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The Worst 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 Civilized Men
    6.0/10(7 votes)

    #1 - The Civilized Men

    S2:E10

    Farrell (RS) heads to Florida to probe into a cattle scam. Someone has been selling tainted meat, the end product of a rustled shipment of government livestock. Could the Mob be involved?

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    Director:Don McDougall
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Los Angeles 2017
    6.6/10(330 votes)

    #2 - Los Angeles 2017

    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.

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  3. Background image for Swinger's Only
    6.8/10(32 votes)

    #3 - Swinger's Only

    S1:E16

    Farrell (RS) takes a hand in the investigation of a murder at a ""Swinging Singles"" apartment. The victim is the mistress of one of Farrell's editors. The wife of the victim who despite her despair over her husband's pecadilloes urges Farrell to find the guilty party.

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  4. Background image for The Tradition
    6.8/10(15 votes)

    #4 - The Tradition

    S2:E14

    Howard (GB) and a young Greek woman are forced to flee for their lives when they challenge an ancient Greek custom.

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  5. Background image for The Man Who Killed A Ghost
    6.8/10(8 votes)

    #5 - The Man Who Killed A Ghost

    S3:E17

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for Blind Man's Bluff
    6.9/10(14 votes)

    #6 - Blind Man's Bluff

    S2:E3

    An ex-district attorney gives Crime magazine reporter Jeff Dillon (TF) a phony story. It's all part of a complex plan for revenge. He was blinded several years earlier, and his wife's face was mutilated; now the former D.A. wants to trap the man responsible for his sightlessness.

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  8. Background image for The Prisoner Within
    7.1/10(9 votes)

    #7 - The Prisoner Within

    S2:E9

    Dillon (TF) investigates the story of a young man who is challenged by an Army officer to undergo prisoner of war training. He accepts the survival training challenge.

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  9. Background image for Appointment in Palermo
    7.1/10(15 votes)

    #8 - Appointment in Palermo

    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.

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    Director:Ben Gazzara
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for Shine On, Shine On, Jesse Gil
    7.2/10(14 votes)

    #9 - Shine On, Shine On, Jesse Gil

    S1:E7

    A woman accuses a shrewd financial manipulator of being responsible for her brother's death.

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  11. Background image for Keep the Doctor Away
    7.2/10(13 votes)

    #10 - Keep the Doctor Away

    S1:E21

    Jeff Dillon (TF) investigates a doctor who is really a bungling killer.

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  12. Background image for High Card
    7.2/10(8 votes)

    #11 - High Card

    S2:E11

    A U.S. Senator claims to have photographic proof that Howard (GB)was the man who tipped off the Cubans about the Bay of Pigs.

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  13. Background image for Laurie Marie
    7.2/10(14 votes)

    #12 - Laurie Marie

    S2:E13

    When Laurie Marie gets lost on the vast country estate of millionaire industrialist Robert Coates, he posts a $10,000 reward for anyone who can return the girl unharmed. This results in a stampede of mercenary characters who make a shambles of Coates' estate. Watching from the sidelines is reporter Jeff Dillon (TF) and his girl friday Peggy.

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    Director:Harvey Hart
  14. Background image for The Takeover
    7.2/10(15 votes)

    #13 - The Takeover

    S2:E17

    As special envoy, Howard (GB) visits a crisis-torn Asian nation whose Chief of state allegedly robbed the treasury and vanished. The ladies reinforce Howard's suspicions of a frame-up and sparks a probe that sends him into guerrilla territory.

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  15. Background image for The Skin Game
    7.2/10(8 votes)

    #14 - The Skin Game

    S2:E21

    Farrell (RS) investigates deaths caused by an illegal dilution of medical supplies in a small African nation.

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    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for The Suntan Mob
    7.3/10(13 votes)

    #15 - The Suntan Mob

    S1:E20

    Dan Farrell (RS) convinces a moll to help him prove that the mafia is controlling a tiny island.

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  17. Background image for The Brass Ring
    7.3/10(11 votes)

    #16 - The Brass Ring

    S2:E15

    A Boxer is suspended when he punches out an obstreperous reporter. Feeling partly responsible, Dan Farrell (RS) tries to help the young fighter. Farrell soon learns that the boy's manager may be arranging a fixed bout.

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    Director:Barry Shear
  18. Background image for The Revolutionary
    7.4/10(7 votes)

    #17 - The Revolutionary

    S1:E15

    Glenn Howard helps an exiled president of a South American nation regain control in the midst of a counter-revolution.

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  19. Background image for A Hard Case of the Blues
    7.4/10(26 votes)

    #18 - A Hard Case of the Blues

    S2:E2

    Blues singer Jesse Boone's business manager has just died under mysterious circumstances. He also swindled Jesse out of $200,000. Thing of it is, Jesse couldn't care less--and Crime magazine editor Dan Farrell (RS) wants to know the reasons for her apathy.

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  20. Background image for A Capitol Affair
    7.4/10(11 votes)

    #19 - A Capitol Affair

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for The Perfect Image
    7.5/10(16 votes)

    #20 - The Perfect Image

    S2:E8

    Howard (GB) has recently been instrumental in getting the new mayor of Chicago elected. Recently uncovered evidence, however, suggests that he is in bed with the Mob. Howard and Crime magazine researcher Peggy Maxwell try to weed out the truth.

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  22. Background image for The Garden
    7.5/10(16 votes)

    #21 - The Garden

    S2:E18

    Dan Farrell (RS) is on the trail of a possible scam. A ""Pop"" psychiatrist who is strong on placebos but short on ethics, treats his wealthy patients at a lavish remote retreat called The Garden. Farrell is convinced that he is a phony, and tries to prove it

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for Why I Blew Up Dakota
    7.5/10(17 votes)

    #22 - Why I Blew Up Dakota

    S3:E12

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for A Sister From Napoli
    7.5/10(14 votes)

    #23 - A Sister From Napoli

    S3:E15

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

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    Director:Barry Shear
    Writer:Unknown
  25. Background image for Breakout To A Fast Buck
    7.6/10(18 votes)

    #24 - Breakout To A Fast Buck

    S1:E25

    Dan Farrell (RS ) is called in to investigate a prison break. One of the escapees is an elderly former building contractor, who didn't want to join his fellow cons in their breakout. Farrell suspects that the contractor is being sprung in order to help break into one of the buildings that he designed.

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  26. Background image for The Power
    7.6/10(9 votes)

    #25 - The Power

    S2:E12

    Dan Farrell (RS) sets about to investigate corruption on the waterfront. Farrell finds himself in the middle of a power struggle between two brothers battling for control of the longshoreman's union.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Civilized Men" is the worst rated episode of "The Name of the Game". It scored 6/10 based on 7 votes. Directed by Don McDougall and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/28/1969. This episode scored 0.6 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Los Angeles 2017".