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The Worst Episodes of The Outsider

The Outsider was the story of David Ross, a go-it-alone private investigator who's always where the action is. Darren McGavin played Ross, a man living...

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  1. Background image for For Members Only
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    #1 - For Members Only

    S1:E1

    Ross is hired to go undercover in an exclusive club to ferret out a cardsharp who has been fleecing some of its members.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #2 - A Wide Place in the Road

    S1:E4

    Ross travels to a small town in search of a car thief and bail jumper who was once an athletic hero in the town.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #3 - A Time to Run

    S1:E6

    A defense attorney hires Ross to find a missing witness in a murder case. Ross finds him but then things go from bad to worse.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #4 - Tell It Like It Was--and You're Dead

    S1:E11

    A former burlesque queen hires Ross to find out who's been making death threats against her personage.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #5 - The Land of the Fox

    S1:E12

    On a case, Ross falls for a woman involved in the case and with some rough characters.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #6 - There Was a Little Girl

    S1:E13

    Ross is hired when a woman shows up on a millionaire's doorstep claiming that the girl she has raised is his. It all has to do with a twelve year old kidnapping case for which a ransom was paid yet the victim never seen again.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for The Girl from Missouri
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    #7 - The Girl from Missouri

    S1:E14

    A naive midwestern gal hires Ross to locate her missing brother. He soon learns that the sibling is involved with some very unsavory types.

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    Writer:Unknown
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    #8 - The Secret of Mareno Bay

    S1:E15

    Ross searches for a missing novelist in a town where most of the residents are glad that the man is gone.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #9 - The Old School Tie

    S1:E16

    Ross's old prison buddy, who once saved his life, insists that the gumshoe join him in an extortion plot and he won't take no for an answer.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #10 - A Bowl of Cherries

    S1:E17

    When Ross offers to help out the son of an old friend he soon finds himself tangled up in a homicide.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #11 - Behind God's Back

    S1:E18

    Ross goes to Acapulco to find a millionaire's runaway daughter. He locates her among the jet set there then tries to convince her that some of her playmates are up to no good.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #12 - Take the Key and Lock Him Up

    S1:E19

    Investigating a shooting in a rural town, Ross is arrested on charges of selling marijuana.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #13 - The Flip Side

    S1:E20

    A homely looking woman hires Ross to find her missing glamorous model twin sister. He finds her and discovers that she's mixed up in extortion and a narcotics trafficking ring.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #14 - Handle with Care

    S1:E21

    Hired by an insurance company to investigate a series of truck hijackings, Ross poses as a drifter named Leo Martin and joins the hijacking ring.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #15 - All the Social Graces

    S1:E22

    A crude and rough hewn millionaire hires Ross but he's killed before our protagonist can discover why he's been hired. Ross's investigation leads to an elegant tennis club which considered the deceased too uncouth for membership.

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    Director:Unknown
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  17. Background image for A Lot of Muscle
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    #16 - A Lot of Muscle

    S1:E23

    Ross is hired by a hard as nails, unbending cop who's facing an indictment on a bribery charge. Suspecting a possible frame-up, he begins checking out the cop's enemies and the man has a whole bunch.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #17 - Periwinkle Blue

    S1:E24

    A woman has already buried two previous husbands and her third hires Ross to make sure she's not planning on being a widow for the third time.

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    Writer:Unknown
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    #18 - Service for One

    S1:E25

    Ross is hired to tail a recently paroled convict who is supposedly the only person who knows the exact location of missing money in the amount of $250,000. But, as could be expected, he's not the only one searching for the missing loot.

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    Director:Unknown
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  20. Background image for Through a Stained Glass Window
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    #19 - Through a Stained Glass Window

    S1:E26

    Ross is hired to serve a subpoena on a Howard Hughes like millionaire who has never been photographed and uncovers a curious love affair along with a murder plot.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for Cold as Ashes
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - Cold as Ashes

    S1:E5

    Ross is hired to carry the ashes of a recently deceased man from Los Angeles to San Francisco but soon discovers that others are following him with mayhem in their hearts. He then tries to figure out why.

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    Director:Unknown
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  22. Background image for What Flowers Daisies Are
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - What Flowers Daisies Are

    S1:E2

    Ross is hired to find a missing model. At first the case seems routine but then he stumbles into a million dollar con game and murder.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for Along Came a Spider
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - Along Came a Spider

    S1:E3

    Ross is hired by a woman who lent her fiancee $6,000. Then the poor fellow got himself killed and now his erstwhile intended wants her money back.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for Love Is Under "L"
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - Love Is Under "L"

    S1:E7

    A millionaire hires Ross to find his missing galpal. Ross finds her and soon discovers that she is in hiding for good reason.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  25. Background image for The Twenty-Thousand Dollar Carrot
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - The Twenty-Thousand Dollar Carrot

    S1:E8

    Ross must try to return a man who supposedly died from his hiding place in Mexico back to the United States along with the insurance money he got after faking his death.

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    Writer:Unknown
  26. Background image for One Long Stemmed American Beauty
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - One Long Stemmed American Beauty

    S1:E9

    Ross begins to wonder if the suicide of a renowned stage and dancing legend was murder.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

Worst Episodes Summary

"For Members Only" is the worst rated episode of "The Outsider". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/18/1968. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "A Wide Place in the Road".