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The Best Episodes of The Name of the Game

The Name of the Game is an American television series starring Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, and Robert Stack that ran from 1968 to 1971 on...

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  1. 9.3/10(13 votes)

    #1 - One of the Girls in Research

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    S2:E25

    Howard's research girl has romantic daydreams about him as they try to locate an eccentric conniving industrialist who is trying victimized her.

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  2. 8.9/10(20 votes)

    #2 - Goodbye Harry

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    S2:E6

    Roving reporter Sam Hardy's boss, Crime magazine publisher Glenn Howard (GB), sends Hardy and magazine researcher Peggy Maxwell on a dangerous fact-finding mission. Their quarry is American missile scientist Harry Roarke. While it appears as though Harry has defected to Cuba, he may very well be hiding out in the States, in fear for his life.

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    Director:Barry Shear
  3. 8.7/10(20 votes)

    #3 - Jenny Wilde Is Drowning

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    S2:E24

    When a young actress becomes suicidal, Jeff Dillon (TF) attempts to prevent her suicide attempts.

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  4. 8.7/10(9 votes)

    #4 - A Love To Remember

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    S3:E2

    At his college class reunion, Howard (GB) meets a strange, beautiful woman who tells him how a crush she once had on him has ruined her life.

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  5. 8.7/10(18 votes)

    #5 - The Time Is Now

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    S3:E6

    Howard (GB) investigates the death of a moderate black educator at a campus torn into a struggle between militants and moderates.

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  6. 8.7/10(9 votes)

    #6 - Aquarius Descending

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    S3:E13

    Glenn Howard (GB), who is instrumental in discrediting a corrupt politician. Seeking revenge, the politician orders a young hard-case to romance Howard's impressionable 17-year-old niece. The plan is to involve the girl in a scandal and ruin Howard and his magazine.

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  8. 8.6/10(10 votes)

    #7 - The Third Choice

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    S1:E24

    Howard (GB) tries to save a Howard Publications editor kidnapped by a man who hopes to use the ransom to overthrow an African government.

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  9. 8.5/10(24 votes)

    #8 - So Long Baby, and Amen

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    S3:E1

    Dan Farrell (RS) reports his findings at a Congressional committee hearing on addictive drugs. Later he finds himself entangled with a self-destructive, drug-addicted young girl.

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  10. 8.5/10(20 votes)

    #9 - All the Old Familar Faces

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    S3:E9

    Howard (GB) tries to find out who is behind a series of death threats levelled against him. He interviews several likely suspects who, in flashback, explain just what might have prompted them to kill.

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  11. 8.5/10(15 votes)

    #10 - I Love You, Billy Baker (2)

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    Director:Barry Shear
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  12. 8.4/10(25 votes)

    #11 - Ordeal

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    S1:E10

    A woman sitting on death row hopes that Dan Farrell can find enough evidence to prove that she did not murder her husband.

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  13. 8.4/10(19 votes)

    #12 - The Incomparable Connie Walker

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    S1:E18

    Conway ""Connie"" Walker is the first black mayor of a large unnamed city. In addition to suffering the slings and arrows of racism, Walker is the target of accusations that he has been accepting kickbacks. Crime magazine reporter Jeff Dillon (TF) investigates when a city accountant is murdered.

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  14. 8.4/10(14 votes)

    #13 - Little Bear Died Running

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    S3:E8

    When an Indian kills the friend of a reporter, Paul Tyler (RC) investigates.

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  15. 8.4/10(18 votes)

    #14 - I Love You, Billy Baker (1)

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    S3:E10

    Las Vegas superstar Billy Baker, who is known far and wide for his reluctance to grant interviews,is particularly close-mouthed on the subject of a beautiful young dancer with whom he'd once been in love--and who now is very much dead. Crime magazine reporter Jeff Dillon (TF) wants to know why.

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    Director:Barry Shear
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  16. 8.3/10(46 votes)

    #15 - The White Birch

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    S1:E11

    Glenn Howard travels to Prague, Czechoslovakia, where he and other rival journalists try to get custody of an ailing author's latest work.

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  17. 8.3/10(9 votes)

    #16 - The Bobby Currier Story

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    S1:E22

    Currier (Brandon de Wilde) is a young, small-town perennial loser. He kidnaps the daughter of the local sheriff and goes on a murder spree. Dan Farrell (RS) tries to unearth the circumstances that turned the hapless Currier into a murderer.

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  18. 8.3/10(18 votes)

    #17 - An Agent of the Plaintiff

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    S1:E26

    Howard (GB) is the victim of a conspiracy hatched by his own attorney, the lovely-but-lethal Bethany Cromwell, and plaintiff Harold Wyler.

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  19. 8.3/10(13 votes)

    #18 - Lady On the Rocks

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    S2:E1

    A happy marriage might be a front for the wife's fear and guilt as Howard (GB) suspects.

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  20. 8.3/10(20 votes)

    #19 - Cynthia Is Alive and Living in Avalon

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    S3:E3

    Cynthia is a reclusive jet-setter who has of late become a political activist. She refuses all interviews and keeps hidden in a rambling house on the island of Avalon. At the urging of his pal, reporter Paul Tyler decides to make a name for himself by getting the exclusive story on Cynthia.

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  21. 8.3/10(13 votes)

    #20 - The War Merchants

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    S3:E7

    Farrell (RS) investigates the death of an old friend and discovers an international weapons-smuggling operation.

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  22. 8.2/10(24 votes)

    #21 - The Inquiry

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    S1:E17

    Howard (GB) is called before a Senate committee to answer charges that he stole a fortune in U.S. Army funds while serving with the OSS in Italy during World War II.

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  23. 8.2/10(13 votes)

    #22 - Give Till It Hurts

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    S2:E7

    The object of Farrell's (RS) latest investigation is a professional fundraiser. The editor recognizes him as a notorious con man, so it should be no problem to expose his racket. But problems there are, especially when an unknown gangster type pressures him to lay off.

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  24. 8.1/10(24 votes)

    #23 - The Taker

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    S1:E3

    Crime Magazine publisher Glenn Howard refuses to support a powerful businessman who backs a crooked political candidate and finds himself in a battle of wits over the takeover of his publishing empire.

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  25. 8.1/10(18 votes)

    #24 - The Protector

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    S1:E9

    Glenn Howard goes up against a bigoted millionaire who sets out to solve the nation's racial problems with his own private army.

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  26. 8.1/10(17 votes)

    #25 - A Wrath of Angels

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    S1:E23

    Dan Farrell (RS) investigates as a man and a priest try to clean up the slums and end up having a showdown with a powerful Mafioso.

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Best Episodes Summary

"One of the Girls in Research" is the best rated episode of "The Name of the Game". It scored 9.3/10 based on 13 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 4/3/1970. This episode scored 0.4 points higher than the second highest rated, "Goodbye Harry".