The Man from U.N.C.L.E. is an American television series that ran for three and a half seasons on NBC, from September 22, 1964 to January 15, 1968. It was canceled midway through its fourth season. A total of 105 episodes were produced, each with a 50-minute running time. Season One was filmed entirely in black-and-white, except for the pilot episode, "The Vulcan Affair," and "The Double Affair", which were filmed in color since they were planned to be turned into feature films.
Additional scenes were filmed later, in the case of "Vulcan," and in the case of "Double," concurrently. (The portions of "The 4 Steps Affair" which included the expanded scenes from both feature films had been filmed in color even though all Season One episodes were broadcast in black-and-white.) All subsequent seasons were broadcast in color. Eight feature-length motion pictures were released based on single or double episodes of the show. All 105 episodes were released on DVD in 2007.
Series overview edit
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 29 | September 22, 1964 | April 19, 1965 | |
| 2 | 30 | September 17, 1965 | April 15, 1966 | |
| 3 | 30 | September 16, 1966 | April 14, 1967 | |
| 4 | 16 | September 11, 1967 | January 15, 1968 | |
| Television film | April 5, 1983 | |||
Episodes edit
Season 1 (1964–65) edit
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "The Vulcan Affair" | Don Medford | Sam Rolfe | September 22, 1964 | |
| THRUSH are thwarted in their attempt to assassinate U.N.C.L.E. chief Alexander Waverly. Napoleon Solo is assigned to protect a visiting African leader (William Marshall) whose life is under threat from Andrew Vulcan (Fritz Weaver). A housewife (Patricia Crowley) is recruited to help him. This was later expanded and released to cinemas as To Trap A Spy by incorporating footage shot with Luciana Paluzzi that was reused in The Four Steps Affair. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "The Iowa-Scuba Affair" | Richard Donner | Harold Jack Bloom | September 29, 1964 | |
| Solo is sent to Iowa to investigate the mysterious demise of an air force man. With the assistance of Jill Denison (Katherine Crawford) he uncovers a plan to steal a space plane. (David McCallum does not appear in this episode.) | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "The Quadripartite Affair" | Richard Donner | Alan Caillou | October 6, 1964 | |
| Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin must stop Gervaise Ravel (Anne Francis) from using a gas that induces a state of fear and anxiety to create political havoc. Jill Ireland guest-stars as Marion Raven. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "The Shark Affair" | Marc Daniels | Alvin Sapinsley | October 13, 1964 | |
| While investigating a series of kidnappings, Solo and Kuryakin encounter Captain Shark (Robert Culp) who is creating a modern-day Noah's Ark with the intention of repopulating the world in the event of a nuclear holocaust. Co-starring Sue Ane Langdon, Herbert Anderson, James Doohan and Meg Wyllie. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "The Deadly Games Affair" | Alvin Ganzer | Dick Nelson | October 20, 1964 | |
| A former SS scientist (Alexander Scourby) is attempting to reanimate the body of Hitler (though not mentioned by name). Co-starring Janine Gray as THRUSH villainess Angelique, with whom Solo has a complex, romantic relationship. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "The Green Opal Affair" | John Peyser | Robert E. Thompson | October 27, 1964 | |
| Solo attempts to rescue a group of people kidnapped and brainwashed by THRUSH. Stars Carroll O'Connor, Joan O'Brien, Nachi Nozawa and Milton Selzer. | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "The Giuoco Piano Affair" | Richard Donner | Alan Caillou | November 10, 1964 | |
| Taking its title from the classic chess gambit, this episode is a sequel to The Quadripartite Affair. Since Gervaise Ravel (Anne Francis) had evaded capture in the earlier episode, Solo and Kuryakin devise a scheme to lure her into a trap. Jill Ireland (Marion Raven) and John Van Dreelen (Harold Bufferton) also return. Director Richard Donner, producer Sam Rolfe, associate producer Joseph Calvelli and executive producer Norman Felton have cameos during a party scene. | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "The Double Affair" | John Newland | Clyde Ware | November 17, 1964 | |
| Later expanded (by incorporating footage from the episode The Four Steps Affair) and released in cinemas as the feature film The Spy with My Face, this episode sees THRUSH create a double for Solo and substitute him for the real agent. Features Senta Berger, Sharon Farrell, and Harold Gould as a doctor. (The Spy With My Face writing credits: "Screenplay by Joseph Calvelli and Clyde Ware. Story by Clyde Ware.") | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | "The Project Strigas Affair" | Joseph Sargent | Henry Misrock | November 24, 1964 | |
| Solo and Kuryakin devise a scheme to discredit a Balkan diplomat. Kuryakin goes undercover as an operative from the diplomat’s home country sent to investigate the fictional ’Project Strigas’. This episode is considered a Star Trek "preunion" as it features William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy shortly before they became the stars of Star Trek. Peggy Ann Garner, Sheila MacRae and Werner Klemperer guest-star. | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | "The Finny Foot Affair" | Marc Daniels | Story by : Jay Simms Teleplay by : Jack Turley & Jay Simms | December 1, 1964 | |
