I Spy was a drama series appearing during prime time on NBC from 1965 to 1968. The global adventures of two fictional characters Kelly Robinson (Robert Culp) and Alexander Alex (Bill Cosby) are chronicled.  Kelly, a tennis player and ladies man, had a quick wit. Alex, masquerading as Kelly's trainer, was the language expert. In this Sheldon Leonard production, they travel the world on dangerous missions, exchanging barbs and fighting high-level crime.  Unlike the Bond movie (Dr. No), which arguably broke new ground for spy fiction in the 60's along with The Man from U.N.C.L.E, that dealt with mysterious foes, I Spy's  characters faced real-world concerns and problems rarely seen in similar shows of the period.  At times, they questioned orders given them, complained about how rough the profession was and were placed in situations where other agents were dying. This was balanced with a  sense of humor that lightened those grim situations inherent in this type of melodrama.
 
Shot on locations around the world, much of the first season was spent in Asia. The producers David Friedkin, Sheldon Leonard and Mort Fine worked with counterparts in the news and film business in those remote countries to shoot footage for the show. Certainly adding to the production expense, it was considered worth it to avoid the look of a locally staged production. The pilot episode on the DVD shows some of the dangers encountered when filming this way.  It was shot in the rain fronting an incoming typhoon, eventually forcing the cast and crew inside for days before filming could continue. But, Sheldon wanted to break out from what other film makers were doing, and some difficulties were expected. Season two was shot in Spain, Greece and surrounding areas.
 
Culp wrote several of the episodes that won awards and those are located on the last two discs of the third set, listed as the Robert Culp Collection. Cosby quickly matured as an actor in, this, his first role.  They played off one another beautifully and went on to create, by the end of its run, one of the most memorable spy drama series ever shown on TV.  Although never rated in the top 20, it did have high audience appreciation ratings and won many awards including: Golden Globes nominations for Best TV Show 1966/67 and Best Male TV Stars - 1967; Emmy Awards: Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor(both) in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series 1966-68, Outstanding Dramatic Series 1966-68; Eddie Awards nominations: Best Edited TV Program 1966-67.
 
Video
Episode intros have a substantial amount of scratches.  However, this clears up for the most part when the episodes begin.  The set has good color overall with the images being sharp and bright.
 
Sound
Clear and clean sounding. Quite nice for monaural.
 
Menus
Basic with selection for episode and chapters within episodes.
 
DVD Information
I Spy: Box Set #1-3, Complete 82 episodes(3 seasons).
 
Actor/Actress: Culp, Robert , Cosby, Bill
Year: 1965-68             
Language: English      
Color: Yes      
Closed Captioned: N
Audio Format: Mono
Screen Format: Full Frame
16x9: No
Color: Color
Region Code: 0
Original Languages: English
English Dubbed: No
Other Languages: None
Subtitles: None
Each disc is titled with one of the four episodes on the disc.
 
SET 1: 7-Disc Box Set, $59.95, Runtime: 1428m, 28 episodes
Volumes 1-7: A Cup Of Kindness, Dragon's Teeth, Tigers Of Heaven, Turkish Delight, Crusade To Limbo, Sparrowhawk, So Coldly Sweet.
 
SET 2: 7-Disc Box Set, $59.95, Runtime: 1428m, 27 episodes
Volumes 8-14: Bridge Of Spies, Sophia, Vendetta, Blackout, Little Boy Lost, The Medarra Block, Philotimo. 
 
SET 3: 7-Disc Box Set, $59.95, Runtime: 1326m, 27 episodes
Volumes 15-21: The Lotus Eater, Tag, You're It, This Guy Smith, Pinwheel, Bet Me A Dollar, The Robert Culp Collection #1: So Long Patrick Henry, The Robert Culp Collection #2: The War Lord. Audio Commentary by actor/writer Robert Culp on Collections #1 & 2.
 
Episodes 1-82
The episodes as they appear on the DVD are not in exact chronological order as shown on TV. The numbering before the episode title reflects season-episode. Although I can't find any concrete information, it's suggested that they appear on the disc in the order they were shown on TV, rather than the order they were filmed, with the exception of the Culp Collection items that reside on the last two discs.
 
