The Outsider(1968)
Overview
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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26 episodes • 1968Avg: 7.1Golden Era
Season 1
26 episodes • 1968Avg: 7.1Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | For Members Only | Sep 18, 1968 | 0.0 |
| 2 | What Flowers Daisies Are | Sep 25, 1968 | 7.0 |
| 3 | Along Came a Spider | Oct 2, 1968 | 7.0 |
| 4 | A Wide Place in the Road | Oct 9, 1968 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Cold as Ashes | Oct 16, 1968 | 6.0 |
| 6 | A Time to Run | Oct 30, 1968 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Love Is Under "L" | Nov 6, 1968 | 7.0 |
| 8 | The Twenty-Thousand Dollar Carrot | Nov 13, 1968 | 7.0 |
| 9 | One Long Stemmed American Beauty | Nov 20, 1968 | 8.0 |
| 10 | I Can't Hear You Scream | Nov 27, 1968 | 8.0 |
| 11 | Tell It Like It Was--and You're Dead | Dec 4, 1968 | 0.0 |
| 12 | The Land of the Fox | Dec 18, 1968 | 0.0 |
| 13 | There Was a Little Girl | Dec 25, 1968 | 0.0 |
| 14 | The Girl from Missouri | Jan 8, 1969 | 0.0 |
| 15 | The Secret of Mareno Bay | Jan 15, 1969 | 0.0 |
| 16 | The Old School Tie | Jan 22, 1969 | 0.0 |
| 17 | A Bowl of Cherries | Jan 29, 1969 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Behind God's Back | Feb 5, 1969 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Take the Key and Lock Him Up | Feb 12, 1969 | 0.0 |
| 20 | The Flip Side | Feb 26, 1969 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Handle with Care | Mar 5, 1969 | 0.0 |
| 22 | All the Social Graces | Mar 12, 1969 | 0.0 |
| 23 | A Lot of Muscle | Mar 26, 1969 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Periwinkle Blue | Apr 2, 1969 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Service for One | Apr 9, 1969 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Through a Stained Glass Window | Apr 16, 1969 | 0.0 |
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