| Solo investigates a chemical which has wiped out an entire Scottish village. A young Kurt Russell guest-stars as does Tura Satana (Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!). | ||||||
| 11 | 11 | "The Neptune Affair" | Vincent McEveety | Story by : John W. Bloch Teleplay by : Henry Sharp & John W. Bloch | December 8, 1964 | |
| Kuryakin is recalled to the USSR when it emerges that rockets carrying a fungus are endangering the Russian wheat harvest. Solo travels to southern California independently to infiltrate the launching base (an oil platform) and avert a war between the USSR and the US. Starring Henry Jones, John Banner and Marta Kristen. May Heatherly plays Heather McNabb, the U.N.C.L.E. secretary. | ||||||
| 12 | 12 | "The Dove Affair" | John Peyser | Robert Towne | December 15, 1964 | |
| Solo attempts to smuggle a microdot containing top secret information about THRUSH out of a small Eastern European country. Ricardo Montalbán and June Lockhart guest-star, with an uncredited Victor Buono and Dan Seymour. (David McCallum does not appear in this episode.) | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | "The King of Knaves Affair" | Michael O'Herlihy | Ellis Marcus | December 22, 1964 | |
| Solo poses as an arms dealer in an attempt to scupper the plans of a deposed ruler (Paul Stevens) who is hoping to return to power by building an army of high-profile criminals. (Leo G. Carroll does not appear in this episode.) | ||||||
| 14 | 14 | "The Terbuf Affair" | Richard Donner | Alan Caillou | December 29, 1964 | |
| When an old flame (Madlyn Rhue) asks Solo to help gypsy leader Emil (Jacques Aubuchon) escape from the Balkan territory of Terbuf, he and Kuryakin uncover a trail of corruption leading to the country's head of police (played by scriptwriter Alan Caillou). (Leo G. Carroll does not appear in this episode.) | ||||||
| 15 | 15 | "The Deadly Decoy Affair" | Alvin Ganzer | Albert Aley | January 11, 1965 | |
| Solo and Kuryakin must play an elaborate game of subterfuge in order to transport a high-ranking THRUSH official to Washington and evade all attempts to rescue him. Matters are complicated when a secretary on her lunch hour gets handcuffed to the prisoner and must come along. With Ralph Taeger, Joanna Moore and Berry Kroeger. Look for Jason Wingreen. (First episode to air in its new Monday night slot.) | ||||||
| 16 | 16 | "The Fiddlesticks Affair" | Theodore J. Flicker | Story by : Aben Kandel Teleplay by : Peter A. Fields | January 18, 1965 | |
| Solo and Kuryakin devise a scheme to break into a vault under a casino where THRUSH keep their funds. Stars Dan O'Herlihy, Marlyn Mason and Ken Murray. (Leo G. Carroll does not appear in this episode.) | ||||||
| 17 | 17 | "The Yellow Scarf Affair" | Ron Winston | Story by : Robert Yale Libott Teleplay by : Robert Yale Libott & Boris Ingster | January 25, 1965 | |
| When an U.N.C.L.E. agent dies in a plane crash, Solo travels to India to investigate. He discovers that the crash was no accident and finds himself involved in a race to recover a vital piece of technology. Starring Linden Chiles, Kamala Devi and Murray Matheson. (David McCallum does not appear in this episode.) | ||||||
| 18 | 18 | "The Mad, Mad Tea Party Affair" | Seymour Robbie | Dick Nelson | February 1, 1965 | |
| A mysterious man (Richard Haydn) appears to be able to circumvent the security system in U.N.C.L.E. headquarters at will. While attempting to capture him, Solo and Kuryakin discover a THRUSH agent inside U.N.C.L.E. who intends to kill several high-ranking officials at a conference later that day. Co-starring Zohra Lampert, Peter Haskell and Lee Meriwether. | ||||||
| 19 | 19 | "The Secret Sceptre Affair" | Marc Daniels | Anthony Spinner | February 8, 1965 | |
| Solo and Kuryakin attempt to recover a national treasure from a dictator at the instigation of Solo’s old commanding officer Major Morgan (Gene Raymond). But are Morgan’s motives as pure as they seem? Features an uncredited William Boyett (Adam-12) as a pilot. (Leo G. Carroll does not appear in this episode.) | ||||||
| 20 | 20 | "The Bow Wow Affair" | Sherman Marks | Alan Caillou | February 15, 1965 | |
| When Waverly's cousin (Leo G. Carroll in a dual role) is killed by his own dog, Kuryakin is sent to investigate. Starring Susan Oliver and Pat Harrington Jr. | ||||||
| 21 | 21 | "The Four Steps Affair" | Alvin Ganzer | Story by : Joseph Calvelli Teleplay by : Peter A. Fields | February 22, 1965 | |
| Solo and Kuryakin agree to protect a young Tibetan religious leader from kidnap by THRUSH. Starring Luciana Paluzzi, Malachi Throne and Donald Harron. (This episode was designed to use the footage shot to turn The Vulcan Affair and The Double Affair into their feature versions.) | ||||||
| 22 | 22 | "The See Paris and Die Affair" | Alf Kjellin | Story by : Sheldon Stark Teleplay by : Peter A. Fields & Sheldon Stark | March 1, 1965 | |
| Solo and Kuryakin take on two brothers (Lloyd Bochner and Gerald Mohr) who are attempting to control the diamond market, and simultaneously attempt to thwart THRUSH attempts to steal the diamonds. Look for famous drummer Earl Palmer as a member of "The Gallants." (Leo G. Carroll does not appear in this episode.) | ||||||
