The Man Who Never Was

Episode 0

Original Pilot

The story follows a man who is granted the ability to see people's inner thoughts and desires, leading him on a journey of self-discovery and redemption.

Episode 1

One Plus One Equals One

Wed, Sep 7, 1966 30 mins

American undercover agent Peter Murphy, on assignment in East Berlin, has his cover blown. While trying to escape the killers, a man who looks identical to Murphy is killed. Murphy is left alone only to be picked up the dead man's driver and taken home to the dead man's wife. There he must decide whether to assume the dead man's identity and take his chances on being discovered.

Episode 2

The Last of Peter Murphy

Wed, Sep 14, 1966 30 mins

Episode 3

Search for a Bent Twig

Wed, Sep 21, 1966 30 mins

Episode 4

All That Lia Ever Wanted

Wed, Sep 28, 1966 30 mins

Episode 5

Escape

Wed, Oct 5, 1966 30 mins

At a mountains resort Peter Murphy and Eva Wainwright risk their lives to help a dissident monseigneur elude his country's secret police.

Episode 6

Death in Vienna

Wed, Oct 12, 1966 30 mins

In Vienna, the Wainwrights' vacation is disrupted by Catharine Martan and her son Paul, who have escaped from the Communists. Catharine wants her son to be protected by Mark, who she says is the boy's father.

Episode 7

A Little Ignorance

Wed, Oct 19, 1966 30 mins

Peter's masquerade as Mark Wainwright faces a new challenge: a dangerous wild-boar hunt with a former girl friend and Mark's suspicious half brother.

Episode 8

Target: Eva

Wed, Oct 26, 1966 30 mins

The beauty of Rome quickly fades when Eva gets an anonymous death threat.

Episode 9

Big Fish

Wed, Nov 2, 1966 30 mins

Fully aware that he may be falling into a trap, Peter agrees to help a Communist official defect to the West.

Episode 10

Pay Now, Pray Later

Wed, Nov 9, 1966 30 mins

In Italy, a search for art treasures looted during World War II leads Peter to the deadly lair of Kleiner Tiger, the daughter of the German field marshal who stole the art. The venomous young woman plans to rule the world.

Episode 11

Game of Death

Wed, Nov 16, 1966 30 mins

In Rome, Peter gets questionable assistance from the dazzling but impetuous Deena Santirian, the agent who is to play a key role in recovering a valuable microfilm from ladies' man Cesare Rossi.

Episode 12

If This Be Treason

Wed, Nov 23, 1966 30 mins

In Vienna, Peter attempts to free an Army lieutenant held by the Communists, who are blackmailing the man's father, a distinguished American general.

Episode 13

To Kill an Albatross

Wed, Nov 30, 1966 30 mins

In the Mediterranean, Mark and Eva must escape from a schooner commanded by an exiled general, who is bent on killing anyone who stands in the way of his return to power.

Episode 14

Things Dead and Done

Wed, Dec 7, 1966 30 mins

In Spain, Peter tries to latch on to an oil painting containing top-secret information. It won't be easy: The painting is in a millionaire's well-guarded collection-and enemy

Episode 15

The Perfect Crime

Wed, Dec 14, 1966 30 mins

In Spain, Peter is pitted against an East German Secret Police officer in a daily game of double cross.

Episode 16

In Memory of Davos

Wed, Dec 21, 1966 30 mins

In Spain, Peter ponders how to save a former fellow spy who is drinking himself to death.

Episode 17

Drop by Drop

Wed, Dec 28, 1966 30 mins

Peter docks at a deported racketeer's private island to destroy a top-secret experimental plane that may fall into enemy hands.

Episode 18

I Take This Woman

Wed, Jan 4, 1967 30 mins

Peter's growing attraction to Eva endangers his undercover work when a deposed Latin-American dictator insists that Ev be part of the stakes in a game of chemin de fer.