I Spy
Sparrowhawk
TV Flash files “Sparrowhawk” as hour 35 of 82 in the TV Flash guide — I Spy (1965–1968) on NBC, season 2, episode 7, aired 1966-10-26, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E07: listed hour 35 of 82 in the I Spy guide, hour 7 of 28 in season 2. It aired 1966-10-26 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Trial by Treehouse” (S02E06). Next is “Will the Real Good Guys Please Stand Up?” (S02E08).
Viewer FAQ
Where does Sparrowhawk sit in the I Spy guide?
S02E07 is listed hour 35 of 82 — hour 7 of 28 in season 2, season 2 episode 7.
When did I Spy S02E07 air?
Sparrowhawk aired 1966-10-26 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Where should I start?
Any Culp-and-Cosby mission on location shows the contract: tennis-pro covers, buddy rhythm, Scott as full co-lead. The series is weekly adventure, not a single serial hunt.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Tennis-bum cover stories, globe-trotting missions, and two equals sharing the frame: Robert Culp and Bill Cosby made interracial buddy espionage look like a travelogue with a serve. Cosby's Alexander Scott was a lead, not a sidekick — a mid-sixties network color line crossed in style. Location glamour plus chemistry.
Tennis-bum cover stories, globe-trotting missions, two equals sharing the frame. NBC's *I Spy* (1965–1968; 82 episodes) put Robert Culp's Kelly Robinson and Bill Cosby's Alexander Scott on the road as undercover agents, and Cosby's Scott was a lead, not a sidekick — a mid-sixties network color line crossed in style. David Friedkin and Morton Fine emphasized international location filming more than studio-bound spy shows. Banter chemistry sold the espionage. On the palate: travelogue chrome, a serve-and-volley…
Filed against
- Robert Culp as Kelly Robinson
Robert Culp’s Kelly Robinson served tennis-bum cover stories on I Spy — globe-trotting equals with Bill Cosby’s Alexander Scott sharing the frame — then barked FBI handler energy at The Greatest American Hero’s klutz in an alien suit.…
- Bill Cosby as Alexander Scott
Bill Cosby’s Alexander Scott made I Spy a two-equal travelogue — 1960s catalog tennis-bum espionage, a Black lead sharing the frame, then The Cosby Show’s 1980s multi-cam hearth becoming television history with the later disgrace on the…