| 23 | 23 | "The Brain-Killer Affair" | James Goldstone | Archie Tegland | March 8, 1965 | |
| Waverly is subjected to the effects of a brain-altering device by THRUSH. Solo must save Waverly and find the device. Elsa Lanchester and Yvonne Craig guest-star. | ||||||
| 24 | 24 | "The Hong Kong Shilling Affair" | Alvin Ganzer | Alan Caillou | March 15, 1965 | |
| At a black market auction in Hong Kong, Solo and Kuryakin attempt to recover a coin in which there is a microdot containing military secrets. Glenn Corbett, Gavin MacLeod, and Richard Kiel guest-star. | ||||||
| 25 | 25 | "The Never-Never Affair" | Joseph Sargent | Dean Hargrove | March 22, 1965 | |
| Solo sends a bored U.N.C.L.E. translator (Barbara Feldon, not long before she "transferred" from U.N.C.L.E. to CONTROL) on a hoax mission in an attempt to liven up her life. When it emerges that he has inadvertently given her a microfilm for which THRUSH is searching, he and Kuryakin must track her down and save her from THRUSH. Cesar Romero guest-stars. | ||||||
| 26 | 26 | "The Love Affair" | Marc Daniels | Albert Aley | March 29, 1965 | |
| Brother Love (Eddie Albert), a THRUSH leader posing as an evangelist, is constructing a nuclear spaceship. Solo must rescue a scientist and a student, kidnapped by Brother Love and foil his plan. | ||||||
| 27 | 27 | "The Gazebo in the Maze Affair" | Alf Kjellin | Story by : Antony Ellis Teleplay by : Dean Hargrove & Antony Ellis | April 5, 1965 | |
| Seeking revenge for a previous encounter, G. Emory Partridge (George Sanders) abducts Kuryakin and uses him as bait to snare Solo. Also stars Jeanette Nolan and Bonnie Franklin. This episode is remarkable for its depictions of bondage and torture in an underground dungeon when such things were generally not acceptable, but it is played with humor and satire. | ||||||
| 28 | 28 | "The Girls of Nazarone Affair" | Alvin Ganzer | Story by : Peter Barry Teleplay by : Peter A. Fields | April 12, 1965 | |
| Solo and Kuryakin travel to Southern France to investigate a serum which supposedly gives supernatural strength and revives the dead. Starring Kipp Hamilton and Marian McCargo. (Leo G. Carroll does not appear in this episode.) | ||||||
| 29 | 29 | "The Odd Man Affair" | Joseph Sargent | Dick Nelson | April 19, 1965 | |
| When a retired U.N.C.L.E. agent (Martin Balsam) is recruited to impersonate a crime lord, he decides to take the mission into his own hands. Solo and Kuryakin must protect him as he infiltrates a crime conference. | ||||||
Season 2 (1965–66) edit
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | 1 | "Alexander the Greater Affair" – Part 1 | Joseph Sargent | Dean Hargrove | September 17, 1965 | |
| Megalomaniac businessman Alexander (Rip Torn) plans to imitate his namesake Alexander the Great by taking over the world. Solo and Kuryakin must stop him before he manages to succeed in his meticulously planned scheme. Dorothy Provine co-stars as Alexander’s ex-wife. (This two-parter is the only story of the series to lack the definite article in the on-screen title.) | ||||||
| 31 | 2 | "Alexander the Greater Affair" – Part 2 | Joseph Sargent | Dean Hargrove | September 24, 1965 | |
| The conclusion of the previous episode. This two-parter was later released in cinemas as the feature film One Spy Too Many. | ||||||
| 32 | 3 | "The Ultimate Computer Affair" | Joseph Sargent | Peter Allan Fields | October 1, 1965 | |
| THRUSH have developed a computer capable of recording all the organisations operations. Kuryakin must go undercover in a penal colony to find and destroy the machine, then Napoleon must pose as a prisons inspector to get Illya out. | ||||||
| 33 | 4 | "The Foxes and Hounds Affair" | Alf Kjellin | Story by : Eric Bercovici Teleplay by : Peter Allan Fields | October 8, 1965 | |
| U.N.C.L.E. find themselves in a race against THRUSH to obtain a newly developed mind-reading device. Vincent Price guest-stars as Victor Marton. | ||||||
| 34 | 5 | "The Discotheque Affair" | Tom Gries | Story by : Leonard Stadd Teleplay by : Dean Hargrove | October 15, 1965 | |
| THRUSH plant a listening device in an apartment next to Waverly's office and Solo investigates. Meanwhile Illya infiltrates the discotheque, run by THRUSH where their records are kept. Features guest stars Ray Danton, Judi West and Evelyn Ward. | ||||||
| 35 | 6 | "The Re-Collectors Affair" | Alvin Ganzer | Alan Caillou | October 22, 1965 | |
| Solo and Kuryakin are on the trail of the Recollectors, a group that hunts down and kills former Nazis in order to steal their looted art collections and profit by selling them back to the original owners. | ||||||
| 36 | 7 | "The Arabian Affair" | E. Darrell Hallenbeck | Peter Allan Fields | October 29, 1965 | |
| While investigating a THRUSH installation in the Arabian desert Illya is captured by a local tribe. In New York Solo enlists the help of a THRUSH agent whose bosses intend to eliminate him on his retirement and travels to Arabia to complete the mission. | ||||||
| 37 | 8 | "The Tigers are Coming Affair" | Herschel Daugherty | Story by : Paul Tuckahoe Teleplay by : Alan Caillou | November 5, 1965 | |