 
Set 1 - Vol 1
1-14   29 Dec 65   Affair in T'Sien Cha
Alex and Kelly's investigation of the disappearance of an old Chinese train between Hong Kong and the Communist mainland leads to a small village, a beautiful American schoolteacher, and a secret cargo someone is willing to kill for.  But things are never as they seem, and innocents do die along the way. It seems the townsfolk have buried the train.
 
1- 3   29 Sep 65   Carry Me Back to Old Tsing-Tao
While helping out an elderly Chinese man, Papa Charlie, get his visa back so he can return home, Kelly and Alex have a run-in with some of his relatives. Charlie's sons-in-laws don't like the idea of the old man's money being given to the government rather than to themselves, since they married to get the fortune in the first place!
 
1- 7   27 Oct 65   Danny Was a Million Laughs
The assassination Danny Preston is foiled, but he has no thanks to give Alex and Kelly for saving his life. The spies must protect him so he can testify to a senate committee about tampered drugs being sent over to the Orient.  But fellow associates set a death contract out so Danny will never get home alive.
 
1- 2   22 Sep 65   A Cup of Kindness
Kelly receives orders to kill an old friend who is suspected of being a double agent and has stolen some valuable scientific equipment to sell elsewhere.  He is storing the device in a warehouse by a shipyard and has a mock-up of the device. Russ asks Kelly to help prove his innocence for him.  
 
 
Set 1 - Vol 2
1- 4    6 Oct 65   Chrysanthemum
Alex and Kelly must retrieve a secret attache case is stolen from the Navy. Unfortunately, they are assigned Max de Bouget, a clumsy bumbling officer as their commander.
 
1- 5   13 Oct 65   Dragon's Teeth
In Hong Kong, Kelly meets an old friend's fiancee, who dies in his arms. Others are dying and calling cards of the Blue Dragons are being left.  It is up to Kelly and Scott to find out who this mysterious group is.
 
1- 9   10 Nov 65   No Exchange on Damaged Merchandise
Kelly and Alex in search for an enemy agent.  He is to be used to swap for a captured American pilot, whose wife is hounding the pair. They capture the enemy agent but then something odd happens.
 
1- 8    3 Nov 65   A Time of the Knife
Kelly walks into a murder trap when he investigates the death an old friend.  But is his friend really dead?
 
 
Set 1 - Vol 3
1-11    1 Dec 65   Weight of the World
Alex and Kelly are sent to procure a sample of a genetically altered, rapidly acting form of bubonic plague.   The plague, developed by the Chinese, are ready to test it on the citizens of Japan.
 
1-13   15 Dec 65   Tigers of Heaven
Our agents must protect two men of a noble Japanese family who have been attacked by a fascist group.  But something is not as it seems with the old man and his son.
 
1-12    8 Dec 65   Three Hours on a Sunday Night
In order to obtain a valuable microfilm and hostage from an American traitor, Kelly steals some expensive jewelry to entice him. Trying to look like a fencer instead of an agent, Kelly's cover is blown anyway. The traitor forces Kelly to get $50,000 or the hostage will be killed.
 
1-17   26 Jan 66   Always Say Goodbye
While negotiating with a member of Japan's finance committee, Kelly and Alex are assigned to keep an American diplomat out of trouble.
 
 
Set 1 - Vol 4
1-16   12 Jan 66   The Barter
Alex poses as a foreign ambassador in an attempt to assist a Russian defector's escape.  Unfortunately they are caught by the Russians.  Other Russians capture the commanders daughter, Lyn.   A third party wants to perform an exchange, but Alex and Kelly have a rather unorthodox idea planned to retrieve the girl.  Meanwhile, the ambassador has a desire for a non-violent closure to this incident and wishes to go through with the exchange.  But the exchange is a trick.
 
1-19    9 Feb 66   Turkish Delight
Alex poses as an scientist to find out why three other noteworthy individuals in that field have disappeared. Meanwhile, a Turkish spy who has eliminated the others decides to sell the information they had gathered directly to the highest bidder.
 
