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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 - 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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    #2 - 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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    #3 - 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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    #4 - Battle at Gannon's Bridge

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    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.

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    #5 - The Enemy Before Us

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    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.

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    Director:Barry Shear
    Writer:N/A
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    #6 - 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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    #7 - 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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    #8 - 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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    #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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    #10 - 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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    #11 - I Love You, Billy Baker (2)

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    Director:Barry Shear
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    #12 - Why I Blew Up Dakota

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    S3:E12

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

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    #13 - 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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    #14 - The Glory Shouter

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    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.

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    #15 - A Sister From Napoli

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    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
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    #16 - The Man Who Killed A Ghost

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    S3:E17

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

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    #17 - Seek and Destroy

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    S3:E18

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

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    Director:Robert Day
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    #18 - A Capitol Affair

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    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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    #19 - The Savage Eye

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    S3:E20

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

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    Director:Leo Penn
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    #20 - Appointment in Palermo

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    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
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    #21 - Beware of the Watchdog

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    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.

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    #22 - The Broken Puzzle

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    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.

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    #23 - The Showdown

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    S3:E24

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

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    Director:Daniel Petrie
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    #24 - The Civilized Men

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    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
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    #25 - Los Angeles 2017

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    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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Worst Episodes Summary

"So Long Baby, and Amen" is the worst rated episode of "The Name of the Game". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Marvin J. Chomsky and written by Steven Bochco, it aired on 9/18/1970. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "A Love To Remember".