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The Best Episodes of Espionage

Every episode of Espionage ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Espionage!

Pulled from actual case histories and utilizing newsreel and documented narratives, the activities of spies from various countries are depicted as far back as the American Revolution and as recent as the Cold War.

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    Espionage Season 1 Episode 1 - A Covenant with Death
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    #1 - A Covenant with Death

    S1:E1

    During World War II, two Norwegian resistance fighters are tried for the deaths of an elderly couple.

    Director:Stuart Rosenberg
    Writer:Peter Stone

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  2. Espionage Season 1 Episode 2 - The Weakling
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    #2 - The Weakling

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    An American commando is sent to occupied France to contact the underground, but he's captured and endures horrific torture by the Nazis, protecting what he believes to be a top military secret.

    Director:Stuart Rosenberg
    Writer:Arnold Perl

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  3. Espionage Season 1 Episode 3 - The Incurable One
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    #3 - The Incurable One

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    Celeste, a Scandinavian aristocrat who has lost everything in the war, is trained as a killer and spy by an American officer in World War II. But, years after the war, he learns that killing has become a habit with her.

    Director:Stuart Rosenberg
    Writers:Sidney Carroll, Albert Ruben, Halsted Welles

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  4. Espionage Season 1 Episode 4 - The Gentle Spies
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    #4 - The Gentle Spies

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    An Aldermaston-type ban-the-bomb group is staging sit-in demonstrations around London, even on the steps of Whitehall. Worse, they keep releasing top secret documents in fliers and press releases, so a young agent is sent to infiltrate them to discover who their government source is.

    Director:David Greene
    Writer:Ernest Kinoy

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  5. Espionage Season 1 Episode 5 - He Rises on Sunday and We on Monday
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    #5 - He Rises on Sunday and We on Monday

    S1:E5

    During the First World War, Sir Roger Casement returns to Ireland to lead the Easter Rising.

    Director:David Greene
    Writer:Alvin Sapinsley

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  6. Espionage Season 1 Episode 6 - To the Very End
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    #6 - To the Very End

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    A young American in France joins a trio of French anti-nuclear protesters in the kidnapping of Professor Moreau, an eminent scientist. But one of them has another agenda - a personal revenge on the Professor.

    Director:David Greene
    Writers:David Greene, Norman Borisoff

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  7. Espionage Season 1 Episode 7 - The Dragon Slayer
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    #7 - The Dragon Slayer

    S1:E7

    Chinese revolutionary Sun Yat-Sen is kidnapped in London and held prisoner.

    Director:Ted Kotcheff
    Writers:Albert Ruben, Halsted Welles, Raymond Bowers

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  8. Espionage Season 1 Episode 8 - The Whistling Shrimp
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    #8 - The Whistling Shrimp

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    A journalist begins to suspect CIA involvement in the internal politics of a newly-emergent African nation.

    Director:Stuart Rosenberg
    Writer:Leon Tokatyan

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  9. Espionage Season 1 Episode 9 - The Light of a Friendly Star
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    #9 - The Light of a Friendly Star

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    A spy gets into the British embassy in West Germany. He manages to get some secrets, but to make good his escape, he reluctantly must kidnap the ambassador's 10 year old daughter.

    Director:James Sheldon
    Writer:John Gay

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  10. Espionage Season 1 Episode 10 - Festival of Pawns
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    #10 - Festival of Pawns

    S1:E10

    The beautiful Lina has defected to the West from East Germany. But is she a genuine refugee or a spy?

    Director:James Sheldon
    Writer:Robert Dozier

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  11. Espionage Season 1 Episode 11 - A Camel to Ride
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    #11 - A Camel to Ride

    S1:E11

    Catholic priest Father James leads protests against a nation's oppressive goverment.

    Director:Fielder Cook
    Writers:John Furia, Jr.

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  12. Espionage Season 1 Episode 12 - Never Turn Your Back on a Friend
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    #12 - Never Turn Your Back on a Friend

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    A multi-national commando team raid a Heavy Water plant in occupied Europe - and come away with the Chief Scientist...but which country will win the battle for the scientist's deadly knowledge...and will the team survive the sudden tensions the scientist brings?

