The Outsider
The Outsider was the story of David Ross, a go-it-alone private investigator who's always where the action is. Darren McGavin played Ross, a man living in an off-beat, always-dangerous world. The series aired for one season on NBC and was a precursor of sorts to The Rockford Files in that it featured a loner private detective who had previously done time in prison for a crime he didn't commit and who never quite fit into a rapidly changing environment.
Cast
Darren McGavin
David Ross
Seasons
E1For Members Only
Sep 18, 1968
Ross is hired to go undercover in an exclusive club to ferret out a cardsharp who has been fleecing some of its members.
E2What Flowers Daisies Are
Sep 25, 1968
Ross is hired to find a missing model. At first the case seems routine but then he stumbles into a million dollar con game and murder.
E3Along Came a Spider
Oct 2, 1968
Ross is hired by a woman who lent her fiancee $6,000. Then the poor fellow got himself killed and now his erstwhile intended wants her money back.
E4A Wide Place in the Road
Oct 9, 1968
Ross travels to a small town in search of a car thief and bail jumper who was once an athletic hero in the town.
E5Cold as Ashes
Oct 16, 1968
Ross is hired to carry the ashes of a recently deceased man from Los Angeles to San Francisco but soon discovers that others are following him with mayhem in their hearts. He then tries to figure out why.
E6A Time to Run
Oct 30, 1968
A defense attorney hires Ross to find a missing witness in a murder case. Ross finds him but then things go from bad to worse.
E7Love Is Under "L"
Nov 6, 1968
A millionaire hires Ross to find his missing galpal. Ross finds her and soon discovers that she is in hiding for good reason.
E8The Twenty-Thousand Dollar Carrot
Nov 13, 1968
Ross must try to return a man who supposedly died from his hiding place in Mexico back to the United States along with the insurance money he got after faking his death.
E9One Long Stemmed American Beauty
Nov 20, 1968
Ross begins to wonder if the suicide of a renowned stage and dancing legend was murder.
E10I Can't Hear You Scream
Nov 27, 1968
Ross is running down leads to save a convict from the gas chamber but he doesn't have much time remaining.
E11Tell It Like It Was--and You're Dead
Dec 4, 1968
A former burlesque queen hires Ross to find out who's been making death threats against her personage.
E12The Land of the Fox
Dec 18, 1968
On a case, Ross falls for a woman involved in the case and with some rough characters.
E13There Was a Little Girl
Dec 25, 1968
Ross is hired when a woman shows up on a millionaire's doorstep claiming that the girl she has raised is his. It all has to do with a twelve year old kidnapping case for which a ransom was paid yet the victim never seen again.
E14The Girl from Missouri
Jan 8, 1969
A naive midwestern gal hires Ross to locate her missing brother. He soon learns that the sibling is involved with some very unsavory types.
E15The Secret of Mareno Bay
Jan 15, 1969
Ross searches for a missing novelist in a town where most of the residents are glad that the man is gone.
E16The Old School Tie
Jan 22, 1969
Ross's old prison buddy, who once saved his life, insists that the gumshoe join him in an extortion plot and he won't take no for an answer.
E17A Bowl of Cherries
Jan 29, 1969
When Ross offers to help out the son of an old friend he soon finds himself tangled up in a homicide.
E18Behind God's Back
Feb 5, 1969
Ross goes to Acapulco to find a millionaire's runaway daughter. He locates her among the jet set there then tries to convince her that some of her playmates are up to no good.
E19Take the Key and Lock Him Up
Feb 12, 1969
Investigating a shooting in a rural town, Ross is arrested on charges of selling marijuana.
E20The Flip Side
Feb 26, 1969
A homely looking woman hires Ross to find her missing glamorous model twin sister. He finds her and discovers that she's mixed up in extortion and a narcotics trafficking ring.
E21Handle with Care
Mar 5, 1969
Hired by an insurance company to investigate a series of truck hijackings, Ross poses as a drifter named Leo Martin and joins the hijacking ring.
E22All the Social Graces
Mar 12, 1969
A crude and rough hewn millionaire hires Ross but he's killed before our protagonist can discover why he's been hired. Ross's investigation leads to an elegant tennis club which considered the deceased too uncouth for membership.
E23A Lot of Muscle
Mar 26, 1969
Ross is hired by a hard as nails, unbending cop who's facing an indictment on a bribery charge. Suspecting a possible frame-up, he begins checking out the cop's enemies and the man has a whole bunch.
E24Periwinkle Blue
Apr 2, 1969
A woman has already buried two previous husbands and her third hires Ross to make sure she's not planning on being a widow for the third time.
E25Service for One
Apr 9, 1969
Ross is hired to tail a recently paroled convict who is supposedly the only person who knows the exact location of missing money in the amount of $250,000. But, as could be expected, he's not the only one searching for the missing loot.
E26Through a Stained Glass Window
Apr 16, 1969
Ross is hired to serve a subpoena on a Howard Hughes like millionaire who has never been photographed and uncovers a curious love affair along with a murder plot.
Storyline
The Outsider was the story of David Ross, a go-it-alone private investigator who's always where the action is. Darren McGavin played Ross, a man living in an off-beat, always-dangerous world. The series aired for one season on NBC and was a precursor of sorts to The Rockford Files in that it featured a loner private detective who had previously done time in prison for a crime he didn't commit and who never quite fit into a rapidly changing environment.
