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The Outsider

All Episodes 1968 - 1969

  • Ended
  • 1968-09-18T04:00:00Z
  • 1h
  • 1d 2h (26 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Drama
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.

26 episodes

Series Premiere

1968-09-18T04:00:00Z

1x01 For Members Only

Series Premiere

1x01 For Members Only

  • 1968-09-18T04:00:00Z1h

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

1968-09-25T04:00:00Z

1x02 What Flowers Daisies Are

1x02 What Flowers Daisies Are

  • 1968-09-25T04:00:00Z1h

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.

1968-10-02T04:00:00Z

1x03 Along Came a Spider

1x03 Along Came a Spider

  • 1968-10-02T04:00:00Z1h

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.

1968-10-09T04:00:00Z

1x04 A Wide Place in the Road

1x04 A Wide Place in the Road

  • 1968-10-09T04:00:00Z1h

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

1968-10-16T04:00:00Z

1x05 Cold as Ashes

1x05 Cold as Ashes

  • 1968-10-16T04:00:00Z1h

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.

1968-10-30T05:00:00Z

1x06 A Time to Run

1x06 A Time to Run

  • 1968-10-30T05:00:00Z1h

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.

1968-11-06T05:00:00Z

1x07 Love Is Under "L"

1x07 Love Is Under "L"

  • 1968-11-06T05:00:00Z1h

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

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.

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

1968-11-27T05:00:00Z

1x10 I Can't Hear You Scream

1x10 I Can't Hear You Scream

  • 1968-11-27T05:00:00Z1h

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

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

1968-12-18T05:00:00Z

1x12 The Land of the Fox

1x12 The Land of the Fox

  • 1968-12-18T05:00:00Z1h

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

1968-12-25T05:00:00Z

1x13 There Was a Little Girl

1x13 There Was a Little Girl

  • 1968-12-25T05:00:00Z1h

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.

1969-01-08T05:00:00Z

1x14 The Girl from Missouri

1x14 The Girl from Missouri

  • 1969-01-08T05:00:00Z1h

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

1969-01-15T05:00:00Z

1x15 The Secret of Mareno Bay

1x15 The Secret of Mareno Bay

  • 1969-01-15T05:00:00Z1h

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

1969-01-22T05:00:00Z

1x16 The Old School Tie

1x16 The Old School Tie

  • 1969-01-22T05:00:00Z1h

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.

1969-01-29T05:00:00Z

1x17 A Bowl of Cherries

1x17 A Bowl of Cherries

  • 1969-01-29T05:00:00Z1h

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

1969-02-05T05:00:00Z

1x18 Behind God's Back

1x18 Behind God's Back

  • 1969-02-05T05:00:00Z1h

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.

1x19 Take the Key and Lock Him Up

  • 1969-02-12T05:00:00Z1h

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

1969-02-26T05:00:00Z

1x20 The Flip Side

1x20 The Flip Side

  • 1969-02-26T05:00:00Z1h

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.

1969-03-05T05:00:00Z

1x21 Handle with Care

1x21 Handle with Care

  • 1969-03-05T05:00:00Z1h

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.

1969-03-12T05:00:00Z

1x22 All the Social Graces

1x22 All the Social Graces

  • 1969-03-12T05:00:00Z1h

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.

1969-03-26T05:00:00Z

1x23 A Lot of Muscle

1x23 A Lot of Muscle

  • 1969-03-26T05:00:00Z1h

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.

1969-04-02T05:00:00Z

1x24 Periwinkle Blue

1x24 Periwinkle Blue

  • 1969-04-02T05:00:00Z1h

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.

1969-04-09T05:00:00Z

1x25 Service for One

1x25 Service for One

  • 1969-04-09T05:00:00Z1h

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.

1x26 Through a Stained Glass Window

  • 1969-04-16T05:00:00Z1h

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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