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The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
29 Episodes 1964 - 1965
Episode 1
The Vulcan Affair
Tue, Sep 22, 196460 mins
In the pilot episode, UNCLE agent Napoleon Solo is assigned to foil an assassination plot by Thrush. The criminal organization's target is a delegation from the newly independent African nation, Western Natumba. The plot is under the supervision of Andrew Vulcan, a U.S. industrialist secretly working for Thrush. Solo recruits an old flame of Vulcan's as part of his plan.
Episode 2
The Iowa-Scuba Affair
Tue, Sep 29, 196460 mins
Napoleon Solo travels to Iowa, the site of a secret U.S. Air Force base, after a saboteur turns up there. A group wants to hijack a secret U.S. plane as part of a plan to overthrow a South American nation.
Episode 3
The Quadripartite Affair
Tue, Oct 6, 196460 mins
UNCLE agents Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuraykin face a four-cornered conspiracy comprised of an ambitious woman (Gervaise Ravel), her wealthy boyfriend (Harold Bufferton), a disgraced military officer and a scientist who has devised a chemical that induces fear. Solo and Kuryakin are helped by the daughter (Marion Raven) of a man killed as a result of the conspiracy.
Episode 4
The Shark Affair
Tue, Oct 13, 196460 mins
UNCLE agents Solo and Kuryakin are assigned to investigate hijackings at sea, where people are abducted from ships by a ship flying a pirate flag. The lead pirate, Captain Shark, believes the world will soon inevitably be destroyed by World War III and views his ship as a modern-day Noah's Ark.
Episode 5
The Deadly Games Affair
Tue, Oct 20, 196460 mins
U.N.C.L.E. and Thrush race to find a Nazi scientist, who worked for Adolf Hitler, after an SS officer assigned to guard the scientist turns up dead. The scientist, who now teaches under the name Professor Amadeus, has Hitler in suspended animation. He needs a person with the same blood type of Hitler's; the Nazi leader will need a completely new blood supply to come out of suspended animation. Amadeus discovers that Solo is the right blood type...
Episode 6
The Green Opal Affair
Tue, Oct 27, 196460 mins
Solo investigates a Thrush plot to tamper with the minds of prominent people only to find out he has been expected all along. Now, Thrush intends to tamper with his brain, figuring the agent will eventually be promoted and be turned into a pawn of the criminal organization.
Episode 7
The Giuoco Piano Affair
Tue, Nov 10, 196460 mins
Solo and Kuryakin pursue Gervaise Ravel and Harold Bufferton, the surviving conspirators of The Quadripartite Affair. To draw them out of hiding, Solo will use Marion Raven as bait and utilize a variation of the Guioco Piano chess opening to make the operation a success.
Episode 8
The Double Affair
Tue, Nov 17, 196460 mins
Thrush seeks to control "Project Earthsave," an energy source to be used if Earth is ever invaded. Toward that end, the group has used plastic surgery to make one of its operatives into a double for Napoleon Solo. Solo is scheduled to lead a team of UNCLE agents who are acting as couriers with the new combination for the Project Earthsave vault.
Episode 9
The Project Strigas Affair
Tue, Nov 24, 196460 mins
A diplomat seeks to heighten tensions between East and West. UNCLE is to neutralize him but not, Waverly says, in a way he becomes a "cause celebre." Solo and Kuryakin devise a con game with a false secret (dubbed Project Strigas) and recruit a talented engineer who abruptly quit a lucrative job to start his own business.
Episode 10
The Finny Foot Affair
60 mins
Solo is trying to track down a chemical agent that hastens the aging process.
Episode 11
The Neptune Affair
Tue, Dec 8, 196460 mins
Solo seeks to find a group of scientists who are trying to start World War III. Chemicals that are destroying the Russian grain harvest are being launched by rockets off the West Coast of the United States.
Episode 12
The Dove Affair
Tue, Dec 15, 196460 mins
Solo steals a dove-shaped medal from the body of the leader of a European nation as the corpse lies in state. The medal has information concerning Thrush personnel operating in the country. The UNCLE agent must contend with Satine, a master spy in the employ of the European nation as well as the country's security police, who are working for officials under the control of Thrush. Solo is assisted by Miss Taub, who is supervising a group of students on a European tour.
Episode 13
The King of Knaves Affair
Tue, Dec 22, 196460 mins
A deposed leader of a Middle Eastern nation, now living in Rome, is conspiring to ruin the economy of his country. Solo and Kuryakin adopt cover identities as part of a plan to foil the plot.
Episode 14
The Terbuf Affair
Tue, Dec 29, 196460 mins
Solo and Kuryakin, spending some off-time in Rome, are approached by Clara, an old flame of Solo's. She seeks Solo's help so Emil, a gypsy leader, can escape Terbuf along with papers that implicate the corrupt leadership of that country. Kuryakin tags along. His knowledge of gypsies and clear head (where Clara is concerned) will be of great assistance to Solo.