1-21   23 Feb 66   Return to Glory
The details of a mission to contact an elusive, exiled leader of a South American country who is planning an invasion and revolt in his home country are explained to Kelly and Alex's accounts manager.  It seems they have been accused of squandering money and must prove their innocence in the recounting.
 
1-22    2 Mar 66   The Conquest of Maude Murdock
Kelly and Alex reluctantly agree to kidnap an American undersecretary visiting Mexico as a test of internal security.  Unfortunately, they are being used as scapegoats to do the actual dirty work of the person posing as an official.
 
 
Set 1 - Vol 5
1-23    9 Mar 66   A Day Called 4 Jaguar
Kelly and Alex go into the Mexican jungle to locate an unusual `blond haired, blue-eyed giant' who rescued a friend from an auto accident.  But it seems Russian agents among others are also interested in this creature and the elimination of spy duo.
 
1-28   27 Apr 66   One Thousand Fine
Alex and Kelly are assigned to assist a high-school rival of Kelly's (Gannon) to retrieve a large cache of gold from a plane which crashed in a jungle.  He is joined by his fiancee, who is an old love of Kelly's. On the quest for the gold, emotions and romance runs rampant.
 
1-24   23 Mar 66   Crusade to Limbo
A group looking for political reform is recruiting high profile sports figures and actors into their fold. Kelly must criticize America and its Mexican policies in order to attract the attention of the group and an American actor who recently joined them. However, those who run this group are intent on using these famous personalities for a very twisted purpose.
 
1-25   30 Mar 66   My Mother, the Spy
Kelly and Alex are sent to Mexico to persuade a runaway American agent that she must return home for her own safety. They must also safeguard the knowledge she carries from a determined Soviet agent. She surprises them by giving birth and refusing to budge.
 
 
Set 1 - Vol 6
1-26    6 Apr 66   There Was a Little Girl
The daughter of an American representative is in danger after she buys a pre-Colombian mask at a gift store in Mexico. The mask was actually destined  for New York, and the boys are assigned to keep her safe.  But those who want the mask have other ideas for the girl.
 
1-27   13 Apr 66   It's All Done With Mirrors
Kelly is kidnapped and brainwashed by famous Russian scientist, Dr. Karolyi. He conditions Kelly to think Alex is a traitor and to kill him. Once Alex suspects what has happened, the government gives him orders to kill Kelly.  Now Alex must try to save his partner without killing him.
 
2- 7   26 Oct 66   Sparrowhawk
Anxious to experience life in Las Vegas, an impulsive and spoiled young Arab prince must be protected by Kelly and Alex.
 
2- 2   21 Sep 66   Lori
The only remaining expert on detecting underground nuclear explosions need protection and Kelly and Alex are assigned to the case. To do this, Alex must investigate an embittered childhood friend with the reluctant help of the man's sister.
 
 
Set 1 - Vol 7
2-13    7 Dec 66   Lisa
A Greek girl posing as a mail order bride coming to the U.S. is used by the Russians as bait to locate an infiltrator in their midst.
 
2- 6   19 Oct 66   Trial by Treehouse
Replacing a murdered agent, Alex investigates the activities of suspected smuggler.  E.P. Edward plans to smuggle more smugglers in by eliminating the power supply for the entire southern area of California. Alex becomes emotionally involved with the smugglers wife and tragedy occurs.
 
2- 1   14 Sep 66   So Coldly Sweet
Alex and Kelly are under orders to extract information from a Soviet defector, Marisa Dreisko and protect her from any Russian agents who are eager to get her back.  Kelly and her get involved and later she disappears.  Then it seems that maybe she wasn't defecting after all as the Russians are acting strangely.
 
2- 8    2 Nov 66   Will the Real Good Guys Please Stand Up?
Alex and Kelly are assigned to protect a scientist and his daughter.  Seeming too easy, they let their guards down and the Russians substitute clones for the agents.  Now it's time for them to kidnap the scientist while putting blame on the real pair.
 
