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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!

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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 search of adventure with friend Buz Murdock, a survivor of

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Route 66 Season 4 Episode 1 - Two Strangers and an Old Enemy
    7.6/10(74 votes)

    #1 - 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

    Director:Walter Grauman
    Writer:Stirling Silliphant

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  2. Route 66 Season 4 Episode 2 - Same Picture, Different Frame
    5.9/10(244 votes)

    #2 - Same Picture, Different Frame

    S4:E2

    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

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  3. Route 66 Season 4 Episode 3 - Come Out, Come Out Wherever You Are
    6.1/10(72 votes)

    #3 - Come Out, Come Out Wherever You Are

    S4:E3

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Stirling Silliphant

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  4. Route 66 Season 4 Episode 4 - Where Are the Sounds of Celli Brahms
    6.8/10(63 votes)

    #4 - Where Are the Sounds of Celli Brahms

    S4:E4

    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

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  5. Route 66 Season 4 Episode 5 - Build Your Houses With Their Backs to the Sea
    7.4/10(83 votes)

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

    S4:E5

    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:Unknown

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  6. Route 66 Season 4 Episode 6 - And Make Thunder His Tribute
    7.6/10(65 votes)

    #6 - And Make Thunder His Tribute

    S4:E6

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

    Director:Leonard Horn
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Route 66 Season 4 Episode 7 - The Stone Guest
    6.6/10(66 votes)

    #7 - The Stone Guest

    S4:E7

    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

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  8. Route 66 Season 4 Episode 8 - I Wouldn't Start From Here
    8.6/10(82 votes)

    #8 - 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

    Director:Allen H. Miner
    Writer:Ernest Kinoy

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  9. Route 66 Season 4 Episode 9 - A Cage in Search of a Bird
    8.2/10(78 votes)

    #9 - A Cage in Search of a Bird

    S4:E9

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

    Director:James Sheldon
    Writer:Stirling Silliphant

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  10. Route 66 Season 4 Episode 10 - A Long Way From St. Louie
    7.7/10(76 votes)

    #10 - A Long Way From St. Louie

    S4:E10

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Stirling Silliphant

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  11. Route 66 Season 4 Episode 11 - Come Home Greta Inger Gruenchaffen
    5.4/10(66 votes)

    #11 - Come Home Greta Inger Gruenchaffen

    S4:E11

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

    Director:Philip Leacock
    Writer:Stirling Silliphant

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  12. Route 66 Season 4 Episode 12 - 93 Percent in Smiling
    7.1/10(69 votes)

    #12 - 93 Percent in Smiling

    S4:E12

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

    Director:Philip Leacock
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Route 66 Season 4 Episode 13 - Child of a Night
    7.2/10(71 votes)

    #13 - Child of a Night

    S4:E13

    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

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  14. Route 66 Season 4 Episode 14 - Is it True There Are Poxies at the Bottom of Landfair Lake?
    6.2/10(66 votes)

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

    S4:E14

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Route 66 Season 4 Episode 15 - Like This It Means Father, Like This Bitter, Like This Tiger
    7.8/10(74 votes)

    #15 - 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

    Director:Jeffrey Hayden
    Writer:Stirling Silliphant

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  16. Route 66 Season 4 Episode 16 - Kiss the Monster, Make Him Sleep
    7.2/10(68 votes)

    #16 - Kiss the Monster, Make Him Sleep

    S4:E16

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

    Director:Allen Reisner
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Route 66 Season 4 Episode 17 - Cries of Persons Close to One
    7.2/10(70 votes)

    #17 - Cries of Persons Close to One

    S4:E17

    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

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  18. Route 66 Season 4 Episode 18 - Who in His Right Mind Needs a Nice Girl
    6.5/10(65 votes)

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

    S4:E18

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

    Director:Jeffrey Hayden
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Route 66 Season 4 Episode 19 - This is Going to Hurt Me More Than It Hurts You
    6.7/10(68 votes)

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

    S4:E19

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Stirling Silliphant

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  20. Route 66 Season 4 Episode 20 - Follow the White Dove With the Broken Wing
    6.9/10(66 votes)

    #20 - Follow the White Dove With the Broken Wing

    S4:E20

    A disturbed teenager kills his friend. Filming Location: Unknown

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Route 66 Season 4 Episode 21 - I'm Here to Kill a King
    7.0/10(69 votes)

    #21 - I'm Here to Kill a King

    S4:E21

    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

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  22. Route 66 Season 4 Episode 22 - Where There's a Will, There's a Way (1)
    6.2/10(66 votes)

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

    S4:E22

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Stirling Silliphant

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  23. Route 66 Season 4 Episode 23 - Where There's a Will, There's a Way (2)
    7.2/10(75 votes)

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

    S4:E23

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Stirling Silliphant

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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"Two Strangers and an Old Enemy" is the best rated episode of "Route 66" season 4. It scored 7.6/10 based on 74 votes. Directed by Walter Grauman and written by Stirling Silliphant, it aired on 9/27/1963. This episode is rated 1.7 points higher than the second-best, "Same Picture, Different Frame".