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Season 1 episodes (30)
1 Black November
60/10/07
Car trouble strands Tod and Buz in an isolated Mississippi lumber town named for and dominated by its unscrupulous ruler and haunted by a secret.
2 A Lance of Straw
60/10/14
Tod and Buz crew a Grand Isle, Louisiana shrimp trawler while its captain deals with a hurricane and a jealous boyfriend.
3 The Swan Bed
60/10/21
A young woman inadvertently interferes with a bird smuggling ring at the center of a psittacosis outbreak in New Orleans.
4 The Man on the Monkey Board
60/10/28
Tod assists an undercover Nazi hunter while working with Buz on an oil platform off the coast of Venice, Louisiana.
5 The Strengthening Angels
60/11/04
Buz attempts to prove the innocence of a single mother who killed the younger brother of a small-town sheriff in self-defense.
6 Ten Drops of Water
60/11/11
Three orphaned ranchers stubbornly fight a losing battle against chronic drought conditions near Kanab, Utah.
7 Three Sides
60/11/18
Tod and Buz help a Grants Pass, Oregon hops farmer reluctant to instill discipline in his spoiled son and daughter.
8 Legacy for Lucia
60/11/25
To finance a new Virgin Mary statue for her church, a Sicilian woman tries to sell Oregon land "bequeathed" to her by an American soldier during World War II.
9 Layout at Glen Canyon
60/12/02
Tod and Buz act as bodyguards to fashion models at the Glen Canyon Dam construction site.
10 The Beryllium Eater
60/12/09
Tod and Buz help an old prospector stake his claim after he finds beryllium ore.
11 A Fury Slinging Flame
60/12/30
Tod and Buz meet a scientist who intends to hide in Carlsbad Caverns with friends until an expected nuclear holocaust is over.
12 Sheba
61/01/06
Tod and Buz work for a cotton company and battle cowboy Woody Biggs, who is not done with the woman he sent to prison.
13 The Quick and the Dead
61/01/13
Tod becomes a race car driver as he and Buz get involved in a family controversy over whether an aging driver should retire.
14 Play It Glissando
61/01/20
Tod and Buz try to protect a woman from her jazz musician husband.
15 The Clover Throne
61/01/27
Tod and Buz work for a date farmer who fights the highway department while he "waits out" his sexy ward, hoping she will marry him.
16 Fly Away Home, Part 1
61/02/10
Tod becomes a crop duster for a struggling company.
17 Fly Away Home, Part 2
61/02/17
Tod and Buz get involved in a quandary over an extra-dangerous crop dusting contract.
18 Sleep on Four Pillows
61/02/24
Tod and Buz meet a teenage girl who claims to be on the run from gangsters -- but her family thinks she has been kidnapped.
19 An Absence of Tears
61/03/03
Tod and Buz try to protect a blind widow from her husband's murderers.
20 Like a Motherless Child
61/03/17
Buz and Tod split up over whether to return a runaway boy to an orphanage.
21 Effigy in Snow
61/03/24
Tod and Buz try to stop a murderer who has left his latest victim in the snow at Squaw Valley.
22 Eleven, the Hard Way
61/04/07
Tod and Buz meet a gambler, whom the people of Broken Knee have asked to save their town.
23 Most Vanquished, Most Victorious
61/04/14
At the request of his aunt, Tod traces the life of his saintly cousin through the Los Angeles slums.
24 Don't Count Stars
61/04/28
Tod and Buz get involved in a custody case over a 9-year-old heiress and her drunken, gambling "uncle."
25 The Newborn
61/05/05
Tod and Buz protect a Native American girl and her newborn from their employer, who rules the land like a feudal baron. (Robert Duvall as a nasty ranchhand)
26 A Skill for Hunting
61/05/12
Tod and Buz are framed as poachers after Tod interferes with a real poacher's hunting.
27 Trap at Cordova
61/05/26
Tod and Buz are coerced into teaching school children in rural New Mexico.
28 The Opponent
61/06/02
Buz visits and inspires his boyhood hero, a former boxing great who is now on the skids.
29 Welcome to Amity
61/06/09
Tod and Buz meet a woman, who wants to bury her mother in a nearby cemetery. The people of Amity want to stop her.
30 Incident on a Bridge
61/06/15
Tod and Buz board in a home with an abused, mute girl and her two jealous - and violent - suitors.
About this show
One of the most brilliant dramas to emerge from the 60s, Route 66 was famous for its catchy Nelson Riddle theme song, intriguing characters, top-drawer writing and stellar guest star appearances.
Drama
Ratings and reviews
4.6
40 reviews
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A Google user
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15 July 2012
Great show, 4th session not the best would given it 5.
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dan o'keefe
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22 April 2015
Drama in vein of knights in shinning armor. Two men helping strangers
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Anton Von Neff
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18 June 2019
a fuel injected vette and couple of guys by the name buzz and Todd going from one town to the next all across the country