7.2/10140 votes#1 - So Long, Patrick Henry
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/15/1965
A defector in old Hong Kong claims the attention of Robinson & Scott.
Director: Leo Penn
Writer: Robert Culp
7.6/10103 votes#2 - 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
7.3/1094 votes#3 - Carry Me Back to Old Tsing-Tao
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/29/1965
A businessman in Hong Kong owes the IRS; Robinson & Scott carry the loot.
Director: Mark Rydell
Writer: David Karp
7.2/1082 votes#4 - Chrysanthemum
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/6/1965
A French spy hampers the search for missing files.
Director: David Friedkin
Writer: Edward J. Lakso
7.5/1084 votes#5 - Dragon's Teeth
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/13/1965
A murder happens in front of them, and Robinson & Scott must investigate a mysterious organization.
Director: Leo Penn
Writer: Gilbert Ralston
7.3/1086 votes#6 - The Loser
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/20/1965
A nightclub singer is a pawn between drug smugglers (who have kidnapped Scott) and the pair.
Director: Mark Rydell
Writer: Robert Culp
7.6/1079 votes#7 - Danny Was a Million Laughs
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/27/1965
A bodyguard assignment for a very unpleasant sort of fellow.
Director: Mark Rydell
Writer: N/A
7.1/1072 votes#8 - The Time of the Knife
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/3/1965
An agent is killed, the microfilm is missing, his girlfriend is threatened.
Director: N/A
Writer: Gilbert Ralston
7.6/1072 votes#9 - 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
7.3/1076 votes#10 - Tatia
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/17/1965
Vietnam has not seen three agents assigned there, and Scott suspects Robinson's girlfriend.
Director: David Friedkin
Writer: Robert Lewin
7.1/1068 votes#11 - Weight of the World
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/1/1965
A Tokyo seminar on obesity is threatened with a new form of Chinese plague.
Director: N/A
Writer: Robert Lewin
7.6/1069 votes#12 - Three Hours on a Sunday Night
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/8/1965
Missing microfilm must be paid for or Scott will be killed, but where to get the shekels?
Director: N/A
Writer: David Friedkin
6.8/1067 votes#13 - Tigers of Heaven
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/15/1965
An anti-American group in Japan menaces the last of the aristocracy.
Director: Allen Reisner
Writer: David Friedkin
6.9/1069 votes#14 - Affair in T'Sien Cha
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/29/1965
An American schoolteacher, an ancient walled city, a missing train and a valuable cargo lost in China.
Director: Sheldon Leonard
Writer: David Friedkin
7.2/1070 votes#15 - The Tiger
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/5/1966
A definitive mission to Vietnam in order to rescue the daughter of a physician.
Director: N/A
Writer: Robert Culp
7.4/1064 votes#16 - The Barter
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/12/1966
Russian defector for American girl: good business or not?
Director: Allen Reisner
Writer: Harvey Bullock
7.2/1059 votes#17 - Always Say Goodbye
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/26/1966
A womanizing American hampers efforts to protect a Japanese economic conference from Communist sabotage.
Director: Allen Reisner
Writer: Robert C. Dennis
7.7/1062 votes#18 - 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
7.6/1069 votes#19 - Turkish Delight
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/9/1966
Who is kidnapping the great agronomists in Mexico City?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/1065 votes#20 - 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
7.2/1064 votes#21 - Return to Glory
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/23/1966
An exiled South American dictator has plans, or has he, really?
Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Writer: David Friedkin
7.7/1060 votes#22 - 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
7.0/1065 votes#23 - A Day Called 4 Jaguar
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/9/1966
Quetzalcoatl has appeared in the Mexican jungle, or is it an AWOL cosmonaut pursued by his old comrades?
Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Writer: N/A
7.0/1058 votes#24 - Crusade to Limbo
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/23/1966
Infiltrate a revolutionary South American group, with Hollywood connections, that's the assignment.
Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Writer: David Friedkin, Jack Turley
6.8/1058 votes#25 - My Mother, the Spy
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/30/1966
An agent abroad and pregnant with information must report to the boys back home after her affair with the adverse party.
Director: Richard Benedict
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of I Spy Season 1
Every episode of I Spy Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of I Spy Season 1!
A pair of intelligence agents posing as a tennis pro and his coach go on secret missions around the world.
Genre:Action & Adventure
Network:NBC
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"So Long, Patrick Henry" is the best rated episode of "I Spy" season 1. It scored 7.2/10 based on 140 votes. Directed by Leo Penn and written by Robert Culp, it aired on 9/15/1965. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "A Cup of Kindness".