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The Best Episodes of The Name of the Game

Every episode of The Name of the Game ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Name of the Game!

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. Background image for The White Birch
    8.0/10(49 votes)

    #1 - The White Birch

    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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  2. Background image for One of the Girls in Research
    8.0/10(16 votes)

    #2 - One of the Girls in Research

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  3. Background image for The Taker
    7.9/10(27 votes)

    #3 - The Taker

    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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  4. Background image for Ordeal
    7.9/10(28 votes)

    #4 - Ordeal

    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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  5. Background image for Goodbye Harry
    7.9/10(22 votes)

    #5 - Goodbye Harry

    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.

    Director:Barry Shear
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  6. Background image for Jenny Wilde Is Drowning
    7.9/10(23 votes)

    #6 - Jenny Wilde Is Drowning

    S2:E24

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for I Love You, Billy Baker (2)
    7.9/10(16 votes)

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

    S3:E11

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    Director:Barry Shear
    Writer:Unknown
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  9. Background image for The Protector
    7.8/10(20 votes)

    #8 - The Protector

    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.

    Writer:Unknown
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  10. Background image for The Third Choice
    7.8/10(11 votes)

    #9 - The Third Choice

    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.

    Writer:Unknown
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  11. Background image for An Agent of the Plaintiff
    7.8/10(19 votes)

    #10 - An Agent of the Plaintiff

    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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  12. Background image for So Long Baby, and Amen
    7.8/10(26 votes)

    #11 - So Long Baby, and Amen

    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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  13. Background image for The Time Is Now
    7.8/10(20 votes)

    #12 - The Time Is Now

    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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  14. Background image for Little Bear Died Running
    7.8/10(15 votes)

    #13 - Little Bear Died Running

    S3:E8

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  15. Background image for All the Old Familar Faces
    7.8/10(22 votes)

    #14 - All the Old Familar Faces

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  16. Background image for Aquarius Descending
    7.8/10(10 votes)

    #15 - Aquarius Descending

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  17. Background image for The Inquiry
    7.7/10(28 votes)

    #16 - The Inquiry

    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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  18. Background image for A Wrath of Angels
    7.7/10(18 votes)

    #17 - A Wrath of Angels

    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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  19. Background image for Lady On the Rocks
    7.7/10(14 votes)

    #18 - Lady On the Rocks

    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. Background image for Chains of Command
    7.7/10(19 votes)

    #19 - Chains of Command

    S2:E5

    Farrell (RS) is investigating charges that the officials of a prison on the Mexican border are shipping out forced labor to local farms. It has been further charged that the officials are getting rich on kickbacks. Assuming a false identity and taking a job in the border town becomes very hazardous.

    Director:Robert Day
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  21. Background image for The Other Kind of Spy
    7.7/10(15 votes)

    #20 - The Other Kind of Spy

    S2:E26

    Dillon (TF) investigates a chemical plant that has blown up only to discover industrial espionage as the motive.

    Director:Boris Sagal
    Writer:Unknown
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  22. Background image for The War Merchants
    7.7/10(14 votes)

    #21 - The War Merchants

    S3:E7

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  23. Background image for Nightmare
    7.6/10(26 votes)

    #22 - Nightmare

    S1:E5

    Dan Farrell patiently prepares to exact his revenge upon the robbers that murdered his wife.

    Director:Alvin Ganzer
    Writer:Ed Adamson
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  24. Background image for Incident in Berlin
    7.6/10(18 votes)

    #23 - Incident in Berlin

    S1:E6

    Glenn Howard goes to Berlin to arrange the release of one of his top editors, who has been arrested in East Germany as a spy.

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  25. Background image for The Incomparable Connie Walker
    7.6/10(21 votes)

    #24 - The Incomparable Connie Walker

    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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  26. Background image for Give Till It Hurts
    7.6/10(14 votes)

    #25 - Give Till It Hurts

    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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Best Episodes Summary

"The White Birch" is the best rated episode of "The Name of the Game". It scored 8/10 based on 49 votes. Directed by Lamont Johnson and written by Luther Davis, Dean Hargrove, it aired on 11/29/1968. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "One of the Girls in Research".