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Man in a Suitcase - Episode Guide

Season 1

Brainwash

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Sep 27, 1967

Brainwash

McGill falls into the hand of an African country's President that he helped depose. The man tries to brainwash McGill into confessing U.S. involvement, but it soon becomes clear he has a deeper motive.

The Sitting Pigeon

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Oct 4, 1967

The Sitting Pigeon

The London police hire McGill to bodyguard a stool pigeon who is ratting out his brothers on a murder charge. Problem is, the pigeon doesn't want to cooperate and his brothers' boss wants him dead.

Day of Execution

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Oct 11, 1967

Day of Execution

Bizarre incidents surround McGill as people make threats against him, yelling the mysterious word "Mariocki." McGill has no idea who or what Mariocki is... but if he doesn't find out soon, it will cost him his life.

Variation on a Million Bucks, Part 1

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Oct 18, 1967

Variation on a Million Bucks, Part 1

McGill's friend, a Russian defector, has absconded with a million dollars and hidden the safety-deposit box key. Some people will kill to get it, and when one of them succeeds, McGill finds himself caught in the middle.

Variation on a Million Bucks, Part 2

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Oct 25, 1967

Variation on a Million Bucks, Part 2

McGill makes the trip to Lisbon to collect Max's million dollars, but the Americans and the original thief both plan to stop him. Meanwhile, the crew of the freighter McGill is hitching a ride on have their own plans for him.

Man from the Dead

Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Nov 1, 1967

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Mac sees a chance to clear his name when the daughter of Harry Thyssen, the man who ordered him to let LeFabre defect, reports that her father is back from the dead. She soon drops the claim but Mac figures that he's onto something, even though his former superiors warn him off the case.

Sweet Sue

Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Nov 8, 1967

Sweet Sue

A rich man hires McGill to convince his daughter Sue that the two con men she's hanging out with stole $20,000 from his safe.

Essay in Evil

Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Nov 15, 1967

Essay in Evil

Three men join forces to murder the man who is blackmailing all of them. Meanwhile, the blackmailer hires McGill under false pretenses to find out what they're up to.

The Girl Who Never Was

Episode: 1x09 | Airdate: Nov 22, 1967

The Girl Who Never Was

An ex-soldier, Captain Kershaw, is desperate for one big score and offers a black market art dealer a long-lost Botticellli. She hires McGill to track down it down instead, and McGill soon finds himself in a web of intrigue as he tries to figure out what he's been sent to find and who wants it.

All That Glitters

Episode: 1x10 | Airdate: Nov 29, 1967

All That Glitters

McGill is called in by a politician when a young boy goes missing in the country. All signs indicate the boy is dead, but the politician insists that he isn't... and McGill wonders why.

Dead Man's Shoes

Episode: 1x11 | Airdate: Dec 6, 1967

Dead Man's Shoes

McGill is hired by an anonymous employer to track down a man named Gilsen to a sleepy English village. However, it soon turns out that Gilsen is an intelligence report about a drug syndicate... and the syndicate will do anything to stop Gilsen, including terrorizing the village to draw him out of hiding.

Find the Lady

Episode: 1x12 | Airdate: Dec 13, 1967

Find the Lady

In Rome, McGill works with a local informant to recover a stolen necklace and collect the 10% finder's fee from the insurance company. However, when the thief kills the informant, McGill swears revenge.

The Bridge

Episode: 1x13 | Airdate: Dec 20, 1967

The Bridge

A newly appointed Lord hires McGill to find out why his son Tm keeps trying to kill himself by jumping off Albert Bridge. As McGill pursues the case, he discovers that someone doesn't want him to learn the truth about a fatal accident that Tim was involved with.

The Man Who Stood Still

Episode: 1x14 | Airdate: Dec 27, 1967

The Man Who Stood Still

Thirty years after the Spanish Civil War, McGill gets caught up in a new war: an anarchist who spent 30 years in prison wants McGill to determine if his former partner was a traitor or not.

Burden of Proof

Episode: 1x15 | Airdate: Jan 3, 1968

Burden of Proof

A British minister of Public Works embezzles a quarter million pesos from a Central American republic and flees to London. He then hires McGill to bug his apartment, but refuses to explain why.

