The Best Episodes of Surfside 6 Season 2

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   6.9/10(15 votes)

   #1 - Count Seven!

   S2:E19/18/1961

   Ken is hired to investigate theft at an amusement park. He befriends a little girl while there, then finds himself between the girl's divorced parents when the man's fiancee turns up murdered and the little girl's stuffed birthday present is stolen at gunpoint from her home.

   Director:Richard C. Sarafian

   Writer:Unknown

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2. 

   6.2/10(14 votes)

   #2 - The Wedding Guest

   S2:E29/25/1961

   When Daphne is kidnapped on the way to a friend's wedding in Nassau, Sandy discovers the truth about the prospective groom.

   Director:Irving J. Moore

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Irving J. Moore

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3. 

   7.4/10(15 votes)

   #3 - One for the Road

   S2:E310/2/1961

   When Daphne falls in love with a mysterious young nomad, the detectives are suspicious of his past.

   Director:Robert Douglas

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Robert Douglas

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4. 

   6.9/10(14 votes)

   #4 - Daphne, Girl Detective

   S2:E410/9/1961

   Daphne invites a friend of hers and her actor husband to a party on the houseboat. The couple argue and leave separately. He waits for Daphne's friend and kills her. Daphne strongly suspects this, but since Lt. Plehn and the SurfSide detectives refuse to listen to her theories she decides to take matters into her own hands.

   Director:Leslie Goodwins

   Writer:Herman Groves

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   Director:Leslie Goodwins

   Writer:Herman Groves
5. 

   5.5/10(12 votes)

   #5 - The Empty House

   S2:E510/16/1961

   A wealthy businessman hires Ken to look after his wild daughter. The girl is enamored with an ex-con who owes a crime boss $25,000. When the man turns up dead, she confesses to his murder.

   Director:Robert Douglas

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Robert Douglas

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6. 

   5.9/10(17 votes)

   #6 - Witness for the Defense

   S2:E610/23/1961

   Dave Thorne tries to defend Sandy, who is facing a murder charge after slugging a drunken attacker who was found dead only minutes later.

   Director:George Waggner

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:George Waggner

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7. 

   5.3/10(15 votes)

   #7 - Laugh for the Lady

   S2:E710/30/1961

   Dave Thorne runs into an old girlfriend who turns out to be involved in a marital triangle that leads to attempted murder.

   Director:Leslie Goodwins

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Leslie Goodwins

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   5.9/10(14 votes)

   #8 - The Affairs at Hotel Delight

   S2:E811/6/1961

   While preparing to leave a tiny hotel Ken finds a young woman passed out in the hall outside his room. He revives her and discovers she is carrying $45,000 ransom money for her abducted boyfriend. Ken, against his better judgment, decides to help her ""negotiate"" with the kidnappers because she is $5,000 short of their ransom demand -- and she keeps fainting.

   Director:Robert Douglas

   Writer:Montgomery Pittman

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   Director:Robert Douglas

   Writer:Montgomery Pittman
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   6.4/10(15 votes)

   #9 - Jonathan Wembley Is Missing

   S2:E911/13/1961

   Sandy is persuaded to help a ventriloquist whose dummy has been kidnapped.

   Director:Irving J. Moore

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Irving J. Moore

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10. 

    7.2/10(15 votes)

    #10 - The Old School Tie

    S2:E1011/20/1961

    Jersey State, Dave's alma mater, is holding its class of 1951 reunion at the Fontainebleau Hotel. The reunion opens up old wounds that lead to murder.

    Director:Michael O'Herlihy

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Michael O'Herlihy

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11. 

    6.6/10(13 votes)

    #11 - A Matter of Seconds

    S2:E1111/27/1961

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    Director:George Waggner

    Writer:Stephen Lord

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    Director:George Waggner

    Writer:Stephen Lord
12. 

    5.9/10(15 votes)

    #12 - Prescription for Panic

    S2:E1212/4/1961

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    Director:Sidney Salkow

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Sidney Salkow

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13. 

    7.1/10(12 votes)

    #13 - A Slight Case of Chivalry

    S2:E1312/18/1961

    Dave is the focal point in the hunt for Dan Castle, Dave's one-time employer in a private investigative office in New York. People inquiring as to the man's whereabouts include a bounty hunter who is out for the $5,000 reward on Castle's head on a murder charge in New York and a woman who claims to be his wife. Dave tries to sort out who is telling the truth about his one-time co-worker before the bounty hunter makes Castle his sixth victim.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Michael Fessier

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    Writer:Michael Fessier
14. 

    6.4/10(14 votes)

    #14 - Pattern for a Frame

    S2:E1412/25/1961

    A judge's daughter trips and falls on the beach near Ken, injuring her ankle. The ""accident"" leads to the two going out for dinner. What Ken doesn't know is the woman is being blackmailed by a racket boss to lure Ken into a trap where he will be accused of murder.

