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Agents Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin work for a secret intelligence service working under the auspices of the U.N. Their immediate superior is Mr. Waverly. Together they operate out of a secret base beneath the streets

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Season 3 Episode 14 - The My Friend, the Gorilla Affair
    3.9/10(113 votes)

    #1 - The My Friend, the Gorilla Affair

    S3:E14

    In Africa, Professor Kenton has developed a superman formula which he has been using on the natives, hoping to build an army with which to conquer all of Africa. Premier Khufu resists the use of the drug on his people. Illya meets up with Harry Blackburn, a shady safari guide, and Marsha Woodhugh, who is searching for her lost sister, a Tarzan like woman named ""Girl"" who has captured Solo.

    Director:Alexander Singer
    Writer:Don Richman

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  2. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Season 3 Episode 24 - The Matterhorn Affair
    4.9/10(83 votes)

    #2 - The Matterhorn Affair

    S3:E24

    A dying man carrying a partial film with the secret of Project Quasimodo, a miniature atomic bomb, gives only one clue to finding the rest of the film: the name of Marvin Klump, inept car salesman. THRUSH agents Rodney Backstreet and Beirut capture Klump. Solo and Illya, with the aid of Klump's sister Heather, follow them first to the Alps, them back to the U.S.,where the answer to the puzzle lies in a cemetery.

    Director:Bill Finnegan
    Writer:David Giler

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  3. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Season 3 Episode 13 - The Abominable Snowman Affair
    5.2/10(84 votes)

    #3 - The Abominable Snowman Affair

    S3:E13

    Illya goes to the Himalayan country of Chupat to protect the high lama, but is shot by ""Calamity"" Rogers, an American rodeo star. Solo is sent to find Illya, and learns that the prime minister has kidnapped the real successor to the throne and intends to install his own son instead. An entranced girl, Amra Palli tries to kill Solo after being brainwashed by the prime minister.

    Director:Otto Lang
    Writer:Krishna Shah

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  4. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Season 3 Episode 15 - The Jingle Bells Affair
    5.4/10(93 votes)

    #4 - The Jingle Bells Affair

    S3:E15

    Solo and Illya must protect Premier Georgi Koz, a Khrushchev like European leader, on a visit to New York, Priscilla Worth is befriended by Loz and she takes him to a school for Santa Clauses run by Francis X. O'Reilly where just one of a series of assassination attempts against him must be thwarted by the two U.N.C.L.E. agents.

    Director:John Brahm
    Writer:William Jerome Fay

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  5. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Season 3 Episode 21 - The It's All Greek to Me Affair
    5.5/10(78 votes)

    #5 - The It's All Greek to Me Affair

    S3:E21

    In Greece, Illya tries to recover stolen U.N.C.L.E. documents, but they fall into the hands of Stavros, a Greek bandit, who has ambushed Illya, thinking he is his daughter Kira's convict husband, Manolakas returning from prison. Kita is in love with Nico instead, and Solo and Illya must resolve the love triangle in order to retrieve the documents.

    Director:George Waggner
    Writer:Robert Hill

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  6. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Season 2 Episode 30 - The Indian Affairs Affair
    5.6/10(98 votes)

    #6 - The Indian Affairs Affair

    S2:E30

    THRUSH agent L.C. Carson uses an Indian reservation as a front for his plan to assemble a hydrogen bomb, and kidnaps the tribe's chief, High Cloud, to ensure cooperation. Solo arranges for the Chief's daughter Charisma to return, but she ends up being kidnapped along with Solo and Illya, who is disguised as an Indian. Solo and Illya, along with a band of young Indian warriors on Motorcycles, encircle Carson and his men and try to stop them before its too late.