Episode 15
The Deadly Decoy Affair
Mon, Jan 11, 196560 mins
Solo and Kuryakin are told to escort a captured Thrush official, Egon Stryker, to Washington. Meantime, Waverly transports a man the agents are told is a double for Stryker. A Thrush team keeps trying to whisk Stryker away.
Episode 16
The Fiddlesticks Affair
Mon, Jan 18, 196560 mins
Solo and Kuryakin plan to blow up a Thrush treasury containing $55 million. The facility's cover is a casino. The agents recruit a young Minneapolis woman and coerce an expert safe-cracker as part of their plan.
Episode 17
The Yellow Scarf Affair
Mon, Jan 25, 196560 mins
An UNCLE agent transporting a Thrush device is killed when members of a revived Thugee cult in India rob a plane and cause it to crash. Solo picks up the trail of the murdered agent. He must deal with both Thrush and the cult.
Episode 18
The Mad, Mad Tea Party Affair
Mon, Feb 1, 196551 mins
The mysterious Hemingway causes havoc at UNCLE headquarters in New York through various means, including tampering with the facility's water supply and electrical system. This occurs on the eve of an important conference where UNCLE will host leaders from around the world. Meanwhile, Thrush's Dr. Egret and Riley, a Thrush mole inside UNCLE, conspire to assassinate the leaders. Solo and Kuryakin try to figure out Hemingway's motives. Virtually the entire episode takes place at UNCLE headquarters.
Episode 19
The Secret Sceptre Affair
Mon, Feb 8, 196560 mins
Solo is on a personal mission to help Col. Morgan, who was Solo's commanding officer during the Korean War. Kuryakin accompanies Solo. The agents become involved in a conspiracy where all is not what it appears.
Episode 20
The Bow-Wow Affair
Mon, Feb 15, 196560 mins
A relative of Waverly's is being threatened if he doesn't sell shares in a company at a fraction of their value. Kuryakin is assigned to the affair, where his knowledge of gypsies proves useful. Solo, recuperating from a knee injury, provides limited assistance.
Episode 21
The Four-Steps Affair
Mon, Feb 22, 196560 mins
Thrush seeks to assassinate the 10-year-old boy leader, who has brought peace to a formerly violent country.
Episode 22
The See-Paris-And-Die Affair
Mon, Mar 1, 196560 mins
A pair of cousins has robbed a diamond syndicate of a huge amount of diamonds. They are blackmailing the syndicate; if they're not paid, they'll flood the international market, devaluing diamonds everywhere. Both UNCLE and Thrush are seeking to find the diamonds.
Episode 23
The Brain-Killer Affair
Mon, Mar 8, 196560 mins
Thrush poisons Waverly, with plans to subject him to a procedure that affects the brain. The criminal organization has already experimented on others, turning a shipping magnate and a diplomat into failures.
Episode 24
The Hong Kong Shilling Affair
Mon, Mar 15, 196560 mins
A single shilling is the object of a hunt between UNCLE and criminal groups in Hong Kong.
Episode 25
The Never-Never Affair
Mon, Mar 22, 196560 mins
An UNCLE translator, Mandy Stevenson, seeks excitement. Solo, feeling sorry for her, "recruits" Mandy to be a courier. In reality, she is only supposed to get Waverly more pipe tobacco. Things go askew when Mandy is given actual valuable information (a list of Thrush agents in France). UNCLE and Thrush comb New York to find Mandy.
Episode 26
The Love Affair
Mon, Mar 29, 196560 mins
Solo investigates Brother Love, a supposed religious revivalist. In reality, Brother Love heads up a Thrush operation which has secured the services of scientists from both sides of the Iron Curtain. Brother Love is developing an atomic-powered spaceship. Solo has more than enough incentive to smash Brother Love. The religious figure abducted a woman graduate student who was sitting in a seat intended for a scientist Brother Love was courting. The student was kidnapped while with Solo. Second, Kuryakin is injured by a grenade while following the abducted Solo.
Episode 27
The Gazebo in the Maze Affair
Mon, Apr 5, 196560 mins
G. Emory Partridge is seeking revenge on Solo and UNCLE for foiling a plot seven years earlier. Partridge kidnaps Kuryakin as part of a trap.
Episode 28
The Girls of Nazarone Affair
Mon, Apr 12, 196560 mins
UNCLE and Thrush seek a formula that accelerates healing. The Thrush forces are led by Dr. Egret.
Episode 29
The Odd Man Affair
Mon, Apr 19, 196560 mins
UNCLE, seeking to infiltrate a meeting of terrorists, reluctantly recruits former agent Albert Sully, a supposed expert on one of the attending terrorists. In reality, he knows no more than UNCLE does and, in turns, seeks the help of a woman from his past.