 
Set 2 - Vol 8
2- 5   12 Oct 66   A Gift from Alexander
"The Plotkin Manuscript", a book that was smuggled out of Russia by a delegate in an international writers' conference needs to be recovered and three Soviet citizens ask Alex and Kelly for help.  The plot thickens.
 
2- 9    9 Nov 66   Bridge of Spies
Agents are missing. An Italian tour guide named Giana, actually a spy for the other side, is responsible.  She and her boss, Metkovic, are delighted when Kelly and Scott are sent in to investigate.  It seems Kelly is to be her next target.
 
2-11   23 Nov 66   To Florence With Love (1)
Kelly and Alex are assigned to escort an American and her original Leonardo Da Vinci painting to Florence, Italy.  They have to deal with numerous thieves along the way.
 
2-12   30 Nov 66   To Florence With Love (2)
The painting is stolen and they must recover it.  Alex and Kelly consider retrieving the painting on their own, and conclude they need professional help and turn to -- the thief they captured.
 
 
Set 2 - Vol 9
2- 3   28 Sep 66   Sophia
In Rome, as they seek to buy back a ring stolen by her fiancee, Alex and his foster daughter gets them involved with thieves and fences.
 
2-16   28 Dec 66   Rome... Take Away Three
It seems everyone dies when they get around Tilde, a fashion model, and a US senator and photographer are no exceptions.  Real or a set-up, the team try to get the answers before other people die.
 
2-17    4 Jan 67   Tonia
Has Kelly gone off the edge?  He and Alex have been investigating Tonia, a disgruntled American who emigrated to Rome because of racial injustice.  She becomes involved with an anti-American Communist group in Rome and Alex falls for her.  Kelly strongly objects and Alex is ready to quit the spy business when Tonia turns up dead.  All paths lead to Kelly as the murderer as the Communist group tries to implicate him.
 
2-10   16 Nov 66   One of Our Bombs is Missing
A government airplane has crashed near a small Italian village whose residents are communist. Kelly and Alex are assigned to retrieve a rather special object from the plane. The villagers have already divided the  contents amongst themselves. Unknown to the villagers, the object our boys are after is an atom bomb.  They must recover it at once but the holder of the item has an asking price of his daughters hand in marriage.
 
 
Set 2 - Vol 10
2-15   21 Dec 66   Father Abraham
A jet fuel research scientist is ready to spill phony information to enemy agents when his father, an Army general,  attempts to rescue him. Kelly and Alex must stop him before he succeeds.
 
2- 4    5 Oct 66   Vendetta
A family uses their daughter as bait to capture Kelly. They believe he was the commanding officer in the Korean War who had sent two of their sons to their death.  Alex becomes suspicious at his friend's disappearance and investigates and the girl that turned him in is now having second thoughts.
 
2-18   11 Jan 67   Child Out of Time
Alex and Kelly negotiate for a list of names of Nazi spies that faked their death during the war.  A German girl finally agrees, but is then killed by one of the Nazi spies.  Later they find another that also has the information.  They must protect their source from those who don't want to be discovered.
 
2-19   25 Jan 67   The Trouble with Temple
Alex is kidnapped and tortured by the henchmen of an American actor who is selling secret films of NATO maneuvers while Kelly occupies himself with actor's unhappy girl friend.
 
 
Set 2 - Vol 11
2-21    8 Feb 67   A Rome with a Rack
Having lost courage and self respect after being brutally tortured to reveal a formula, Kelly is stressing out his boss.  The boss wants Kelly gone and Alex is trying to save him.
 
2-23    1 Mar 67   Get Thee to a Nunnery
A gardener for a convent knows the whereabouts of $14 million in Nazi art treasures that vanished after World War II, but has swore never to tell.  A devious British agent in trying to locate him and Alex and Kelly get involved.
 
2-22   22 Feb 67   Mainly on the Plains
An eccentric professor who thinks he is Don Quixote has information vital to the missile defense program. Kelly and Alex need to recruit him but refuses to give up the discovery to anyone. The Americans aren't the only ones that want this information.
 