    Director:Alf Kjellin
    Writer:Dean Hargrove

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  7. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Season 3 Episode 20 - The Napoleon's Tomb Affair
    5.7/10(86 votes)

    #7 - The Napoleon's Tomb Affair

    S3:E20

    President Nasasos Tunik visits Paris. His assistant, Malanez, is determined to persuade the president that the French are his enemy, and arranges for various embarrassing and insulting incidents to occur. Solo and Illya are assigned to see that the visit goes smoothly, but Tunik falls in love with Candyce, and Malanez plans to disgrace Tunik by framing him in a plot to steal the body of Napoleon from his tomb.

    Director:John Brahm
    Writer:James Whiton

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  8. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Season 3 Episode 27 - The Apple A Day Affair
    6.0/10(79 votes)

    #8 - The Apple A Day Affair

    S3:E27

    Solo and Illya find that THRUSH agent Colonel Picks has developed exploding apples, which will be used to trigger a nuclear stockpile. Nina Lillette, a pretty hillbilly girl, latches onto them for excitement. Illya joins a picking crew at the farm, but he is buried alive in a tunnel with the volatile apples.

    Director:E. Darrell Hallenbeck
    Writer:Joseph C. Cavella

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  9. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Season 3 Episode 30 - The Cap and Gown Affair
    6.0/10(81 votes)

    #9 - The Cap and Gown Affair

    S3:E30

    Solo and Illya are responsible for the security during Waverly's upcoming address to his alma mater, but the campus is seething with protest. Illya joins the demonstrators, and meets Minerva Swight, the daughter of the dean. The head of the board of regents, Jonathan Trumble, is a THRUSH agent, and he hires campus agitator Gregory Haymish to try and kill Solo and Illya, while Trumbull's THRUSH superior, Number 24, undergoes plastic surgery so he can impersonate the dean during the ceremony and kill Waverly himself.

    Director:George Waggner
    Writer:Stanford Sherman

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  10. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Season 3 Episode 9 - The Come With Me to the Casbah Affair
    6.1/10(81 votes)

    #10 - The Come With Me to the Casbah Affair

    S3:E9

    Solo and Illya go to Algiers to obtain a rare old book containing a THRUSH code from Pierrot La Mouche who has stolen it from his boss, Colonel Hamid. But La Mouche has a high price he wants U.N.C.L.E. to help him obtain Janine whom he is in love with.

    Director:E. Darrell Hallenbeck
    Writer:Robert Hill

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  11. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Season 3 Episode 28 - The Five Daughters Affair (1)
    6.1/10(260 votes)

    #11 - The Five Daughters Affair (1)

    S3:E28

    Solo and Illya visit the laboratory of Dr. True, who has discovered how to extract gold from seawater. But Dr. True dies from a poison given him by THRUSH agent Randolph, and Randolph also kills his wife Amanda. The gold extraction formula was distributed in portions by True to his daughters, in inscriptions on a photo of himself. Solo and Illya meet Sandy True, who accompanies them to Rome, to find her half sister Margo, now unhappily married to the destitute Baron de Fanzini to London, to find the next sister Imogen, who has been arrested by a Constablefor indecent exposure and finally the Alps, to find Yvonne, who is breaking off an unhappy relationship with Karl Von Kesser. But after decoding the message in Japan, Solo, Illya and Sandy are captured by Randolph and taken to THRUSH central for execution.

    Director:Barry Shear
    Writer:Norman Hudis

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  12. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Season 3 Episode 4 - The Super-Colossal Affair
    6.2/10(94 votes)

    #12 - The Super-Colossal Affair

    S3:E4

    Frank Cariago, the U.S. head of a crime syndicate, is under pressure from Uncle Giuliano. Cariago decides to buy a movie production directed by Sheldon Veblan so his girlfriend, Ginger Laveer can have the starring role. But the picture is a disguised plan to drop a bomb on the family's biggest rival-Las Vegas.

    Director:Barry Shear
    Writer:Stanford Sherman

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  13. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Season 3 Episode 19 - The Yo-Ho-Ho and a Bottle of Rum Affair
    6.2/10(84 votes)

    #13 - The Yo-Ho-Ho and a Bottle of Rum Affair

    S3:E19

    Investigating the shipment of a tidal-wave machine by THRUSH, Illya ends up aboard a merchant vessel run by Captain Morton. Morton is obsessed with his past disgrace in a court martial, and the crew is on the verge of a mutiny, which Illya leads just as THRUSH arrives to take possession of the device.

