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The Best Episodes of Route 66 Season 4

Every episode of Route 66 Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Route 66 Season 4!

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 4 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "Route 66" season 4 is "Two Strangers and an Old Enemy", rated 7.4/10 from 65 user votes. It was directed by Walter Grauman and written by Stirling Silliphant. "Two Strangers and an Old Enemy" aired on 9/27/1963 and is rated 1.5 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Same Picture, Different Frame".

  • Two Strangers and an Old Enemy
    7.4/10 65 votes

    #1 - Two Strangers and an Old Enemy

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/27/1963

    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

    Director: Walter Grauman

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant

  • Same Picture, Different Frame
    5.9/10 234 votes

    #2 - Same Picture, Different Frame

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 10/4/1963

    Tod and Linc encounter Morgan Harper who is back to reopen an estate. Her psycho husband Eric is back to kill her. Filming Location: Poland Springs, Maine

    Director: Philip Leacock

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant

  • Come Out, Come Out Wherever You Are
    6.1/10 63 votes

    #3 - Come Out, Come Out Wherever You Are

    Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/11/1963

    In Maine, Tod and Linc work at a sawmill and board with a French Canadian one-armed former logger Poppa and his beautiful daughter Marie. Marie tries to be what ever a man wants her to be. Marie and Link are having a romance and Marie tells Tod "I'm going to hurt your friend". Sailor Jack arrives in town between ships and has a fling with Marie. Marie decides to leave home to "find herself" but Tod and Linc talk her out of it.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant

  • Where Are the Sounds of Celli Brahms
    6.8/10 56 votes

    #4 - Where Are the Sounds of Celli Brahms

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/18/1963

    Tod and Linc work at a beauty contest with Celli who is an acoustical engineer. Filming Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota

    Director: Allen H. Miner

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant

  • Build Your Houses With Their Backs to the Sea
    7.5/10 74 votes

    #5 - Build Your Houses With Their Backs to the Sea

    Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/25/1963

    Tod and Linc go fishing for lobsters with Thayer Faxon. Thayer's problem son Mamomsha returns to cause more trouble. Filming Location: Maine coast

    Director: Frank Pierson

    Writer: N/A

  • And Make Thunder His Tribute
    7.5/10 58 votes

    #6 - And Make Thunder His Tribute

    Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 11/1/1963

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

    Director: Leonard Horn

    Writer: N/A

  • The Stone Guest
    6.6/10 59 votes

    #7 - The Stone Guest

    Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/8/1963

    Spinster Hazel comes to Colorado. She meets Ben Beldon, who was in the Army with Linc. Ben is now a miner amd a trouble-maker. Ben and Hazel get trapped in a mine. Filming Location: Central City, Colorado

    Director: Allen H. Miner

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant

  • I Wouldn't Start From Here
    8.5/10 76 votes

    #8 - I Wouldn't Start From Here

    Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/15/1963

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

    Director: Allen H. Miner

    Writer: Ernest Kinoy

  • A Cage in Search of a Bird
    8.2/10 71 votes

    #9 - A Cage in Search of a Bird

    Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/29/1963

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

    Director: James Sheldon

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant

  • A Long Way From St. Louie
    7.6/10 66 votes

    #10 - A Long Way From St. Louie

    Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 12/6/1963

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant

  • Come Home Greta Inger Gruenchaffen
    5.3/10 57 votes

    #11 - Come Home Greta Inger Gruenchaffen

    Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 12/13/1963

    Tod and Linc meet physical culturist Greta. Filming Location: Mt. Snow, Vermont and Buffalo, New York (?)

    Director: Philip Leacock

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant

  • 93 Percent in Smiling
    6.9/10 62 votes

    #12 - 93 Percent in Smiling

    Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 12/20/1963

    Two children leave their little brother on a doorstep. Filming Location: Erie Canal

    Director: Philip Leacock

    Writer: N/A

  • Child of a Night
    7.1/10 65 votes

    #13 - Child of a Night

    Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 1/3/1964

    Tod and Linc witness a plane crash and a dying passenger asks Linc to deliver money to a child in Savannah. Filming Location: Savannah, Georgia

    Director: Allen H. Miner

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant

  • Is it True There Are Poxies at the Bottom of Landfair Lake?
    6.1/10 61 votes

    #14 - Is it True There Are Poxies at the Bottom of Landfair Lake?

    Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 1/10/1964

    Tod and Linc work on a neon sign in a small Georgia town. Simon rips the sign down. Filming Location: Savannah, Georgia

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Like This It Means Father, Like This Bitter, Like This Tiger
    7.8/10 68 votes

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

    Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 1/17/1964

    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

    Director: Jeffrey Hayden

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant

  • Kiss the Monster, Make Him Sleep
    7.1/10 62 votes

    #16 - Kiss the Monster, Make Him Sleep

    Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 1/24/1964

    Link stops Nola Nielsen from committing suicide and romances her. Her possessive brother Hamar dissaproves. Filming Location: Minneapolis, MN

    Director: Allen Reisner

    Writer: N/A

  • Cries of Persons Close to One
    7.2/10 64 votes

    #17 - Cries of Persons Close to One

    Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 1/31/1964

    Tod and Linc meet Tank, a boxer who likes rum, and Tank's girlfriend Gaybee. Filming Location: Unknown

    Director: Allen H. Miner

    Writer: William Kelley

  • Who in His Right Mind Needs a Nice Girl
    6.6/10 59 votes

    #18 - Who in His Right Mind Needs a Nice Girl

    Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 2/7/1964

    Tod and Linc encounter a Daytona Florida librarian and a murderer. Filming Location: Daytona Beach, Florida

    Director: Jeffrey Hayden

    Writer: N/A

  • This is Going to Hurt Me More Than It Hurts You
    6.7/10 62 votes

    #19 - This is Going to Hurt Me More Than It Hurts You

    Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 2/14/1964

    Tod and Linc meet Harlan Livingston III, a naive millionaire who is surrounded by women who are pretending to be hurt. Filming Location: St. Augustine, Florida

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant

  • Follow the White Dove With the Broken Wing
    6.8/10 61 votes

    #20 - Follow the White Dove With the Broken Wing

    Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 2/21/1964

    A disturbed teenager kills his friend. Filming Location: Unknown

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • I'm Here to Kill a King
    6.9/10 61 votes

    #21 - I'm Here to Kill a King

    Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 3/20/1964

    Tod is vacationing by himself in Canada near Niagara Falls. He meets a professional assassin who looks exactly like him. Middle-Eastern plotters have hired the assassin to kill their king and he plans to do so with a high-powered sniper rifle. The assassin complains to Tod that his deprived childhood has caused him to become what he is. Filming Location: Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada

    Director: Allen Reisner

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant

  • Where There's a Will, There's a Way (1)
    6.2/10 59 votes

    #22 - Where There's a Will, There's a Way (1)

    Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 3/6/1964

    In Florida, Tod and Linc meet the Tiffins, a family of con men and criminals who are squabbling over a will. Tod becomes involved romantically with family member Margo who stands to inherit the money if she marries. Tod is thrown off a bridge. Filming Location: Tampa, Florida

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant

  • Where There's a Will, There's a Way (2)
    7.2/10 67 votes

    #23 - Where There's a Will, There's a Way (2)

    Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 3/13/1964

    Believing that Tod has been killed, Linc and Margo set out to catch his murderer. Tod turns up alive and marries Margo. Linc leaves the Corvette with Tod. Filming Location: Tampa, Florida

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant