The Outsider
The Outsider
TV ShowEnded

The Outsider

5.2 / 10
1968
1 season
26 episodes
Drama

The Outsider was the story of David Ross, a go-it-alone private investigator who's always where the action is. Darren McGavin played Ross, a man living in an off-beat, always-dangerous world. The series aired for one season on NBC and was a precursor of sorts to The Rockford Files in that it featured a loner private detective who had previously done time in prison for a crime he didn't commit and who never quite fit into a rapidly changing environment.

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Seasons

  • Ep 1

    1.For Members Only

    18-09-196860m

    Ross is hired to go undercover in an exclusive club to ferret out a cardsharp who has been fleecing some of its members.

  • Ep 2

    2.What Flowers Daisies Are

    7.0
    25-09-196860m

    Ross is hired to find a missing model. At first the case seems routine but then he stumbles into a million dollar con game and murder.

  • Ep 3

    3.Along Came a Spider

    7.0
    02-10-196860m

    Ross is hired by a woman who lent her fiancee $6,000. Then the poor fellow got himself killed and now his erstwhile intended wants her money back.

  • Ep 4

    4.A Wide Place in the Road

    09-10-196860m

    Ross travels to a small town in search of a car thief and bail jumper who was once an athletic hero in the town.

  • Ep 5

    5.Cold as Ashes

    6.0
    16-10-196860m

    Ross is hired to carry the ashes of a recently deceased man from Los Angeles to San Francisco but soon discovers that others are following him with mayhem in their hearts. He then...

  • Ep 6

    6.A Time to Run

    30-10-196860m

    A defense attorney hires Ross to find a missing witness in a murder case. Ross finds him but then things go from bad to worse.

  • Ep 7

    7.Love Is Under "L"

    7.0
    06-11-196860m

    A millionaire hires Ross to find his missing galpal. Ross finds her and soon discovers that she is in hiding for good reason.

  • Ep 8

    8.The Twenty-Thousand Dollar Carrot

    7.0
    13-11-196860m

    Ross must try to return a man who supposedly died from his hiding place in Mexico back to the United States along with the insurance money he got after faking his death.

  • Ep 9

    9.One Long Stemmed American Beauty

    8.0
    20-11-196860m

    Ross begins to wonder if the suicide of a renowned stage and dancing legend was murder.

  • Ep 10

    10.I Can't Hear You Scream

    8.0
    27-11-196860m

    Ross is running down leads to save a convict from the gas chamber but he doesn't have much time remaining.

  • Ep 11

    11.Tell It Like It Was--and You're Dead

    04-12-196860m

    A former burlesque queen hires Ross to find out who's been making death threats against her personage.

  • Ep 12

    12.The Land of the Fox

    18-12-196860m

    On a case, Ross falls for a woman involved in the case and with some rough characters.

  • Ep 13

    13.There Was a Little Girl

    25-12-196860m

    Ross is hired when a woman shows up on a millionaire's doorstep claiming that the girl she has raised is his. It all has to do with a twelve year old kidnapping case for which a r...

  • Ep 14

    14.The Girl from Missouri

    08-01-196960m

    A naive midwestern gal hires Ross to locate her missing brother. He soon learns that the sibling is involved with some very unsavory types.

  • Ep 15

    15.The Secret of Mareno Bay

    15-01-196960m

    Ross searches for a missing novelist in a town where most of the residents are glad that the man is gone.

  • Ep 16

    16.The Old School Tie

    22-01-196960m

    Ross's old prison buddy, who once saved his life, insists that the gumshoe join him in an extortion plot and he won't take no for an answer.

  • Ep 17

    17.A Bowl of Cherries

    29-01-196960m

    When Ross offers to help out the son of an old friend he soon finds himself tangled up in a homicide.

  • Ep 18

    18.Behind God's Back

    05-02-196960m

    Ross goes to Acapulco to find a millionaire's runaway daughter. He locates her among the jet set there then tries to convince her that some of her playmates are up to no good.

  • Ep 19

    19.Take the Key and Lock Him Up

    12-02-196960m

    Investigating a shooting in a rural town, Ross is arrested on charges of selling marijuana.

  • Ep 20

    20.The Flip Side

    26-02-196960m

    A homely looking woman hires Ross to find her missing glamorous model twin sister. He finds her and discovers that she's mixed up in extortion and a narcotics trafficking ring.

  • Ep 21

    21.Handle with Care

    05-03-196960m

    Hired by an insurance company to investigate a series of truck hijackings, Ross poses as a drifter named Leo Martin and joins the hijacking ring.

  • Ep 22

    22.All the Social Graces

    12-03-196960m

    A crude and rough hewn millionaire hires Ross but he's killed before our protagonist can discover why he's been hired. Ross's investigation leads to an elegant tennis club which co...

  • Ep 23

    23.A Lot of Muscle

    26-03-196960m

    Ross is hired by a hard as nails, unbending cop who's facing an indictment on a bribery charge. Suspecting a possible frame-up, he begins checking out the cop's enemies and the ma...

  • Ep 24

    24.Periwinkle Blue

    02-04-196960m

    A woman has already buried two previous husbands and her third hires Ross to make sure she's not planning on being a widow for the third time.

  • Ep 25

    25.Service for One

    09-04-196960m

    Ross is hired to tail a recently paroled convict who is supposedly the only person who knows the exact location of missing money in the amount of $250,000. But, as could be expect...

  • Ep 26

    26.Through a Stained Glass Window

    16-04-196960m

    Ross is hired to serve a subpoena on a Howard Hughes like millionaire who has never been photographed and uncovers a curious love affair along with a murder plot.

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