    Director:E. Darrell Hallenbeck
    Writer:Norman Hudis

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  14. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Season 3 Episode 25 - The Hot Number Affair
    6.2/10(101 votes)

    #14 - The Hot Number Affair

    S3:E25

    A THRUSH code is hidden in a dress pattern, and Solo and Illya go to the garment district and encounter the design shop of two down on their luck designers and their model Ramona and the cutter who has a crush on her, Jerry. THRUSH also tries to retrieve the garment, but Ramona keeps forgetting where she left it.

    Director:George Waggner
    Writers:Joseph C. Cavella, Carol Cavella

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  15. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Season 2 Episode 8 - The Tigers are Coming Affair
    6.4/10(115 votes)

    #15 - The Tigers are Coming Affair

    S2:E8

    Solo and Illya go to India to help Suzanne de Serre, a French botanist trying to find out why the jungle is dying and local natives are disappearing. Prince Panat and Drusilla Davina, along with Colonel Quillon, are systematically using a chemical to destroy the jungle and kidnapping natives to work in the jewel mines for the prince.

    Director:Herschel Daugherty
    Writer:Alan Caillou

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  16. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Season 2 Episode 15 - The Very Important Zombie Affair
    6.6/10(103 votes)

    #16 - The Very Important Zombie Affair

    S2:E15

    Solo and Illya travel to the Caribbean to help Dr. Delgado, who is under a voodoo curse and in a zombielike trance thanks to the local dictator, El Supremo, and his chief of police, Captain Ramirez. The U.N.C.L.E. agents are assisted by Suzy, an American hairdresser whom El Supremo will not let leave the island. They eventually turn to voodoo queen Mama Lou to turn the tables on him.

    Director:David Alexander
    Writer:Boris Ingster

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  17. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Season 3 Episode 5 - The Monks of St. Thomas Affair
    6.6/10(91 votes)

    #17 - The Monks of St. Thomas Affair

    S3:E5

    THRUSH agent Abbot Simon takes over the monastery at St. Thomas to use the mountain location to aim a new laser gun at a long distance target the Louvre in Paris. Solo visits the area and meets Andrea Fouchet, and together they try to stop Simon before he destroys the world's greatest art treasures.

    Director:Alex March
    Writer:Sheldon Stark

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  18. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Season 3 Episode 6 - The Pop Art Affair
    6.6/10(89 votes)

    #18 - The Pop Art Affair

    S3:E6

    A dissatisfied THRUSH collaborator tips U.N.C.L.E. off to a new deadly hiccup gas. A pendant he wears leads Illya to Greenwich Village and an art gallery run by Mark Ole, a THRUSH agent. Starving artist Sylvia Harrison joins Illya, who is nearly suffocated at the hands of a foam producing machine.

    Director:George Waggner
    Writers:Al Ramrus, John Herman Shaner

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  19. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Season 3 Episode 26 - The When in Roma Affair
    6.6/10(89 votes)

    #19 - The When in Roma Affair

    S3:E26

    In Rome, American tourist Darlene Sims becomes the unwitting carrier of a perfume atomizer with a secret formula. THRUSH uses a suave ladies man Cesare Guardia to charm Darlene, but he falls in love with her in the process.

    Director:George Waggner
    Writer:Gloria Elmore

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  20. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Season 3 Episode 29 - The Five Daughters Affair (2)
    6.6/10(98 votes)

    #20 - The Five Daughters Affair (2)

    S3:E29

    Solo and Illya visit the laboratory of Dr. True, who has discovered how to extract gold from seawater. But Dr. True dies from a poison given him by THRUSH agent Randolph, and Randolph also kills his wife Amanda. The gold extraction formula was distributed in portions by True to his daughters, in inscriptions on a photo of himself. Solo and Illya meet Sandy True, who accompanies them to Rome, to find her half sister Margo, now unhappily married to the destitute Baron de Fanzini to London, to find the next sister Imogen, who has been arrested by a Constablefor indecent exposure and finally the Alps, to find Yvonne, who is breaking off an unhappy relationship with Karl Von Kesser. But after decoding the message in Japan, Solo, Illya and Sandy are captured by Randolph and taken to THRUSH central for execution.

