Americans who have joined a revolutionary political cabal in Mexico are a respected author and a movie actor acquaintance of Kelly's. To avoid a likely international incident, Kelly and Scott are assigned to infiltrate and oust from the organization's ranks all Americans.
Episode 25
My Mother, the Spy
Wed, Mar 30, 1966 60 mins
Angela wants out of the spy business - suffering from guilt after killing a man and posing a liability after having a child by a Communist spy. Kelly and Scotty are assigned to bring Angela back to the United States to ensure her secrets are kept from enemy agent Teba, but Angela is resistant to leaving Mexico.
Episode 26
There Was a Little Girl
Wed, Apr 6, 1966 60 mins
Kelly and Scott babysit the spoiled brat teenage daughter of an American "VVVIP" while she vacations in Taxco, Mexico. The irksome assignment assumes an air of danger after the girl buys a traditional mask that certain parties are determined to get back at all costs.
Episode 27
It's All Done with Mirrors
Wed, Apr 13, 1966 60 mins
Robinson's kidnapped by enemy agents and is taken to a psychiatrist who specialises in behaviour modification. The doctor intendeds to brainwash him into believing Scott's a traitor - a double agent. When Robinson's returned to Scott, he'll kill his partner and friend when given the order.
Episode 28
One Thousand Fine
Wed, Apr 27, 1966 60 mins
When a man stumbles out of the jungle bearing 2 gold bars, it signals the start of a race to find a missing US plane which had crashed, along with the shipment of gold it had been carrying. Robinson and Scott are partnered with Jack, an old schoolmate.n Nik jjjjjRobinson's stunned to see with him with a woman named Jean, an old girl friend of his. who's now Jack's fiancé.