    Director:Michael Powell
    Writer:Waldo Salt

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  13. Espionage Season 1 Episode 13 - Medal for a Turned Coat
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    #13 - Medal for a Turned Coat

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    A German officer arrives in wartime England to negotiate a peace settlement in the event of Hitler's being assassinated by his own High Command.

    Director:David Greene
    Writers:David Greene, Larry Cohen

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  14. Espionage Season 1 Episode 14 - The Final Decision
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    #14 - The Final Decision

    S1:E14

    When Richard Carey is told by his doctor that he's going to die soon, his first reaction is to get drunk and stay drunk. But the mysterious Mr. Smith has another suggestion about what to do with the time he has left.

    Director:Herbert Hirschman
    Writer:Donald Jonson

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  15. Espionage Season 1 Episode 15 - Do You Remember Leo Winters?
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    #15 - Do You Remember Leo Winters?

    S1:E15

    A onetime WWII hero diver is reactivated to do some underwater spying for MI5-against an American naval vessel anchored at Portsmouth. But is he reliable?

    Director:Robert Butler
    Writer:Art Wallace

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  16. Espionage Season 1 Episode 16 - We, the Hunted
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    #16 - We, the Hunted

    S1:E16

    An old man living in Spain seems likely to be be an escaped Nazi war criminal. Israeli agents arrive to investigate.

    Director:Ken Hughes
    Writer:Peter Yeldham

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  17. Espionage Season 1 Episode 17 - The Frantick Rebel
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    #17 - The Frantick Rebel

    S1:E17

    It's 1777, and a mysterious lady is in London...is she spying for the American revolutionaries? Dr Johnson and Boswell investigate, but always seem a couple of steps behind.

    Director:Michael Powell
    Writer:Ernest Kinoy

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  18. Espionage Season 1 Episode 18 - Castles in Spain
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    #18 - Castles in Spain

    S1:E18

    An aging onetime revolutionary war fighter returns to Spain to visit a fellow American friend, but complications arise when a badly wounded young man, hiding from the police, conceals himself in the American's car.

    Director:Anton Leader
    Writer:Raymond Bowers

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  19. Espionage Season 1 Episode 19 - Snow on Mount Kama
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    #19 - Snow on Mount Kama

    S1:E19

    As a British colony in Africa moves toward independence, the foreign office recommends the white citizens leave. As some plot an insurrection against the incoming Black president, we study the turmoil of a young government man whose father-in-law may be in on the scheme.

    Director:Ken Hughes
    Writers:Donald Jonson, Ken Hughes, Allan Prior

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  20. Espionage Season 1 Episode 20 - Once a Spy...
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    #20 - Once a Spy...

    S1:E20

    A washed-up British spy, desperate for one last big chance to prove himself to his superiors, agrees to go on a secret mission in Africa – unaware that his chief wants him to fail.

    Director:David Greene
    Writer:Julian Bond

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  21. Espionage Season 1 Episode 21 - The Liberators
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    #21 - The Liberators

    S1:E21

    An American mercenary is sent to a small Latin American country to rescue the famous revolutionary Escalon — but finds a different kind of man than the one he was expecting.

    Director:Seth Holt
    Writers:John Furia, Jr.

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  22. Espionage Season 1 Episode 22 - Some Other Kind of World
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    #22 - Some Other Kind of World

    S1:E22

    When an American jazz band does a goodwill performance in Russia, their self-important guitarist defies state department guidelines and goes out with a local girl, leading to KGB intervention and charges of spying.

    Director:Herbert Hirschman
    Writer:Joseph Liss

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  23. Espionage Season 1 Episode 23 - A Free Agent
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    #23 - A Free Agent

    S1:E23

    When a Soviet agent falls in love with a woman on the other side, he falls under the scrutiny of his allies and his enemies.

    Director:Michael Powell
    Writer:Leo Marks

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  24. Espionage Season 1 Episode 24 - A Tiny Drop of Poison
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    #24 - A Tiny Drop of Poison

    S1:E24

    A rumor is deliberately spread to the effect that an American embassy official is 'emotionally unstable'.

    Director:Herbert Hirschman
    Writer:John D. Hess

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Best Episodes Summary

"A Covenant with Death" is the best rated episode of "Espionage". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Stuart Rosenberg and written by Peter Stone, it aired on 10/2/1963. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Weakling".