| Solo and Illya travel to India to help a French botanist discover why the jungle is dying and its inhabitants are vanishing. Jill Ireland and scriptwriter Alan Caillou guest-star. (The following season Caillou would appear in The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.'s "The Jewels of Topango Affair" and "The Phi Beta Killer Affair," neither of which he wrote.) | ||||||
| 38 | 9 | "The Deadly Toys Affair" | John Brahm | Robert Hill | November 12, 1965 | |
| THRUSH is attempting to enlist a boy genius. Solo and Kuryakin go undercover to try and protect him. Angela Lansbury guest-stars as the boy’s eccentric aunt. | ||||||
| 39 | 10 | "The Cherry Blossom Affair" | Joseph Sargent | Story by : Sherman Yellen Teleplay by : Mark Weingart | November 19, 1965 | |
| When THRUSH agents in Japan acquire a volcano-activating device Solo and Kuryakin enlist the help of a local student to help them find it before it is too late. | ||||||
| 40 | 11 | "The Virtue Affair" | Jud Taylor | Henry Slesar | December 3, 1965 | |
| A fanatic is attempting to destroy the vineyards of France as part of his crusade against drunkenness. Kuryakin goes undercover at the villain’s chateau, while Solo enlists the help of a scientist and his daughter. When Kuryakin’s cover is blown, Solo must rescue him and foil the plot. | ||||||
| 41 | 12 | "The Children’s Day Affair" | Sherman Marks | Dean Hargrove | December 10, 1965 | |
| An U.N.C.L.E. international security conference in Switzerland is threatened when it emerges that a nearby school for boys is a front for THRUSH. | ||||||
| 42 | 13 | "The Adriatic Express Affair" | Seymour Robbie | Robert Hill | December 17, 1965 | |
| On New Year’s Eve Solo and Illya board the train to Venice in an attempt to intercept a THRUSH agent who has developed a virus that could wipe out the human race. | ||||||
| 43 | 14 | "The Yukon Affair" | Alf Kjellin | Marc Siegel | December 24, 1965 | |
| G. Emory Partridge (George Sanders) returns with a plot to disrupt world communications. Solo and Kuryakin travel to Alaska, in an attempt to neutralise him once and for all. | ||||||
| 44 | 15 | "The Very Important Zombie Affair" | David Alexander | Boris Ingster | December 31, 1965 | |
| When a local despot (Claude Akins) places a prominent doctor under a voodoo curse, Solo and Illya travel to the Caribbean to investigate. | ||||||
| 45 | 16 | "The Dippy Blonde Affair" | E. Darrell Hallenbeck | Peter Allan Fields | January 7, 1966 | |
| Solo enlists the help of a THRUSH agent’s girlfriend (Joyce Jameson) in order to obtain an ion projection machine from the international criminal ring. | ||||||
| 46 | 17 | "The Deadly Goddess Affair" | Seymour Robbie | Robert Hill | January 16, 1966 | |
| U.N.C.L.E.’s two top agents travel to Circe in an attempt to intercept a drone plane carrying significant THRUSH funds. | ||||||
| 47 | 18 | "The Birds and the Bees Affair" | Alvin Ganzer | Mark Weingart | January 21, 1966 | |
| THRUSH has developed a strain of tiny but deadly bees and plans to release them in U.N.C.L.E. headquarters. They capture Kuryakin and torture him in an attempt to make him lead them to U.N.C.L.E.’s base. | ||||||
| 48 | 19 | "The Waverly Ring Affair" | John Brahm | Jerry McNeely | January 28, 1966 | |
| Following a security leak, Waverly assigns Solo and Illya to root out a double agent in U.N.C.L.E. | ||||||
| 49 | 20 | "The Bridge of Lions Affair" – Part 1 | E. Darrell Hallenbeck | Story by : Henry Slesar Teleplay by : Howard Rodman | February 4, 1966 | |
| A trail of missing cats leads Solo and Kuryakin to a salon which is developing a rejuvenation process. (This is the only "Affair" to be based on previously published material; Slesar receives story credit due to it being based on his novel The Bridge of Lions.) | ||||||
| 50 | 21 | "The Bridge of Lions Affair" – Part 2 | E. Darrell Hallenbeck | Story by : Henry Slesar Teleplay by : Howard Rodman | February 11, 1966 | |
| Part two of the previous episode. This two-parter was released in cinemas as the feature film One of Our Spies is Missing; this was the final U.N.C.L.E. movie to be released theatrically in North America. | ||||||
| 51 | 22 | "The Foreign Legion Affair" | John Brahm | Berne Giler | February 18, 1966 | |
| While returning from a mission with valuable THRUSH documents, Illya is forced to bail out of a plane. He lands in the desert at an abandoned Foreign Legion base. Solo must find him and recover the documents before THRUSH does. Danielle De Metz guest-stars. | ||||||
| 52 | 23 | "The Moonglow Affair" | Joseph Sargent | Dean Hargrove | February 25, 1966 | |
| When Solo and Kuryakin are incapacitated, Waverly assigns agent April Dancer (Mary Ann Mobley) and Mark Slate (Norman Fell) to complete their mission. This was the pilot episode for the short-lived, spin-off series The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.. | ||||||
| 53 | 24 | "The Nowhere Affair" | Michael Ritchie | Robert Hill | March 4, 1966 | |
| While on assignment in Nevada, Solo is captured and swallows an amnesia pill. THRUSH attempts to stimulate his memory while Kuryakin, with the help of an old prospector (J. Pat O'Malley), races to find him before his memory returns. | ||||||
| 54 | 25 | "The King of Diamonds Affair" | Joseph Sargent | Story by : Ed Blum Teleplay by : Ed Blum and Leo Townsend | March 11, 1966 | |
