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The Best Episodes of I Spy

Genre:Action & Adventure
Network:NBC

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

A pair of intelligence agents posing as a tennis pro and his coach go on secret missions around the world.
Episodes
82
Avg. Rating
7.4
S1
S2
S3
S4
E1
E2
E3
7.2
7.8
8.0
7.6
7.7
7.2
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7.0
7.8

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  • Home to Judgement
    8.6/10(81)
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    #1 - Home to Judgement

    Season 3 Episode 14

    Aired 1/8/1968

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

    Director: Richard C. Sarafian

    Writer: Robert Culp

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  • Mainly on the Plains
    8.4/10(63)
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    #2 - Mainly on the Plains

    Season 2 Episode 22

    Aired 2/22/1967

    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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  • Bridge of Spies
    8.1/10(56)
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    #3 - Bridge of Spies

    Season 2 Episode 9

    Aired 11/9/1966

    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: N/A

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  • Tag, You're It
    8.1/10(46)
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    #4 - Tag, You're It

    Season 3 Episode 16

    Aired 1/22/1968

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

    Director: Earl Bellamy

    Writer: N/A

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  • Casanova from Canarsie
    8.0/10(50)
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    #5 - Casanova from Canarsie

    Season 2 Episode 27

    Aired 3/29/1967

    Mata Hari vs. file clerk.

    Director: Hal Cooper

    Writer: Rick Mittleman

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  • Let's Kill Karlovassi
    8.0/10(47)
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    #6 - Let's Kill Karlovassi

    Season 3 Episode 1

    Aired 9/11/1967

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

    Director: Christian Nyby

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Spy Business
    8.0/10(42)
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    #7 - The Spy Business

    Season 3 Episode 24

    Aired 4/1/1968

    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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  • Trial by Treehouse
    7.9/10(55)
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    #8 - Trial by Treehouse

    Season 2 Episode 6

    Aired 10/19/1966

    Smuggler plans citywide blackout.

    Director: Richard C. Sarafian

    Writer: N/A

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  • Lisa
    7.9/10(43)
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    #9 - Lisa

    Season 2 Episode 13

    Aired 12/7/1966

    A Grecian mail order bride may be a Trojan horse.

    Director: Richard C. Sarafian

    Writer: N/A

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  • Tonia
    7.9/10(51)
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    #10 - Tonia

    Season 2 Episode 17

    Aired 1/4/1967

    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: N/A

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  • Oedipus at Colonus
    7.9/10(36)
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    #11 - Oedipus at Colonus

    Season 3 Episode 11

    Aired 11/27/1967

    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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  • So Coldly Sweet
    7.8/10(65)
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    #12 - So Coldly Sweet

    Season 2 Episode 1

    Aired 9/14/1966

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Laya
    7.8/10(45)
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    #13 - Laya

    Season 3 Episode 3

    Aired 9/25/1967

    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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  • The Lotus Eater
    7.8/10(39)
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    #14 - The Lotus Eater

    Season 3 Episode 12

    Aired 12/11/1967

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

    Director: Christian Nyby

    Writer: N/A

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  • Bet Me a Dollar
    7.7/10(67)
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    #15 - Bet Me a Dollar

    Season 1 Episode 20

    Aired 2/16/1966

    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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  • Lori
    7.7/10(58)
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    #16 - Lori

    Season 2 Episode 2

    Aired 9/21/1966

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: David Friedkin

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  • A Room with a Rack
    7.7/10(52)
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    #17 - A Room with a Rack

    Season 2 Episode 21

    Aired 2/8/1967

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

    Director: David Friedkin

    Writer: N/A

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  • Now You See Her, Now You Don't
    7.7/10(37)
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    #18 - Now You See Her, Now You Don't

    Season 3 Episode 7

    Aired 10/23/1967

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

    Director: Earl Bellamy

    Writer: N/A

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  • Anyplace I Hang Myself Is Home
    7.7/10(40)
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    #19 - Anyplace I Hang Myself Is Home

    Season 3 Episode 15

    Aired 1/15/1968

    Bouts of depression hit Scott too hard for anything but counseling. He and Robinson independently remember training school.

    Director: Christian Nyby

    Writer: N/A

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  • A Cup of Kindness
    7.6/10(104)
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    #20 - A Cup of Kindness

    Season 1 Episode 2

    Aired 9/22/1965

    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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  • No Exchange on Damaged Merchandise
    7.6/10(73)
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    #21 - No Exchange on Damaged Merchandise

    Season 1 Episode 9

    Aired 11/10/1965

    A prisoner exchange requires a search for a double agent.

    Director: Leo Penn

    Writer: Garry Marshall

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  • Court of the Lion
    7.6/10(63)
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    #22 - Court of the Lion

    Season 1 Episode 18

    Aired 2/2/1966

    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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  • The Conquest of Maude Murdock
    7.6/10(61)
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    #23 - The Conquest of Maude Murdock

    Season 1 Episode 22

    Aired 3/2/1966

    A redoubtable Embassy figure in Mexico deals them a turn.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Robert C. Dennis

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    0
  • One of Our Bombs Is Missing
    7.6/10(51)
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    #24 - One of Our Bombs Is Missing

    Season 2 Episode 10

    Aired 11/16/1966

    A very delicate dilemma, an atom bomb lost in a plane crash near an Italian village.

    Director: Earl Bellamy

    Writer: N/A

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    0
  • Rome ... Take Away Three
    7.6/10(42)
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    #25 - Rome ... Take Away Three

    Season 2 Episode 16

    Aired 12/28/1966

    Blackmail and murder at the U.S. Embassy.

    Director: Alf Kjellin

    Writer: David Friedkin

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Best Episodes Summary

"Home to Judgement" is the best rated episode of "I Spy". It scored 8.6/10 based on 81 votes. Directed by Richard C. Sarafian and written by Robert Culp, it aired on 1/8/1968. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Mainly on the Plains".