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 3 Episode Guide
26 Episodes 1967 - 1968
Episode 1
Let's Kill Karlovassi
Mon, Sep 11, 1967 60 mins
Kelly and Scott are sent to a seaside vacation spot to kill undercover spy, Karlovassi. But after meeting him, they develop a friendship with him.
Episode 2
The Beautiful Children
Mon, Sep 18, 1967 60 mins
Over the years, 10 thousand children have been kidnapped from a northern province in Greece to be taken through the Iron Curtain. They're brought up in state orphanages, brainwashed, and trained as agents to be later re-infiltrated back into Greece and used against their country. Robinson and Scott's assignment is to rescue a friendly agent involved with disrupting the child-smuggling, but whom is now trapped behind the Iron Curtain.
Episode 3
Laya
Mon, Sep 25, 1967 60 mins
Scott's ordered to get close to an African woman who has access to important intelligence about arm shipments to her country - and then 'destroy' her. But he's faced with an attack of conscience once he begins to develop feelings for her.
Episode 4
The Medarra Block
Mon, Oct 2, 1967 60 mins
To thwart a coup, Robinson and Scott must decipher the inscription on a wooden block given to them by a dying Moroccan.
Episode 5
Philotimo
Mon, Oct 9, 1967 60 mins
A child violin virtuoso begs Kelly and Scotty to smuggle him out of communist Bulgaria so that he can live with his sister in Greece. Against better judgment they help the boy and get a nasty surprise for their trouble.
Episode 6
The Honorable Assassins
Mon, Oct 16, 1967 60 mins
The partners take a man and his daughter across the Moroccan desert to escape bandits.
Episode 7
Now You See Her, Now You Don't
Mon, Oct 23, 1967 60 mins
Scott and Robinson search the Greek islands for a vacationing Los Alamos mathematician.
Episode 8
Red Sash of Courage
Mon, Oct 30, 1967 60 mins
Saboteurs hide out in a small Greek village with Kelly and Scott hot on their trail. Kelly's entanglement with the town mayor's daughter adds to their difficult predicament.
Episode 9
The Seventh Captain
Mon, Nov 13, 1967 60 mins
Robinson and Scott are on assignment in the Greek isles. The enemy agent they're trailing ducks into a small tavern and disappears into thin air.
Episode 10
Apollo
Mon, Nov 20, 1967 60 mins
A failed trap enables enemy agents to blow up a NASA test site.
Episode 11
Oedipus at Colonus
Mon, Nov 27, 1967 60 mins
Seeking the only man who can lead a Moroccan revolt, the partners are captured by a political leader.
Episode 12
The Lotus Eater
Mon, Dec 11, 1967 60 mins
Ten days after Kelly has missed an important meeting held in Athens, Scotty finds him lazing on a quiet Greek isle. Kelly tells Scotty he's net a woman and has quit the spy business.
Episode 13
An American Empress
Mon, Dec 25, 1967 60 mins
While in a toy shop in Chinatown, San Francisco Kelly and Scott meet an attractive Chinese young woman named Mai Lin. Kelly is immediately attracted to her and strikes up a conversation. While showing her the sights they find it strange that she says she is from San Francisco yet has no knowledge of the most obvious San Franciscan sights...Alcatraz, Golden Gate Bridge, etc. The mystery gets deeper when they are assaulted and she is stolen away. Their investigation leads them to an ancient Chinese cult who have plans for Mai Lin.
Episode 14
Home to Judgment
Mon, Jan 8, 1968 60 mins
Kelly and Scott are on the run from an armed group. They've learned the identities of some of the biggest saboteurs in America, who depend on their anonymity. Kelly and Scott seek refuge at a farm which Kelly remembers from his childhood; Kelly's aunt and uncle, and now they're all marked for death.
Episode 15
Anyplace I Hang Myself Is Home
Mon, Jan 15, 1968 60 mins
In one of the final episodes of the series, Scott and Robinson relive how they first met, in a series of flashbacks. Back in present-day San Francisco, Scott has been hospitalized after a failed suicide attempt. He is recalling for the psychiatrist, Dr. Akivic, how he and Robinson collided, literally and figuratively, in their first days of training for the CIA. Later, the doctor interviews Robinson who recalls the same series of events from his point of view. Each of them tells of working on a training exercise with a third agent, Wally. They broke into headquarters and discovered something in Dr. Akivic's office that none of them has the capacity to remember. Back in present day, the sight of the statue of Rodin's "The Thinker" triggers some disturbing memories and some radical responses.
Episode 16
Tag, You're It
Mon, Jan 22, 1968 60 mins
In San Francisco, Kelly and Scotty are on temporary duty at "the department's" training school. One of the trainees is a mole for the Soviets. After he kills another trainee, he gets permission to stalk Kelly and Scotty. The veteran agents end up accused and are on the run -- for real.
Episode 17
A Few Miles West of Nowhere
Mon, Jan 29, 1968 60 mins
Scott and Robinson investigate the death of an agent in a town where an atomic plant's to be constructed.
Episode 18
This Guy Smith
Mon, Feb 5, 1968 60 mins
Posing as fishermen, the duo is suspected in two deaths while pursuing an enemy agent wanted for murder.
Episode 19
Turnabout for Traitors
Mon, Feb 19, 1968 60 mins
Robinson disappears to clear himself of treason charges.
Episode 20
Happy Birthday Everybody
Mon, Feb 26, 1968 60 mins
While sightseeing in a Mexican town Scott and Robinson think they see someone familiar. When they approach him he gets the drop on them and gets away. After checking they find out that Frank Hunter a convicted mental patient judged incurable and sentenced to life has escaped. Hunter is a demolitions expert who has sworn revenge against Tom Matthews, the agent who apprehended him. Matthews has retired and lives with his family in Mexico. Robinson and Scott are assigned to find Hunter and stop him before he can hurt Matthews and his family.
Episode 21
Shana
Mon, Mar 4, 1968 60 mins
Robinson and Scott are on assignment in Acapulco, tracking down stolen rocket fuel. When their contact man is found murdered, the boys are warned off by a beautiful woman. When they search his room, they find a portrait of the woman. Using the artist's name, they track her down and discover she has the fuel and is going to trade it for her brother's freedom, who is being held behind the Iron Curtain.
Episode 22
The Name of the Game
Mon, Mar 11, 1968 60 mins
Ordered by their superiors to check security on a general forced into retirement before the visit of a VIP, Kelly and Scott are thrown into a game where they'ree the game being hunted.
Episode 23
Suitable for Framing
Mon, Mar 25, 1968 60 mins
Kelly and Scott are to be killed after they are used to test the authenticity of the appearance of a man who has surgically been altered to replace a senator that is to be murdered so the man as the senator can assassinate the president.
Episode 24
The Spy Business
Mon, Apr 1, 1968 60 mins
A series of leaks during the extraction of a defecting Soviet casts suspicion on an agency friend of Kelly's. Kelly and Scott join the debriefing team to discover which of the agents is the traitor.
Episode 25
Carmelita Is One of Us
Mon, Apr 8, 1968 60 mins
In Guadalajara, after the torture and death of a contact, Kelly and Scott take possession of an infant, Carmelita, and go on the run to escape a gang in a black car who are convinced that the infant is of great value.
Episode 26
Pinwheel
Mon, Apr 15, 1968 60 mins
In Acapulco, Kelly and Scott unenthusiastically team with an agent with who's less than stellar history in order to stop the transfer of important information.