| Solo and Kuryakin enlist the help of a diamond thief (Ricardo Montalbán) in their attempt to foil a criminal group who are destabilising the world diamond market. | ||||||
| 55 | 26 | "The Project Deephole Affair" | Alex March | Dean Hargrove | March 18, 1966 | |
| In an attempt to secure an earthquake-activating machine THRUSH mistakenly kidnaps a salesman (Jack Weston). Solo and Kuryakin are assigned to protect the salesman and recover the machine. Guest stars Barbara Bouchet and Leon Askin. | ||||||
| 56 | 27 | "The Round Table Affair" | E. Darrell Hallenbeck | Story by : Henry Slesar Teleplay by : Robert Hill | March 25, 1966 | |
| Kuryakin and Solo attempt to foil an international group of criminals who have taken over the tiny principality of Ingolstein, because it has no extradition treaty. | ||||||
| 57 | 28 | "The Bat Cave Affair" | Alf Kjellin | Jerry McNeely | April 1, 1966 | |
| A THRUSH agent (Martin Landau) plans to use radioactive bats to jam the world's radar systems. Solo and Kuryakin must stop him before it is too late. | ||||||
| 58 | 29 | "The Minus-X Affair" | E. Darrell Hallenbeck | Peter Allan Fields | April 8, 1966 | |
| Solo and Kuryakin are assigned to protect a scientist (Eve Arden) who has developed a drug which heightens all the human senses. THRUSH plan to use the effects of the drug to help their agents launch an attack on a plutonium plant. | ||||||
| 59 | 30 | "The Indian Affairs Affair" | Alf Kjellin | Dean Hargrove | April 15, 1966 | |
| THRUSH is using an American Indian reservation as a front to assemble a hydrogen bomb and have kidnapped the tribe's chief. Solo and Kuryakin are assigned to the case. | ||||||
Season 3 (1966–67) edit
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 | 1 | "The Her Master's Voice Affair" | Barry Shear | Berne Giler | September 16, 1966 | |
| Solo investigates a girls' school for the daughters of VIPs, including Miki Matsu (Victoria Young), who has valuable secret information from her father, a Japanese diplomat. Estelle Winwood guest-stars as the school's headmistress. | ||||||
| 61 | 2 | "The Sort of Do-It-Yourself Dreadful Affair" | E. Darrell Hallenbeck | Harlan Ellison | September 23, 1966 | |
| Solo is nearly killed by a superhuman, robot-like girl, one of an army of such devices invented by Dr. Pertwee (Woodrow Parfrey) for THRUSH. Illya joins up with Margo's ex-roommate, Andy Francis (Jeannine Riley). Solo poses as a banker financing the THRUSH lab and finds the laboratory, where a roomful of robots attack the U.N.C.L.E. agents. | ||||||
| 62 | 3 | "The Galatea Affair" | E. Darrell Hallenbeck | Jackson Gillis | September 30, 1966 | |
| While Solo is recuperating from a fall into a Venice canal, Illya teams with Mark Slate to uncover Baroness Bibi de Chasseur (Joan Collins), a THRUSH money courier who has contact with the treasurer of THRUSH. This was one of two episodes crossing over between the parent show and The Girl From U.N.C.L.E. (the other was "The Mother Muffin Affair" on the spinoff); Collins plays two roles. | ||||||
| 63 | 4 | "The Super-Colossal Affair" | Barry Shear | Stanford Sherman | October 7, 1966 | |
| Frank Cariago (Bernard Fein), the U.S. head of a crime syndicate, is under pressure from Uncle Giuliano (J. Carrol Naish). Cariago decides to buy a movie production directed by Sheldon Veblan (Shelley Berman) so his girlfriend, Ginger Laveer (Carol Wayne) can have the starring role. But the picture is a disguised plan to drop a bomb on the family's biggest rival – Las Vegas. (One of the few episodes in which THRUSH is not the villain.) | ||||||
| 64 | 5 | "The Monks of St. Thomas Affair" | Alex March | Sheldon Stark | October 14, 1966 | |
| THRUSH agent Abbot Simon (David J. Stewart) takes over the monastery at St. Thomas to use the mountain location to aim a new laser gun at a long-distance target the Louvre in Paris. Solo visits the area and meets Andrea Fouchet (Celeste Yarnall), and together they try to stop Simon before he destroys the world's greatest art treasures. | ||||||
| 65 | 6 | "The Pop Art Affair" | George Waggner | John Herman Shaner, Al Ramrus | October 21, 1966 | |
| A dissatisfied beatnik and THRUSH collaborator tips U.N.C.L.E. off to a new deadly hiccup gas. A pendant he wears leads Illya to Greenwich Village and an art gallery run by Mark Ole (Robert H. Harris), a THRUSH agent. (Includes Illya's beat poet performance of "Is This Your Ape?") | ||||||
| 66 | 7 | "The Thor Affair" | Sherman Marks | Don Richman, Stanley Ralph Ross | October 28, 1966 | |
| Solo and Illya are assigned to protect Dr. Fazie Nahdi (Harry Davis), a Gandhi-like peace advocate, during a conference. | ||||||
| 67 | 8 | "The Candidate's Wife Affair" | George Waggner | Robert Hill | November 4, 1966 | |
| Solo and Illya protect Miranda Bryant (Diana Hyland), the wife of a presidential candidate (Richard Anderson), from a plot to kidnap her, not realizing that she has already been kidnapped and replaced with a double, Irina, also played by Hyland. (One of the few episodes where THRUSH was not involved.) | ||||||
| 68 | 9 | "The Come with Me to the Casbah Affair" | E. Darrell Hallenbeck | Story by : Danielle Branton & Norman Lenzer and Robert Hill Teleplay by : Robert Hill | November 11, 1966 | |
