Season 1

episodes

E1
1.The Golden Look
Sep 20, 195730m

The Squad is on the lookout for a bank robbery suspect with a unique feature, witnesses say he has gold teeth.

E2
2.The Watchdog
Sep 27, 195730m

Ballinger and the Squad are out to catch a burglar who may have rabies.

E3
3.Neighborhood Killer
Oct 4, 195730m

The squad hunts down a cop killer.

E4
4.Pete Loves Mary
Oct 11, 195730m

The squad goes after a jail inmate who's just escaped.

E5
5.Face of Evil
Oct 18, 195730m

Ballinger investigates the murders of four women. The victims were all connected to the same church and lived within two miles of each other.

E6
6.Street of Fear
Nov 1, 195730m

Chicago cop Frank Ballinger stages a rescue in order to gain the confidence of Alice, a young woman who works for suspected jewelry fence Louis Prince. Pretending to be furniture salesman Bob Steele, Ballinger romances Alice and gets friendly with her boss. But Alice falls for "Bob" and Ballinger must weigh her feelings and safety against his duty as a police officer.

E7
7.The Matinee Trade
Nov 8, 195730m

Lt. Frank Ballinger investigates the case of a gambling ring and its connection to an unidentified police officer. The deeper into the investigation he gets, the more Ballinger becomes concerned that the crooked cop may be an old friend.

E8
8.The Hard Case
Nov 15, 195730m

A jewelry store robbery sends the thief to prison, but his claim that the night watchman, a former big-league ballplayer named Lightnin' Joe Adams, was in on the heist costs Adams his job. Lt. Frank Ballinger goes undercover in prison to find out from the robber whether Adams was involved in the crime and what happened to the loot.

E9
9.Killer in Town
Nov 22, 195730m

Frank Ballinger and his colleagues on the M Squad have to find a needle in a haystack: a cop killer somewhere in the city of Chicago. Their only clues are an old magazine and the killer's habit of saying "You bet."

E10
10.Diamond Hard
Nov 29, 195730m

Lt. Frank Ballinger keeps an eye on Hazel, a bar girl with a record who nonetheless wants to go straight. He discovers she is involved with Joe Mazzerin, a safecracker. Ballinger goes undercover to get the goods on Mazzerin and to learn who his mysterious partner is.

E11
11.The Alibi Witness
Dec 6, 195730m

When perennial loser Wally Gardner is identified as the perpetrator of a robbery-murder, he tells police unique details of a stranger he met miles away at the time of the crime. But when that stranger is found, he says he can prove that HE was miles from where Gardner says they met at the time of the crime. Lt. Frank Ballinger must determine who's lying.

E12
12.The Specialists
Dec 13, 195730m

When a hired gunman gets himself tossed in jail following a fistfight, Lt. Frank Ballinger takes his place undercover as protection for a group of three businessmen who meet once a year to commit a specialized crime.

E13
13.Family Portrait
Dec 20, 195730m

When his partner in an investigation is killed, Lt. Frank Ballinger makes it a personal business to pin the crime on narcotics lord Sam Hinder. But, as Ballinger discovers, Hinder has an unusual reason for wanting to keep the police out of his own personal business.

E14
14.The Palace Guard
Dec 27, 195730m

Gangster Tommy Hatch is wanted for murder, but the police have to keep him safe from other gangsters who want him dead before he can testify against them. Lt. Frank Ballinger is assigned to protect Hatch even though he despises him.

E15
15.The Slow Trap
Jan 3, 195830m

Ballinger investigates the case of a security courier who is charged with robbing himself of $75,000.

E16
16.The Cover Up
Jan 10, 195830m

District Attorney Grover calls for Ballinger to help him sort out a potentially embarrassing situation involving the murder of a former business associate.

E17
17.Blue Indigo
Jan 17, 195830m

The room mate of the third murder victim of the Blue Indigo serial killer may be the only link Ballinger has to catching him.

E18
18.The Long Ride
Jan 24, 195830m

When a convicted murderer gets the upper hand on Lieutenant Ballinger during a train ride back to Chicago, his last best hope for recapturing the felon is the persistence of an alert young boy.

E19
19.The Shakedown
Jan 31, 195830m

Ballinger suspects an inside job when a dry cleaning company refuses to knuckle under to a shakedown mob.

E20
20.Dolly's Bear
Feb 7, 195830m

Kathy Bane, an old flame of Ballinger's, needs his help when a blackmailer trying to extort money turns up dead-- in her apartment.

E21
21.Lover's Lane Killing
Feb 14, 195830m

Ballinger investigates a murder with multiple motives.

E22
22.The Frightened Wife
Feb 21, 195830m

A man's aunt reports her nephew is missing. Ballinger investigates.

E23
23.The Black Mermaid
Feb 28, 195830m

Ballinger goes undercover to capture a robbery suspect.

E24
24.The Man in Hiding
Mar 7, 195830m

Ballinger investigates after a bank robber leaves a pencil at the scene.

E25
25.Chicago Bluebeard
Mar 14, 195830m

A woman dies. Ballinger investigates.

E26
26.Girl Lost
Mar 21, 195830m

A woman loses her memory. Bellinger investigates.

E27
27.Hideout
Mar 28, 195830m

Bank robbers hide in a suburban house.

E28
28.Shot in the Dark
Apr 4, 195830m

A sniper is terrorizing Chicago. Ballinger joins the hunt.

E29
29.The Twenty-Six Girl
Apr 11, 195830m

A young wife is shot by an unknown assailant when she drives with her ex-con husband to an isolated woods in search of their dream home. No one even reports the couple missing until after the police find them dead in the snow. The wife's sister is a wealthy spinster, who takes her time even coming to Chicago, claiming her brother-in-law was threatened with death by a blackmailer. Det. Ballinger suspects the sister knows more than she reveals.

E30
30.Fight
Apr 18, 195830m

A boxer's (Lancaster) life is being threatened soon after another fighter dies after fighting with Lancaster. Suspicion falls on the other fighter's trainer who feels Lancaster is responsible for the death of the other fighter.

E31
31.Guilty Alibi
Apr 25, 195830m

A man confesses to a crime he may not have committed. Meanwhile the president of the company where the man works has been shot to death.

E32
32.The Healer
May 2, 195830m

Lieutenant Ballinger searches for a mentally ill young woman who shot a psychiatrist, hoping all the while that he can also find sufficient evidence to obtain a felony conviction against the charlatan who was "treating" her.

E33
33.Day of Terror
May 9, 195830m

Frank Ballinger investigates a illegal adoption racket.

E34
34.The $20 Plates
May 16, 195830m

Ballinger investigates a rash of counterfeit $20 bills.

E35
35.The Double Face
May 23, 195830m

A professional man is identified as a jewelry-store robber, threatening his freedom, not to mention his wife's reputation "from being married unknowingly to such a character". Ballinger investigates.

E36
36.The System
May 30, 195830m

An illegal roving casino eludes the police and cheats players with crooked games. When Ballinger investigates, he encounters additional, unforeseen threats.

E37
37.Woman from Paris
Jun 6, 195830m
E38
38.Accusation
Jun 13, 195830m

A millionaire is found dead in a locked room. His young pretty wife (Fay Spain), and the big hansom driver (Ken Clark), are suspected of the crime. Lee Marvin figures out how the crime was committed.