Les Règles du Jeu.

Épisode 1 - Fear of High Places

20 septembre 1968

Jeff Dillon (TF) investigates the death of a beautiful model. The murder involves an industrialist who is about to assume an important government post.

Épisode 2 - The Witness

27 septembre 1968

When a Mafia informant is assassinated, Dan Farrell (RS), senior editor of Crime Magazine looks for the only other witness to a major mob crime. She allegedly committed suicide eight years earlier, Farrell discovers that she is living in a village under an assumed name; unfortunately, he is being followed by the mob assassin.

Épisode 3 - The Taker

4 octobre 1968

Arthur Jellicoe est le fondateur et la force motrice de "Jellicoe Industries", un vaste ensemble de firmes d'électronique, de puits de pétrole, de compagnies aériennes, etc. Cest aussi un homme qui veut avoir un gouverneur d'Etat à son service. Donald Merrlck a décidé de se porter candidat pour le siège de gouverneur d'un Etat de l'Ouest, et Jellicoe finance sa campagne. Merrick est un homme débonnaire, superficiel, qui n'est vraiment pas qualifié pour le poste de gouverneur.

Épisode 4 - Collector's Edition

11 octobre 1968

Jeff Dillon (TF), investigative reporter for Crime Magazine. Max, a phtographer, had once saved Dillon's life when the two were on assignment in Vietnam. Now Max is accused of murder, and he's counting on Dillon's help in clearing his name.

Épisode 5 - Nightmare

18 octobre 1968

Dan Farrell (RS) patiently prepares to exact his revenge upon the robbers that murdered his wife.

Épisode 6 - Incident in Berlin

25 octobre 1968

Howard (GB)goes to Berlin to arrange the release of one of his top editors who has been arrested in East Germany as a spy.

Épisode 7 - Shine On, Shine On, Jesse Gil

1 novembre 1968

Howard (GB) assigns Dillon and Peggy to investigate the complexities of small-town politics after a murder occurs. A woman accuses a shrewd financial manipulator of being responsible for her brother's death.

Épisode 8 - Lola in Lipstick

8 novembre 1968

While in Rome, publisher Glenn Howard (GB) finds corruption, illicit romance and narcotics at every turn.

Épisode 9 - The Protector

15 novembre 1968

Howard (GB) goes up against a bigoted millionaire who sets out to solve the nation's racial problems with his own private army.

Épisode 10 - Ordeal

22 novembre 1968

A woman sits on death row hoping that Farrell (RS) can find enough evidence to prove that she did not murder her husband.

Épisode 11 - The White Birch

29 novembre 1968

Howard (GB) travels to Prague, Czechoslovakia, where he and other rival journalists try to get custody of an ailing author's latest work.

Épisode 12 - High On A Rainbow

6 décembre 1968

When drugs start appearing in the hands of school children, Farrell (RS)and Peggy pose as a truck driver and car-hop as they investigate a narcotics ring.

Épisode 13 - The Black Answer

13 décembre 1968

Crime Magazine reporter Jeff Dillon(TF)is investigating the fire-bombing death of a black newspaper editor who advocated nonviolence. The chief suspect is Joe X Lee, a leading black militant. The motive may have been that Lee was about to be exposed as a fraud, who'd sold out his brothers to the cops.

Épisode 14 - Pineapple Rose

20 décembre 1968

This time the focus is on researcher Peggy Maxwell, who is kidnapped while digging up information on a famous rock star. The series' regulars sit this one out, permitting correspondent Andy Hill (Cliff Potter) to investigate Peggy's disappearance. With the help of an FBI agent, Hill unearths a hotbed of mob-motivated intrigue.

Épisode 15 - The Revolutionary

27 décembre 1968

Howard(GB) helps an exiled president of a South American nation regain control in the midst of a counter-revolution.

Épisode 16 - Swingers Only

10 janvier 1969

Farrell (RS) takes a hand in the investigation of a murder at a ""Swinging Singles"" apartment. The victim is the mistress of one of Farrell's editors. The wife of the victim who despite her despair over her husband's pecadilloes urges Farrell to find the guilty party.

Épisode 17 - The Inquiry

17 janvier 1968

Howard (GB) is called before a Senate committee to answer charges that he stole a fortune in U.S. Army funds while serving with the OSS in Italy during World War II.

Épisode 18 - The Incomparable Connie Walker

24 janvier 1968

Conway ""Connie"" Walker is the first black mayor of a large unnamed city. In addition to suffering the slings and arrows of racism, Walker is the target of accusations that he has been accepting kickbacks. Crime magazine reporter Jeff Dillon (TF) investigates when a city accountant is murdered.

Épisode 19 - Love-In At Ground Zero

31 janvier 1968

Howard (GB) is kidnapped by a group of protestors who demand he witness their suicide and then write an expose of the army's testing of chemical warfare weapons.