| Solo and Illya go to Algiers to obtain a rare old book containing a THRUSH code from Pierrot La Mouche (Pat Harrington Jr.) who has stolen it from his boss, Colonel Hamid (Jacques Aubuchon). | ||||||
| 69 | 10 | "The Off-Broadway Affair" | Sherman Marks | Jerry McNeely | November 18, 1966 | |
| An off-broadway actress is murdered during a phone call to U.N.C.L.E., and Solo and Illya investigate a connection between the show and a sudden malfunction in U.N.C.L.E.'s communications. The understudy, Janet Jarrod (Shari Lewis), takes over the lead role, and Illya joins the cast to find the jamming device. | ||||||
| 70 | 11 | "The Concrete Overcoat Affair" – Part 1 | Joseph Sargent | Story by : David Victor Teleplay by : Peter Allan Fields | November 25, 1966 | |
| While in Italy investigating a THRUSH plan to divert the Gulf Stream with heavy water, Solo finds himself eluding THRUSH guards, and ends up hiding under the bed of Pia Monteri (Letícia Román). Jack Palance and Janet Leigh guest-star. | ||||||
| 71 | 12 | "The Concrete Overcoat Affair" – Part 2 | Joseph Sargent | Story by : David Victor Teleplay by : Peter Allan Fields | December 2, 1966 | |
| See Part 1, above. This two-parter was later released theatrically as The Spy in the Green Hat. | ||||||
| 72 | 13 | "The Abominable Snowman Affair" | Otto Lang | Krishna Shah | December 9, 1966 | |
| Illya goes to the Himalayan country of Ghupat to protect the high lama, but is shot by "Calamity" Rogers (Anne Jeffreys), an American rodeo star. Solo is sent to find Illya, and learns that the prime minister (David Sheiner) has kidnapped the real successor to the throne and intends to install his own son instead. | ||||||
| 73 | 14 | "The My Friend the Gorilla Affair" | Alex Singer | Story by : Joseph Sandy Teleplay by : Don Richman | December 16, 1966 | |
| In Africa, Professor Kenton (Arthur Malet) has developed a superman formula which he has been using on the natives, hoping to build an army with which to conquer all of Africa. Percy Rodriguez appears as President Khufu. | ||||||
| 74 | 15 | "The Jingle Bells Affair" | John Brahm | William Fay | December 23, 1966 | |
| In the show's only Christmas-themed episode, Solo and Illya protect Premier Georgi Koz (Akim Tamiroff), a Khrushchev-like figure come to address the United Nations. To learn about capitalism, the communist leader dresses as Santa Claus, then is mistaken by a dying boy for the real thing. | ||||||
| 75 | 16 | "The Take Me to Your Leader Affair" | George Waggner | Berne Giler | December 30, 1966 | |
| Scientist Adrian Cool (Woodrow Parfrey) spots a UFO approaching Earth on his radar. His daughter Coco (Nancy Sinatra) is kidnapped, and Illya follows and is captured too. | ||||||
| 76 | 17 | "The Suburbia Affair" | Charles Haas | Story by : Sheridan Gibney Teleplay by : Sheridan Gibney and Stanford Sherman | January 6, 1967 | |
| Dr. Rutter (Victor Borge), after inventing antimatter, hides out in suburbia under the name Willoughby because he fears his creation will be used destructively. Solo and Illya take a house there to find him. Reta Shaw plays the villainess, Miss Witherspoon. | ||||||
| 77 | 18 | "The Deadly Smorgasbord Affair" | Barry Shear | Story by : Peter Bourne and Stanley Ralph Ross Teleplay by : Stanley Ralph Ross | January 13, 1967 | |
| Solo goes to Sweden to obtain a new suspended animation device from Dr. A.C. Nilson (Peter Brocco), but the device and its inventor are taken by THRUSH. (David McCallum does not appear in this episode.) | ||||||
| 78 | 19 | "The Yo-Ho-Ho and a Bottle of Rum Affair" | E. Darrell Hallenbeck | Norman Hudis | January 20, 1967 | |
| Investigating the shipment of a tidal-wave machine by THRUSH, Illya ends up aboard a merchant vessel run by Captain Morton (Dan O'Herlihy). Morton is obsessed with his past disgrace in a court martial, and the crew is on the verge of a mutiny, which Illya leads just as THRUSH arrives to take possession of the device. | ||||||
| 79 | 20 | "The Napoleon's Tomb Affair" | John Brahm | James N. Whiton | January 27, 1967 | |
| President Nasasos Tunik (Kurt Kasznar) visits Paris. His assistant, Malanez (Joseph Sirola), is determined to persuade the president that the French are his enemy, and arranges for various embarrassing and insulting incidents to occur. Ted Cassidy appears as Edgar the henchman. | ||||||
| 80 | 21 | "The It's All Greek to Me Affair" | George Waggner | Story by : Robert Hill and Eric Faust Teleplay by : Robert Hill | February 3, 1967 | |
| In Greece, Illya tries to recover stolen U.N.C.L.E. documents, but they fall into the hands of Stavros (Harold J. Stone), a Greek bandit, who has ambushed Illya, thinking he is his daughter (Linda Marsh) Kira's convict husband, Manolakas (George Keymas) returning from prison. | ||||||
| 81 | 22 | "The Hula Doll Affair" | Eddie Saeta | Stanford Sherman | February 17, 1967 | |
| Blood siblings Simon and Peter Sweet (Jan Murray and Pat Harrington Jr.), rival THRUSH leaders vying for promotion, do not realize that the toy hula doll they possess has an extremely powerful new U.N.C.L.E. explosive inside that is activated by heat. | ||||||
| 82 | 23 | "The Pieces of Fate Affair" | John Brahm | Story by : Harlan Ellison and Yale Udoff Teleplay by : Harlan Ellison | February 24, 1967 | |
