The Best Episodes Written By Sy Salkowitz

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   9.0/10(1 votes)

   #1 - The Case of the Runaway Racer

   S9:E1011/14/1965

   Test driver Pete Griston cracks up one of ace car builder Pappy Ryan's vehicles. Pappy accuses Havey Rettig of tampering with the car and files charges against Rettig and Griston. Then Rettig is killed and Griston is found standing groggily over the body.

   Director:N/A

   Writer:Sy Salkowitz

   Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

   Director:N/A

   Writer:Sy Salkowitz
2. 

   6.2/10(24 votes)

   #2 - Murder, a Self Portrait

   S9:E111/25/1989

   A famous artist, Max Barsini, lives with his wife Vanessa and a beautiful live-in model named Julie at his beach house/studio. Max's ex-wife Louise lives in the beach house next door. Together, these women comprise Max's own little harem. He loves them all in different ways, but, more importantly, likes to control them. In fact, Max derives a great deal of satisfaction from the fact that they all fight for his attention and are reliant upon him financially and emotionally. The competitive jealousy between the women reaches a head at the dinner table one night when Max asks each of them what they think of the other. Their answers prove the intense rivalry between the women.

   Director:N/A

   Writer:Sy Salkowitz

   Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

   Director:N/A

   Writer:Sy Salkowitz
3. 

   5.0/10(1 votes)

   #3 - The Town

   S2:E212/18/1968

   On holiday and going to meet Rollin at a mountain lodge, Jim stops off in a small town. However, a young couple drop a package containing a gas gun. Exposed, an old man named Doc takes Jim prisoner. The town is populated entirely by enemy agents and they plan to kill a Societ defector in L.A. Doc shoots Jim with curare and the young couple head off to kill the defector. When Rollin arrives, Doc claims Jim had a stroke and can't be moved, but Jim clues him in by blinking a warning in Morse code. Rollin mobilizes the team. Cinnamon goes in as Mrs. Jim and Barney as her chauffeur, and Willy as a trucker. Together the four of them have to get Jim out and thwart the assassination plot.

   Director:N/A

   Writer:Sy Salkowitz

   Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

   Director:N/A

   Writer:Sy Salkowitz
4. 

   5.0/10(1 votes)

   #4 - Trial by Fury

   S2:E243/10/1968

   The head of a country's freedom party, Manuel Delgado, has been imprisoned by the dictatorship of his country. Cardoza, Delgado's assistant and liaison with the outside, has had himself arrested but is now believed to be an informer by the other convicts. The IMF must keep Cardoza from being killed by his fellow inmates and expose the real informer. Jim and Barney go in as prisoners, while Rollin goes in as a guard and Cinnamon as a Red Cross officer. Barney talks about his escape plan, and Rollin sees a guard recover a piece of foil with a message from one of the prisoners. Cardoza is beaten and humiliated by the convicts despite Jim and Barney's best efforts. Rollin smuggle the foil to Jim who uses it to clear Cardoza and find the real informer. Jim and Barney then use Rollin and Cinnamon as hostages to escape themselves.

   Director:N/A

   Writer:Sy Salkowitz

   Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

   Director:N/A

   Writer:Sy Salkowitz
5. 

   1.0/10(1 votes)

   #5 - The Case of the Gallant Grafter

   S3:E152/6/1960

   Corporate intrigue is the backdrop of this episode, when embezzling accountant Robert Doniger is murdered and Edward Nelson is charged with his murder.

   Director:N/A

   Writer:Sy Salkowitz

   Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

   Director:N/A

   Writer:Sy Salkowitz