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The Best Episodes of Route 66 Season 2

Every episode of Route 66 Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Route 66 Season 2!

Route 66 is an American TV series in which two young men traveled across America in a Chevrolet Corvette sports car. The show ran weekly on Fridays on CBS from October 7, 1960 to March 20, 1964. It starred Martin Milner as Tod Stiles and, for the first two and a half seasons, George Maharis as Buz Murdock. Maharis was ill for much of the third season, during which time Tod was shown traveling on his own. Tod met Lincoln Case, played by Glenn Corbett, late in the third season, and traveled with him until the end of the fourth and final season. Among the series more notable aspects were the featured Corvette convertible, and the program's instrumental theme song, which became a major pop hit.

Genres:DramaCrime
Network:CBS

Season 2 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "Route 66" season 2 is "A Month of Sundays", rated 8.2/10 from 126 user votes. It was directed by Arthur Hiller and written by Stirling Silliphant. "A Month of Sundays" aired on 9/22/1961 and is rated 0.7 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Blue Murder".

  • A Month of Sundays
    8.2/10 126 votes

    #1 - A Month of Sundays

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/1961

    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

    Director: Arthur Hiller

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant

  • Blue Murder
    7.5/10 101 votes

    #2 - Blue Murder

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/1961

    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

    Director: Arthur Hiller

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant

  • Good Night, Sweet Blues
    8.9/10 188 votes

    #3 - Good Night, Sweet Blues

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/6/1961

    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

    Director: Jack Smight

    Writer: N/A

  • Birdcage on My Foot
    7.9/10 118 votes

    #4 - Birdcage on My Foot

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/13/1961

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

    Director: Elliot Silverstein

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant

  • First Class Mouliak
    7.1/10 117 votes

    #5 - First Class Mouliak

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/20/1961

    Tod and Buz are working in a Russian -American neighborhood for Jack and Mike in a steel mill. Mike's daughter is found dead and Jack's son Janosh was with the girl when she died. Filming Location: Cleveland, Ohio

    Director: William Conrad

    Writer: N/A

  • Once to Every Man
    7.8/10 90 votes

    #6 - Once to Every Man

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/27/1961

    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

    Director: Arthur Hiller

    Writer: N/A

  • The Mud Nest
    8.4/10 130 votes

    #7 - The Mud Nest

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/10/1961

    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

    Director: James Sheldon

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant

  • A Bridge Across Five Days
    7.6/10 91 votes

    #8 - A Bridge Across Five Days

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/17/1961

    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

    Director: Richard Donner

    Writer: Howard Rodman

  • Mon Petit Chou
    7.2/10 125 votes

    #9 - Mon Petit Chou

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/24/1961

    Tod and Buz meet French singer Perette and her controlling tough-guy manager Glenn. Filming Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    Director: Sam Peckinpah

    Writer: Sam Peckinpah

  • Some of the People, Some of the Time
    7.3/10 97 votes

    #10 - Some of the People, Some of the Time

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/1/1961

    Maximillian Coyne is running a beauty contest. He claims to have connections with Hollywood and that the winner will get into pictures. Tod and Buz discover that Max is a fraud. Filming Location: Carlisle, Pennsylvania

    Director: Sam Peckinpah, Robert Altman

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant

  • The Thin White Line
    8.0/10 120 votes

    #11 - The Thin White Line

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/8/1961

    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

    Director: David Lowell Rich

    Writer: Leonard Freeman

  • And the Cat Jumped Over the Moon
    7.2/10 101 votes

    #12 - And the Cat Jumped Over the Moon

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/15/1961

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

    Director: Elliot Silverstein

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant

  • Burning for Burning
    7.4/10 84 votes

    #13 - Burning for Burning

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 12/29/1961

    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

    Director: Charles F. Haas

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant

  • To Walk with the Serpent
    7.3/10 102 votes

    #14 - To Walk with the Serpent

    Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 1/5/1962

    In Boston, Tod and Buz encounter right-wing nuts armed with plastic explosives. Filming Location: Boston, Massachusetts

    Director: James Sheldon

    Writer: N/A

  • A Long Piece of Mischief
    7.9/10 97 votes

    #15 - A Long Piece of Mischief

    Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 1/19/1962

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

    Director: David Lowell Rich

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant

  • 1800 Days to Justice
    6.9/10 79 votes

    #16 - 1800 Days to Justice

    Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 1/26/1962

    After five years in prison, David Job and his mob return to Harcourt Junction, Texas. Their mission is to take over the town and put its leading citizen Bob Harcourt on trial for sending them to jail. Filming Location: Harcourt Junction (?), Texas

    Director: David Lowell Rich

    Writer: N/A

  • A City of Wheels
    8.1/10 93 votes

    #17 - A City of Wheels

    Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 2/2/1962

    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

    Director: David Lowell Rich

    Writer: N/A

  • How Much a Pound is Albatross
    7.7/10 100 votes

    #18 - How Much a Pound is Albatross

    Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 2/9/1962

    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

    Director: David Lowell Rich

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant

  • Aren't You Surprised to See Me?
    7.2/10 76 votes

    #19 - Aren't You Surprised to See Me?

    Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 2/16/1962

    In Dallas, Tod and Buz are delighted to be staying at a hotel hosting a secretary's convention. Then Caine, a religious serial killer armed with nerve gas kidnaps Buz. He plans to kill Buz unless the city ""repents"". Filming Location: Dallas, Texas

    Director: James Sheldon

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant

  • You Never Had It So Good
    7.6/10 73 votes

    #20 - You Never Had It So Good

    Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 2/23/1962

    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

    Director: David Lowell Rich

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant

  • Shoulder the Sky My Lad
    7.8/10 84 votes

    #21 - Shoulder the Sky My Lad

    Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 3/2/1962

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

    Director: David Lowell Rich

    Writer: N/A

  • Blues for a Left Foot
    7.4/10 85 votes

    #22 - Blues for a Left Foot

    Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 3/9/1962

    Tod and Buz work with a former Broadway show dancer Rosemarie Brown who is trying to make a comeback in a television show. Filming Location: Hollywood, California

    Director: Arthur Hiller

    Writer: Leonard Freeman

  • Go Read the River
    7.1/10 79 votes

    #23 - Go Read the River

    Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 3/16/1962

    Tod is working as a high-speed boat test driver. He gets to pilot a boat whose new engine is developed by Tod's boss Sandy Mason. Filming Location: Colorado River (?)

    Director: Arthur Hiller

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant

  • Even Stones Have Eyes
    8.3/10 92 votes

    #24 - Even Stones Have Eyes

    Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 3/30/1962

    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

    Director: Robert Gist

    Writer: N/A

  • Love is a Skinny Kid
    8.2/10 123 votes

    #25 - Love is a Skinny Kid

    Season 2 Episode 25 - Aired 4/6/1962

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

    Director: Jack Smight

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant