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Episode Guide
Affair in T'Sien Cha
Series: I Spy
Series Progress: Episode 14 of 10713% Completed
Synopsis
The presence of guest star Vera Miles is indication enough that "Affair in T'sen Cha" was the pilot episode of the classic espionage series I Spy. The opening scenes of Morton Fine and David Friedkin's teleplay work overtime to establish the characters of Kelly Robinson (Robert Culp) and Alexander Scott (Bill Cosby), ostensibly a professional tennis player and his trainer, but actually two secret agents for the U.S. government. Kelly and Scott are then dispatched to Hong Kong to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a Chinese train. The trail of clues takes them to an ancient walled city, a tight-lipped missionary schoolteacher (Miles), and a deadly cargo. The solution to the mystery is logical, poignant, and ever so slightly melancholy. Inasmuch as the easygoing rapport between stars Culp and Cosby had not yet solidified in "Affair in T'sen Cha," this episode was held back from TV release until December 29, 1965, by which time the series had "clicked" with the viewing public.
📊 Series Binge Profile
Total Content Density: 95 hours 20 minutes (107 episodes)
Intensity Rating: Epic Binge - A massive saga. Set aside dedicated weekends for this run.
Binge Milestones
1 episode/day: 107 days
3 episodes/day: 36 days
5 episodes/day: 22 days
Episodes (107)
- - A Moon in Act Two/A Train Back on Track
- - Fun in the Jungle/A Squeeze for a Sneeze
- - Dinosaur With a Scritch-Scratch Itch/Fun and a Hole in a Hole
- S01E01 - So Long, Patrick Henry
- S01E01 - A Mumble Monster Picture Day; The Clouds Rolled By
- S01E10 - Tatia
- S01E10 - A Rockin' Bronco; A Wish for a Fish
- S01E11 - A Bird I Heard; A Super Silly Pizza
- S01E11 - Weight of the World
- S01E12 - A Truck Out of Luck; A Kite in Flight
- S01E12 - Three Hours on a Sunday Night
- S01E13 - A Campfire Light Night; Freewheelin' Fun
- S01E13 - Tigers of Heaven
- S01E14 - Affair in T'Sien Cha Viewing
- S01E15 - The Tiger
- S01E16 - The Barter
- S01E17 - Always Say Goodbye
- S01E18 - Court of the Lion
- S01E19 - Turkish Delight
- S01E02 - A Bike I Like; A Tick-illy Hiccup
- S01E02 - A Cup of Kindness
- S01E20 - Bet Me a Dollar
- S01E21 - Return to Glory
- S01E23 - A Day Called 4 Jaguar
- S01E24 - Crusade to Limbo
- S01E25 - My Mother the Spy
- S01E26 - There Was a Little Girl
- S01E27 - It's All Done With Mirrors
- S01E28 - One Thousand Fine
- S01E03 - Carry Me Back to Old Tsing-Tao
- S01E03 - A Broom, a Whistle, and a Drum; Sky High
- S01E04 - A Runaway Robot; A Little Lost Lamb
- S01E04 - Chrysanthemum
- S01E05 - Dragon's Teeth
- S01E05 - A Starry Sky; Circus Things in All Three Rings
- S01E06 - A Mumble Monster Mystery; Cece's Special Scrap Book
- S01E06 - The Loser
- S01E07 - A Thing That Flings; Seashells by the Seashore
- S01E07 - Danny Was a Million Laughs
- S01E08 - A Race in a High-Flying Place; Home Run Fun
- S01E08 - The Time of the Knife
- S01E09 - No Exchange on Damaged Merchandise
- S01E09 - A Mumble Monster Mid-Day Snack; Polka Dot Princess
- S02E01 - A Mumble Monster Movie; A Book Wherever I Look
- S02E01 - So Coldly Sweet
- S02E10 - One of Our Bombs Is Missing
- S02E10 - A Sled up Ahead!; A Rundown Robot
- S02E11 - To Florence With Love
- S02E12 - To Florence With Love
- S02E13 - Lisa
- S02E14 - Little Boy Lost
- S02E15 - Father Abraham
- S02E16 - Rome...Take Away Three
- S02E17 - Tonia
- S02E18 - Child Out of Time
- S02E19 - The Trouble With Temple
- S02E02 - A Surprise Before Your Eyes; Something Nice for the Mice
- S02E02 - Lori
- S02E20 - The Warlord
- S02E21 - A Room With a Rack
- S02E22 - Mainly on the Plains
- S02E23 - Get Thee to a Nunnery
- S02E24 - Blackout
- S02E25 - Magic Mirror
- S02E26 - Night Train to Madrid
- S02E27 - Casanova From Canarsie
- S02E28 - Cops and Robbers
- S02E03 - A Marble Maze Craze; Toys That Roam
- S02E03 - Sophia
- S02E04 - Vendetta
- S02E04 - A Rhyme Just in Time; A Toe-Tapping Talent Show
- S02E05 - Red She Said; One Quick Magic Trick
- S02E05 - A Gift From Alexander
- S02E06 - Trial by Treehouse
- S02E06 - A Superhero; A Silly Sleepover
- S02E07 - The Mystery of the Missing Truck; Something Really Good
- S02E07 - Sparrowhawk
- S02E08 - The Best Car by Far; Something Fit for a Queen
- S02E08 - Will the Real Good Guys Please Stand Up?
- S02E09 - Bridge of Spies
- S02E09 - A Very Merry Musical; A Train Back on Track
- S03E01 - Let's Kill Karlovassi
- S03E10 - Apollo
- S03E11 - Oedipus at Colonus
- S03E12 - The Lotus Eater
- S03E13 - An American Empress
- S03E14 - Home to Judgment
- S03E15 - Anyplace I Hang Myself Is Home
- S03E16 - Tag, You're It
- S03E17 - A Few Miles West of Nowhere
- S03E18 - This Guy Smith
- S03E19 - Turnabout for Traitors
- S03E02 - The Beautiful Children
- S03E20 - Happy Birthday... Everybody
- S03E21 - Shana
- S03E22 - The Name of the Game
- S03E23 - Suitable for Framing
- S03E24 - The Spy Business
- S03E25 - Carmelita Is One of Us
- S03E26 - Pinwheel
- S03E03 - Laya
- S03E04 - The Medarra Block
- S03E05 - Philotimo
- S03E06 - The Honorable Assassins
- S03E07 - Now You See Her, Now You Don't
- S03E08 - Red Sash of Courage
- S03E09 - The Seventh Captain