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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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- E1 For Members OnlyNext upSep 18, 1968 · 60 min
Synopsis
Ross is hired to go undercover in an exclusive club to ferret out a cardsharp who has been fleecing some of its members.
Guest stars: Timothy Carey, Warren Stevens, G.D. Spradlin, Frank Marth, Arthur Space, John Zaremba, Francine York, Kathie Browne
- E2 What Flowers Daisies AreSep 25, 1968 · 60 min
Synopsis
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.
Guest stars: Farley Granger, Booth Colman
- E3 Along Came a SpiderOct 2, 1968 · 60 min
Synopsis
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.
Guest stars: Marsha Hunt, Whit Bissell, Leonard Stone, Claude Akins
- E4 A Wide Place in the RoadOct 9, 1968 · 60 min
Synopsis
Ross travels to a small town in search of a car thief and bail jumper who was once an athletic hero in the town.
Guest stars: Forrest Lewis, Joe Don Baker (Billy Joe Corey), Lillian Bronson (Mrs. Buchanan), Lou Krugman (Leo Glass), Sarah Marshall (Pear Rapp), Anne Whitfield (Betty Dustin)
- E5 Cold as AshesOct 16, 1968 · 60 min
Synopsis
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.
Guest stars: Keye Luke, Don Knight, Katherine Woodville, Noah Keen
- E6 A Time to RunOct 30, 1968 · 60 min
Synopsis
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.
Guest stars: Jack Hogan, Ross Elliott, Don Stroud
- E7 Love Is Under "L"Nov 6, 1968 · 60 min
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A millionaire hires Ross to find his missing galpal. Ross finds her and soon discovers that she is in hiding for good reason.
Guest stars: Simon Oakland, Robert H. Harris, Louis Guss, Pat Morita, Jeanne Cooper
- E8 The Twenty-Thousand Dollar CarrotNov 13, 1968 · 60 min
Synopsis
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.
Guest stars: Stuart Nisbet, Robert Donner (Sheriff Wade), Pat Harrington Jr., Bonnie Beecher (Gloria Gronowski), Conlan Carter (Warren Vail), Dana Elcar (Fred Oliver), John S. Ragin (Todd Elkins), Sandra Smith (Joanne Jackson)
- E9 One Long Stemmed American BeautyNov 20, 1968 · 60 min
Synopsis
Ross begins to wonder if the suicide of a renowned stage and dancing legend was murder.
Guest stars: Marie Windsor, Betty Field, Peggy Pope, Ben Wright, Julie Adams, Judith McConnell
- E10 I Can't Hear You ScreamNov 27, 1968 · 60 min
Synopsis
Ross is running down leads to save a convict from the gas chamber but he doesn't have much time remaining.
Guest stars: Bobo Lewis, Myron Healey
- E11 Tell It Like It Was--and You're DeadDec 4, 1968 · 60 min
Synopsis
A former burlesque queen hires Ross to find out who's been making death threats against her personage.
Guest stars: Marilyn Maxwell, Whitney Blake (Judy Elliott), Jackie Coogan (Rusty), Ted Knight (Nick Ames), Read Morgan (Lacey), Eve McVeagh (Mrs. Forrester), Ben Murphy (Patrick Forrester), Gordon Jump (Carl)
- E12 The Land of the FoxDec 18, 1968 · 60 min
Synopsis
On a case, Ross falls for a woman involved in the case and with some rough characters.
Guest stars: Susan Oliver, Kent McCord, Charles Brewer (Surfer)
- E13 There Was a Little GirlDec 25, 1968 · 60 min
Synopsis
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.
Guest stars: Jean Carson, Noah Keen, George N. Neise, Paul Lambert, Joan Blondell (Sadie Burch), Dorothy Green (Margaret Harrington), Harry Harvey (Neighbor), Ralph Manza (Charley)
- E14 The Girl from MissouriJan 8, 1969 · 60 min
Synopsis
A naive midwestern gal hires Ross to locate her missing brother. He soon learns that the sibling is involved with some very unsavory types.
Guest stars: Mickey Manners, Rick Jason (Matt Stark), Victor Bozeman, Stanley Adams, Mariette Hartley (Mary Smith), Jaye P. Morgan (Ginny McCabe), Phillip Pine (Coppolino)
- E15 The Secret of Mareno BayJan 15, 1969 · 60 min
Synopsis
Ross searches for a missing novelist in a town where most of the residents are glad that the man is gone.
Guest stars: Pippa Scott, Walter Brooke, Estelle Winwood, Henry Beckman, Grace Lee Whitney, Larry Linville, Charles Lampkin
- E16 The Old School TieJan 22, 1969 · 60 min
Synopsis
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.
Guest stars: Aldo Ray, George Murdock, Len Lesser, Elvia Allman, Anthony Russell
- E17 A Bowl of CherriesJan 29, 1969 · 60 min
Synopsis
When Ross offers to help out the son of an old friend he soon finds himself tangled up in a homicide.
Guest stars: John Marley, Scott Marlowe, Michael Masters, Robert Karnes (Max), Warren J. Kemmerling (Police Lieutenant), Lynne Marta (Kerry Palmer), Alan Oppenheimer (Pete), Penny Santon (Mrs. Andrade)
- E18 Behind God's BackFeb 5, 1969 · 60 min
Synopsis
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.
Guest stars: Ahna Capri, Thomas Gomez, Virginia Mayo, Ben Cooper
- E19 Take the Key and Lock Him UpFeb 12, 1969 · 60 min
Synopsis
Investigating a shooting in a rural town, Ross is arrested on charges of selling marijuana.
Guest stars: Bert Freed, Quinn K. Redeker (Harve), Paul Newlan, Kurt Grayson, Don 'Red' Barry (Sheriff Watson), Joseph Mell (Myron), Roger Perry (Briggs)
- E20 The Flip SideFeb 26, 1969 · 60 min
Synopsis
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.
Guest stars: Carrie Snodgress, Michael Strong, Fred Williamson
- E21 Handle with CareMar 5, 1969 · 60 min
Synopsis
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.
Guest stars: Bruce Glover (Sparky), Pepe Callahan, Berkeley Harris (Smiley), Michael Masters (Marty), Paul Stewart (Julius Ainsworth), Vic Tayback (Faber), Herb Voland (Hollis)
- E22 All the Social GracesMar 12, 1969 · 60 min
Synopsis
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.
Guest stars: Geraldine Brooks, Michael Evans, Del Russel, Kenneth Tobey (Joe Kester), Lloyd Bochner (George Jenkins), Regis Cordic (Stambler), Warren J. Kemmerling (Masters), Gene Tyburn (Todd)
- E23 A Lot of MuscleMar 26, 1969 · 60 min
Synopsis
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.
Guest stars: Greg Mullavey, Joseph V. Perry, Frank Maxwell, James Gregory, Lloyd Kino, Patricia Walker
- E24 Periwinkle BlueApr 2, 1969 · 60 min
Synopsis
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.
Guest stars: Lois Nettleton, Bill Quinn, Ellen Corby, Pat Harrington Jr.
- E25 Service for OneApr 9, 1969 · 60 min
Synopsis
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.
Guest stars: Henry Jones, John Doucette, John Archer, Shelly Novack, Kathie Browne, Jayne Meadows (LIl)
- E26 Through a Stained Glass WindowApr 16, 1969 · 60 min
Synopsis
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.
Guest stars: Mickey Shaughnessy, Bill Quinn, Walter Burke, William Windom, Eldon Quick, Ruth McDevitt
Cast & crew
Created by Roy Huggins
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