It Takes A Thief - Season 2
Starring one of my favorite actors, Robert Wagner, this is
a lot of fun! And guest stars galore, including: George Tekai,
Walter Matthew, Leslie Nielsen, Wally Cox, Raymond Burr, Joseph
Cotton, Susan Saint James, James Drury, Keye Luke, Bette
Davis, Stephanie Powers, Elsa Lanchester, Cesar Romero, Wilfred
Hyde-White, Suzanne Pleshette, Frankie Avelon, Marilyn McCoo,
Billy David Jr., Richard Keil, Roddy McDowell, Peter Sellers,
Ricardo Montalban and many others!!
As an aside here, Malachi Throne, along with being in
42 of the 66 episodes of ITAT, was in Star Trek: TOS in 3
episodes, Star Trek: TNG in the two part episode
"Unification", as well as the Star Trek Phase II episode
"In Harms Way"! He was also in Babylon 5 in the episode
"The Coming Of Shadows"!!
EPISODES 1: ONE NIGHT IN SOLEDADE(Sept. 24, 1968):
A dictator's son gets poisoned and Al is tasked with going
there to steal his body!!!!
Star Trek connection: Madlyn Rhue(TOS episode "Space Seed"!),
Nancy Kovack(TOS episode "A Private Little WAr") & Logan Ramsey
(TOS episode "Bread And Circuses"! A-
EPISODES 2: A SOUR NOTE(Oct. 01, 1968):
Al is sent to try and find proof of the whereabouts of the
natorious Nazi Karl Muller!!
Opera, why'd it have to be opera?!! This is one of the
worst episodes so far, only because I detest high sopprano
opera! But at least it's funny, as it shows Suzanne singing
opera(very poorly dubbed!!)!
Guest starring: Suzanne Pleshette & Harvey Lembeck!
Star Trek connection: Tony Dante(3 TOS episodes), Clark Ross
(TOS episode "A Piece Of The Action") & Shep Houghton(TOS
episode "Bread And Circuses") return! B
EPISODE 3: THE BILL IS IN COMMITTEE(Oct. 08, 1968):
Al's new assignment is to retrieve some scathing negatives
that are very incriminating to a senator who's a friend of
Noah's! To do this, he poses as a magician who is to give
a performance for a dictator!!
Guest starring here are Yevonne Craig, Roger C. Carmel &
O.J. Simpson!
Star Trek connection: Yevonne Craig(TOS episode "Whom Gods Destroy"),
Roger C. Carmel(TOS episodes "Mudd's Women" & "I Mudd")! A
EPISODE 4: THE THINGAMABOB HEIST(Oct. 15, 1968):
Al is asked to find a new, super secret fuel that's been
stolen by bad guys! The biggest problem: no one knows what
it looks like!!
Guest starring here: Ricardo Montalban & Bill Russell!
Star Trek connection: Ricardo Montalban(KAAAAHHHHHNNNN),
Sharon Acker(TOS episode "The Mark Of Gideon"), Gene
Dynarski(TOS episodes "Mudd's Women" & "The Mark Of
Gideon"!)! A
EPISODE 5: GET ME TO THE REVOLUTION ON TIME(Oct. 22, 1968):
Al is asked to find a way to break into a safe that has
very special keys to it!! It's all about a revolution
that the US is interested in stopping!
Guest starring here are Ivan Dixon & Morgan Woodward!
Star Trek connection: Morgan Woodward(TOS episodes "Dagger
Of The Mind" & "The Omega Glory"), Ena Hartman(TOS "The
Corbomite Maneuver")! A
EPISODE 6: THE PACKAGER(Oct. 29, 1968):
Al is approached by a rich dude who is going to blackmail
him to steal some neuclear fule capsules or he will let
everyone know that he works for the SIA!!!
Guest starring here is James McEachin & Foster Brooks!
Star Trek connection: William Smithers(TOS episode "Bread
And Circuses"), Peter Paul Eastman(TNG episode "The
Royale")! A
EPISODE 7: HANS ACROSS THE BORDER: PT. 1(Nov. 12, 1968):
Al is sent to East Berlin to recover some papers!
Guest starring Joseph Cotton!
Star Trek connection: John Hoyt(TOS episode "The Cage"), Erik
Holland(TOS episode "Wink Of An Eye")! A
EPISODE 8: HANS ACROSS THE BORDER: PT. 2(Nov. 19, 1968):
Continued from the last episode! A
EPISODE 9: A CASE OF RED TURNIPS:(Nov. 26, 1968)
A film producer shoots a film! Not overly exciting, 'cept
that while filming it he also captured some SIA agents!
