Season 1
39 episodes · Oct 1, 1953
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- S1E1
Secret Call: Part 1
Oct 1, 195330mPhilbrick leads three lives: average citizen, Communist Party member and counter spy for the FBI. Tonight he is called to an important meeting at his local Communist cell. Main topic is how to bring about the downfall of the United States.
- S1E2
Bess: Part 2
Oct 11, 195330mPhilbrick fears his FBI connection has been discovered by his Communist comrades.
- S1E3
Dope Photographic
Oct 18, 195330mThe FBI requests Philbrick's help to breakup a narcotics ring, whose aim is to gather secret defense plant information in exchange for free drugs. Philbrick's plan to film the illegal transactions from his office window hit a snag when he discovers a recently hired secretary is communist spy sent to keep an eye on his activities.
- S1E4
Baited Trap
Oct 25, 195330mPhilbrick is ordered by a communist leader to type up a list of non-card carrying communists from a coded document, but he suspects a trap.
- S1E5
Railroad Strike Attempt
Nov 1, 195330mPhilbrick is ordered to write a leaflet that will trigger a wildcat strike at the local railroad yard.
- S1E6
Campus Story
Nov 8, 195330mPhilbrick is assigned to supervise a program to recruit likely future communists at a local college, including the son of a prominent college donor.
- S1E7
Army Infiltration
Nov 15, 195330mAs Educational Director of his district, Philbrick encourages his cell members to send literature to others abroad. A U.S. Army soldier finds himself in hot water when his elderly aunts, members of Philbrick's cell, send him microfilm along with the package of pamphlets.
- S1E8
The Spy
Nov 22, 195330mHerb is given an assignment by a high party official to surreptitiously determine the level of loyalty and dedication of a party member who is being considered for a higher-level position within the party.
- S1E9
The Jet Engine
Nov 29, 195330mWhile stuffing envelopes with a fellow cell member, Philbrick learns that the communists have infiltrated a jet engine manufacturing plant that uses top secret production machinery and a shop steward is the head of the spy ring operating on the inside.
- S1E10
Helping Hand
Dec 6, 195330mPhilbrick receives a special assignment - pick up a man who has been smuggled into the country, obtain false credentials and introduce him to the Hollywood elite. The Communist administration hope that their agent can infiltrate the film and television industry.
- S1E11
Parcels for Poland
Dec 13, 195330mThe reds have a treacherous plot : they arrange a phony charitable organization that ostensibly allows people in America to donate to the relief of their destitute family members in Poland according to a menu of gift packages. They're wildly overcharged, so the communists get rich and a list those to persecute behind the iron curtain.
- S1E12
Captured Congressman
Dec 20, 195330mPhilbrick is assisting George Reynolds with his election campaign for the U.S. Congress when he learns that one of Reynolds' primary contributors is giving the candidate money provided by the Communist party. As Reynolds is campaigning on an anti-communism platform it will be profoundly damaging to his chances when the information comes to light on the eve of the election.
- S1E13
Purloined Printing Press
Dec 27, 195330mTo get out some secretly produced propaganda leaflets, the communists have Philbrick go through an elaborate cloak-and-dagger scheme to secure an offset printing press. It involves a new typewriter, the use of his car, and an eager printer in a hidden location.
- S1E14
The Wife
Jan 3, 195430mPhilbrick's marriage is threatened when the party demands that wife Eva becomes a member.
- S1E15
Civil Defense
Jan 10, 195430mComrade Ted directs Philbrick and other cell members to enrol with Civil Defense. The plan is to infiltrate and cripple the organization so that it will be unable to respond when the Communists launch an attack.
- S1E16
Communist Cop
Jan 17, 195430mPhilbrick has to race against time to prevent his cell from eliminating "Comrade Rick" whom they discover to be an undercover policeman.
- S1E17
Defense Plant Security
Jan 24, 195430mThe Evans Manufacturing Company has won a big defense contract with the US military. Philbrick discovers that fellow cell member Comrade Clyde has a job there. What is he up to?
- S1E18
Gun Running
Jan 31, 195430mComrade Elaine instructs Philbrick to tour the city collecting assorted objects from secret contacts. The bits and pieces will be assembled into untraceable guns which the Communists will use on murder missions.
- S1E19
Passports
Feb 7, 195430mCommunist special courier Comrade Neil tells Philbrick to liaise with a master passport forger. The party want an American citizen who has a wealth of secrets to slip out of the country and defect to the East.
- S1E20
Map of the City
Feb 14, 195430mPhilbrick's cell members receive four city map references indicating locations of planned sabotage. Utilities, communications, industrial installations and military targets will all be hit unless Philbrick can tip off the FBI.
- S1E21
Caviar
Feb 21, 195430mWhen the reds instruct Philbrick to find a public place for a meeting, he chooses a golf driving range because he assumed the spy was a golfer because of a pamphlet. It turns out the spy had no use for the sport, and the booklet was in fact a prototype destruction manual for commie agents.
- S1E23
Youth Movement
Mar 7, 195430mPhilbrick is raising funds for a new youth center. However, the comrades plan to infiltrate both the center and its bank account.
- S1E24
Infra Red Film
Mar 14, 195430mPhilbrick's cell colleague Comrade Ormand claims to have a contact at the FBI who is about to supply a photo list of counter spies. Will Philbrick's name be on the list?
- S1E25
The Editor
Mar 21, 195430mRock Falls newspaper editor Larry Edwards is exposing Communist infiltration at an important power plant. The infiltrator disappears, so the party send Philbrick to Rock Falls to get back the secret plans
- S1E26
Confused Comrades
Mar 28, 195430mThe FBI ask Philbrick to attend a secret meeting of the Communist policy committee. He manages to disunite the comrades on whether to continue with the phony peace initiative or else escalate their acts of violence.
- S1E27
Communication Disruptions
Apr 4, 195430mComrade John has a plan to cripple US communications systems by sabotaging radio stations. Philbrick must find a way to tip off the FBI.
- S1E28
Phantom Labor Leader
Apr 11, 195430mPhilbrick discovers that the comrades are planning to take over a labor union.
- S1E29
Progressive
Apr 18, 195430mPhilbrick tries to protect an important comrade who is called before a state committee.
- S1E30
Old Man
Apr 25, 195430mPhilbrick tries to protect an important comrade who is called before a state committee.
- S1E32
Cell Leader
May 9, 195430mPhilbrick is offered a party promotion. The problem is that acceptance would make his communications with the FBI far more difficult.
- S1E34
Comrade Wants Out
May 23, 195430mPhilbrick must denounce a party member whose loyalty is waning.
- S1E35
Depression
May 30, 195430mThe reds plan to launch a major rumor that the US is about to enter economic depression. Only a change to Communism can rescue the situation.
- S1E36
The Boss
Jun 6, 195430mPhilbrick's office boss notices he's looking tired and distracted of late. Little does the boss know that his employee leads three lives and is about to undergo a mission that could endanger his life.
- S1E37
Love Story
Jun 13, 195430mPhilbrick's colleague Paul is depressed that his girlfriend Margaret has become a Communist. How can she be cured of this dreadful "sickness?"
- S1E38
Unexpected Trip
Jun 20, 195430mThe comrades order Philbrick to report to the airport, then fly him to another US city. He arrives at a secret conference where the reds are scheming to infiltrate the US education system, hoping to brainwash kids with Communist ideology.
- S1E39
Strategic Material
Jun 27, 195430mPhilbrick discovers the comrades are collecting surplus metal. The FBI want to know why.