Épisode 20 - The Suntan Mob

7 février 1969

Dan Farrell (RS) convinces a moll to help him prove that the mafia is controlling a tiny island.

Épisode 21 - Keep the Doctor Away

14 février 1969

Jeff Dillon (TF) investigates a doctor who is really a bungling killer.

Épisode 22 - The Bobby Currier Story

21 février 1969

Currier (Brandon de Wilde) is a young, small-town perennial loser. He kidnaps the daughter of the local sheriff and goes on a murder spree. Dan Farrell (RS) tries to unearth the circumstances that turned the hapless Currier into a murderer.

Épisode 23 - A Wrath of Angels

28 février 1969

Dan Farrell (RS) investigates as a man and a priest try to clean up the slums and end up having a showdown with a powerful Mafioso.

Épisode 24 - The Third Choice

7 mars 1969

Howard (GB) tries to save a Howard Publications editor kidnapped by a man who hopes to use the ransom to overthrow an African government.

Épisode 25 - Breakout To A Fast Buck

14 mars 1969

Dan Farrell (RS ) is called in to investigate a prison break. One of the escapees is an elderly former building contractor, who didn't want to join his fellow cons in their breakout. Farrell suspects that the contractor is being sprung in order to help break into one of the buildings that he designed.

Épisode 26 - An Agent of The Plaintiff

21 mars 1969

Howard (GB) is the victim of a conspiracy hatched by his own attorney, the lovely-but-lethal Bethany Cromwell, and plaintiff Harold Wyler.

Épisode 1 - Lady on The Rocks

19 septembre 1969

A happy marriage might be a front for the wife's fear and guilt as Howard (GB) suspects.

Épisode 2 - A Hard Case of The Blues

26 septembre 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.

Épisode 3 - Blind Man's Bluff

3 octobre 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.

Épisode 4 - The Emissary

10 octobre 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.

Épisode 5 - Chains of Command

17 octobre 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.

Épisode 6 - Goodbye Harry

24 octobre 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.

Épisode 7 - Give Till It Hurts

31 octobre 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.

Épisode 8 - The Perfect Image

7 novembre 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.

Épisode 9 - The Prisoner Within

14 novembre 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.

Épisode 10 - The Civilized Men

28 novembre 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?

Épisode 11 - High Card

5 décembre 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.

Épisode 12 - The Power

12 décembre 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.

Épisode 13 - Laurie Marie

19 décembre 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.

Épisode 14 - The Tradition

2 janvier 1970 - 3/5

Howard (GB) and a young Greek woman are forced to flee for their lives when they challenge an ancient Greek custom.

Épisode 15 - The Brass Ring

9 janvier 1970 - 3/5

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.

Épisode 16 - Island of Gold And Precious Stones

16 janvier 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.

Épisode 17 - The Takeover

23 janvier 1970 - 3/5

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.

Épisode 18 - The Garden

30 janvier 1970 - 3/5

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

Épisode 19 - Tarot

13 février 1970 - 3/5

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.

Épisode 20 - The King of Denmark

20 février 1970 - 3/5

Dillon (TF) investigates when an ancient and invaluable manuscript is found, and a girl disappears increasing the mystery.

Épisode 21 - The Skin Game

27 février 1970 - 3/5

Farrell (RS) investigates deaths caused by an illegal dilution of medical supplies in a small African nation.

Épisode 22 - Man of The People

6 mars 1970 - 3/5

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.

Épisode 23 - Echo of A Nightmare

20 mars 1970 - 3/5

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.

Épisode 24 - Jenny Wilde Is Drowning

27 mars 1970 - 3/5

When a young actress becomes suicidal, Jeff Dillon (TF) attempts to prevent her suicide attempts.

Épisode 25 - One of The Girls in Research

3 avril 1970 - 3/5

Howard's research girl has romantic daydreams about him as they try to locate an eccentric conniving industrialist who is trying victimized her.

Épisode 26 - The Other Kind of Spy

10 avril 1970 - 3/5

Dillon (TF) investigates a chemical plant that has blown up only to discover industrial espionage as the motive.

Épisode 1 - So Long, Baby, And Amen

18 septembre 1970 - 3/5

Dan Farrell (RS) reports his findings at a Congressional committee hearing on addictive drugs. Later he finds himself entangled with a self-destructive, drug-addicted young girl.

Épisode 2 - A Love to Remember

25 septembre 1970 - 3/5

At his college class reunion, Howard (GB) meets a strange, beautiful woman who tells him how a crush she once had on him has ruined her life.

Épisode 3 - Cynthia Is Alive And Living in Avalon

2 octobre 1970 - 3/5

Cynthia is a reclusive jet-setter who has of late become a political activist. She refuses all interviews and keeps hidden in a rambling house on the island of Avalon. At the urging of his pal, reporter Paul Tyler decides to make a name for himself by getting the exclusive story on Cynthia.

