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The Worst 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. 5.4/10(62 votes)

    #1 - Come Home Greta Inger Gruenchaffen

    S4:E11

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

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  2. 5.9/10(241 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

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  3. 6.1/10(68 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.

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  4. 6.1/10(63 votes)

    #4 - 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

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    Director:N/A
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  5. 6.2/10(65 votes)

    #5 - The Cage Around Maria

    S3:E22

    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

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  6. 6.2/10(63 votes)

    #6 - 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

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  8. 6.3/10(65 votes)

    #7 - A Feat of Strength

    S2:E30

    A refugee Hungarian wrestling champion finds that American wrestling has it's own set of rules when he is offered a position as a ""good guy"" wrestler. Filming Location: Los Angeles, California

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  9. 6.4/10(116 votes)

    #8 - The Clover Throne

    S1:E15

    The boys work on Adam Darcey's date farm. Adam loves his ward, ""Sweet Thing"", who wants to leave the farm. Adam is also trying to stop a road from being built on his property. Filming Location: Indio, California

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    Director:Arthur Hiller
    Writer:N/A
  10. 6.5/10(121 votes)

    #9 - A Fury Slinging Flame

    S1:E11

    The boys meet scientist Mark Christopher and his friends who intend to remain in Carlsbad Caverns until a predicted nuclear war is over. Filming Location: Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico

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  11. 6.6/10(143 votes)

    #10 - Layout at Glen Canyon

    S1:E9

    A group of models are sent to a construction camp at Glen Canyon to do some fashion shots for a magazine. Jeff Grady head of the crew working at the dam appoints Tod and Buz as bodyguards. Filming Location: Glen Canyon Dam and Page, Arizona

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  12. 6.6/10(81 votes)

    #11 - Kiss the Maiden All Forlorn

    S2:E26

    Tod and Buz meet Charles Clayton, a fugitive swindler who has returned to the US. Filming Location: Dallas, Texas

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  13. 6.6/10(70 votes)

    #12 - Narcissus on an Old Red Fire Engine

    S3:E24

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

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  14. 6.6/10(61 votes)

    #13 - 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

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  15. 6.7/10(170 votes)

    #14 - A Lance of Straw

    S1:E2

    Shrimp boat captain Charlotte Duval hires Tod and Buz as a crew for her boat. Suitor Jean Boussard gets very jealous of the male crew members. Buz falls in love with the captain. Filming Location: Grand Isle, Louisiana

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  16. 6.7/10(62 votes)

    #15 - 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

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  17. 6.7/10(65 votes)

    #16 - 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

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  18. 6.8/10(107 votes)

    #17 - Sleep on Four Pillows

    S1:E18

    Tod and Buz meet a teenage girl who claims to be running from gangsters. The girl's wealthy mother thinks her daughter has been kidnapped and calls the police and a detective. Filming Location: Hollywood and Los Angeles, California

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  19. 6.8/10(91 votes)

    #18 - Give an Old Cat a Tender Mouse

    S3:E14

    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

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  20. 6.8/10(60 votes)

    #19 - 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

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  21. 6.8/10(63 votes)

    #20 - Follow the White Dove With the Broken Wing

    S4:E20

    A disturbed teenager kills his friend. Filming Location: Unknown

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  22. 6.9/10(160 votes)

    #21 - The Swan Bed

    S1:E3

    Tod and Buz arrive in New Orleans during a parrot-fever epidemic. They meet a girl named Carrie Purcell and ask her out for a date. Carrie doesn't have money to afford nice clothes. Filming Location: New Orleans, Louisiana

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  23. 6.9/10(153 votes)

    #22 - Three Sides

    S1:E7

    The boys work on a ranch and encounter a rancher's son. Joey dances on a table. Filming Location: Grants Pass, Oregon

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  24. 6.9/10(129 votes)

    #23 - Legacy for Lucia

    S1:E8

    Tod and Buz are working as loggers in Oregon. They meet an Italian girl, Lucia Trapani, who has come from Sicily to buy a new Madonna for her church. She plans to do it by selling her only possessions. Filming Location: Merlin, Oregon

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  25. 6.9/10(77 votes)

    #24 - Hell is Empty, All the Devils are Here

    S2:E31

    Tod goes to work for Peter Hale, who owns a wild animal park. Peter's first wife was killed by an animal. Hale has re-married and his new wife is frightened. Filming Location: Jungleland, Thousand Oaks, California

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  26. 7.0/10(121 votes)

    #25 - The Quick and the Dead

    S1:E13

    Tod and Buz work at the Riverside race track for the Grand Prix stock-car races. They get involved with a family's problems, including whether the father should continue stock-car racing. Tod drives a racecar. Filming Location: Riverside Racetrack and Mission Inn, Riverside, California

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Come Home Greta Inger Gruenchaffen" is the worst rated episode of "Route 66". It scored 5.4/10 based on 62 votes. Directed by Philip Leacock and written by Stirling Silliphant, it aired on 12/13/1963. This episode scored 0.5 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Same Picture, Different Frame".