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S3.E13 ∙ The Face of the Enemy
January 3, 1962Highly-decorated veteran, Cornelius 'Neil' Daggett (Jack Warden), has deteriorated from hero to alcoholic bum since the end of the war, having alienated his wife and family. He desperately wants to again become a hero to them, but his efforts turn into tragedy.
S3.E14 ∙ Portrait of a Painter
January 10, 1962A mentally-disturbed young painter (William Shatner) confesses to murdering his wife, who was found on the floor of his studio. But the detectives seek to establish, with the help of the painter's psychiatrist, the full set of details that the painter cannot seem to recollect, which could prove either his guilt or innocence.
S3.E15 ∙ The Night the Saints Lost Their Halos
January 17, 1962A middle-aged neighborhood doctor faces a moral dilemma after a young man, Joey (Peter Fonda), who is like a son to her, and his friend Phillip (Martin Sheen) break into a fire-damaged haberdashery, and Phillip gets shot and wounded.
S3.E16 ∙ The Contract
January 24, 1962Both the fiance and the guardian of a beautiful dead young woman claim to have murdered her, and it's up to the detectives to discover who's telling the truth.
S3.E17 ∙ One of the Most Important Men in the Whole World
January 31, 1962A widowed gangster is being challenged for custody of his son by his sister in-law. To show the court that he is a positive influence the gangster needs to convince his son's teacher to change a failing grade to an "A". The teacher is stubborn and the gangster offers the tempting bribe of a chorus girl.
S3.E18 ∙ A Case Study of Two Savages
February 7, 1962Two newlyweds from Arkansas, honeymoon in New York City. Their happy time is interrupted by the husband's continual penchant for murder and robbery as a means of getting what he wants for himself and his bride.
S3.E19 ∙ Let Me Die Before I Wake
February 14, 1962A psychologically-troubled moving company owner (Jack Klugman) discovers some troubling truths about his family after a young girl is injured by a hit-and-run truck driver who was really targeting him.
S3.E20 ∙ To Walk Like a Lion
February 28, 1962An embezzler who stole to finance his mother's medical care runs into trouble while trying to end his scheme and return the leftover money.
S3.E21 ∙ Today the Man Who Kills Ants Is Coming
March 7, 1962A mentally-stressed police officer suffers a debilitating breakdown over his family's poor financial condition, catalyzed by missing button on his uniform.
S3.E22 ∙ A Run for the Money
March 14, 1962A middle aged hired killer,who committed his first murder for pay at age 14,is hunted both by organized crime which has put out a contract on his life and the police.Needing a bankroll for leaving the country,the killer hires an "arm".The expert craps player he has chosen to win him money is as unpredictable as the roll of the dice.
S3.E23 ∙ The One Marked Hot Gives Cold
March 21, 1962A man steals records from the orphanage where he grew up, hoping to find his father. At the same time, the age of his young female companion gets him in trouble with the police.
S3.E24 ∙ Without Stick or Sword
March 28, 1962A Burmese Buddhist sailor (William Shatner) seeks revenge upon a ship's captain (Martin Balsam) who refused to pick up the sailor's younger brothers at sea, leaving them to perish.
S3.E25 ∙ Lament for a Dead Indian
April 11, 1962A man recently released from prison comes to NYC to get his friend to join him in running a farm. He is warned that his "partner" is bad news by Flint and Arcaro. The friend is not interested in leaving NYC and is heavily involved in the rackets-including murder. The man tragically tries to help his friend.
S3.E26 ∙ The Sweetly Smiling Face of Truth
April 25, 1962A Broadway agent dies in an actress' apartment and the detectives must discern who among those present is telling the truth: the actress, the married actor with whom she is having an affair, or the actor's chauffeur.
Detective Flint strives to stop his aging Romanian friend from using his big wedding party as cover for a bank robbery.
S3.E28 ∙ Strike a Statue
May 16, 1962A renowned sculptor "immortalizing a moment in time" of a reviled European dictator is warned to stop working on the project. The men warning him, formerly supporters of the dictator but presently seeking his overthrow, are violent. The sculptor refuses to cease working as to him Art is not involved in politics.
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S3.E29 ∙ The Multiplicity of Herbert Konish
May 23, 1962Mild-mannered Herbert Konish is living multiple simultaneous and separate lives, stumping the detectives who are trying to figure out exactly who he is and what crimes he may have committed.
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S3.E30 ∙ The King of Venus Will Take Care of You
May 30, 1962A man wanted by the police for robbery and murder is trapped in a tenement neighborhood.He crosses from building to building via rooftops and eventually hides in a water tank enclosure.The "king" of the neighborhood,a young fatherless boy,may or may not help him to escape from the police dragnet.
S3.E31 ∙ The Rydecker Case
June 6, 1962Adam and an inexperienced D.A. attempt to prosecute the well-connected fiancé of a wealthy New York scion. Adam wonders just who is on trial and gets an education in Justice.
S3.E32 ∙ Memory of a Red Trolley Car
June 13, 1962A chemistry professor develops mental confusion symptoms after being exposed to a dangerous chemical spill, and the detectives race against the clock to find him before his condition deteriorates fatally.