2-24    8 Mar 67   Blackout
A Soviet ballerina that Kelly has been assigned to protect turns up dead in his bed. He and Alex must backtrack through time to find out who killed her and why.
 
 
Set 2 - Vol 12
2-14   14 Dec 66   Little Boy Lost
The son of a government scientist is fed up with being ignored so he steals a new guidance system which his father invented.  This puts him and his father in danger from others who also want the device. Alex and Kelly are ordered to find him and the guidance system.
 
2-27   29 Mar 67   Casanova from Canarsie
A government clerk working at the Pentagon is fired.  An agent for the other side tries to get him to defect and also happens to be hanging out with Kelly at the same time. When Kelly finds out who she really is, the boys have to get him back, in a special kind of way.
 
2-26   22 Mar 67   Night Train to Madrid
An obnoxious American comic is targeted to be discredited while on a goodwill tour of Europe.  Alex and Kelly must protect him from the enemy agent who has also been assigned to kill him.
 
2-28   12 Apr 67   Cops and Robbers
While on the way to visit Alex's mom, he and Kelly are in possession of some microfilm that, of course, others want.  The bad guy named Tommy, decides to hold Alex's Mom's and daughter hostage.  He convinces her that Alex had stolen that microfilm and he is a thief. Alex and Kelly are faced with the difficult situation of keeping possession of the microfilm while also keeping mom alive.
 
 
Set 2 - Vol 13
3- 1   11 Sep 67   Let's Kill Karlovassi
An agent, suspected of defection, has a problem.  Kelly and Alex are assigned to fly to Greece and kill him.  But that's not the only problem.
 
3- 2   18 Sep 67   The Beautiful Children
A Greek agent responsible for rescuing children who have been kidnapped and held in a Communist country is having a problem getting back to the states.  Alex and Kelly are assigned to help, but they aren't having much success either.
 
3- 3   25 Sep 67   Laya
An African woman knows the details to the arms program of her country. Alex is sent in to get the information.  If he fails he is to kill her.
 
3- 4    2 Oct 67   The Medarra Block
An ancient cube has special markings that is the secret to a planned revolt against the government. Kelly and Alex enlist the aid of a Jewish cabinet maker in Marrakech to help them translate the cube.
 
 
Set 2 - Vol 14
3- 5    9 Oct 67   Philotimo
Alex and Kelly are manipulated by a young Bulgarian music prodigy who begs them to help him defect, later denouncing them as kidnappers.
 
3- 6   16 Oct 67   The Honorable Assassins
An Arab woman is trying to get her ancient father to Marrakech to retrieve a fortune, but they are pursued by a man assigned to kill the old man for revenge. It's the boys job to protect them.
 
3- 7   23 Oct 67   Now You See Her, Now You Don't
A rookie agent Kelly recruited is killed after locating a finding British mathematician.  It turns out that Kelly's boss was negotiating to buy back the man and now Kelly must find the killer.
 
3- 8   30 Oct 67   Red Sash of Courage
Kelly and Alex's must find the people on the Yugoslav-Greek border that are interfering with American in the area. This is complicated by a Greek father determined to avenge his daughter's honor after spending the night in a barn with Kelly.
 
 
Set 3 - Vol 15
3- 9   13 Nov 67   The Seventh Captain
Six agents being tailed by a Greek colleague have disappeared without a trace.  Kelly and Alex investigate why.
 
3-10   20 Nov 67   Apollo
Alex poses as a NASA tour guide to flush out a ring of saboteurs intent on setting the space program back several years.  Kelly discovers who they are just as Margo, pretending to be his wife, is kidnapped. Now he and Alex must save more than the space program.
 
3-11   27 Nov 67   Oedipus at Colonus
Alex and Kelly investigate the death of an old Arab holy man. Apparently he was killed by the traitor he was trying to expose at a meeting of his colleagues.
 