    Director:Barry Shear
    Writer:Norman Hudis

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  21. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Season 4 Episode 12 - The Man from THRUSH Affair
    6.6/10(76 votes)

    #21 - The Man from THRUSH Affair

    S4:E12

    Solo and agent Andreas Petros (Robert Wolders) are sent to the island of Ibos, where the Technological Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and the Subjugation of Humanity has been spending huge amounts of money on some unknown project. Solo, posing as a visiting THRUSH official, meets Dr. Killman (John Larch), the head of the project, and Marnya (Barbara Luna), who reveals that Killman is working on an earthquake device, as the real THRUSH emissary arrives.

    Director:James Sheldon
    Writer:Robert I. Holt

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  22. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Season 2 Episode 22 - The Foreign Legion Affair
    6.7/10(112 votes)

    #22 - The Foreign Legion Affair

    S2:E22

    Illya parachutes out of a plane carrying THRUSH code documents, but lands in the desert at an abandoned Foreign Legion post run by Captain Basil Calhoun (Howard Da Silva). Illya is accompanied by a stewardess, Barbara (Danielle DeMetz) while Solo races to find them before THRUSH does.

    Director:John Brahm
    Writer:Berne Giler

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  23. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Season 2 Episode 27 - The Round Table Affair
    6.7/10(101 votes)

    #23 - The Round Table Affair

    S2:E27

    Lucho Nostra and a group of criminals take over a tiny European country, Ingolstein, because it has no extradition treaty. Prince Frederick is afraid to kick them out, so Solo convinces princess Vicky to return and do so, only to find that she cannot because the treasury has been replaced with IOU's to Nostra for the prince's gambling debts. Nostra arranges for permanent protection by forcing a marriage between Vicky and one of his henchmen, Artie King, but the two actually do fall in love. King duels Nostra, with the fate of the country riding on the outcome.

    Director:E. Darrell Hallenbeck
    Writer:Robert Hill

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  24. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Season 3 Episode 18 - The Deadly Smorgasbord Affair
    6.7/10(85 votes)

    #24 - The Deadly Smorgasbord Affair

    S3:E18

    Solo goes to Sweden to obtain a new suspended animation device from Dr. A.C. Nilson, but the device and its inventor are taken by THRUSH. The doctor's daughter Neila helps Solo find him, and the doctor's assistant, Inga Anderson also feigns cooperation but is actually working for THRUSH agent Heinrich Beckmann. Beckmann uses the device to invade U.N.C.L.E.'s Scandinavian headquarters, and only Solo has a chance to stop him.

    Director:Barry Shear
    Writer:Stanley Ralph Ross

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  25. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Season 3 Episode 22 - The Hula Doll Affair
    6.7/10(92 votes)

    #25 - The Hula Doll Affair

    S3:E22

    Brothers Simon and Peter Sweet both rival THRUSH leaders vying for promotion, do not realize that the toy hula doll they possess has an extremely powerful new U.N.C.L.E. explosive inside that is activated by heat. As the outside temperature rises, Illya and Solo try to recover it with the help of Wendy Thyme. Solo poses as a representative of THRUSH Central, but Mama Sweet a real member of THRUSH Central appears on the scene.

    Director:Eddie Saeta
    Writer:Stanford Sherman

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The My Friend, the Gorilla Affair" is the worst rated episode of "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.". It scored 3.9/10 based on 113 votes. Directed by Alexander Singer and written by Don Richman, it aired on 12/16/1966. This episode scored 1.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Matterhorn Affair".