S3.E33 ∙ Goodbye Mama, Hello Auntie Maud
June 20, 1962Chauffeur snuffs his employer with roses, by forcing them in her face as the allergic dowager lies ill. Her agoraphobic daughter is ecstatic that now she'll never have to leave the mansion she loves, but torn over losing her harsh mother. Lt. Parker, a family friend, comforts the young heiress, but she immediately finds more succor in the arms of Harry, the handsome devil in the driver's seat. Flint pushes an objective view of the case on Lt. Parker.
S4.E1 ∙ Hold for Gloria Christmas
September 19, 1962The detectives investigate the murder of an alcoholic Greenwich Village poet, reconstructing his final hours in their search for the killer.
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S4.E2 ∙ Idylls of a Running Back
September 26, 1962Pro football star shot by younger woman when he opens his hotel room door. The press assumes Elvin "Colossus of" Rhodes was cheating on his wife, but Rhodes insists he doesn't even know the quiet, plain waitress. The paper trail fits the woman's claim they were lovers - separate hotel rooms as the player was on the road, gift receipts etc. check out, as Rhodes' life unravels.
S4.E3 ∙ Daughter Am I in My Father's House
October 3, 1962A teenage girl is teased and handled a little roughly by four prankish teenage boys at a movie theater. The girl's father downplays the incident when the NYPD investigates. The father, a WWII combat veteran, has a plan to "save his daughter from any public embarrassment". He will hunt the boys down and mete out justice.
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S4.E4 ∙ And by the Sweat of Thy Brow...
October 10, 1962A young man with a disfigured face lives in the shadows of the city committing petty crimes until a young woman and Detective Flint show him how his self-worth is tied to his actions, not his looks.
S4.E5 ∙ Kill Me While I'm Young So I Can Die Happy!
October 17, 1962A recently-retired policewoman who is facing her own mortality discovers, with the help of Detective Arcaro, how she has missed so many opportunities for happiness.
S4.E6 ∙ Five Cranks for Winter... Ten Cranks for Spring
October 24, 1962Former contender Johnny Meigs, eking out a living after a brain injury, pleads to go back in the ring, to get money to send his unknowing wife Kathy to compete in a floral show in Baltimore. Crooked boxing manager Gus Slate lines up an elderly, alcoholic physician to give Meigs a passing physical.
S4.E7 ∙ Go Fight City Hall
October 31, 1962A subway fare taker who tried to hide his drunken escapades by falsely reporting a crime, goes on a mini crime spree to try to make fools of the investigating detectives.
S4.E8 ∙ Torment Him Much and Hold Him Long
November 7, 1962To remain straight, an ex-con informs on the would-be robbers of a bar where he works, instead of helping the stickup men, his former pals. But the hoods' connection to Link Toland, a seemingly respectable businessman with serious political juice, cranks the heat way up on the young informant, his family, the investigating detectives, and even the tavern owner.
S4.E9 ∙ Make It Fifty Dollars and Add Love to Nona
November 14, 1962An old, but vibrant, man is shuffled off to an "Elderly Citizen's" home by his wealthy son. Both to get his son's attention and amuse himself, the man begins to make threatening crank telephone calls. A fellow resident, a retired cop, overhears him doing this and begins to blackmail his "friend".
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S4.E10 ∙ A Horse Has a Big Head - Let Him Worry!
November 21, 1962An almost-blind young man roams the streets of New York after separating from his class, while his teacher (Diahann Carroll) attempts to convince his parents that the boy can learn to ably use his limited sight and not become completely blind.
S4.E11 ∙ Dust Devil on a Quiet Street
November 28, 1962An acting class prank gone tragically awry leads the detectives to look closely at a talented but emotionally-tortured student.
S4.E12 ∙ The Virtues of Madame Douvay
December 5, 1962Dishwasher carved to death, while Adam & Libby slurp wine in a French bistro. The restaurateur accused the kitchen helper of amouring his wife, so Lt. Parker targets him, not knowing the Frenchwoman totally entrances the mysterious real killer. Libby's acting career bellies out faster than a soufflé, so she presses Adam to romp off to Paris together, instead of him pursuing other murder suspects.
S4.E13 ∙ King Stanislaus and the Knights of the Round Stable
December 12, 1962Two longtime Polish friends in the meat business have some bad blood between them and fight to resolve their issues.
S4.E14 ∙ Spectre of the Rose Street Gang
December 19, 1962Construction workers unearth the skeleton of a 14-year old boy, dead and buried for about 25 years. The only clue to his identity -- and fate -- is a cigarette lighter with the monogram JLY. Learning of this from the morning paper, perpetual ne'er-do-well Sam Langan recognizes both the dead boy and a chance to advance himself.
S4.E15 ∙ Don't Knock It Till You've Tried It
December 26, 1962Two Las Vegas showgirls travel to New York for the purpose of abducting a married psychiatrist with whom one of the women had an affair. The apparent motivation is to force the man to leave his wife for the Las Vegas dancer.