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Worst episode
S4E11 Come Home Greta Inger Gruenchaffen
5.574 votes
Best episode
S2E3 Good Night, Sweet Blues
9.0211 votes
Top season
Season 2
7.7avg
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4d 20h
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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Route 66 Season 4 Episode 11 - Come Home Greta Inger Gruenchaffen
    5.5/10(74 votes)

    S4:E11

    Tod and Linc meet physical culturist Greta. Filming Location: Mt. Snow, Vermont and Buffalo, New York (?)

    Director:Philip Leacock
    Writer:Stirling Silliphant

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  2. Route 66 Season 4 Episode 2 - Same Picture, Different Frame
    6.0/10(250 votes)

    S4:E2

    Tod and Linc encounter Morgan Harper who is back to reopen an estate. Her psycho husband Eric is back to kill her. Filming Location: Poland Springs, Maine

    Director:Philip Leacock
    Writer:Stirling Silliphant

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  3. Route 66 Season 4 Episode 3 - Come Out, Come Out Wherever You Are
    6.1/10(78 votes)

    S4:E3

    In Maine, Tod and Linc work at a sawmill and board with a French Canadian one-armed former logger Poppa and his beautiful daughter Marie. Marie tries to be what ever a man wants her to be. Marie and Link are having a romance and Marie tells Tod "I'm going to hurt your friend". Sailor Jack arrives in town between ships and has a fling with Marie. Marie decides to leave home to "find herself" but Tod and Linc talk her out of it.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Stirling Silliphant

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  4. Route 66 Season 3 Episode 22 - The Cage Around Maria
    6.2/10(73 votes)

    S3:E22

    Tod is working for the Houston zoo. Maria, the troubled daughter of a Mexican family, throws herself into the bear pit. Filming Location: Houston, Texas

    Director:George Sherman
    Writer:Jesse Sandler

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  5. Route 66 Season 4 Episode 22 - Where There's a Will, There's a Way (1)
    6.2/10(72 votes)

    S4:E22

    In Florida, Tod and Linc meet the Tiffins, a family of con men and criminals who are squabbling over a will. Tod becomes involved romantically with family member Margo who stands to inherit the money if she marries. Tod is thrown off a bridge. Filming Location: Tampa, Florida

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Stirling Silliphant

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  6. Route 66 Season 1 Episode 15 - The Clover Throne
    6.4/10(128 votes)

    S1:E15

    The boys work on Adam Darcey's date farm. Adam loves his ward, ""Sweet Thing"", who wants to leave the farm. Adam is also trying to stop a road from being built on his property. Filming Location: Indio, California

    Director:Arthur Hiller
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Route 66 Season 4 Episode 14 - Is it True There Are Poxies at the Bottom of Landfair Lake?
    6.3/10(73 votes)

    S4:E14

    Tod and Linc work on a neon sign in a small Georgia town. Simon rips the sign down. Filming Location: Savannah, Georgia

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Route 66 Season 1 Episode 18 - Sleep on Four Pillows
    6.5/10(123 votes)

    S1:E18

    Tod and Buz meet a teenage girl who claims to be running from gangsters. The girl's wealthy mother thinks her daughter has been kidnapped and calls the police and a detective. Filming Location: Hollywood and Los Angeles, California

    Director:Ted Post
    Writer:Stirling Silliphant

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  9. Route 66 Season 1 Episode 21 - Effigy in Snow
    6.6/10(124 votes)

    S1:E21

    A psychotic killer is killing women at the Squaw Valley ski resort. He leaves a body in the snow. Filming Location: Squaw Valley, California

    Director:David Lowell Rich
    Writer:Stirling Silliphant

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  10. Route 66 Season 4 Episode 18 - Who in His Right Mind Needs a Nice Girl
    6.5/10(68 votes)

    S4:E18

    Tod and Linc encounter a Daytona Florida librarian and a murderer. Filming Location: Daytona Beach, Florida

    Director:Jeffrey Hayden
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Route 66 Season 1 Episode 2 - A Lance of Straw
    6.7/10(191 votes)

    S1:E2

    Shrimp boat captain Charlotte Duval hires Tod and Buz as a crew for her boat. Suitor Jean Boussard gets very jealous of the male crew members. Buz falls in love with the captain. Filming Location: Grand Isle, Louisiana

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Stirling Silliphant

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  12. Route 66 Season 1 Episode 9 - Layout at Glen Canyon
    6.7/10(154 votes)

    S1:E9

    A group of models are sent to a construction camp at Glen Canyon to do some fashion shots for a magazine. Jeff Grady head of the crew working at the dam appoints Tod and Buz as bodyguards. Filming Location: Glen Canyon Dam and Page, Arizona

    Director:Elliot Silverstein
    Writer:Stirling Silliphant

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  13. Route 66 Season 4 Episode 7 - The Stone Guest
    6.6/10(73 votes)

