I know that 'Affair in T'Sien Cha' is the pilot, but I'm curious about the production order of other episodes.
I was able to find, online, production order lists for shows like Man From UNCLE and Mission: Impossible, etc. And it usually makes the show more enjoyable to see the episodes in their correct order.
Does such a list exist for I Spy?
Can anyone point me towards it? Thanks.
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I Spy: A History and Episode Guide to the Groundbreaking Television Series by Marc Cushman and Linda J. LaRosa has the episodes in production order as reconstructed by the authors based on the original episode numbering (which was apparently a little screwy and easy to misinterpret thanks to the very complex production and post-production schedule; episodes were often shot simultaneously and in several pieces and places). This book is an excellent read -- I highly recommend it! The list itself is not up anywhere on the Internet as far as I know.
Here it is (episode numbers from Cushman and LaRosa; first broadcast date in parentheses; please excuse any typos!):
SEASON 1
*HONG KONG
Episode 1: Affair in T'Sien Cha (12/29/65)
Episode 2: Carry Me Back to Old T'Sing-Tao (9/29/65)
Episode 3: So Long, Patrick Henry (9/15/65)
Episode 4: Danny Was a Million Laughs (10/27/65)
Episode 5: A Cup of Kindness (9/22/65)
Episode 6: Chrysanthemum (10/6/65)
Episode 7: Dragon's Teeth (10/13/65)
Episode 8: The Loser (10/20/65)
Episode 9: No Exchange of Damaged Merchandise (11/10/65)
*JAPAN
Episode 10: Time of the Knife (11/3/65)
Episode 11: Tatia (11/17/65)
Episode 12: Weight of the World (12/1/65)
Episode 13: Tigers of Heaven (12/15/65)
Episode 14: Three Hours on a Sunday Night (12/8/65)
Episode 15: Always Say Goodbye (1/26/66)
Episode 16: The Tiger* (1/5/66) *Setting is Vietnam
Episode 17: The Barter (1/12/66)
Episode 18: Court of the Lion (2/2/66)
*MEXICO
Episode 19: Turkish Delight (2/9/66)
Episode 20: Bet Me a Dollar (2/16/66)
Episode 21: Return to Glory (2/23/66)
Episode 22: The Conquest of Maude Murdock (3/2/66)
Episode 23: A Day Called 4 Jaguar (3/9/66)
Episode 24: One Thousand Fine (4/27/66)
Episode 25: Crusade to Limbo (3/23/66)
Episode 26: My Mother the Spy (3/30/66)
Episode 27: There was a Little Girl (4/6/66)
Episode 28: It's All Done with Mirrors (4/13/66)
SEASON 2
*UNITED STATES
Episode 29: Lori (9/21/66)
Episode 30: Sparrowhawk (10/26/66)
Episode 31: Lisa (12/7/66)
Episode 32: Trial by Treehouse (10/19/66)
Episode 33: Will the Real Good Guys Please Stand Up (11/2/66)
Episode 34: So Coldly Sweet (9/14/66)
Episode 35: Little Boy Lost (12/14/66)
*ITALY
Episode 36: Bridge of Spies (10/20/65)
Episode 37: A Gift from Alexander (11/10/65)
Episode 38: Sophia (11/3/65)
Episode 39: Vendetta (11/17/65)
Episode 40: To Florence with Love, Part 1 (12/1/65)
Episode 41: To Florence with Love, Part 2 (12/15/65)
Episode 42: Father Abraham (12/8/65)
Episode 43: Rome Take Away Three (1/26/66)
Episode 44: Tonia (1/5/66)
Episode 45: One of Our Bombs is Missing (1/12/66)
*SPAIN
Episode 46: Child Out of Time (2/2/66)
Episode 47: Magic Mirror (2/9/66)
Episode 48: The Trouble with Temple (2/16/66)
Episode 49: Mainly on the Plains (2/23/66)
Episode 50: The War Lord* (3/2/66) *setting is Burma
Episode 51: A Room with a Rack (3/9/66)
Episode 52: Get Thee to a Nunnery (4/27/66)
Episode 53: Casanova from Canarsie (3/23/66)
Episode 54: Blackout (3/30/66)
Episode 55: Night Train to Madrid (4/6/66)
*UNITED STATES
Episode 56: Cops and Robbers (4/13/66)
SEASON 3
*MOROCCO
Episode 57: Oedipus at Colonus (11/27/67)
Episode 58: The Honorable Assassins (10/16/67)
Episode 59: The Medarra Block (10/2/67)
*GREECE
Episode 60: The Beautiful Children (9/18/67)
Episode 61: Let's Kill Karlovassi (9/11/67)
Episode 62: Laya (9/25/67)
Episode 63: Now You See Her, Now You Don't (10/23/67)
Episode 64: Philotimo (10/9/67)
Episode 65: The Seventh Captain (11/13/67)
Episode 66: The Lotus Eater (12/11/67)
Episode 67: Red Sash of Courage (10/30/67)
*UNITED STATES
Episode 68: This Guy Smith (2/5/68)
Episode 69: Any Place I Hang Myself is Home (1/15/68)
Episode 70: Tag, You're It (1/22/68)
Episode 71: An American Empress (12/25/67)
Episode 72: A Few Miles West of Nowhere (1/29/68)
Episode 73: Home to Judgment (1/18/68)
Episode 74: Apollo (11/20/67)
*MEXICO
Episode 75: The Spy Business (4/1/68)
Episode 76: Happy Birthday, Everybody (2/26/68)
Episode 77: Carmelita is One of Us (4/8/68)
Episode 78: Suitable for Framing (3/25/68)
Episode 79: Turnabout for Traitors (2/19/68)
Episode 80: Name of the Game (3/11/68)
Episode 81: Pinwheel (4/15/68)
Episode 82: Shana (3/4/68)
Wow. I cannot thank you enough. So, so fast.
I am very grateful. And a little bit stunned.
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No problem. I also think I Spy makes more sense in production order (though maybe "intended order" would be a better term, given the crazy production schedule? There actually are small intentional bits of continuity scattered in there here and there, along with the discontinuities...) so I copied the list for my own use and later typed it up to share with others. I hadn't had an occasion to do Season 3 yet so really I should be thanking you :-)
Happy viewing!
Yes, a lot of shows make more sense in production order. I'm not sure what else you are into, but I've sourced (usually online) lists for other shows (Mission: Impossible, UNCLE, Avengers, etc.). Nothing that's very hard to find, of course, if you go searching online but a few are from magazines and things. So they are slightly 'rarer'.
Anyway, if there's any show lists YOU are looking for, then let me know. I might be able to help.
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