Route 66

1960 • CBS
4.6
40 reviews
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Season 3 episodes (31)

1 One Tiger to a Hill
9/21/62
Tod and Buz cross paths with an Oregon fisherman whose war experiences have turned him into a bitter, vicious misanthrope.
2 Journey to Nineveh
9/28/62
Tod and Buz suffer a series of odd misfortunes after they give a ride to a local jinx.
3 Man Out of Time
10/5/62
Tod's cab fare is a former prohibition-era gangster who believes someone from his past wants to kill him.
4 Ever Ride the Waves in Oklahoma?
10/12/62
At California's famous Huntington Beach, Buz challenges the local surfing champ to avenge the death of a former challenger.
5 Voice at the End of the Line
10/19/62
A co-worker of Buz carries on a telephone romance with a woman he has never seen.
6 Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing
10/26/62
Old-time horror-movie icons Lon Chaney, Jr., Boris Karloff, and Peter Lorre reunite at a Chicago hotel to plan a horror TV show for a new generation.
7 Across Walnuts and Wine
11/2/62
Tod and Buz board at an Oregon house with a strangely dysfunctional family.
8 Welcome to the Wedding
11/9/62
A cold-blooded killer escapes from police custody and takes Tod captive.
9 Every Father's Daughter Must Weave Her Own
11/16/62
Buz's employer tries to set him up with his troubled daughter.
10 Poor Little Kangaroo Rat
11/23/62
Tod and Buz work for a shark-hunting scientist who is so obsessed with his cholesterol research he ignores his own family.
11 Hey Moth, Come Eat The Flame
11/30/62
Tod and Buz try to help a young boy cope with his father's alcoholism.
12 Only by Cunning Glimpses
12/7/62
A traveling medium displays an uncanny ability to predict the future, and her next prediction is for Buz's death!
13 Where is Chick Lorrimer? Where Has She Gone?
12/14/62
Tod unwittingly helps a young woman escape from her bail bondsman.
14 Give The Old Cat A Tender Mouse
12/21/62
Tod once again encounters Vicki Russell in Tennessee, where she is being courted by a cotton baron.
15 A Bunch of Lonely Pagliaccis
1/4/63
Tod's idyllic new existence working for a prize-winning, William Faulkner-ish novelist in rural Mississippi is shattered by murder.
16 You Can't Pick Cotton in Tahiti
1/11/63
A runaway groom in a tiny Tennessee community pretends to study local folk songs as he uses the town, its people and Tod for his own ends.
17 A Gift for a Warrior
1/18/63
Tod and Buz try to help a German youth find his American father, unaware that the youth plans to kill the man.
18 Suppose I Said I Was the Queen of Spain
2/8/63
Tod becomes romantically involved with a woman who gives the term "role playing" a whole new meaning.
19 Somehow It Gets to Be Tomorrow
2/15/63
Tod tries to help a pair of runaway orphans.
20 Shall Forfeit His Dog and Ten Shillings to the King
2/22/63
Tod joins a posse hunting a pair of killers near Arizona's Superstition Mountain.
21 In the Closing of a Trunk
3/8/63
A woman returning from a long prison stay believes Tod to be her son.
22 The Cage Around Maria
3/15/63
Tod comes to the rescue of a young woman who jumps into the bear pit of the Houston zoo.
23 Fifty Miles From Home
3/22/63
Tod meets his new traveling partner, one Lincoln Case - Army Ranger and war hero, just returned from Vietnam.
24 Narcissus on an Old Red Fire Engine
3/29/63
Linc becomes involved with a troubled, self-obsessed young Galveston debutante.
25 The Cruelest Sea of All
4/5/63
Tod works at Florida's famous Weeki Wachee aquatic park when he meets a young woman who may be a real mermaid.
26 Peace, Pity, Pardon
4/12/63
In Tampa, Tod and Linc aid Jai-Lai players in a dangerous attempt to smuggle a little girl out of Cuba.
27 What a Shining Young Man Was Our Gallant Lieutenant
4/26/63
After the guys are shortchanged on the docks in Tampa, Linc pays a visit to his former commanding officer only to find that head wounds suffered in combat have regressed him back into an 8-year-old boy.
28 But What Do You Do in March?
5/3/63
Tod and Linc race speedboats as they get caught up in the rivalry between two spoiled heiresses. Guy Lombardo and Carmen Lombardo portray themselves.
29 Who Will Cheer My Bonnie Bride?
5/10/63
Linc is shanghaied by holdup men who are on their way to a wedding.
30 Shadows of an Afternoon
5/17/63
Linc is jailed after an old woman accuses him of cruelly injuring a dog.
31 Soda Pop and Paper Flags
5/24/63
A hobo befriended by Tod and Linc is suspected of bringing a rare and deadly virus into a Missouri town. An early appearance of Alan Alda as a town doctor.

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
July 15, 2012
Great show, 4th session not the best would given it 5.
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Deb and Yo Phontipsavat
August 26, 2021
Love this show! Marty Milner is one of my favorite actors!
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dan o'keefe
April 22, 2015
Drama in vein of knights in shinning armor. Two men helping strangers
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