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A pair of intelligence agents posing as a tennis pro and his coach go on secret missions around the world.

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    I Spy Season 1 Episode 26 - There Was a Little Girl
    6.4/10(67 votes)

    S1:E26

    Bodyguard work for a VIP's daughter. She buys an objet d'art, and hell ensues.

    Director:John Rich
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. I Spy Season 2 Episode 5 - A Gift from Alexander
    6.7/10(65 votes)

    S2:E5

    A literary masterpiece is out of the Soviet Union, will our boys kindly retrieve it?

    Director:Alf Kjellin
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. I Spy Season 3 Episode 8 - Red Sash of Courage
    6.7/10(45 votes)

    S3:E8

    On the border between Greece and Yugoslavia, airplane trouble besets USAF flights. Worse than that, who has been sleeping with the mayor's daughter?

    Director:Christian Nyby
    Writer:Oliver Crawford

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  4. I Spy Season 3 Episode 18 - This Guy Smith
    6.7/10(45 votes)

    S3:E18

    Vacationing at a mountain retreat, they strike at an adverse communications officer, who strikes back with a frame.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. I Spy Season 1 Episode 13 - Tigers of Heaven
    6.8/10(73 votes)

    S1:E13

    An anti-American group in Japan menaces the last of the aristocracy.

    Director:Allen Reisner
    Writer:David Friedkin

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  6. I Spy Season 1 Episode 14 - Affair in T'Sien Cha
    6.8/10(76 votes)

    S1:E14

    An American schoolteacher, an ancient walled city, a missing train and a valuable cargo lost in China.

    Director:Sheldon Leonard
    Writer:David Friedkin

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  7. I Spy Season 3 Episode 23 - Suitable for Framing
    6.8/10(38 votes)

    S3:E23

    Faux Senator is arranged to assassinate a President.

    Director:Earl Bellamy
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. I Spy Season 1 Episode 23 - A Day Called 4 Jaguar
    6.9/10(72 votes)

    S1:E23

    Quetzalcoatl has appeared in the Mexican jungle, or is it an AWOL cosmonaut pursued by his old comrades?

    Director:Richard C. Sarafian
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. I Spy Season 1 Episode 25 - My Mother, the Spy
    6.9/10(63 votes)

    S1:E25

    An agent abroad and pregnant with information must report to the boys back home after her affair with the adverse party.

    Director:Richard Benedict
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. I Spy Season 1 Episode 28 - One Thousand Fine
    6.9/10(68 votes)

    S1:E28

    Gold fever among old friends in the jungles of Mexico.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. I Spy Season 3 Episode 17 - A Few Miles West of Nowhere
    6.9/10(45 votes)

    S3:E17

    A nuclear power station is planned for the desert, but an operative is dead on the scene. The town is tight and runs the boys out, but they keep plugging.

    Director:Arthur Marks
    Writer:Jerry Ludwig

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  12. I Spy Season 3 Episode 21 - Shana
    6.9/10(46 votes)

    S3:E21

    She has a bit of top secret propellant, the Communists have her brother.

    Director:Christian Nyby
    Writer:Robert Lewin

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  13. I Spy Season 1 Episode 24 - Crusade to Limbo
    7.0/10(62 votes)

    S1:E24

    Infiltrate a revolutionary South American group, with Hollywood connections, that's the assignment.

    Director:Richard C. Sarafian
    Writers:David Friedkin, Jack Turley

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  14. I Spy Season 2 Episode 3 - Sophia
    7.0/10(58 votes)

    S2:E3

    Scott's foster daughter in Rome is about to be married, and he's in a great deal of trouble.

    Director:Robert Butler
    Writer:David Friedkin

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  15. I Spy Season 2 Episode 7 - Sparrowhawk
    7.0/10(56 votes)

    S2:E7

    Las Vegas on vacation with a king as bodyguards, and an assassin's menace.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. I Spy Season 2 Episode 26 - Night Train to Madrid
    7.0/10(52 votes)

    S2:E26

    USO tour interrupted by adverse machinations toward angry comedian.

    Director:David Friedkin
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. I Spy Season 2 Episode 28 - Cops and Robbers
    7.0/10(51 votes)

    S2:E28

    Old home week with the adverse party next door.

    Director:Christian Nyby
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. I Spy Season 3 Episode 26 - Pinwheel
    7.0/10(38 votes)

    S3:E26

    What is this ring of spies set up in Africa? Melanie knows, or thinks she knows, or anyway means to find out, why not?

    Director:Christian Nyby
    Writer:David Friedkin

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  19. I Spy Season 1 Episode 11 - Weight of the World
    7.1/10(78 votes)

    S1:E11

    A Tokyo seminar on obesity is threatened with a new form of Chinese plague.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Robert Lewin

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  20. I Spy Season 1 Episode 27 - It's All Done with Mirrors
    7.1/10(71 votes)

    S1:E27

    Robinson is brainwashed to kill Scott, whose orders are to kill Robinson.

    Director:Robert Butler
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. I Spy Season 2 Episode 11 - To Florence, with Love (1)
    7.1/10(56 votes)

    S2:E11

    Squiring a Leonardo to Florence.

    Director:Robert Butler
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. I Spy Season 2 Episode 12 - To Florence, with Love (2)
    7.1/10(51 votes)

    S2:E12

    Now, to replace the faux Leonardo in the museum with the real one in our hands.

    Director:Robert Butler
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. I Spy Season 2 Episode 23 - Get Thee to a Nunnery
    7.1/10(46 votes)

    S2:E23

    Yanks vs. Brits after Nazi art treasures in a convent garden.

    Director:Alf Kjellin
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. I Spy Season 3 Episode 2 - The Beautiful Children
    7.1/10(44 votes)

    S3:E2

    Deep cover agent is blown, won't leave sideline.

    Director:Earl Bellamy
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. I Spy Season 3 Episode 9 - The Seventh Captain
    7.1/10(40 votes)

    S3:E9

    Anti-submarine warfare and mysterious assassinations.

    Director:Earl Bellamy
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"There Was a Little Girl" is the worst rated episode of "I Spy". It scored 6.4/10 based on 67 votes. Directed by John Rich and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/6/1966. This episode scored 0.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "A Gift from Alexander".