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A pair of intelligence agents posing as a tennis pro and his coach go on secret missions around the world.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    I Spy Season 3 Episode 14 - Home to Judgement
    8.7/10(87 votes)

    #1 - Home to Judgement

    S3:E14

    Pursued all the way down on the farm, Robinson & Scott fend off attackers.

    Director:Richard C. Sarafian
    Writer:Robert Culp

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  2. I Spy Season 2 Episode 22 - Mainly on the Plains
    8.4/10(67 votes)

    #2 - Mainly on the Plains

    S2:E22

    Don Quixote is the fascination of a professor with vital plans and an errant mind.

    Director:David Friedkin
    Writer:David Friedkin

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  3. I Spy Season 2 Episode 6 - Trial by Treehouse
    8.0/10(58 votes)

    #3 - Trial by Treehouse

    S2:E6

    Smuggler plans citywide blackout.

    Director:Richard C. Sarafian
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. I Spy Season 2 Episode 9 - Bridge of Spies
    8.0/10(62 votes)

    #4 - Bridge of Spies

    S2:E9

    In a tour of Venice, the old orthodontist gives Robinson a guide with a watch, a special watch, the kind that bugs spies.

    Director:Alf Kjellin
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. I Spy Season 2 Episode 27 - Casanova from Canarsie
    8.0/10(54 votes)

    #5 - Casanova from Canarsie

    S2:E27

    Mata Hari vs. file clerk.

    Director:Hal Cooper
    Writer:Rick Mittleman

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  6. I Spy Season 3 Episode 1 - Let's Kill Karlovassi
    8.0/10(52 votes)

    #6 - Let's Kill Karlovassi

    S3:E1

    Assassinating a double agent on the beach in the Aegean just doesn't sound like fun.

    Director:Christian Nyby
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. I Spy Season 2 Episode 13 - Lisa
    7.9/10(47 votes)

    #7 - Lisa

    S2:E13

    A Grecian mail order bride may be a Trojan horse.

    Director:Richard C. Sarafian
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. I Spy Season 2 Episode 17 - Tonia
    7.9/10(55 votes)

    #8 - Tonia

    S2:E17

    A most prickly diversion. Scott has fallen in love with a radical expatriate, Robinson disapproves, Scott resigns. Her cell leader welcomes discord; she is murdered, Robinson is blamed.

    Director:Alf Kjellin
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. I Spy Season 3 Episode 16 - Tag, You're It
    7.9/10(50 votes)

    #9 - Tag, You're It

    S3:E16

    Hare & hounds in San Francisco with the cadets, a charming tourist and a ringer.

    Director:Earl Bellamy
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. I Spy Season 2 Episode 1 - So Coldly Sweet
    7.8/10(69 votes)

    #10 - So Coldly Sweet

    S2:E1

    The phonybaloney defector is a real target when the game turns serious.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. I Spy Season 3 Episode 24 - The Spy Business
    7.8/10(47 votes)

    #11 - The Spy Business

    S3:E24

    Army Intelligence is receiving hits on its defector, who is leaving clues to his whereabouts, Robinson's old buddy, the other S2 debriefer?

    Director:Christian Nyby
    Writer:David Friedkin

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  12. I Spy Season 1 Episode 19 - Turkish Delight
    7.7/10(75 votes)

    #12 - Turkish Delight

    S1:E19

    Who is kidnapping the great agronomists in Mexico City?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. I Spy Season 1 Episode 20 - Bet Me a Dollar
    7.7/10(73 votes)

    #13 - Bet Me a Dollar

    S1:E20

    They bet each other a dollar that one can evade the other for a week, but he's been contaminated with anthrax and must be found in 24 hours.

    Director:Richard C. Sarafian
    Writer:David Friedkin

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  14. I Spy Season 2 Episode 16 - Rome ... Take Away Three
    7.7/10(47 votes)

    #14 - Rome ... Take Away Three

    S2:E16

    Blackmail and murder at the U.S. Embassy.

    Director:Alf Kjellin
    Writer:David Friedkin

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  15. I Spy Season 2 Episode 21 - A Room with a Rack
    7.7/10(56 votes)

    #15 - A Room with a Rack

    S2:E21

    Torture pure and simple has Robinson down in the dumps, with his career in jeopardy.

    Director:David Friedkin
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. I Spy Season 1 Episode 2 - A Cup of Kindness
    7.6/10(111 votes)

    #16 - A Cup of Kindness

    S1:E2

    One of their own has joined the adverse party, so Scott & Robinson are sent to Hong Kong after him.

    Director:Leo Penn
    Writer:David Friedkin

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  17. I Spy Season 1 Episode 12 - Three Hours on a Sunday Night
    7.6/10(78 votes)

    #17 - Three Hours on a Sunday Night

    S1:E12

    Missing microfilm must be paid for or Scott will be killed, but where to get the shekels?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:David Friedkin

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  18. I Spy Season 1 Episode 18 - Court of the Lion
    7.6/10(68 votes)

    #18 - Court of the Lion

    S1:E18

    A Zulu (Oxon.) who trades diamonds for revenge, a gangster dominating a small village, and radioactive isotopes.

    Director:Robert Culp
    Writer:Robert Culp

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  19. I Spy Season 1 Episode 22 - The Conquest of Maude Murdock
    7.6/10(66 votes)

    #19 - The Conquest of Maude Murdock

    S1:E22

    A redoubtable Embassy figure in Mexico deals them a turn.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Robert C. Dennis

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  20. I Spy Season 2 Episode 2 - Lori
    7.6/10(62 votes)

    #20 - Lori

    S2:E2

    Six demolitions experts down, one to go, and his sister the only lead.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:David Friedkin

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  21. I Spy Season 2 Episode 18 - Child Out of Time
    7.6/10(50 votes)

    #21 - Child Out of Time

    S2:E18

    Little girl gifted with memory holds the Nazi past in her keeping.

    Director:Alf Kjellin
    Writer:David Friedkin

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  22. I Spy Season 3 Episode 3 - Laya
    7.6/10(50 votes)

    #22 - Laya

    S3:E3

    A very small person on the Embassy staff becomes a very large factor in espionage plans.

    Director:Earl Bellamy
    Writer:David Friedkin

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  23. I Spy Season 3 Episode 7 - Now You See Her, Now You Don't
    7.6/10(43 votes)

    #23 - Now You See Her, Now You Don't

    S3:E7

    Betrayal and deduction on the trail of an absconded mathematician last seen on the isle of Mykonos.

    Director:Earl Bellamy
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. I Spy Season 3 Episode 11 - Oedipus at Colonus
    7.6/10(41 votes)

    #24 - Oedipus at Colonus

    S3:E11

    A holy leader of men dies apparently on the eve of religious fighting in Morocco.

    Director:Christian Nyby
    Writer:Marion Hargrove

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  25. I Spy Season 3 Episode 12 - The Lotus Eater
    7.6/10(44 votes)

    #25 - The Lotus Eater

    S3:E12

    Robinson takes a powder and calls it quits in the Greek archipelago.

    Director:Christian Nyby
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Home to Judgement" is the best rated episode of "I Spy". It scored 8.7/10 based on 87 votes. Directed by Richard C. Sarafian and written by Robert Culp, it aired on 1/8/1968. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "Mainly on the Plains".