3-12   11 Dec 67   The Lotus Eater
Sorgi, a thug the boys have met before, has a plan to get Kelly hooked on a drug then place him in withdrawal to make him disclose secret information about his organization. Alex comes in to investigate and discovers Sorgi's plan to have Kelly commit suicide after his confession.  But suddenly Kelly disappears and with him a girl named Irena.
 
 
Set 3 - Vol 16
3-13   25 Dec 67   An American Empress
Kelly assists a Chinese and is repaid with a ring, which is later discovered to be worth a small fortune.  It is discovered she is being manipulated by Chinese agents, who are posing as friends of her father, because she is the Empress of China.  Alex and Kelly are sent to investigate.
 
3-15   15 Jan 68   Anyplace I Hang Myself is Home
Alex tries to commit suicide and Kelly suspects foul play.  Under the guidance of the departments psychiatrist, both of the guys are asked to explain how they feel on the hazards of being spies.  This uncovers a secret that endangers them both.
 
3-16   22 Jan 68   Tag, You're It
Kelly and Alex reluctantly agree to spend their time off assisting in the training of new agents. During a training game of tag, things turn deadly when an undercover agent begins killing the trainees and blames the murders on Alex and Kelly.  Now the boys have to clear their names and find the murderer.
 
3-17   29 Jan 68   A Few Miles West of Nowhere
Local townsfolk are up in arms over the proposal to make their town the new site of a nuclear power plant.  At the same time a government agent has turned up dead and it is discovered the people have a dislike for any person in authority that comes to their town.  Kelly and Alex are sent to find out who and why.
 
 
Set 3 - Vol 17
3-18    5 Feb 68   This Guy Smith
A  friend of Kelly's is killed and Kelly is accused of her murder.   Alex and Kelly must find out why to clear his name and all paths lead to a man named Smith.
 
3-19   19 Feb 68   Turnabout for Traitors
In Mexico, a British agent exposes Kelly of espionage. He teams up with a thief to clear his name and ends up getting deeper and deeper into trouble.
 
3-20   26 Feb 68   Happy Birthday... Everybody
Frank Hunter fails to sabotage an arms shipment to Vietnam and is sent to a mental hospital by the arresting agent.  Well, now Frank has escaped and is out to get the guy that sent him there.  Kelly and Alex must save the agent and the day before Frank gets his wish.
 
3-21    4 Mar 68   Shana
A woman tries to exchange a top-secret rocket fuel with the communists for her captive brother.  NOTE:  This was the last episode actually produced - as syndication re-runs air the stories most often in order of production, not order from original air date.
 
 
Set 3 - Vol 18
3-22   11 Mar 68   The Name of the Game
A demented general is out to get government agents he thinks are sent to spy on him. Thinking things are a bit strange with the general, Alex and Kelly are assigned to keep an eye on him at his residence where a friend is due to arrive to hunting.  The general turns out to be more than they expected and traps  Alex and Kelly as they attempt to warn their superiors.
 
3-23   25 Mar 68   Suitable for Framing
Kelly and Alex are assigned to escort Senator Parkhurst from Guadalajara to the airport in Mexico City. But assassins substitute a clone for the senator.  Little do they know the impostor has plans  to assassinate the President of the United States.
 
3-24    1 Apr 68   The Spy Business
A communist defector, a clue and a traitor in their midst,  Kelly and Alex must get to the bottom of who's leading a group intent on killing their recently acquired government expert.  Clues point to Kelly's friend and the boys must discover the spy before it's too late.
 
3-26   15 Apr 68   Pinwheel
Kelly's plans are constantly foiled while attempting to secure documents detailing a Soviet device used for espionage.  What's messing things up is an agent that bungles everything she touches.
 
 
Set 3 - Vol 19
1-20   16 Feb 66   Bet Me a Dollar
Kelly bets Alex a dollar that he can disappear for a week and not be found by Alex.  Shortly after Kelly departs, Alex learns that Kelly has been infected by anthrax and must receive treatment within 24 hours or die.  Alex tries to find Kelly and convince him of the danger, but Kelly thinks it's a trick.
 