It's now up to Al to confiscate the only existing copy of
the movie which is being shown at a film festival!!
Guest starring here is Noel Harrison & Foster Brooks!!
Star Trek connection: Miko Mayama(TOS episode "A Taste
Of Armageddon") & Nick Borgani(TOS episode "A Piece Of The
Action")! A
EPISODE 10: THE GALOPING SKIN GAME(Dec. 03, 1968):
Al is in the hunt for some stolen papers! And to get them,
he has to best his old nemsis, Nick Grobo(Ricardo Montalban)!
Guest starring here are: A returning Ricardo Mantalban and
James McEachin, Richard Keil!
Star Trek connection: Ricardo Mantalban(TOS episode "Space
Seed"), Shep Houghton(Bread And Circuses")!! A
EPISODE 11: GLASS RIDDLE(Dec. 17, 1968):
Al is taskd to break into a vault surrounded by glass!!!
This is a little slow! A-
EPISODE 12: TO CATCH A ROARING LION(Dec. 31, 1968):
An important heirloom is stolen from a new democratic nation
in Africa and it's up to Al to steal it back and return it
before a cerimony!!!
Guest starring: Geaorge Tekai, Brock Peters!
Star Trek connection: George Tekai(TOS, TNV Episode "World
Enough And Time"), Brock Peters(TOS movies IV & VI, 6 episodes
of DS9), Davis Roberts(TOS episode "The Empath")! A
EPISODE 13: GUESS WHO'S COMING TO RIO(Jan. 07, 1969):
While on "vacation" in Rio, Al gets involved with a bombing
aimed at Brazil's cheif of Brazillian intelligence!!
Guest starring Michael Ansara, Teri Garr, Alejandro Rey
& Dana Wynter!
Star Trek connection: Michael Ansara(TOS episode "Day Of The
Dove", DS9 episodes "Blood Oath" & "The Muse", VOY episode
"Flashback"), Teri Garr(TOS episode "Assignment: Earth"),
Arlene Martel(TOS episode "Amok Time")! A
EPISODE 14: THE ARTIST IS FOR FRAMING(Jan. 21, 1969):
Has Al turned to theft? Probably more likely a frame job,
eh?!
Guest starring here is Paul Henreid!
Star Trek connection: Patrick Horgan(TOS episode "Patterns
Of Force")! A
EPISODE 15: THE NAKED BILLIONAIRE(Jan. 28, 1969):
Al meets up with an old flame who happens to be involved with
a dude that is in negotiations for a defense contract. The glitch
is that the SIA thinks that the dude she's with could be an
imposter!!
Guest starring: Sally Kellerman!
Star Trek connection: Sally Kellerman(TOS episode "Where No Man
Has Gone Before"), Peter Mark Richman(TNG episode "The
Neutral Zone") & Walt Davis(3 episodes of TOS)! B
EPISODE 16: A MATTER OF GREY MATTER: PART 1:(Feb. 04, 1969):
Quite a intricate plot involving a terrible actor, a
genius 12 year old boy, a phoney producer and of course
Al! The whole thing revolves around missle technology!
Guest starring here is Joey Hetherton, Edward Everett
Horton & Barry Williams!
Star Trek connection: Michael Forest(TOS episode "Who Mourns
For Adonais", CONT episode "Pilgram Of Eternity"), Anthony
Caruso(TOS episode "A Piece Of The Action") Benjie Bancroft
(TOS episodes "A Piece Of Th Action", "Patterns Of Force")! A
EPISODE 17: A MATTER OF GREY MATTER: PART 2:(Feb. 11, 1969):
Continuing on from the last episode!
Guest starring here is Joey Hetherton, Edward Everett
Horton & Barry Williams!
Star Trek connection: Michael Forest(TOS episode "Who Mourns
For Adonais", CONT episode "Pilgram Of Eternity"), Anthony
Caruso(TOS episode "A Piece Of The Action") Benjie Bancroft
(TOS episodes "A Piece Of Th Action", "Patterns Of Force")! A
EPISODES 18: CATSPAW(Feb. 18, 1969):
Al hoodwinks an old protege of his into helping steal the
crown jewels of a small country!
Guest starring here is Frenando Lamas!!
