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M Squad

Season 1 Episode 17: Blue Indigo

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

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 The Golden Look

1. The Golden Look

Aired: Sep 20, 1957

The squad is on the lookout for a bank robbery suspect with a unique feature-...

Episode 2 The Watchdog

2. The Watchdog

Aired: Sep 27, 1957

Lt. Ballinger and the squad are out to catch a burglar, but there's another p...

Episode 4 Pete Loves Mary

4. Pete Loves Mary

Aired: Oct 11, 1957

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

Episode 5 Face of Evil

5. Face of Evil

Aired: Oct 18, 1957

Lt. Frank Ballinger investigates the latest in a series of murders of women. ...

Episode 6 Street of Fear

6. Street of Fear

Aired: Nov 1, 1957

Chicago cop Frank Ballinger stages a rescue in order to gain the confidence o...

Episode 7 The Matinee Trade

7. The Matinee Trade

Aired: Nov 8, 1957

Lt. Frank Ballinger investigates the case of a gambling ring and its connecti...

Episode 8 The Hard Case

8. The Hard Case

Aired: Nov 15, 1957

A jewelry store robbery sends the thief to prison, but his claim that the nig...

Episode 9 Killer in Town

9. Killer in Town

Aired: Nov 22, 1957

Frank Ballinger and his colleagues on the M Squad have to find a needle in a ...

Episode 10 Diamond Hard

10. Diamond Hard

Aired: Nov 29, 1957

Lt. Frank Ballinger keeps an eye on Hazel, a bar girl with a record who nonet...

Episode 11 The Alibi Witness

11. The Alibi Witness

Aired: Dec 6, 1957

When perennial loser Wally Gardner is identified as the perpetrator of a robb...

Episode 12 The Specialists

12. The Specialists

Aired: Dec 13, 1957

When a hired gunman gets himself tossed in jail following a fistfight, Lt. Fr...

Episode 13 Family Portrait

13. Family Portrait

Aired: Dec 20, 1957

When his partner in an investigation is killed, Lt. Frank Ballinger makes it ...

Episode 14 The Palace Guard

14. The Palace Guard

Aired: Dec 27, 1957

Gangster Tommy Hatch is wanted for murder, but the police have to keep him sa...

Episode 15 The Slow Trap

15. The Slow Trap

Aired: Jan 3, 1958

Ballinger investigates the case of a security courier who is charged with rob...

Episode 16 The Cover Up

16. The Cover Up

Aired: Jan 10, 1958

District Attorney Grover calls for Ballinger to help him sort out a potential...

Episode 17 Blue Indigo

17. Blue Indigo

Aired: Jan 17, 1958

The room mate of the third murder victim of the Blue Indigo serial killer may...

Episode 18 The Long Ride

18. The Long Ride

Aired: Jan 24, 1958

When a convicted murderer gets the upper hand on Lieutenant Ballinger during ...

Episode 19 The Shakedown

19. The Shakedown

Aired: Jan 31, 1958

Ballinger suspects an inside job when a dry cleaning company refuses to knuck...

Episode 20 Dolly's Bar

20. Dolly's Bar

Aired: Feb 7, 1958

Kathy Bane, an old flame of Ballinger's, needs his help when a blackmailer tr...

Episode 24 The Man in Hiding

24. The Man in Hiding

Aired: Mar 7, 1958

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

Episode 26 Girl Lost

26. Girl Lost

Aired: Mar 21, 1958

A woman loses her memory. Bellinger investigates.

Episode 27 Hideout

27. Hideout

Aired: Mar 28, 1958

Bank robbers hide in a suburban house.

Episode 29 The Twenty-Six Girl

29. The Twenty-Six Girl

Aired: Apr 11, 1958

A young wife is shot by an unknown assailant when she drives with her ex-con ...

Episode 30 The Fight

30. The Fight

Aired: Apr 18, 1958

A boxer's (Bronson) life is being threatened soon after another fighter dies ...

Episode 31 Guilty Alibi

31. Guilty Alibi

Aired: Apr 25, 1958

A man confesses to a crime he may not have committed. Meanwhile the president...

Episode 32 The Healer

32. The Healer

Aired: May 2, 1958

Lieutenant Ballinger searches for a mentally ill young woman who shot a psych...

Episode 33 Day of Terror

33. Day of Terror

Aired: May 9, 1958

Frank Ballinger (Lee Marvin) investigates a illegal adoption racket.

Episode 34 The $20 Plates

34. The $20 Plates

Aired: May 16, 1958

Ballinger investigates a rash of counterfeit $20 bills.

Episode 36 The System

36. The System

Aired: May 30, 1958

An illegal roving casino eludes the police and cheats players with crooked ga...

Episode 37 The Woman from Paris

37. The Woman from Paris

Aired: Jun 6, 1958

An attractive unidentified woman who just arrived from Paris is found murdere...

Episode 38 Accusation

38. Accusation

Aired: Jun 13, 1958

A millionaire is found dead in a locked room. His young pretty wife (Fay Spai...

Info about M Squad

Seasons: 3

Current Status: Ended

Network: NBC

Genres:Drama, Crime, Thriller