Route 66

1960 • CBS
4.6
40 reviews
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Season 2 episodes (32)

1 A Month of Sundays
22/09/61
Buz falls for starlet Arlene Sims, unaware that she has a terminal illness.
2 Blue Murder
29/09/61
Tod and Buz attempt to recapture a wild horse that apparently killed its new owner.
3 Good Night, Sweet Blues
06/10/61
A dying jazz singer enlists Tod and Buz to search out and reunite her old combo.
4 Birdcage on My Foot
13/10/61
Tod and Buz try to help a heroin junkie kick the habit.
5 First Class Mouliak
20/10/61
When a young woman is found dead, the chief suspect is the son of Tod and Buz's employer.
6 Once to Every Man
27/10/61
Tod seems ready to finally settle down and tie the knot with the daughter of a Gloucester, Massachusetts shipyard owner.
7 The Mud Nest
10/11/61
An encounter with a rural Maryland family bearing a striking resemblance to him leads Buz to Baltimore where, with the help of a police detective, he searches for the woman who might be his mother.
8 A Bridge Across Five Days
17/11/61
While working at a shipyard, Tod and Buz try to help a woman recently released from Spring Grove State Hospital readjust to normal life.
9 Mon Petit Chou
24/11/61
Tod becomes enamored of a lounge singer, but finds an obstacle in her intensely jealous manager.
10 Some of the People, Some of the Time
01/12/61
Tod and Buz work for a fraudulent beauty contest promoter and become hucksters in the process.
11 The Thin White Line
08/12/61
Tod goes on a one-man rampage through Philadelphia after inadvertently drinking a beer spiked with a powerful hallucinogenic drug.
12 And the Cat Jumped Over the Moon
15/12/61
A social worker who is a former mentor of Buz is killed playing a dare game with gang leader Packy (Martin Sheen).
13 Burning for Burning
29/12/61
Tod and Buz work for a wealthy family with a dead son. When their daughter-in-law pays a visit with their grandchild, the family treats her with open hostility.
14 To Walk with the Serpent
05/01/62
The F.B.I. wants Tod and Buz to infiltrate a Neo-Nazi group that is planning terrorism.
15 A Long Piece of Mischief
19/01/62
A rodeo clown nurses a love for a trick rider while fending off sadistic cowboys.
16 1800 Days to Justice
26/01/62
An ex-con who was framed takes over a small Texas town and holds a kangaroo court to pass judgment on the real culprit.
17 A City of Wheels
02/02/62
Working in a veterans hospital brings Tod and Buz into the life of an embittered invalid.
18 How Much a Pound is Albatross?
09/02/62
Free-spirited motorcycle rider Vicki Russell arrives in Tucson and turns it - and the lives of Tod and Buz - upside down.
19 Aren't You Surprised to See Me?
16/02/62
A religious fanatic with a biological weapon kidnaps Buz and threatens to kill him - unless the entire city of Dallas abstains from sin for 24 hours.
20 You Never Had It So Good
23/02/62
As part of a power play, a female executive promotes day-laborer Buz to a high administrative position.
21 Shoulder the Sky My Lad
02/03/62
Tod and Buz come to the aid of a young Jewish boy, who has a crisis of faith after his father is killed in a mugging.
22 Blues for a Left Foot
09/03/62
Tod helps a dancer - his first love - get a tryout with a major television network.
23 Go Read the River
16/03/62
Tod finds that his new employer, a designer of speedboat engines, is an exceptionally driven and desolate man.
24 Even Stones Have Eyes
30/03/62
Buz contemplates taking his own life after a construction accident leaves him without his sight.
25 Love is a Skinny Kid
06/04/62
A young woman stirs up a small Texas community by arriving in town wearing a frightful mask, which she refuses to remove.
26 Kiss the Maiden All Forlorn
13/04/62
An international fugitive risks recapture by returning to the U.S. to visit his daughter.
27 Two on the House
20/04/62
A young boy pretends to be the target of kidnappers in order to get attention from his business-obsessed father.
28 There I am, There I Always Am
04/05/62
Buz attempts to rescue a young woman who gets her foot stuck in the rocks of a Southern California beach, with the high tide coming in.
29 Between Hello and Goodbye
11/05/62
Tod becomes involved with a reckless blonde and her reserved brunette sister.
30 A Feat of Strength
18/05/62
Tod helps introduce a legitimate Hungarian wrestler to the American version of the sport.
31 Hell is Empty, All the Devils are Here
25/05/62
Tod's employer is an animal trainer plotting revenge against the man he believes responsible for his wife's death.
32 From an Enchantress Fleeing
01/06/62
Tod goes in search of a henpecked runaway husband.

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.

Ratings and reviews

4.6
40 reviews
A Google user
15 July 2012
Great show, 4th session not the best would given it 5.
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dan o'keefe
22 April 2015
Drama in vein of knights in shinning armor. Two men helping strangers
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Anton Von Neff
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
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