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The Best Episodes of The Name of the Game Season 3

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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 NBC, totaling 76 episodes of 90 minutes. It was a

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Name of the Game Season 3 Episode 9 - All the Old Familar Faces
    7.8/10(23 votes)

    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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  2. The Name of the Game Season 3 Episode 1 - So Long Baby, and Amen
    7.7/10(26 votes)

    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.

    Director:Marvin J. Chomsky
    Writer:Steven Bochco

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  3. The Name of the Game Season 3 Episode 3 - Cynthia Is Alive and Living in Avalon
    7.6/10(22 votes)

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Name of the Game Season 3 Episode 2 - A Love To Remember
    7.5/10(9 votes)

    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.

    Director:Nicholas Colasanto
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Name of the Game Season 3 Episode 13 - Aquarius Descending
    7.5/10(10 votes)

    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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  6. The Name of the Game Season 3 Episode 5 - The Enemy Before Us
    7.4/10(23 votes)

    S3:E5

    Crime Magazine reporter Jeff Dillon (TF) is back in his old neighborhood in New York's ""Little Italy"", Dillon hopes to take a break from his hectic responsibilities and recapture ""something real"" from his younger days. Unfortunately, he is bombarded by pain and disillusionment from every side: his stepmother is gravely ill, and her son is deeply involved with drug dealing.

    Director:Barry Shear
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Name of the Game Season 3 Episode 10 - I Love You, Billy Baker (1)
    7.3/10(20 votes)

    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.

    Director:Barry Shear
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Name of the Game Season 3 Episode 6 - The Time Is Now
    7.2/10(20 votes)

    S3:E6

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

    Director:Nicholas Colasanto
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Name of the Game Season 3 Episode 11 - I Love You, Billy Baker (2)
    7.2/10(17 votes)

    S3:E11

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    Director:Barry Shear
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Name of the Game Season 3 Episode 24 - The Showdown
    7.2/10(18 votes)

    S3:E24

    Howard's (GB) ancestor, an old west gambler, tries to stay alive in the face of a showdown.

    Director:Daniel Petrie
    Writer:Dick Nelson

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  11. The Name of the Game Season 3 Episode 7 - The War Merchants
    7.0/10(15 votes)

    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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  12. The Name of the Game Season 3 Episode 20 - The Savage Eye
    6.9/10(25 votes)

    S3:E20

    Dan Farrell (RS) looks into a conflict involving loggers and the filming of a documentary.

    Director:Leo Penn
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Name of the Game Season 3 Episode 8 - Little Bear Died Running
    6.8/10(17 votes)

    S3:E8

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Name of the Game Season 3 Episode 14 - The Glory Shouter
    6.7/10(24 votes)

    S3:E14

    A fire-and-brimstone tele-evangelist is plagued by gremlins from within his organization who are tapping his till. Dan Farrell (RS), investigates only to deduce that he may be the one siphoning from his own flock's donations.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Name of the Game Season 3 Episode 23 - The Broken Puzzle
    6.7/10(9 votes)

    S3:E23

    The governor of an unnamed state though popular with his constituents runs the state like a banana-republic dictatorship, complete with uniformed thugs. Glenn Howard (GB) finds that the source of his power may have bigger political stakes in mind.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Name of the Game Season 3 Episode 4 - Battle at Gannon's Bridge
    6.6/10(8 votes)

    S3:E4

    An ex-convict Eddie Gannon, who holds the lease on a converted church used as a halfway house for recently released prisoners,is endangered by a rash of unsolved crimes in the neighborhood. Gannon asks Crime magazine editor Dan Farrell (RS) to prove that none of his fellow ex-cons are responsible for the thefts.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Name of the Game Season 3 Episode 12 - Why I Blew Up Dakota
    6.6/10(19 votes)

    S3:E12

    Dan Farrell (RS) looks into the strange bombing of an odd-ball artist.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Name of the Game Season 3 Episode 16 - Los Angeles 2017
    6.6/10(345 votes)

    S3:E16

    Glenn Howard finds himself suddenly plunged 46 years into the future only to learn that the people of Los Angeles are living underground to escape the pollution and under the thumb of a fascist government run by psychiatrists.

    Director:Steven Spielberg
    Writer:Philip Wylie

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  19. The Name of the Game Season 3 Episode 19 - A Capitol Affair
    6.5/10(12 votes)

    S3:E19

    Howard Publications journalist intervenes when a misguided Washington gossip columnist tries to destroy the career of a promising government official who happens to be her boyfriend.

    Director:Marvin J. Chomsky
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Name of the Game Season 3 Episode 15 - A Sister From Napoli
    6.4/10(17 votes)

    S3:E15

    A district attorney up for a judgeship is deemed unfit and an investigation ensues by Lewis Corbett(PF).

    Director:Barry Shear
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Name of the Game Season 3 Episode 21 - Appointment in Palermo
    6.4/10(16 votes)

    S3:E21

    Howard (GB) goes to Italy to research a story, then finds himself mistaken for a Sicilian patriarch. He is kidnapped by one of the families involved in a centuries-old blood feud.

    Director:Ben Gazzara
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Name of the Game Season 3 Episode 22 - Beware of the Watchdog
    6.2/10(14 votes)

    S3:E22

    Dan Farrell (RS) investigates a consumer advocate who is currently masterminding an expose of the fish-canning industry. When several attempts are made on his life, the advertisers are under suspect.

    Director:Marvin J. Chomsky
    Writer:Jack Turley

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  23. The Name of the Game Season 3 Episode 17 - The Man Who Killed A Ghost
    5.7/10(9 votes)

    S3:E17

    The real personality of a famous cowboy star is exposed by David Corey (RW).

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Name of the Game Season 3 Episode 18 - Seek and Destroy
    5.5/10(9 votes)

    S3:E18

    Dan Farrell (RS) runs into many dead ends as he endeavors to discover why an important scientist suddenly died.

    Director:Robert Day
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"All the Old Familar Faces" is the best rated episode of "The Name of the Game" season 3. It scored 7.8/10 based on 23 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/13/1970. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "So Long Baby, and Amen".