I Spy
Bridge of Spies
TV Flash files “Bridge of Spies” as hour 37 of 82 in the TV Flash guide — I Spy (1965–1968) on NBC, season 2, episode 9, aired 1966-11-09, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E09: listed hour 37 of 82 in the I Spy guide, hour 9 of 28 in season 2. It aired 1966-11-09 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Will the Real Good Guys Please Stand Up?” (S02E08). Next is “One of Our Bombs is Missing” (S02E10).
Viewer FAQ
Where does Bridge of Spies sit in the I Spy guide?
S02E09 is listed hour 37 of 82 — hour 9 of 28 in season 2, season 2 episode 9.
When did I Spy S02E09 air?
Bridge of Spies aired 1966-11-09 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…