Épisode 4 - Battle at Gannon's Bridge

9 octobre 1970 - 3/5

An ex-convict Eddie Gannon, who holds the lease on a converted church used as a halfway house for recently released prisoners,is endangered by a rash of unsolved crimes in the neighborhood. Gannon asks Crime magazine editor Dan Farrell (RS) to prove that none of his fellow ex-cons are responsible for the thefts.

Épisode 5 - The Enemy Before Us

16 octobre 1970 - 3/5

Crime Magazine reporter Jeff Dillon (TF) is back in his old neighborhood in New York's ""Little Italy"", Dillon hopes to take a break from his hectic responsibilities and recapture ""something real"" from his younger days. Unfortunately, he is bombarded by pain and disillusionment from every side: his stepmother is gravely ill, and her son is deeply involved with drug dealing.

Épisode 6 - The Time Is Now

23 octobre 1970 - 3/5

Howard (GB) investigates the death of a moderate black educator at a campus torn into a struggle between militants and moderates.

Épisode 7 - The War Merchants

30 octobre 1970 - 3/5

Farrell (RS) investigates the death of an old friend and discovers an international weapons-smuggling operation.

Épisode 8 - Little Bear Died Running

6 novembre 1970 - 3/5

When an Indian kills the friend of a reporter, Paul Tyler (RC) investigates.

Épisode 9 - All The Old Familar Faces

13 novembre 1970 - 3/5

Howard (GB) tries to find out who is behind a series of death threats levelled against him. He interviews several likely suspects who, in flashback, explain just what might have prompted them to kill.

Épisode 10 - I Love You, Billy Baker (1)

20 novembre 1970 - 3/5

Las Vegas superstar Billy Baker, who is known far and wide for his reluctance to grant interviews,is particularly close-mouthed on the subject of a beautiful young dancer with whom he'd once been in love--and who now is very much dead. Crime magazine reporter Jeff Dillon (TF) wants to know why.

Épisode 11 - I Love You, Billy Baker (2)

27 novembre 1970 - 3/5

Épisode 12 - Why I Blew Up Dakota

4 décembre 1970 - 3/5

Dan Farrell (RS) looks into the strange bombing of an odd-ball artist.

Épisode 13 - Aquarius Descending

11 décembre 1970 - 3/5

Glenn Howard (GB), who is instrumental in discrediting a corrupt politician. Seeking revenge, the politician orders a young hard-case to romance Howard's impressionable 17-year-old niece. The plan is to involve the girl in a scandal and ruin Howard and his magazine.

Épisode 14 - The Glory Shouter

18 décembre 1970 - 3/5

A fire-and-brimstone tele-evangelist is plagued by gremlins from within his organization who are tapping his till. Dan Farrell (RS), investigates only to deduce that he may be the one siphoning from his own flock's donations.

Épisode 15 - A Sister From Napoli

8 janvier 1971 - 3/5

A district attorney up for a judgeship is deemed unfit and an investigation ensues by Lewis Corbett(PF).

Épisode 16 - Los Angeles 2017

15 janvier 1971 - 3/5

Publisher Glenn Howard (GB)is suddenly whisked away from his plush office in 1971. He finds himself in a world beneath the Earth's surface, circa 2017. The powers-that-be in this subterranean world refuse to answer Howard's many questions as to what has happened on the surface.

Épisode 17 - The Man Who Killed A Ghost

5 février 1971 - 3/5

The real personality of a famous cowboy star is exposed by David Corey (RW).

Épisode 18 - Seek And Destroy

5 février 1971 - 3/5

Dan Farrell (RS) runs into many dead ends as he endeavors to discover why an important scientist suddenly died.

Épisode 19 - A Capitol Affair

12 février 1971 - 3/5

Howard Publications journalist intervenes when a misguided Washington gossip columnist tries to destroy the career of a promising government official who happens to be her boyfriend.

Épisode 20 - The Savage Eye

19 février 1971 - 3/5

Dan Farrell (RS) looks into a conflict involving loggers and the filming of a documentary.

Épisode 21 - Appointment in Palermo

26 février 1971 - 3/5

Howard (GB) goes to Italy to research a story, then finds himself mistaken for a Sicilian patriarch. He is kidnapped by one of the families involved in a centuries-old blood feud.

Épisode 22 - Beware of The Watchdog

5 mars 1971 - 3/5

Dan Farrell (RS) investigates a consumer advocate who is currently masterminding an expose of the fish-canning industry. When several attempts are made on his life, the advertisers are under suspect.

Épisode 23 - The Broken Puzzle

12 mars 1971 - 3/5

The governor of an unnamed state though popular with his constituents runs the state like a banana-republic dictatorship, complete with uniformed thugs. Glenn Howard (GB) finds that the source of his power may have bigger political stakes in mind.

Épisode 24 - The Showdown

19 mars 1971 - 3/5

Howard's (GB) ancestor, an old west gambler, tries to stay alive in the face of a showdown.