| Jacqueline Midcult (Sharon Farrell) writes a best selling novel, The Pieces of Fate, which U.N.C.L.E. recognizes as based on a series of missing THRUSH diaries. This episode wasn't shown again in the U.S. until 1985, due to Ellison naming a literary critic after real-life science fiction writer Judith Merril, which resulted in legal action being taken, not by Merril herself (a friend of Ellison) but by her daughter. Grayson Hall played the sophisticated literary critic, who is also a newly-minted THRUSH agent. | ||||||
| 83 | 24 | "The Matterhorn Affair" | Bill Finnegan | Story by : Boris Ingster Teleplay by : David Giler | March 3, 1967 | |
| A dying man carrying a partial film with the secret of Project Quasimodo, a miniature atomic bomb, gives only one clue to finding the rest of the film. | ||||||
| 84 | 25 | "The Hot Number Affair" | George Waggner | Joseph Cavella, Carol Cavella | March 10, 1967 | |
| A THRUSH code is hidden in a dress pattern, and Solo and Illya go to the garment district and encounter the design shop of two down-on-their-luck designers (George Tobias and Ned Glass), their model Ramona (Cher), and the cutter who has a crush on her, Jerry (Sonny Bono). THRUSH also tries to retrieve the garment, but Ramona keeps forgetting where she left it. | ||||||
| 85 | 26 | "The When in Roma Affair" | George Waggner | Gloria Elmore | March 17, 1967 | |
| In Rome, American tourist Darlene Sims (Julie Sommars) becomes the unwitting carrier of a perfume atomizer with a secret formula. THRUSH uses a suave ladies' man Cesare Guardia (Cesare Danova) to charm Darlene, but he falls in love with her in the process. | ||||||
| 86 | 27 | "The Apple a Day Affair" | E. Darrell Hallenbeck | Story by : Les Roberts and Joseph Cavella Teleplay by : Joseph Cavella | March 24, 1967 | |
| Solo and Illya find that THRUSH agent Colonel Picks (Robert Emhardt) has developed exploding apples, which will be used to trigger a nuclear stockpile. | ||||||
| 87 | 28 | "The Five Daughters Affair" – Part 1 | Barry Shear | Story by : Boris Ingster Teleplay by : Norman Hudis | March 31, 1967 | |
| Solo and Illya track down the daughters of a murdered scientist who has discovered how to extract gold from seawater (and hidden the secret among his daughters), but THRUSH agent Randolph (Herbert Lom), who murdered the scientist, is after the secret as well. Joan Crawford, Telly Savalas, Curt Jürgens and Terry-Thomas appear in this episode. Incidentally, while the title refers to five daughters (technically one biological daughter and four stepdaughters) only four daughters actually appear onscreen (Kim Darby, Diane McBain, Jill Ireland and Danielle DeMetz); The fifth daughter is only referred to in a newspaper article Waverly shows to Solo and Illya. The episode was originally called "The Five Women Affair", which may have referred to Crawford, who plays the scientist's wife. | ||||||
| 88 | 29 | "The Five Daughters Affair" – Part 2 | Barry Shear | Story by : Boris Ingster Teleplay by : Norman Hudis | April 7, 1967 | |
| See Part 1, above. This two-parter was later released theatrically as The Karate Killers. | ||||||
| 89 | 30 | "The Cap and Gown Affair" | George Waggner | Stanford Sherman | April 14, 1967 | |
| Solo and Illya are responsible for the security during Waverly's upcoming address to his alma mater, but the campus is seething with protest. | ||||||
Season 4 (1967–68) edit
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | 1 | "The Summit-Five Affair" | Sutton Roley | Robert E. Thompson | September 11, 1967 | |
| Illya must find a security leak before the summit meeting between U.N.C.L.E.'s regional chiefs, and Napoleon is the prime suspect. | ||||||
| 91 | 2 | "The Test Tube Killer Affair" | E. Darrell Hallenbeck | Jack Turley | September 18, 1967 | |
| A dying U.N.C.L.E. agent warns Napoleon and Illya that a group of supermen is being bred by THRUSH. The duo discover a school set up by the enemy organization in Mexico, who has already produced seven emotionless killer students. As a graduating exercise, one is chosen to eliminate Solo and Kuryakin after they follow the boy to Austria. | ||||||
| 92 | 3 | "The 'J' for Judas Affair" | Alf Kjellin | Norman Hudis | September 25, 1967 | |
| When Solo and Kuryakin fail to keep millionaire industrialist Mark Tenza (Broderick Crawford) from being murdered, they and his son Adam (Chad Everett) have to locate Adam's brother J (short for James) to keep him from the same THRUSH-engineered fate. | ||||||
| 93 | 4 | "The Prince of Darkness Affair" – Part 1 | Boris Sagal | Dean Hargrove | October 2, 1967 | |
| "Someone has won the race to develop a thermal prism..." Parviz Kharmusi (John Dehner) has the prism and has used it to wipe out an entire African village. Solo and Illya enlist safecracker/cult leader Luther Sebastian (Bradford Dillman) to help them find the prism. | ||||||
| 94 | 5 | "The Prince of Darkness Affair" – Part 2 | Boris Sagal | Dean Hargrove | October 9, 1967 | |
| Sebastian has his own nefarious plans for the thermal prism. This two-parter was later released theatrically as The Helicopter Spies. | ||||||
| 95 | 6 | "The Master's Touch Affair" | John Brahm | Boris Sobelman | October 16, 1967 | |
| THRUSH chief and potential defector Pharos Mandor (Jack Lord) abducts Solo as part of his scheme to have U.N.C.L.E. eliminate his arch-rival Stepan Valandros (Nehemiah Persoff). | ||||||
| 96 | 7 | "The THRUSH Roulette Affair" | Sherman Marks | Arthur Weingarten | October 23, 1967 | |
