The Green Hornet
Ace in the Hole
TV Flash files “Ace in the Hole” as hour 20 of 27 in the TV Flash guide — The Green Hornet (1966–1967) on ABC, season 1, episode 20, aired 1967-02-03, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E20: listed hour 20 of 27 in the The Green Hornet guide, hour 20 of 27 in season 1. It aired 1967-02-03 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Corpse of the Year (2)” (S01E19). Next is “Bad Bet on a 459--Silent” (S01E21).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Hornet schemes to turn two of the city's biggest mobsters against each other. However, Mike's pursuit of the story puts him into harm's way until Hornet decides to use him in his plan.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Ace in the Hole sit in the The Green Hornet guide?
S01E20 is listed hour 20 of 27 — hour 20 of 27 in season 1, season 1 episode 20.
When did The Green Hornet S01E20 air?
Ace in the Hole aired 1967-02-03 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Where should I start?
Reid and Kato, Black Beauty, a fight that lets Lee choreograph — that is the outsized hour. Twenty-six episodes; the crossover with Batman is extra universe flavor.
In the series
Why this series still plays
The Green Hornet lasted one ABC season and still changed the room: Van Williams as Britt Reid, the Black Beauty, and Bruce Lee's Kato stealing fights with choreography American television had not seen. A Batman-adjacent hero hour that became a martial-arts star launch. Lee's precision against comic-strip vigilantism — short, stylish, outsized in every later reboot talk.
One ABC season. **Twenty-six episodes (twenty-seven hours in this pack), 1966–1967.** That is the whole window, and it still changed the room: Van Williams as Britt Reid, the Black Beauty, and Bruce Lee's Kato stealing fights with choreography American television had not seen. George W. Trendle and Fran Striker's pulp hero, Wende Wagner as Lenore Case, gas gun and two-fisted newspaper-playboy vigilantism. A Batman-adjacent hero hour that became a martial-arts star launch. Rex will toast the pulp cathedral. The…
Filed against
- Van Williams as Britt Reid / Green Hornet
Van Williams’s Britt Reid — the Green Hornet — lasted one ABC season and still changed the room: the Black Beauty, a Batman-adjacent hero hour, and Bruce Lee’s Kato stealing fights with choreography American television had not seen.…
- Bruce Lee as Kato
Bruce Lee stole The Green Hornet as Kato — one ABC season, Van Williams as Britt Reid, the Black Beauty, and fight choreography American television had not seen. A Batman-adjacent hero hour that became a martial-arts launch. TV Flash…
- Wende Wagner as Lenore Case
Wende Wagner’s Lenore Case kept The Green Hornet’s newsroom human while Van Williams’s Britt Reid and Bruce Lee’s Kato changed the room in one ABC season. Black Beauty chrome, Batman-adjacent hero hour, martial-arts star launch. TV Flash…