

The Outsider
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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- Ep 1
1.For Members Only
18-09-196860mRoss 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
7.025-09-196860mRoss 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
7.002-10-196860mRoss 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
09-10-196860mRoss 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
6.016-10-196860mRoss 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
30-10-196860mA 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"
7.006-11-196860mA 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
7.013-11-196860mRoss 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
8.020-11-196860mRoss begins to wonder if the suicide of a renowned stage and dancing legend was murder.
- Ep 10
10.I Can't Hear You Scream
8.027-11-196860mRoss 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
04-12-196860mA 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
18-12-196860mOn a case, Ross falls for a woman involved in the case and with some rough characters.
- Ep 13
13.There Was a Little Girl
25-12-196860mRoss 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
08-01-196960mA 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
15-01-196960mRoss 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
22-01-196960mRoss'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
29-01-196960mWhen 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
05-02-196960mRoss 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
12-02-196960mInvestigating a shooting in a rural town, Ross is arrested on charges of selling marijuana.
- Ep 20
20.The Flip Side
26-02-196960mA 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
05-03-196960mHired 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
12-03-196960mA 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
26-03-196960mRoss 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
02-04-196960mA 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
09-04-196960mRoss 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
16-04-196960mRoss 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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