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The Best Episodes of Route 66

After discovering that his late father has gone through most of the family fortune, Tod Stiles hits the title trans-America highway in his Corvette in...

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  1. Background image for Good Night, Sweet Blues
    9.0/10(198 votes)

    #1 - Good Night, Sweet Blues

    S2:E3

    Ethel Waters is a dying blues singer who asks Tod and Buz to locate her old jazz band for one last show. Filming Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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    Director:Jack Smight
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Journey to Nineveh
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Journey to Nineveh

    S3:E2

    Tod and Buz ride into Harleyville. They meet some old comedians, including Jonah Butler, the town jinx. Filming Location: Harleyville (state?)

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  3. Background image for I Wouldn't Start From Here
    8.6/10(80 votes)

    #3 - I Wouldn't Start From Here

    S4:E8

    Tod and Linc work for a Vermont farmer and get involved in a pulling horse race. Filming Location: Vermont

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  4. Background image for The Mud Nest
    8.5/10(139 votes)

    #4 - The Mud Nest

    S2:E7

    In the small Maryland town of Hester, Buz meets some people who physically resemble him (played by Maharis' relatives). He has been looking for his mother and thinks she may be in the town. Filming Location: Near Baltimore, Maryland

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  5. Background image for Even Stones Have Eyes
    8.4/10(99 votes)

    #5 - Even Stones Have Eyes

    S2:E24

    Buz is blinded in an accident. At a school for the blind he falls for a blind girl (Celia). His sight returns and he has to leave her. Filming Location: Austin and Kerrville, Texas

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    Director:Robert Gist
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for A Month of Sundays
    8.3/10(132 votes)

    #6 - A Month of Sundays

    S2:E1

    Buz falls in love with actress Arlene Sims who has a fatal disease and has returned to her home town to die. Filming Location: Butte, Montana

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  8. Background image for Love is a Skinny Kid
    8.2/10(131 votes)

    #7 - Love is a Skinny Kid

    S2:E25

    Tod and Buz encounter Miriam, who steps off a bus wearing a mask. Filming Location: Lewisville, Texas.

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  9. Background image for A Cage in Search of a Bird
    8.2/10(75 votes)

    #8 - A Cage in Search of a Bird

    S4:E9

    Tod and Linc meet Stephanie. Filming Location: Denver, Colorado.

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  10. Background image for A City of Wheels
    8.1/10(100 votes)

    #9 - A City of Wheels

    S2:E17

    Tod and Buz work with wheel chair patients at a veteran's hospital. Nurse Lori Barton falls in love with patient Frank Madera. Filming Location: Long Beach (Veterans Hospital), California

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    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for A Long Piece of Mischief
    8.0/10(105 votes)

    #10 - A Long Piece of Mischief

    S2:E15

    Ollie Crump is a rodeo clown who is in love with Babe Hunter. Filming Location: Mesquite, Texas

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  12. Background image for Birdcage on My Foot
    7.9/10(124 votes)

    #11 - Birdcage on My Foot

    S2:E4

    Buz uses his experience as a former drug addict in an attempt to rehabilitate heroin addict Arnie. Filming Location: Boston, Massachusetts

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  13. Background image for The Thin White Line
    7.9/10(128 votes)

    #12 - The Thin White Line

    S2:E11

    While at a party, Tod is accidentally given a powerful psychosis-producing drug. Buz tries to keep him from killing himself. Filming Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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  14. Background image for Shoulder the Sky My Lad
    7.9/10(92 votes)

    #13 - Shoulder the Sky My Lad

    S2:E21

    Tod and Buz befriend a Jewish boy whose family is a victim of anti-Semitism. Filming Location: Phoenix, Arizona

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    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for Once to Every Man
    7.8/10(98 votes)

    #14 - Once to Every Man

    S2:E6

    Tod and Buz are working on a fishing boat. The owner Leigh Adams is killed in an accident and his wandering daughter Prudence returns for the funeral. She takes over the boat and falls in love with Tod. Filming Location: Gloucester, Massachusetts

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    Director:Arthur Hiller
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for How Much a Pound is Albatross
    7.8/10(106 votes)

    #15 - How Much a Pound is Albatross

    S2:E18

    Tod and Buz meet Vicki Russell who is cruising around on her motorcycle. Vicki doesn't have a driver's license and the bike hasn't got plates. Filming Location: Tucson, Arizona

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  17. Background image for Like This It Means Father, Like This Bitter, Like This Tiger
    7.8/10(72 votes)

    #16 - Like This It Means Father, Like This Bitter, Like This Tiger

    S4:E15

    Linc beats up a man (Cam) in a Georgia bar. The man was in Linc's unit in Vietnam and his cowardice in battle caused the death of a Vietnamese girl. Filming Location: Savannah, Georgia

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  18. Background image for You Never Had It So Good
    7.7/10(78 votes)

    #17 - You Never Had It So Good

    S2:E20

    Tod and Buz are working in building construction. Tod's attempt to pick up Terry involves the boys in a corporate executive training program. Filming Location: Phoenix, Arizona

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  19. Background image for A Bridge Across Five Days
    7.6/10(99 votes)

    #18 - A Bridge Across Five Days

    S2:E8

    Tod and Buz are working at a shipyard. They meet Lillian Aldrich, another employee. Lillian has been released from a mental hospital. Filming Location: Baltimore, Maryland

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  20. Background image for Two on the House
    7.6/10(92 votes)

    #19 - Two on the House

    S2:E27

    Several school children are touring Lake Erie aboard an excursion boat when ""poor little rich boy"" Ritchie McIntyre falls overboard. When Ritchie is brought back onboard the boat, he claims that he was pushed. Filming Location: Cleveland and Lake Erie, Ohio

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  21. Background image for And Make Thunder His Tribute
    7.6/10(63 votes)

    #20 - And Make Thunder His Tribute

    S4:E6

    Tod and Linc meet Mike Donato, an eccentric raspberry farmer. Filming Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota

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    Director:Leonard Horn
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for A Long Way From St. Louie
    7.6/10(73 votes)

    #21 - A Long Way From St. Louie

    S4:E10

    Tod and Linc encounter five lady instrumentalists in Toronto. Filming Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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  23. Background image for Blue Murder
    7.5/10(108 votes)

    #22 - Blue Murder

    S2:E2

    Tod and Buz deliver ""Blue Murder"", a wild rodeo stallion, to Jim Bludge's ranch. Later Bludge is found dead with the mark of a horse hoof on him. Filming Location: Butte, Montana

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  24. Background image for Burning for Burning
    7.5/10(90 votes)

    #23 - Burning for Burning

    S2:E13

    Tod and Buz are working on a chicken farm. They meet Agnes Brack who doesn't like her son's widow Julie. Agnes tries to cause trouble for Julie. Filming Location: Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania

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  25. Background image for Two Strangers and an Old Enemy
    7.5/10(71 votes)

    #24 - Two Strangers and an Old Enemy

    S4:E1

    While in a Florida swamp, Tod and Linc meet Major Barben, an American World War II ace and Takasuka, a Japanese officer who are still fighting the war. Filming Location: Everglades and Cape Coral, Florida

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  26. Background image for And the Cat Jumped Over the Moon
    7.4/10(108 votes)

    #25 - And the Cat Jumped Over the Moon

    S2:E12

    Johnny quits a juvenile gang. Packy takes over and also claims Johnny's girlfriend Marva. Filming Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Best Episodes Summary

"Good Night, Sweet Blues" is the best rated episode of "Route 66". It scored 9/10 based on 198 votes. Directed by Jack Smight and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/6/1961. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Journey to Nineveh".