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The Man Called X Season 1 Episodes

Season 1 Episode Guide

14 Episodes 1956 - 1956

Episode 1

For External Use Only

Fri, Jan 27, 195630 mins

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Episode 2

Ballerina Story

Fri, Feb 3, 195630 mins

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Episode 3

Extradition

Fri, Feb 10, 195630 mins

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Episode 4

Assassination

Fri, Feb 17, 195630 mins

Agent Thurston is sent to Singapore to prevent the assassination of a Free Chinese General.

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Episode 5

Truth Serum

Fri, Feb 24, 195630 mins

Thurston must get word to a Czech underground leader that his cover has been blown and, if he goes ahead with an important operation, his entire spy network will be captured. When the agent entrusted to warn the underground is discovered to be a double-agent, Thurston must impersonate the man to cross the border and spread the word.

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Episode 6

Afghanistan

Fri, Mar 2, 195630 mins

Thurston is sent to Kabul to investigate whether a tunnel disaster was caused by shoddy workmanship or sabotage.

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Episode 7

Embassy

Fri, Mar 9, 195630 mins

Thurston has to protect a US global defense system leaked to an unfriendly country.

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Episode 8

Dangerous

Fri, Mar 16, 195630 mins

Thurston has to keep a pipeline of intelligence open as a foreign agent tries to close it down.

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Episode 9

Provocateur

Fri, Mar 23, 195630 mins

A foreign agent tries to prevent the US from signing an oil contract with Iran. Thurston is sent to remove the threat so that the contract can be finalized.

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Episode 10

Local Hero

Fri, Mar 30, 195630 mins

Ken Thurston poses as a member of a group of refugees in a desperate attempt to escape from China. He has been assigned to find out which one of the group is a traitor.

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Episode 11

Maps

Fri, May 4, 195630 mins

Thurston is sent to retrieve maps in Czechoslovakia which contain information about military installations in that country.

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Episode 12

U.S. Planes

Fri, Apr 13, 195630 mins

Thurston has to prevent any incident that would jeopardize the sale of US planes to a friendly nation

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Episode 13

Acoustics

Fri, Apr 20, 195630 mins

A famous scientist is thought to be dead after disappearing behind the iron curtain. Recent clues show that the scientist is still alive using another name. Thurston is sent to get him back to his homeland.

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Episode 14

The General

Fri, Apr 27, 195630 mins

Thurston plants false evidence against a general to discredit him and get him out of power.

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