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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    I Spy Season 1 Episode 26 - There Was a Little Girl
    6.4/10(66 votes)

    #1 - There Was a Little Girl

    S1:E26

    Bodyguard work for a VIP's daughter. She buys an objet d'art, and hell ensues.

    Director:John Rich
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. I Spy Season 2 Episode 5 - A Gift from Alexander
    6.6/10(64 votes)

    #2 - A Gift from Alexander

    S2:E5

    A literary masterpiece is out of the Soviet Union, will our boys kindly retrieve it?

    Director:Alf Kjellin
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. I Spy Season 3 Episode 8 - Red Sash of Courage
    6.6/10(44 votes)

    #3 - Red Sash of Courage

    S3:E8

    On the border between Greece and Yugoslavia, airplane trouble besets USAF flights. Worse than that, who has been sleeping with the mayor's daughter?

    Director:Christian Nyby
    Writer:Oliver Crawford

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  4. I Spy Season 1 Episode 13 - Tigers of Heaven
    6.8/10(71 votes)

    #4 - Tigers of Heaven

    S1:E13

    An anti-American group in Japan menaces the last of the aristocracy.

    Director:Allen Reisner
    Writer:David Friedkin

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  5. I Spy Season 1 Episode 14 - Affair in T'Sien Cha
    6.8/10(74 votes)

    #5 - Affair in T'Sien Cha

    S1:E14

    An American schoolteacher, an ancient walled city, a missing train and a valuable cargo lost in China.

    Director:Sheldon Leonard
    Writer:David Friedkin

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  6. I Spy Season 1 Episode 25 - My Mother, the Spy
    6.8/10(62 votes)

    #6 - My Mother, the Spy

    S1:E25

    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:Unknown

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  7. I Spy Season 1 Episode 23 - A Day Called 4 Jaguar
    6.9/10(71 votes)

    #7 - A Day Called 4 Jaguar

    S1:E23

    Quetzalcoatl has appeared in the Mexican jungle, or is it an AWOL cosmonaut pursued by his old comrades?

    Director:Richard C. Sarafian
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. I Spy Season 1 Episode 24 - Crusade to Limbo
    6.9/10(61 votes)

    #8 - Crusade to Limbo

    S1:E24

    Infiltrate a revolutionary South American group, with Hollywood connections, that's the assignment.

    Director:Richard C. Sarafian
    Writers:David Friedkin, Jack Turley

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  9. I Spy Season 1 Episode 28 - One Thousand Fine
    6.9/10(67 votes)

    #9 - One Thousand Fine

    S1:E28

    Gold fever among old friends in the jungles of Mexico.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. I Spy Season 2 Episode 7 - Sparrowhawk
    6.9/10(55 votes)

    #10 - Sparrowhawk

    S2:E7

    Las Vegas on vacation with a king as bodyguards, and an assassin's menace.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. I Spy Season 2 Episode 26 - Night Train to Madrid
    6.9/10(51 votes)

    #11 - Night Train to Madrid

    S2:E26

    USO tour interrupted by adverse machinations toward angry comedian.

    Director:David Friedkin
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. I Spy Season 2 Episode 28 - Cops and Robbers
    6.9/10(50 votes)

    #12 - Cops and Robbers

    S2:E28

    Old home week with the adverse party next door.

    Director:Christian Nyby
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. I Spy Season 1 Episode 27 - It's All Done with Mirrors
    7.0/10(69 votes)

    #13 - It's All Done with Mirrors

    S1:E27

    Robinson is brainwashed to kill Scott, whose orders are to kill Robinson.

    Director:Robert Butler
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. I Spy Season 2 Episode 3 - Sophia
    7.0/10(57 votes)

    #14 - Sophia

    S2:E3

    Scott's foster daughter in Rome is about to be married, and he's in a great deal of trouble.

    Director:Robert Butler
    Writer:David Friedkin

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  15. I Spy Season 2 Episode 11 - To Florence, with Love (1)
    7.0/10(55 votes)

    #15 - To Florence, with Love (1)

    S2:E11

    Squiring a Leonardo to Florence.

    Director:Robert Butler
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. I Spy Season 2 Episode 23 - Get Thee to a Nunnery
    7.0/10(45 votes)

    #16 - Get Thee to a Nunnery

    S2:E23

    Yanks vs. Brits after Nazi art treasures in a convent garden.

    Director:Alf Kjellin
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. I Spy Season 3 Episode 2 - The Beautiful Children
    7.0/10(43 votes)

    #17 - The Beautiful Children

    S3:E2

    Deep cover agent is blown, won't leave sideline.

    Director:Earl Bellamy
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. I Spy Season 3 Episode 10 - Apollo
    7.0/10(46 votes)

    #18 - Apollo

    S3:E10

    Undercover counterspying at NASA with an ex-wife as beard, who disappears.

    Director:Earl Bellamy
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. I Spy Season 3 Episode 21 - Shana
    7.0/10(45 votes)

    #19 - Shana

    S3:E21

    She has a bit of top secret propellant, the Communists have her brother.

    Director:Christian Nyby
    Writer:Robert Lewin

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  20. I Spy Season 3 Episode 23 - Suitable for Framing
    7.0/10(37 votes)

    #20 - Suitable for Framing

    S3:E23

    Faux Senator is arranged to assassinate a President.

    Director:Earl Bellamy
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. I Spy Season 1 Episode 11 - Weight of the World
    7.1/10(74 votes)

    #21 - Weight of the World

    S1:E11

    A Tokyo seminar on obesity is threatened with a new form of Chinese plague.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Robert Lewin

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  22. I Spy Season 1 Episode 17 - Always Say Goodbye
    7.1/10(63 votes)

    #22 - Always Say Goodbye

    S1:E17

    A womanizing American hampers efforts to protect a Japanese economic conference from Communist sabotage.

    Director:Allen Reisner
    Writer:Robert C. Dennis

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  23. I Spy Season 2 Episode 12 - To Florence, with Love (2)
    7.1/10(50 votes)

    #23 - To Florence, with Love (2)

    S2:E12

    Now, to replace the faux Leonardo in the museum with the real one in our hands.

    Director:Robert Butler
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. I Spy Season 2 Episode 24 - Blackout
    7.1/10(59 votes)

    #24 - Blackout

    S2:E24

    Flashback on a murdered ballerina, Soviet style?

    Director:Alf Kjellin
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. I Spy Season 3 Episode 17 - A Few Miles West of Nowhere
    7.1/10(44 votes)

    #25 - A Few Miles West of Nowhere

    S3:E17

    A nuclear power station is planned for the desert, but an operative is dead on the scene. The town is tight and runs the boys out, but they keep plugging.

    Director:Arthur Marks
    Writer:Jerry Ludwig

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Worst Episodes Summary

"There Was a Little Girl" is the worst rated episode of "I Spy". It scored 6.4/10 based on 66 votes. Directed by John Rich and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/6/1966. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "A Gift from Alexander".