The Name of the Game Season 2
S02 E01
Sep 19, 1969
Lady On the Rocks Sep 19, 1969 A happy marriage might be a front for the wife's fear and guilt as Howard (GB) suspects.
S02 E02
Sep 26, 1969A Hard Case of the Blues Sep 26, 1969 Blues singer Jesse Boone's business manager has just died under mysterious circumstances. He also swindled Jesse out of $200,000. Thing of it is, Jesse couldn't care less--and Crime magazine editor Dan Farrell (RS) wants to know the reasons for her apathy.
S02 E03
Oct 3, 1969Blind Man's Bluff Oct 3, 1969 An ex-district attorney gives Crime magazine reporter Jeff Dillon (TF) a phony story. It's all part of a complex plan for revenge. He was blinded several years earlier, and his wife's face was mutilated; now the former D.A. wants to trap the man responsible for his sightlessness.
S02 E04
Oct 10, 1969The Emissary Oct 10, 1969 An old-line French Marxist who happens to be an old friend of Crime magazine publisher Dan Howard (GB) would like him to help him pull off a delicate diplomatic mission. The Red Chinese delegation has just stormed out of an international health conference, and Howard has been assigned to woo them back.
S02 E05
Oct 17, 1969Chains of Command Oct 17, 1969 Farrell (RS) is investigating charges that the officials of a prison on the Mexican border are shipping out forced labor to local farms. It has been further charged that the officials are getting rich on kickbacks. Assuming a false identity and taking a job in the border town becomes very hazardous.
S02 E06
Oct 24, 1969Goodbye Harry Oct 24, 1969 Roving reporter Sam Hardy's boss, Crime magazine publisher Glenn Howard (GB), sends Hardy and magazine researcher Peggy Maxwell on a dangerous fact-finding mission. Their quarry is American missile scientist Harry Roarke. While it appears as though Harry has defected to Cuba, he may very well be hiding out in the States, in fear for his life.
S02 E07
Oct 31, 1969Give Till It Hurts Oct 31, 1969 The object of Farrell's (RS) latest investigation is a professional fundraiser. The editor recognizes him as a notorious con man, so it should be no problem to expose his racket. But problems there are, especially when an unknown gangster type pressures him to lay off.
S02 E08
Nov 7, 1969The Perfect Image Nov 7, 1969 Howard (GB) has recently been instrumental in getting the new mayor of Chicago elected. Recently uncovered evidence, however, suggests that he is in bed with the Mob. Howard and Crime magazine researcher Peggy Maxwell try to weed out the truth.
S02 E09
Nov 14, 1969The Prisoner Within Nov 14, 1969 Dillon (TF) investigates the story of a young man who is challenged by an Army officer to undergo prisoner of war training. He accepts the survival training challenge.
S02 E10
Nov 28, 1969The Civilized Men Nov 28, 1969 Farrell (RS) heads to Florida to probe into a cattle scam. Someone has been selling tainted meat, the end product of a rustled shipment of government livestock. Could the Mob be involved?
S02 E11
Dec 5, 1969High Card Dec 5, 1969 A U.S. Senator claims to have photographic proof that Howard (GB)was the man who tipped off the Cubans about the Bay of Pigs.
S02 E12
Dec 12, 1969The Power Dec 12, 1969 Dan Farrell (RS) sets about to investigate corruption on the waterfront. Farrell finds himself in the middle of a power struggle between two brothers battling for control of the longshoreman's union.
S02 E13
Dec 19, 1969Laurie Marie Dec 19, 1969 When Laurie Marie gets lost on the vast country estate of millionaire industrialist Robert Coates, he posts a $10,000 reward for anyone who can return the girl unharmed. This results in a stampede of mercenary characters who make a shambles of Coates' estate. Watching from the sidelines is reporter Jeff Dillon (TF) and his girl friday Peggy.
S02 E14
Jan 2, 1970The Tradition Jan 2, 1970 Howard (GB) and a young Greek woman are forced to flee for their lives when they challenge an ancient Greek custom.
S02 E15
Jan 9, 1970The Brass Ring Jan 9, 1970 A Boxer is suspended when he punches out an obstreperous reporter. Feeling partly responsible, Dan Farrell (RS) tries to help the young fighter. Farrell soon learns that the boy's manager may be arranging a fixed bout.
S02 E16
Jan 16, 1969Island of Gold and Precious Stones Jan 16, 1969 A late millionaire's millions have disappeared, and reporter Jeff Dillon (TF) wants to find out why. Together with his crack researcher Peggy Maxwell, Dillon checks out the deceased man's relatives. Each, it seems, has a reason for wanting the man dead, and each had opportunity to make off with the inheritance.
S02 E17
Jan 23, 1970The Takeover Jan 23, 1970 As special envoy, Howard (GB) visits a crisis-torn Asian nation whose Chief of state allegedly robbed the treasury and vanished. The ladies reinforce Howard's suspicions of a frame-up and sparks a probe that sends him into guerrilla territory.
S02 E18
Jan 30, 1970The Garden Jan 30, 1970 Dan Farrell (RS) is on the trail of a possible scam. A ""Pop"" psychiatrist who is strong on placebos but short on ethics, treats his wealthy patients at a lavish remote retreat called The Garden. Farrell is convinced that he is a phony, and tries to prove it
S02 E19
Feb 13, 1970Tarot Feb 13, 1970 Glenn Howard (GB) tries to prove that a young girl did not really kill herself and finds himself dangerously entangled with a coven of deadly witches.
S02 E20
Feb 20, 1970The King of Denmark Feb 20, 1970 Dillon (TF) investigates when an ancient and invaluable manuscript is found, and a girl disappears increasing the mystery.
S02 E21
Feb 27, 1970The Skin Game Feb 27, 1970 Farrell (RS) investigates deaths caused by an illegal dilution of medical supplies in a small African nation.
S02 E22
Mar 6, 1970Man of the People Mar 6, 1970 Jilted by ""populist"" tycoon Cesar Rodriguez, Hilary thirsts for revenge. She plans to publish a series of articles exposing the popular Rodriguez as a fraud, using his Mexican heritage to hornswoggle his own people.
S02 E23
Mar 20, 1970Echo of a Nightmare Mar 20, 1970 The crime in question occurred some 25 years ago. Now the kidnapper has been mysteriously murdered, compelling Dan Farrell (RS) to investigate. Curiously, the partner of the abduction victim's millionaire father tries to bribe Farrell to drop the case.
S02 E24
Mar 27, 1970Jenny Wilde Is Drowning Mar 27, 1970 When a young actress becomes suicidal, Jeff Dillon (TF) attempts to prevent her suicide attempts.
S02 E25
Apr 3, 1970One of the Girls in Research Apr 3, 1970 Howard's research girl has romantic daydreams about him as they try to locate an eccentric conniving industrialist who is trying victimized her.
S02 E26
Apr 10, 1970The Other Kind of Spy Apr 10, 1970 Dillon (TF) investigates a chemical plant that has blown up only to discover industrial espionage as the motive.