3-25    8 Apr 68   Carmelita is One of Us
A Mexican agent is killed after stealing a valuable secret which she turns over to a boy before she dies. The murderers are now in pursuit of the boy and Kelly and Alex race across the county attempting to find a solution to the problem.  But there is more to the boy than first appears.
 
1-10   17 Nov 65   Tatia
Alex tries to keep Kelly out of a romance involving a photographer named Tatia who is a suspect in the murder of three agents.  Alex tries to convince Kelly but he refuses to believe it even when confronted with the evidence of three photographs of the assassinated  agents.
 
 
Set 3 - Vol 20 - The Robert Culp Collection #1
1- 1   15 Sep 65   So Long, Patrick Henry
This was the pilot episode filmed on location in Hong Kong during a real typhoon.  American athlete Elroy Brown has defected to China, and the department wants to make an effort to get him back.  Alex and Kelly reluctantly accept the assignment to convince the obnoxious athlete.  They eventually convince Elroy to return, but the Chinese government has other plans.
 
1- 6   20 Oct 65   The Loser
Alex is kidnapped  as revenge by drug smugglers whose shipment of heroin was intercepted by him.  He is scheduled to die if they don't get the shipment back.  Unfortunately, Alex and Kelly have already destroyed the heroin. Kelly must save his partner and enlist the aid of  a nightclub singer who is working for the drug dealers.
 
1-15    5 Jan 66   The Tiger
World renowned American physician has disappeared in the Southeast jungle where he was practicing medicine. The department wants him back  but Chinese rebels have kidnapped the doctors daughter. Kelly and Alex are assigned to bring both him and his daughter back alive. But after a previous assignment gone bad, Kelly has emotional problems and Alex wants a new partner reassigned. 
 
 
Set 3 - Vol 21 - The Robert Culp Collection #2
1-18    2 Feb 66   Court of the Lion
As they follow an increasingly deteriorating trail of stolen diamonds and radioactive isotopes, Kelly and Alex stumble onto a Japanese village terrorized by Babyface, a Japanese gangster.  Alex and Kelly goes in search of him and the people he is hiding with.
 
2-20    1 Feb 67   The WarLord
Catherine Faulkner, a British photojournalist, is scheming to get the viewers of her newscast to send in money by playing on their emotions.  She is kidnapped by a Chinese warlord and her father wants her rescued before their whole scheme is blown to the public.  Alex and Kelly are assigned to find her but she does not want to leave.
 
53.   2-25   15 Mar 67   Magic Mirror
Kelly, who is in love with another agent finds out that she has been seeing a deposed South American general who wishes to regain power.  They are assigned to get the girl back, and if she has gone to the other side, to kill her.  They also have to deal with the general who, apparently, is involved with the Cuban Missile Crisis.  
 
70.   3-14    8 Jan 68   Home to Judgment
This was the series finale.  No one knew it at the time. Not many shows during the 1960s had a proper final episode.  "Get Smart" had a 2-part finale which would have suited it well.  If Sheldon had known at the time, he would have had air dates rearranged to lend for a more suitable ending. In this final episode, Alex and Kelly's covers get blown during a reconnaissance mission and are now on the run.  They can't go back to their department, so they are on their own.  These businessmen, who have exposed them, badly injured Kelly and it's up to Alex to save him.  They seek safety in a house owned by Kelly's aunt and uncle.  This places their lives in danger as well as his and Alex's. As the enemy closes in, one of them decides to make the ultimate sacrifice to save the others. 
 
 
Final Thoughts
I grew up with this stuff, so I'm familiar with the other shows running during the same time such as "Get Smart" and "James Bond". It was a big time for spy thrillers and the "Bond" series led the way. "I Spy" followed and was different in that it was a partnership that didn't deal with mysterious foes such as "S.P.E.C.T.R.E." but rather real ones at the time like the Russian and the Chinese governments. It was also similar to the idea behind "Get Smart" in portraying government agents and their encounters, but without all the comedy. So, if you are a fan of spy thrillers of that period and would enjoy unique episodes filmed on location in foreign countries, then I would suggest you pick up the three box set. It contains every episode made and would be a nice addition to your silver-age collection.