The Name of the Game (Season 2)

Lady On the Rocks (Episode 1)

Air date: 1969-09-19

Runtime: 75 min

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

A Hard Case of the Blues (Episode 2)

Writer: Philip DeGuere Jr.

Air date: 1969-09-26

Runtime: 75 min

Overview: 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.

Blind Man's Bluff (Episode 3)

Writer: Henry Slesar

Air date: 1969-10-03

Runtime: 75 min

Overview: 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.

The Emissary (Episode 4)

Writer: Dean Hargrove

Air date: 1969-10-10

Runtime: 75 min

Overview: 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.

Chains of Command (Episode 5)

Writer: Carol Sobieski

Air date: 1969-10-17

Runtime: 73 min

Overview: 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.

Goodbye Harry (Episode 6)

Writer: Gene L. Coon

Air date: 1969-10-24

Runtime: 75 min

Overview: 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.

Give Till It Hurts (Episode 7)

Writer: William D. Gordon

Air date: 1969-10-31

Runtime: 75 min

Overview: 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.

The Perfect Image (Episode 8)

Writer: David P. Harmon

Air date: 1969-11-07

Runtime: 73 min

Overview: 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.

The Prisoner Within (Episode 9)

Writer: Richard H. Landau

Air date: 1969-11-14

Runtime: 75 min

Overview: 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.

The Civilized Men (Episode 10)

Air date: 1969-11-28

Runtime: 75 min

Overview: 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?

High Card (Episode 11)

Writer: Dean Hargrove

Air date: 1969-12-05

Runtime: 74 min

Overview: 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.

The Power (Episode 12)

Writer: Arthur Weingarten

Air date: 1969-12-12

Runtime: 75 min

Overview: 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.

Laurie Marie (Episode 13)

Writer: Henry Slesar

Air date: 1969-12-19

Runtime: 75 min

Overview: 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.

The Tradition (Episode 14)

Writer: Dean Hargrove

Air date: 1970-01-02

Runtime: 75 min

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

The Brass Ring (Episode 15)

Writer: Barry Oringer

Air date: 1970-01-09

Runtime: 75 min

Overview: 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.

Island of Gold and Precious Stones (Episode 16)

Writer: Anthony Skene

Air date: 1969-01-16

Runtime: 75 min

Overview: 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.

The Takeover (Episode 17)

Writer: John McGreevey

Air date: 1970-01-23

Runtime: 75 min

Overview: 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.

The Garden (Episode 18)

Air date: 1970-01-30

Runtime: 90 min

Overview: 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

Tarot (Episode 19)

Writer: Dick Nelson

Air date: 1970-02-13

Runtime: 90 min

Overview: 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.

The King of Denmark (Episode 20)

Writer: Anthony Skene

Air date: 1970-02-20

Runtime: 90 min

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

The Skin Game (Episode 21)

Air date: 1970-02-27

Runtime: 90 min

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

Man of the People (Episode 22)

Air date: 1970-03-06

Runtime: 90 min

Overview: 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.

Echo of a Nightmare (Episode 23)

Writer: Don Brinkley

Air date: 1970-03-20

Runtime: 90 min

Overview: 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.

Jenny Wilde Is Drowning (Episode 24)

Air date: 1970-03-27

Runtime: 90 min

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

One of the Girls in Research (Episode 25)

Air date: 1970-04-03

Runtime: 90 min

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

The Other Kind of Spy (Episode 26)

Air date: 1970-04-10

Runtime: 90 min

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