    Director:Irving J. Moore

    Writer:Herman Groves

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    Director:Irving J. Moore

    Writer:Herman Groves
15. 

    5.8/10(14 votes)

    #15 - The Roust

    S2:E151/1/1962

    When Ken inquires as to why his partner left the Boom Boom Room in an angry huff, Dave says he saw a man he wanted to kill. The man in question is Bernard ""Chilly"" Childress, a ruthless criminal whom Dave once unsuccessfully prosecuted in New York, and who was responsible for Dave once being shot in the chest. Lt. Plehn has word that Childress is planning on moving to Miami, so Dave sets out to do what he failed to do in New York: finish off Childress.

    Director:Robert Douglas

    Writer:Unknown

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16. 

    6.3/10(15 votes)

    #16 - The Quarterback

    S2:E161/8/1962

    A woman, the former girlfriend of a convicted mob boss, tells Lt. Plehn's brother, a star quarterback preparing to play in the Orange Bowl, that she is Lt. Plehn's mistress, and he stole evidence. Her boyfriend approaches the football star and tells him that, unless he throws the outcome of the Orange Bowl, the district attorney will be contacted and Lt. Plehn will be arrested. The charges aren't true, but the quarterback is so angry at his brother over the story that he refuses to talk to him. Sandy knows something is wrong after he sees Lt. Plehn's brother with a racketeer, but he has only one day before the big game to sort everything out.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Herman Groves

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    Writer:Herman Groves
17. 

    6.2/10(13 votes)

    #17 - Separate Checks

    S2:E171/15/1962

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    Director:Sidney Salkow

    Writer:Unknown

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18. 

    5.7/10(14 votes)

    #18 - Artful Deceit

    S2:E181/22/1962

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    Director:Charles R. Rondeau

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Charles R. Rondeau

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19. 

    6.2/10(15 votes)

    #19 - Anniversary Special

    S2:E191/29/1962

    A famous TV star's plans for a gala program coinciding with his wedding anniversary face a potential shipwreck when his wife tells him she wants a divorce. He hires Dave to look after her, presenting her as a ""nervous"" type who might try suicide. Dave believes there is something more sinister behind her ""emotional"" problems, centered around her husband's ego and political aspirations.

    Director:Robert Douglas

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Robert Douglas

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20. 

    6.3/10(15 votes)

    #20 - The Surfside Swindle

    S2:E202/5/1962

    Not realizing that he is being taken by a conman, Garibaldi Dinato pays a year's rent up front to lease the Surfside 6 houseboat as a new location for his Italian restaurant.

    Director:George Waggner

    Writer:Robert Vincent Wright

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    Director:George Waggner

    Writer:Robert Vincent Wright
21. 

    6.2/10(13 votes)

    #21 - Who Is Sylvia?

    S2:E212/12/1962

    Sylvia, the head of a flourishing swimsuit company, walked off the job. Her husband hires Dave to find her, portraying her as mentally unstable and having made threats on his life. Dave finds Sylvia but she runs away rather than return to her business. When her husband turns up dead, Lt. Plehn seeks her arrest, ignoring the information Dave and Ken uncover about other possible suspects.

    Director:Richard Benedict

    Writer:Unknown

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22. 

    6.7/10(10 votes)

    #22 - Find Leroy Burdette

    S2:E222/19/1962

    A woman from South Carolina shows up at the office while Ken's trying to go fishing and asks him to find the boyfriend that jilted her. Initially reluctant, Ken takes the job and discovers that her ex-boyfriend has mob ties. Meanwhile, Daphne and Cha Cha attempt to improve her wardrobe in case Ken finds her boyfriend, and Lt. Plehn is trying to establish a case on a murdered mobster.

    Director:Robert Douglas

    Writer:Unknown

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23. 

    5.5/10(12 votes)

    #23 - Many a Slip

    S2:E232/26/1962

    Sandy is hired to find an old acquaintance, the director of a lingere show. He encounters a number of romantic double-crosses. One member of the show entourage turns up dead, an apparent suicide, but Sandy thinks otherwise.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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24. 

    5.0/10(15 votes)

    #24 - The Green Beret

    S2:E243/5/1962

    Dave is temporarily reactivated into the military as a training officer. Intelligence has an enemy agent under surveillance and knows that her contact is in the unit Dave is training, but they don't know who the spy is. Dave must discover who the spy is to prevent his unit's ordered simulated attack on a nuclear power facility from becoming real.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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25. 

    7.0/10(17 votes)

    #25 - Vendetta Arms

    S2:E253/12/1962

    Daphne befriends five retired old crooks sharing a house together. A young crook is staying there and is stealing things and threatening everyone.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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