Star Trek connection: Sharon Acker(TOS episode: "The Mark
Of Gideon"), Tom Curtis(3 TOS episodes!)! B+
EPISODES 19: BOOM AT THE TOP(Feb. 25, 1969):
Two entertwining plots here: someone has stolen a microdot.>br?
and an agent who is carring secret documents crashes a party
that Al's at to try to find the microdot with a bomb strappped
to his wrist, wanting Al to disarm the bomb!!
Guest starring: Roddy McDoweell, Carol Lynley, Barry Sullivan!
Star Trek connection: Byron Morrow(TOS episodes "Amok Time"
& "For The World Is Hollow And I Have Touched The Sky"!) A-
EPISODE 20: THHE FUNERAL IS ON MUNDY:(Mar. 11, 1969):
Spy vs. Spy!!! Well, kinda!! Al is out after another spy
who's famous for using electrical gadgets! He finds him,
quite dead! Now it looks like whoever killed him is after
Al!
Guest starring here: Julie Newmar, John Williams(who,
interestingly enough was also in the movie "To Catch
A Thief")
Star Trek connection: Julie Newmar(TOS episode "Friday's
Child"), Reggie Nalder(TOS episode "Journey To Babel")! A
EPISODE 21: THE BARANOFF TIMETABLE(Mar. 18, 1969):
Al get involved in the middle of a coupe attempt! Of course
this gets him beat up, shot at, and nearly blown to bits!
Guest starring here: Jessica Walter!
Star Trek connection: George Sawaya(3 episodes of TOS),
Hagan Beggs(3 episodes of TOS)! A
EPISODE 22: ROCK-BYE BYE, BABY(Mar. 25, 1969):
Al is asked to open a very old safe and finds out it's one he's
never been axquinted with! So he calls on an old "friend" to help
him out, but the real rub is the safe belongs to the mob!
Guest starring here are Edmund O'Brien, Gavin MacLeod, Harold
J. Stone & Sterling Holloway!
Star Trek connection: Gregory Sierra(DS9 episode "Second
Skin")! A
EPISODE 23: THE FAMILY(AApr. 01, 1969):
Al has a new girlfriend!!! Ok, so she's 10(going on 28)! Anyway,
his real task is to find proof that an elderly, very rich man, is
selling oil to the Russians!
Starring here is Cindy Eilbacher(playing Charley)! A+
EPISODE 24: 38-23-36:(Apr. 08, 1969):
Al is on the hunt for a microdot! Not easy to find, but he
will make the most of a difficult problem by posing as a
photographer in a beauty pagent!!
Starrring here is Nancy Kovack!
Star Trek connection: Nancy Kovack(TOS episode "A Private
Little War"), Charles Dierkop(TOS episode "Wolf In The Fold")! A
EPISODE 25: THE GREAT CHESS GAMBIT:(Apr. 15, 1969):
A SAC plane goes down with three neuclear missles on board!
the bombs are recovered but the "little black box" isn't!
Al is tasked with trying to get it back!!
Guest starring: Nehamiah Persoff & Stuart Margolin! A
EPISODE 26: MAD IN JAPAN:(Apr. 22, 1969)
Al and a stupid woman are after a laser! Yup, a
a real life laser!
Guest starring here are Benson Fong, Soon-Tek Oh!
Star Trek connection: Lloyd Kino(TOS episode "The Omega
Glory")! A
A review from IMDb.com:
Four aliens have come to Earth to research humans. Dick
Solomon (John Lithgow) is the commander of the mission
and he gets a job at the little local college. Sally
(Kristen Johnston) is the security officer who is posing
as Dick's sister. Tommy (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is the
intelligence officer who is bitter posing as Dick's horny
teenage son. Harry (French Stewart) is the communication
device who is posing as Dick's clueless brother. Dr.
Mary Albright (Jane Curtin) is both angry and in love
with the strange new professor Solomon. Other notable
recurring stars include Wayne Knight as the hopeless
Officer Don who is in lust for Sally. William Shatner
is leader of the alien race The Big Giant Head. Jan Hooks
is the promiscuous Vicki Dubcek.
The foursome is hilarious. It is the usual fish out of
water storyline. I love almost every episode. The biggest
annoyance comes from a guest starring role with Roseanne
Barr. She started the 3rd season and almost killed the
show for me. Other than that, it had a good 5 seasons
with mostly wild and crazy fun. This is from husband
and wife team Terry and Bonnie Turner who also created
another one of my favorite 'That '70s Show'. The sixth
season has the problem of older grumpy teen JGL. He's
too serious and is missing for much of the season. The
chemistry is off but all shows must end eventually. - SnoopyStyle