| Napoleon and Illya travel to an island casino to stop a dastardly mind control plot shepherded by Michael Rennie. | ||||||
| 97 | 8 | "The Deadly Quest Affair" | Alf Kjellin | Robert E. Thompson | October 30, 1967 | |
| Old enemy Viktor Karmak (Darren McGavin) kidnaps Illya and gives Solo 12 hours to locate him in a condemned area of Manhattan before his Russian partner is killed by deadly gas, and before Karmak finds and kills Solo. (This episode was filmed on the burnt-out remains of the New York street set, which was destroyed by fire earlier that year.) Although this is the only non-season 1 episode to give Jerry Goldsmith credit for the score, it was adapted from his season one scores by MGM music head Robert Armbruster, and tracked into many episodes this season. | ||||||
| 98 | 9 | "The Fiery Angel Affair" | Richard Benedict | John W. Bloch | November 6, 1967 | |
| The beloved leader of a Latin American country, Angela (Madlyn Rhue), is endangered by a THRUSH-backed revolutionary group; can Illya and Solo save her? | ||||||
| 99 | 10 | "The Survival School Affair" | Charles R. Rondeau | Story by : Donald A. Brinkley Teleplay by : Donald A. Brinkley and Jack Turley | November 20, 1967 | |
| Illya must find a THRUSH double agent hidden in the ranks of the class about to graduate from U.N.C.L.E.'s training facility on a remote island. (This is the only episode in which Robert Vaughn does not appear.) | ||||||
| 100 | 11 | "The Gurnius Affair" | Barry Shear | Milton S. Gelman | November 27, 1967 | |
| When a Nazi war criminal escapes from prison, the agents must track him down before he uses his mind control device to take over the world. Illya must pose as one of his compatriots, the sadistic Colonel Nexor (also played by McCallum). The dialog explicitly states the episode takes place 25 years after World War Two and the postwar trials, which would set it in 1970-1971, 3-4 years into the future when it was first broadcast. | ||||||
| 101 | 12 | "The Man From THRUSH Affair" | James Sheldon | Robert I. Holt | December 4, 1967 | |
| Solo masquerades as an official from THRUSH to discover the truth about a mysterious project the evil organisation is developing on the island of Ibos. All goes well until the real man from THRUSH arrives... (David McCallum does not appear in this episode.) | ||||||
| 102 | 13 | "The Maze Affair" | John Brahm | Leonard Stadd | December 18, 1967 | |
| Dr. Fabray (William Marshall) has invented a "molecutronic gun" – is there, as Solo and Illya believe, a link between this and the attempt by THRUSH agent Oliver Barnes (Lawrence Montaigne) to destroy a special package? | ||||||
| 103 | 14 | "The Deep Six Affair" | E. Darrell Hallenbeck | Leonard Stadd | December 25, 1967 | |
| While U.N.C.L.E. agent Brian Morton (Peter Bromilow) prepares for his upcoming marriage to Laura Adams (Diana Van Der Vlis), Solo and Illya aid Morton on his quest to stop a THRUSH agent (Alfred Ryder) from stealing the plans for a new super-submarine. | ||||||
| 104 | 15 | "The Seven Wonders of the World Affair" – Part 1 | Sutton Roley | Norman Hudis | January 8, 1968 | |
| Gen. Harmon (Leslie Nielsen) has kidnapped Professor David Garrow (Dan O'Herlihy), the developer of a docility gas, and his son Steve (Tony Bill), and with the gas and soldiers, Harmon and his allies – the "Seven Intellectual Wonders of the World" – intend to take over the world. But a THRUSH agent, Mr. Webb (played by Mark Richman), and Margitta Kingsley (Eleanor Parker), the wife of an U.N.C.L.E. agent, also intend to steal the gas. | ||||||
| 105 | 16 | "The Seven Wonders of the World Affair" – Part 2 | Sutton Roley | Norman Hudis | January 15, 1968 | |
| "The battle (between good and evil) ends once and for all in favor of good." This two-parter was released theatrically as How to Steal the World. | ||||||
Television film (1983) edit
| Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair | Ray Austin | Michael Sloan | April 5, 1983 | |
|
When THRUSH steals a nuclear weapon and demands a ransom delivered by Napoleon Solo, U.N.C.L.E. recalls him and his partner to duty. (Produced by Viacom Productions instead of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.) George Lazenby appears as "J.B." As Leo G. Carroll was no longer available to play Alexander Waverly, Patrick Macnee was cast as the new boss (note: both Macnee and director Austin were previously associated with The Avengers British TV series), the connections being that both Bond and The Avengers had been contemporaries of the original broadcasts of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | ||||
Home releases edit
The complete series was released on DVD by Warner Home Video, as was a collection of the Man from U.N.C.L.E. feature films. The reunion TV-movie was released by Paramount Home Entertainment.[1]
| DVD (set) title | Company | Release date |
|---|---|---|
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Complete Series | Warner Home Video | 21 October 2008 |
| Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Paramount Home Entertainment | 3 March 2009 |
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E.: 8 Movies Collection | Warner Home Video | 23 August 2011 |
References edit
- ^ DVD release info Archived 2012-04-04 at the Wayback Machine at TVShowsOnDVD.com