Search

Overview

Search is an American science fiction series that aired on Wednesday nights on NBC at 10 pm ET, from September 1972 to August 1973. It ran for 23 episodes, not including the two-hour pilot film originally titled Probe. When picked up for series production, the title had to be changed because Probe was the name of an existing PBS series. In the UK the series aired on BBC 1 under the title Search Control.

The show was created by Leslie Stevens, and produced by Leslie Stevens, Robert Justman, John Strong and Tony Spinner. The high concept was described as "science fiction in today's world" and the episodes featured many high-tech elements which are considered common in current science fiction shows.

Episodes

S01E01 The Murrow Disappearance

September 13, 1972 60 min
Series Premiere. Lockwood investigates the disappearance of a State Department Official, which leads him to a private Country Club where the key to the operation may be a card game.

S01E02 One of Our Probes Is Missing

September 20, 1972 60 min
Tony Franciosa's first episode. Omega Probe Agent Nick Bianco travels to England to find a missing Probe agent who was investigating perfect counterfeit $100 bills.

S01E03 Short Circuit

September 27, 1972 60 min
Doug McClure's first episode. Stand-by Probe Agent C. R. Grover races against the clock to prevent an electronics expert from destroying Probe Control with a Mega-Trans Package...a device that makes anything carrying electricity self-destruct.

S01E04 Moonrock

October 4, 1972 60 min
Lockwood tracks down the man who stole a football-sized diamond brought back from the moon.

S01E05 Live Men Tell Tales

October 11, 1972 60 min
Bianco travels to the Adriatic to determine if a missing Probe Agent was kidnapped, killed or deserting his job and his wife.

S01E06 Operation Iceman

October 25, 1972 60 min
Bianco has to prevent the assassination of a diplomat by a hitman known only as ""The Iceman"".

S01E07 The Bullet

November 1, 1972 60 min
Lockwood travels to an iron curtain country to bring out the scientist who invented a new deadly toxin and has the only formula for the cure. In the process Lockwood becomes infected by the toxin.

S01E08 In Search of Midas

November 8, 1972 60 min
Grover sets out to find recluse billionaire J.R. Devlin, who has not been seen in public for 18 months.

S01E09 The Adonis File

November 15, 1972 60 min
Lockwood investigates threats against a talk-show host who is running for the U.S. Senate.

S01E10 Flight to Nowhere

November 22, 1972 60 min
Lockwood asks for Probe Control's help in finding a friend who disappeared, along with his plane, in the desert.

S01E11 The Gold Machine

December 20, 1972 60 min
Lockwood travels to San Francisco to find a gold mine that has been lost since the early 1900's.

S01E12 Let Us Prey

January 3, 1973 60 min
Bianco investigates the disappearance of a woman he was once involved with...only to find the whole thing was a trap set up by the woman's jealous fiance.

S01E13 A Honeymoon to Kill

January 10, 1973 60 min
Carla Lucchese, daughter of a billionaire industrialist, is shot at on her wedding day and promptly disappears. Her anxious husband hires Grover to track down his wife; however it soon emerges that other members of...

S01E14 The Twenty-Four Carat Hit

January 24, 1973 60 min
First episode with the new set and slightly revised format. Bianco tries to help a fellow Probe agent, who is injured and is out on his own to find the people who killed his wife...

S01E15 Numbered for Death

January 31, 1973 60 min
Grover travels to Switzerland to investigate the black-mailing of people who have secret numbered accounts in a Swiss Bank.

S01E16 Countdown to Panic

February 7, 1973 60 min
Lockwood has to track down a friend who was infected by a mysterious and highly contagious disease following a deep sea dive.

S01E17 The Clayton Lewis Document

February 14, 1973 60 min
Bianco goes to Washington to prevent the blackmailing of a friend who is the key to an upcoming international summit.

S01E18 Goddess of Destruction

February 21, 1973 60 min
Grover has to find a stolen statue, which may signal the revival of an ancient criminal order.

S01E19 The Mattson Papers

February 28, 1973 60 min
Bianco looks for a missing comptroller, whose journals could bring down an organized crime ring.

S01E20 Moment of Madness

March 14, 1973 60 min
Grover looks for Cameron, who was kidnapped from Probe Control by an old army trainee, who blames Cameron for his capture and torture during the Korean War.

S01E21 Ends of the Earth

March 21, 1973 60 min
Bianco's investigation of missing criminals leads him to a travel agency whose speciality is helping wanted criminals escape.

S01E22 Suffer My Child

March 28, 1973 60 min
Lockwood looks for the daughter of a financial wizard who was kiddnaped...or who arranged her own kiddnapping.

S01E23 The Packagers

April 11, 1973 60 min
Grover's search for a missing officer previously involved in a failed military coup carries him into the heart of a group planning a full-scale revolution.

Cast

Anthony Franciosa
Anthony Franciosa
Nick Bianco
Burgess Meredith
Burgess Meredith
V.C.R. Cameron
Doug McClure
Doug McClure
C.R. Grover
Hugh O'Brian
Hugh O'Brian
Hugh Lockwood
Angel Tompkins
Angel Tompkins
Gloria Harding
Byron Chung
Kuroda

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