The Whisper

Episode: 1x16 | Airdate: Jan 10, 1968

The Whisper

An African plantation owner hires McGill to investigate a Jesuit priest who has convinced the locals to strike for their overtime pay. McGill soon uncovers the priest's past, and both men have a hard choice to make.

Why They Killed Nolan

Episode: 1x17 | Airdate: Jan 17, 1968

Why They Killed Nolan

A small-time PI, Thomas Nolan, gets in over his head on a case and turns to his friend McGill for help. However, Nolan ends up dead with McGill framed for his murder.

The Boston Square

Episode: 1x18 | Airdate: Jan 24, 1968

The Boston Square

McGill takes a job to track down an oceanographer, Dalby, and extend an offer for him to return to his firm with the papers he stole. However, McGill soon discovers that Dalby is working with the CIA to track down a submarine base in the Adriatic, and the Albanians will stop him at any cost.

Somebody Loses, Somebody... Wins?

Episode: 1x19 | Airdate: Jan 31, 1968

Somebody Loses, Somebody... Wins?

McGill takes a job in East Germany that leads him into the arms of a former female associate... who is trying to convince the East German authorities that she's a double-agent by betraying McGill.

Blind Spot

Episode: 1x20 | Airdate: Feb 7, 1968

Blind Spot

A rich blind woman is murdered for her jewelry, and the only "witness" is her adopted daughter... who is equally blind. The daughter hires McGill to recover the jewels, but he soon discovers that there's much more involved than a simple robbery.

No Friend of Mine

Episode: 1x21 | Airdate: Feb 14, 1968

No Friend of Mine

McGill is caught in the middle between an African mine company and the workers that it plans to put out of work after a series of sabotage attempts. The former head of the company hires McGill to find out who is really responsible.

Jigsaw Man

Episode: 1x22 | Airdate: Feb 21, 1968

Jigsaw Man

An Italian count hires McGill to get his younger brother to sign papers giving him a $500,000 inheritance. However, McGill soon discovers that the older brother has an ulterior motive... and will do anything to get his younger brother to sign.

Web with Four Spiders

Episode: 1x23 | Airdate: Feb 28, 1968

Web with Four Spiders

A high-profile lawyer on an international space committee hires McGill to find out who has taken incriminating blackmail photos of him and what they want.

Which Way Did He Go, McGill?

Episode: 1x24 | Airdate: Mar 6, 1968

Which Way Did He Go, McGill?

A hijacker leaves prison after five years and comes gunning for his former associates who sold him out for his share of the loot. Meanwhile, a friend of McGill's gets a lead on the location of the missing gold, putting the former agent on the same trail.

The Property of a Gentleman

Episode: 1x25 | Airdate: Mar 13, 1968

The Property of a Gentleman

McGill gets involved in a family affair when a heiress hires him to determine why her father refuses to see her, her brothers obey his wishes... and a childhood painting has gone up for auction.

The Revolutionaries

Episode: 1x26 | Airdate: Mar 20, 1968

The Revolutionaries

Dr. Maza, a political exile, plans to publish a book exposing the head of the new regime as a traitor. He hires McGill to take his daughter Chantal to safety and collect the corroborating evidence to assure the book's publication.

Who's Mad Now?

Episode: 1x27 | Airdate: Mar 27, 1968

Who's Mad Now?

McGill gets a call from a former lover, Joan, who is seeing a laughing blonde woman in her home... and isn't sure if she's sane or delusional.

Three Blinks of the Eyes

Episode: 1x28 | Airdate: Apr 3, 1968

Three Blinks of the Eyes

An older woman hires McGill to determine if her younger husband is having an affair. McGill trails the husband to Paris and confirms that he is... and then the mistress turns up dead, shot with McGill's gun.

Castle in the Clouds

Episode: 1x29 | Airdate: Apr 10, 1968

Castle in the Clouds

A government official hires McGill to recover a broach that he gave to his mistress Magda... but she won't give it back.

Night Flight to Andorra

Episode: 1x30 | Airdate: Apr 17, 1968

Night Flight to Andorra

McGill is forced to work with criminals--and keep the true nature of his mission secret--to break into a Spanish villa and recover a microfilm.

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