    S4:E7

    Spinster Hazel comes to Colorado. She meets Ben Beldon, who was in the Army with Linc. Ben is now a miner amd a trouble-maker. Ben and Hazel get trapped in a mine. Filming Location: Central City, Colorado

    Director:Allen H. Miner
    Writer:Stirling Silliphant

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  14. Route 66 Season 1 Episode 11 - A Fury Slinging Flame
    6.7/10(136 votes)

    S1:E11

    The boys meet scientist Mark Christopher and his friends who intend to remain in Carlsbad Caverns until a predicted nuclear war is over. Filming Location: Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico

    Director:Elliot Silverstein
    Writer:Stirling Silliphant

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  15. Route 66 Season 2 Episode 30 - A Feat of Strength
    6.6/10(69 votes)

    S2:E30

    A refugee Hungarian wrestling champion finds that American wrestling has it's own set of rules when he is offered a position as a ""good guy"" wrestler. Filming Location: Los Angeles, California

    Director:David Lowell Rich
    Writer:Joseph Petracca

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  16. Route 66 Season 3 Episode 14 - Give an Old Cat a Tender Mouse
    6.7/10(101 votes)

    S3:E14

    Tod meets Vicki Russell again (from ""How Much a Pound is Albatross""). She is again riding her motorcycle and this time has a boyfriend Frank pursuing her. Filming Location: Memphis, Tennessee

    Director:Tom Gries
    Writer:Stirling Silliphant

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  17. Route 66 Season 2 Episode 26 - Kiss the Maiden All Forlorn
    6.7/10(88 votes)

    S2:E26

    Tod and Buz meet Charles Clayton, a fugitive swindler who has returned to the US. Filming Location: Dallas, Texas

    Director:David Lowell Rich
    Writer:Stirling Silliphant

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  18. Route 66 Season 3 Episode 24 - Narcissus on an Old Red Fire Engine
    6.7/10(78 votes)

    S3:E24

    Linc meets a girl named Janie in a tavern and she gives him a knockout drink. Filming Location: Galveston, Texas

    Director:Ralph Senensky
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Route 66 Season 4 Episode 19 - This is Going to Hurt Me More Than It Hurts You
    6.8/10(73 votes)

    S4:E19

    Tod and Linc meet Harlan Livingston III, a naive millionaire who is surrounded by women who are pretending to be hurt. Filming Location: St. Augustine, Florida

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Stirling Silliphant

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  20. Route 66 Season 4 Episode 4 - Where Are the Sounds of Celli Brahms
    6.9/10(70 votes)

    S4:E4

    Tod and Linc work at a beauty contest with Celli who is an acoustical engineer. Filming Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota

    Director:Allen H. Miner
    Writer:Stirling Silliphant

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  21. Route 66 Season 4 Episode 20 - Follow the White Dove With the Broken Wing
    6.9/10(70 votes)

    S4:E20

    A disturbed teenager kills his friend. Filming Location: Unknown

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Route 66 Season 1 Episode 3 - The Swan Bed
    7.0/10(176 votes)

    S1:E3

    Tod and Buz arrive in New Orleans during a parrot-fever epidemic. They meet a girl named Carrie Purcell and ask her out for a date. Carrie doesn't have money to afford nice clothes. Filming Location: New Orleans, Louisiana

    Director:Elliot Silverstein
    Writer:Stirling Silliphant

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  23. Route 66 Season 1 Episode 7 - Three Sides
    7.0/10(172 votes)

    S1:E7

    The boys work on a ranch and encounter a rancher's son. Joey dances on a table. Filming Location: Grants Pass, Oregon

    Director:Philip Leacock
    Writer:Stirling Silliphant

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  24. Route 66 Season 1 Episode 8 - Legacy for Lucia
    7.0/10(146 votes)

    S1:E8

    Tod and Buz are working as loggers in Oregon. They meet an Italian girl, Lucia Trapani, who has come from Sicily to buy a new Madonna for her church. She plans to do it by selling her only possessions. Filming Location: Merlin, Oregon

    Director:Philip Leacock
    Writer:Stirling Silliphant

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  25. Route 66 Season 3 Episode 12 - Only by Cunning Glimpses
    7.0/10(85 votes)

    S3:E12

    Mentalist Brycie Koseloff makes dire predictions about Tod's future including predicting that finally Tod will kill Buz. Her predictions start coming true. Filming Location: Cleveland, Ohio

    Director:Tom Gries
    Writer:Stirling Silliphant

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Come Home Greta Inger Gruenchaffen" is the worst rated episode of Route 66. It scored 5.5/10 from 74 votes. Directed by Philip Leacock and written by Stirling Silliphant, it aired on December 13, 1963. This episode scored 0.5 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Same Picture, Different Frame".

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