The Outsider

September. 18,1968      
Rating:
7.9
Trailer Synopsis

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.

Seasons & Episode

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Seasons 1 : 1968

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26 Episode

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Episode 1 - For Members Only
September. 18,1968

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
September. 25,1968

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
October. 02,1968

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
October. 09,1968

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
October. 16,1968

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
October. 30,1968

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"
November. 06,1968

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
November. 13,1968

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
November. 20,1968

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

Episode 10 - I Can't Hear You Scream
November. 27,1968

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
December. 04,1968

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
December. 18,1968

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

Episode 13 - There Was a Little Girl
December. 25,1968

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
January. 08,1969

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
January. 15,1969

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
January. 22,1969

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
January. 29,1969

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
February. 05,1969

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
February. 12,1969

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

Episode 20 - The Flip Side
February. 26,1969

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
March. 05,1969

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
March. 12,1969

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
March. 26,1969

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
April. 02,1969

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
April. 09,1969

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
April. 16,1969

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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