The Name of the Game Season 2

(1969) September - April | # of Episodes : 26

Ratings

6.8

Series Details

Seasons: 3

Total Episodes: 76

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Networks: NBC

Status: Ended

First Air Date: Sep 20, 1968

Recent Air Date: Mar 19, 1971

Run Time: m

In Production: No

Original Language: English

Age Rating: TV-PG

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Production Companies: Universal Television

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Episodes

Episode 1

19 September 1969 - Lady On the Rocks

A happy marriage might be a front for the wife's fear and guilt as Howard (GB) suspects.

Episode 2

26 September 1969 - A Hard Case of the Blues

Blues singer Jesse Boone's business manager has just died under mysterious circumstances. He also swindled Jesse out of $200,000. Thing of it is, Jesse couldn't care less--and Crime magazine editor Dan Farrell (RS) wants to know the reasons for her apathy.

Episode 3

03 October 1969 - Blind Man's Bluff

An ex-district attorney gives Crime magazine reporter Jeff Dillon (TF) a phony story. It's all part of a complex plan for revenge. He was blinded several years earlier, and his wife's face was mutilated; now the former D.A. wants to trap the man responsible for his sightlessness.

Episode 4

10 October 1969 - The Emissary

An old-line French Marxist who happens to be an old friend of Crime magazine publisher Dan Howard (GB) would like him to help him pull off a delicate diplomatic mission. The Red Chinese delegation has just stormed out of an international health conference, and Howard has been assigned to woo them back.

Episode 5

17 October 1969 - Chains of Command

Farrell (RS) is investigating charges that the officials of a prison on the Mexican border are shipping out forced labor to local farms. It has been further charged that the officials are getting rich on kickbacks. Assuming a false identity and taking a job in the border town becomes very hazardous.

Episode 6

24 October 1969 - Goodbye Harry

Roving reporter Sam Hardy's boss, Crime magazine publisher Glenn Howard (GB), sends Hardy and magazine researcher Peggy Maxwell on a dangerous fact-finding mission. Their quarry is American missile scientist Harry Roarke. While it appears as though Harry has defected to Cuba, he may very well be hiding out in the States, in fear for his life.

Episode 7

31 October 1969 - Give Till It Hurts

The object of Farrell's (RS) latest investigation is a professional fundraiser. The editor recognizes him as a notorious con man, so it should be no problem to expose his racket. But problems there are, especially when an unknown gangster type pressures him to lay off.

Episode 8

07 November 1969 - The Perfect Image

Howard (GB) has recently been instrumental in getting the new mayor of Chicago elected. Recently uncovered evidence, however, suggests that he is in bed with the Mob. Howard and Crime magazine researcher Peggy Maxwell try to weed out the truth.

Episode 9

14 November 1969 - The Prisoner Within

Dillon (TF) investigates the story of a young man who is challenged by an Army officer to undergo prisoner of war training. He accepts the survival training challenge.

Episode 10

28 November 1969 - The Civilized Men

Farrell (RS) heads to Florida to probe into a cattle scam. Someone has been selling tainted meat, the end product of a rustled shipment of government livestock. Could the Mob be involved?

Episode 11

05 December 1969 - High Card

A U.S. Senator claims to have photographic proof that Howard (GB)was the man who tipped off the Cubans about the Bay of Pigs.

Episode 12

12 December 1969 - The Power

Dan Farrell (RS) sets about to investigate corruption on the waterfront. Farrell finds himself in the middle of a power struggle between two brothers battling for control of the longshoreman's union.

Episode 13

19 December 1969 - Laurie Marie

When Laurie Marie gets lost on the vast country estate of millionaire industrialist Robert Coates, he posts a $10,000 reward for anyone who can return the girl unharmed. This results in a stampede of mercenary characters who make a shambles of Coates' estate. Watching from the sidelines is reporter Jeff Dillon (TF) and his girl friday Peggy.

Episode 14

02 January 1970 - The Tradition

Howard (GB) and a young Greek woman are forced to flee for their lives when they challenge an ancient Greek custom.

Episode 15

09 January 1970 - The Brass Ring

A Boxer is suspended when he punches out an obstreperous reporter. Feeling partly responsible, Dan Farrell (RS) tries to help the young fighter. Farrell soon learns that the boy's manager may be arranging a fixed bout.

Episode 16

16 January 1969 - Island of Gold and Precious Stones

A late millionaire's millions have disappeared, and reporter Jeff Dillon (TF) wants to find out why. Together with his crack researcher Peggy Maxwell, Dillon checks out the deceased man's relatives. Each, it seems, has a reason for wanting the man dead, and each had opportunity to make off with the inheritance.

Episode 17

23 January 1970 - The Takeover

As special envoy, Howard (GB) visits a crisis-torn Asian nation whose Chief of state allegedly robbed the treasury and vanished. The ladies reinforce Howard's suspicions of a frame-up and sparks a probe that sends him into guerrilla territory.

Episode 18

30 January 1970 - The Garden

Dan Farrell (RS) is on the trail of a possible scam. A ""Pop"" psychiatrist who is strong on placebos but short on ethics, treats his wealthy patients at a lavish remote retreat called The Garden. Farrell is convinced that he is a phony, and tries to prove it

Episode 19

13 February 1970 - Tarot

Glenn Howard (GB) tries to prove that a young girl did not really kill herself and finds himself dangerously entangled with a coven of deadly witches.

Episode 20

20 February 1970 - The King of Denmark

Dillon (TF) investigates when an ancient and invaluable manuscript is found, and a girl disappears increasing the mystery.

Episode 21

27 February 1970 - The Skin Game

Farrell (RS) investigates deaths caused by an illegal dilution of medical supplies in a small African nation.

Episode 22

06 March 1970 - Man of the People

Jilted by ""populist"" tycoon Cesar Rodriguez, Hilary thirsts for revenge. She plans to publish a series of articles exposing the popular Rodriguez as a fraud, using his Mexican heritage to hornswoggle his own people.

Episode 23

20 March 1970 - Echo of a Nightmare

The crime in question occurred some 25 years ago. Now the kidnapper has been mysteriously murdered, compelling Dan Farrell (RS) to investigate. Curiously, the partner of the abduction victim's millionaire father tries to bribe Farrell to drop the case.

Episode 24

27 March 1970 - Jenny Wilde Is Drowning

When a young actress becomes suicidal, Jeff Dillon (TF) attempts to prevent her suicide attempts.

Episode 25

03 April 1970 - One of the Girls in Research

Howard's research girl has romantic daydreams about him as they try to locate an eccentric conniving industrialist who is trying victimized her.

Episode 26

10 April 1970 - The Other Kind of Spy

Dillon (TF) investigates a chemical plant that has blown up only to discover industrial espionage as the motive.

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Production	Executive Producer	Richard Irving
	Producer	Leslie Stevens David Victor Dean Hargrove Norman Lloyd Boris Sagal George Eckstein
Department	Role	Name

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