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First Aired: September 18th, 1968

Status: Ended

Genre: Drama

Network: NBC

Summary: 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 in an off-beat, always-dangerous world. The series aired for one season on NBC and was a precursor of sorts to The Rockford Files in that it featured a loner private detective who had previously done time in prison for a crime he didn't commit and who never quite fit into a rapidly changing environment.

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# of Episodes: 26

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Season 1

Episode 1: For Members Only

Air Date: September 18th, 1968

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

Episode 2: What Flowers Daisies Are

Air Date: September 25th, 1968

Summary: 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.

Episode 3: Along Came a Spider

Air Date: October 2nd, 1968

Summary: 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.

Episode 4: A Wide Place in the Road

Air Date: October 9th, 1968

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

Episode 5: Cold as Ashes

Air Date: October 16th, 1968

Summary: 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.

Episode 6: A Time to Run

Air Date: October 30th, 1968

Summary: 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.

Episode 7: Love Is Under "L"

Air Date: November 6th, 1968

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

Episode 8: The Twenty-Thousand Dollar Carrot

Air Date: November 13rd, 1968

Summary: 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.

Episode 9: One Long Stemmed American Beauty

Air Date: November 20th, 1968

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

Episode 10: I Can't Hear You Scream

Air Date: November 27th, 1968

Summary: Ross is running down leads to save a convict from the gas chamber but he doesn't have much time remaining.

Episode 11: Tell It Like It Was--and You're Dead

Air Date: December 4th, 1968

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

Episode 12: The Land of the Fox

Air Date: December 18th, 1968

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

Episode 13: There Was a Little Girl

Air Date: December 25th, 1968

Summary: 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.

Episode 14: The Girl from Missouri

Air Date: January 8th, 1969

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

Episode 15: The Secret of Mareno Bay

Air Date: January 15th, 1969

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

Episode 16: The Old School Tie

Air Date: January 22nd, 1969

Summary: 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.

Episode 17: A Bowl of Cherries

Air Date: January 29th, 1969

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

Episode 18: Behind God's Back

Air Date: February 5th, 1969

Summary: 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.

Episode 19: Take the Key and Lock Him Up

Air Date: February 12nd, 1969

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

Episode 20: The Flip Side

Air Date: February 26th, 1969

Summary: 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.

Episode 21: Handle with Care

Air Date: March 5th, 1969

Summary: 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.

Episode 22: All the Social Graces

Air Date: March 12nd, 1969

Summary: 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.

Episode 23: A Lot of Muscle

Air Date: March 26th, 1969

Summary: 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.

Episode 24: Periwinkle Blue

Air Date: April 2nd, 1969

Summary: 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.

Episode 25: Service for One

Air Date: April 9th, 1969

Summary: 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.

Episode 26: Through a Stained Glass Window

Air Date: April 16th, 1969

Summary: 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.

Episode 27: Through a Stained Glass Window

Air Date: -

Summary: Ross is hired to serve a subpoena on a well-guarded millionaire who has never been photographed. Ross uncovers a curious love affair - and a murder plot. William Windom guest-stars here as a wealthy businessman whose expansions are threatening other businesses. When one of the latter gets a court order against him, Ross is hired to serve the papers, which proves to be a touchy task, since the man lives like a recluse.

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