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The Best Episodes of Route 66 Season 3

Every episode of Route 66 Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Route 66 Season 3!

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 3 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "Route 66" season 3 is "One Tiger to a Hill", rated 8/10 from 93 user votes. It was directed by David Lowell Rich and written by Stirling Silliphant. "One Tiger to a Hill" aired on 9/21/1962 and is rated 0.6 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Journey to Nineveh".

  • One Tiger to a Hill
    8.0/10 93 votes

    #1 - One Tiger to a Hill

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/1962

    Buz and Tod hire out as deck hands on Anna Gustafson's salmon fishing trawler where Tod becomes involved with Anna's daughter. Filming Location: Astoria, Oregon (From a contributor) The opening scene is unforgettable. Buz and Tod are driving along a sandy beach in their classic corvette while Nelson Riddle's theme song is playing in the background. Buz and Tod land jobs as fishermen and deck hands for a widower named Anna Gustafson. While at her home they get a glimpse of her beautiful daughter, Toika, who has a ""bounce in her step"" as she walks by them. Immediately Anna takes a liking for both Buz and Tod but she notices their differences. It is evident to her that Tod is college educated and the type of guy for Toika. Meanwhile, Karno, played by David Janssen, is a veteran and also the boyfriend of Toika. He despises Tod because Tod went to college while he was drafted into the war. Furthermore, Toika, who has been rejected by Karno, is drawn to Tod. When Karno sees the

    Director: David Lowell Rich

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant

  • Journey to Nineveh
    7.4/10 113 votes

    #2 - Journey to Nineveh

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/1962

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

    Director: David Lowell Rich

    Writer: William R. Cox

  • Man Out of Time
    7.3/10 79 votes

    #3 - Man Out of Time

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/5/1962

    In Chicago, Tod and Buz encounter Harry Wender, a frightened 1930's gangster who has outlived his time. Filming Location: Chicago, Illinois

    Director: David Lowell Rich

    Writer: N/A

  • Ever Ride the Waves in Oklahoma
    7.6/10 82 votes

    #4 - Ever Ride the Waves in Oklahoma

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/12/1962

    Tod and Buz go surfing in Southern California. Buz challenges a surfing champion to a match. Filming Location: Huntington Beach, California

    Director: Robert Gist

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant

  • Voice at the End of the Line
    8.4/10 103 votes

    #5 - Voice at the End of the Line

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/19/1962

    Tod and Buz encounter a downtrodden stock clerk who is involved in a telephone romance. Filming Location: Chicago, Illinois

    Director: David Lowell Rich

    Writer: N/A

  • Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing
    7.8/10 176 votes

    #6 - Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/26/1962

    Tod and Buz are excited to be working at a Chicago hotel which is hosting a women's convention. Also staying at the hotel are the famous horror film actors. The actors are debating whether their traditional horror film characters can still scare modern audiences. The actors test their ideas on the conventioneers.

    Director: Robert Gist

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant

  • Across Walnuts and Wine
    7.4/10 83 votes

    #7 - Across Walnuts and Wine

    Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/2/1962

    In Oregon City Tod and Buz get a real deal on rooms at an old house - $6.50 per week. Living in the house is Maggie a psychic reader, Van her unemployed husband, Michael, her nephew. Maggie's sister Autumn arrives after being fired from her teaching job and moves in. Michael is the house's sarcastic unpleasant owner and threatens to evict his relatives when he turns 21 in a few months. Michael is also trying to avoid some young men who want to beat him up. Filming Location: Oregon City, Oregon

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant

  • Welcome to the Wedding
    8.5/10 93 votes

    #8 - Welcome to the Wedding

    Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/9/1962

    While waiting for his date in a Cleveland railroad station Tod encounters convict Justin Lezama who is being moved to another prison. Lezama wants to call his brother and when the guard refuses Tod agrees to make the contact. Lezama takes Tod as a hostage. Filming Location: Cleveland, Ohio

    Director: George Sherman

    Writer: Howard Rodman

  • Every Father's Daughter Must Weave Her Own
    7.2/10 77 votes

    #9 - Every Father's Daughter Must Weave Her Own

    Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/16/1962

    Tod and Buz work for John Rados' road building-business. John has a strange daughter and John offers Buz money and a business if he will date her. Filming Location: Cleveland, Ohio

    Director: Richard L. Bare

    Writer: Anthony Lawrence

  • Poor Little Kangaroo Rat
    7.4/10 77 votes

    #10 - Poor Little Kangaroo Rat

    Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 11/23/1962

    Tod and Buz work with a Doc Duncan, a shark fisherman. Doc is catching sharks for scientific experiments. Filming Location: California

    Director: Walter Grauman

    Writer: N/A

  • Hey Moth, Come Eat The Flame
    8.0/10 71 votes

    #11 - Hey Moth, Come Eat The Flame

    Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 11/30/1962

    Tod and Buz encounter Muddy Mullins, a piano playing ex-con and his son Arnie. Filming Location: St. Louis, Missouri

    Director: Jack Smight

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant

  • Only by Cunning Glimpses
    6.9/10 72 votes

    #12 - Only by Cunning Glimpses

    Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 12/7/1962

    Mentalist Brycie Koseloff makes dire predictions about Tod's future including predicting that finally Tod will kill Buz. Her predictions start coming true. Filming Location: Cleveland, Ohio

    Director: Tom Gries

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant

  • Where is Chick Lorrimer? Where Has He Gone?
    7.0/10 75 votes

    #13 - Where is Chick Lorrimer? Where Has He Gone?

    Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 12/14/1962

    Tod becomes involved in a kidnapping. Ellen Barnes claims that a mental patient is kidnapping her. Filming Location: St. Charles, Missouri

    Director: George Sherman

    Writer: N/A

  • Give an Old Cat a Tender Mouse
    6.7/10 85 votes

    #14 - Give an Old Cat a Tender Mouse

    Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 12/21/1962

    Tod meets Vicki Russell again (from ""How Much a Pound is Albatross""). She is again riding her motorcycle and this time has a boyfriend Frank pursuing her. Filming Location: Memphis, Tennessee

    Director: Tom Gries

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant

  • A Bunch of Lonely Pagliaccis
    7.2/10 66 votes

    #15 - A Bunch of Lonely Pagliaccis

    Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 1/4/1963

    Tod becomes an assistant to novelist Warren Barr. Warren's daughter Beth shoots her husband. Filming Location: Hernando, Mississippi

    Director: Tom Gries

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant

  • You Can't Pick Cotton in Tahiti
    7.7/10 75 votes

    #16 - You Can't Pick Cotton in Tahiti

    Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 1/11/1963

    Tod meets music composer Julian Roebuck who is recording local folk musicians in Tennessee. Filming Location: Lake Chisholm, Tennessee

    Director: Robert Ellis Miller

    Writer: Shimon Wincelberg

  • A Gift for a Warrior
    7.7/10 64 votes

    #17 - A Gift for a Warrior

    Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 1/18/1963

    Tod and Buz meet Lars, a German sailor in Tijuana who is looking for his father Ralph and is carrying a gun. Filming Location: Chula Vista and San Diego, California

    Director: David Lowell Rich

    Writer: N/A

  • Suppose I Said I Was the Queen of Spain
    7.9/10 87 votes

    #18 - Suppose I Said I Was the Queen of Spain

    Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 2/8/1963

    Tod is carrying his new credit card around Los Angeles, and is being followed around Los Angeles by Diane. She asks him for a date and then steals the credit card. Filming Location: Los Angeles, California

    Director: David Lowell Rich

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant

  • Somehow It Gets to Be Tomorrow
    7.6/10 75 votes

    #19 - Somehow It Gets to Be Tomorrow

    Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 2/15/1963

    Tod meets Joby, who steals his wallet. Corelli is a social worker who helps out. Filming Location: Corpus Christi, Texas

    Director: David Lowell Rich

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant

  • Shall Forfeit His Dog and Ten Shillings to the King
    7.0/10 66 votes

    #20 - Shall Forfeit His Dog and Ten Shillings to the King

    Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 2/22/1963

    Tod witnesses a double murder and joins a posse hunting for the killers. Filming Location: Apache Junction, Arizona

    Director: Tom Gries

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant

  • In the Closing of a Trunk
    7.1/10 66 votes

    #21 - In the Closing of a Trunk

    Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 3/8/1963

    Alma Hawkes returns to a Gulf Coast fishing town after spending time in prison for killing her father. She is looking for her son and mistakes Tod for the son. Filming Location: Corpus Christi, Texas

    Director: Ralph Senensky

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant

  • The Cage Around Maria
    6.0/10 60 votes

    #22 - The Cage Around Maria

    Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 3/15/1963

    Tod is working for the Houston zoo. Maria, the troubled daughter of a Mexican family, throws herself into the bear pit. Filming Location: Houston, Texas

    Director: George Sherman

    Writer: Jesse Sandler

  • Fifty Miles From Home
    7.9/10 83 votes

    #23 - Fifty Miles From Home

    Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 3/22/1963

    Tod meets a Lincoln Case who has just completed a six-year Army enlistment including two years in Vietnam as an Army ranger. Linc decides not to re-enlist but to join Tod on the cross-country odyssey. Filming Location: Houston, Texas

    Director: James Sheldon

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant

  • Narcissus on an Old Red Fire Engine
    6.5/10 64 votes

    #24 - Narcissus on an Old Red Fire Engine

    Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 3/29/1963

    Linc meets a girl named Janie in a tavern and she gives him a knockout drink. Filming Location: Galveston, Texas

    Director: Ralph Senensky

    Writer: N/A

  • The Cruelest Sea of All
    7.9/10 86 votes

    #25 - The Cruelest Sea of All

    Season 3 Episode 25 - Aired 4/5/1963

    The boys get jobs at the Weeki Wachee theme park in Florida. The park show features girls dressed as mermaids performing underwater. A shy girl Elissa emerges from the water and after demonstrating amazing underwater swimming talent is hired for the show. She talks about ""coming from the sea"" and implies that she is a real mermaid. Skeptical Tod falls for her but assumes that she just wants publicity to launch a movie career. Linc has a more open mind and believes her. Tod discovers too late that she was telling the truth. Filming Location: Weeki-Wachee and Crystal River, Florida. Hotel credited: Port Paradise Hotel in Crystal River.

    Director: James Sheldon

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant