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18 Episodes 0 - 1967
Episode 0
An inept department store sales clerk becomes a super-powered special agent for the U.S. Government and is called upon to rescue his boss from Russian kidnappers.
Episode 1
Mon, Jan 9, 196730 mins
Reed assigns Stanley the top secret task of delivering $30,000 to a defector to purchase a newly-invented (and strategically critical) Power Paralysis device. Endangered by enemy agents, the defector manages to conceal the device in a book of matches and slip it discreetly into Stanley's coat pocket. Unaware that he has the precious device on his person, Stanley subsequently finds that he and Hal Walters are also in serious danger from the enemy agents, who will stop at nothing to procure the device.
Episode 2
Mon, Jan 16, 196730 mins
Determined to break up a major crime syndicate by capturing the reclusive and elusive "Mr. Big," Reed assigns Stanley to the case. Mr. Terrific is able to locate the mysterious crime boss and discovers that "he" is actually an attractive blonde woman. Before the government can act on the information, "Mr. Big" and her henchmen abduct Stanley, Hal, Reed, and Trent, and they attempt to extract information concerning "that guy with the goggles" who was able to track them down. Stanley accidentally escapes and attempts to retrieve his Power Pills, but his efforts are hindered by a determined thug and his own sneeze-inducing head cold.
Episode 3
Mon, Jan 23, 196730 mins
One of Air Force One's landing wheels gets stuck in the "up" position during a cross-country flight, putting the President's safety in jeopardy. Mr. Terrific could easily make the necessary repair, but the situation takes on increasing urgency when Stanley's power pills mysteriously stop working. Reed, Trent, and a government scientist scramble to identify the problem with the pills, but Stanley's continued efforts to fly eventually get him confined to a psychiatric ward. Reed and Trent must locate and free the straitjacketed Stanley and administer a properly formulated pill before the President's plane runs out of fuel.
Episode 4
Mon, Jan 30, 196730 mins
Stanley's behavior has Hal becoming concerned and he thinks Stanley may be turning criminal. In trying to prevent any wrongdoing Hal keeps getting in the way of Stanley stopping a major jewel heist.
Episode 5
Mon, Feb 6, 196730 mins
The formula for the power pill is stolen. However, since the pill only works on Stanley, the thieves will also need to kidnap Stanley to brainwash him and then sell him to the highest bidder.
Episode 6
Mon, Feb 20, 196730 mins
The government sends Stanley on a mission where he must impersonate a safecracker who is identical to him. Stanley must fool the man's girlfriend plus somehow convince the gang he knows how to break into vaults.
Episode 7
Mon, Feb 27, 196730 mins
Convinced that Archie Thompson's fight gymnasium is actually a front for a counterfeiting ring, Reed assigns Stanley to enroll in the gym's bodybuilding course and look for the necessary evidence. After watching Stanley knock out a top-ranked prizefighter, Thompson forces him into a big-money fight with disastrous results. Stanley must act quickly when he realizes that Thompson's early return to the gym will result in discovery that Reed and Trent are there searching for the counterfeiting press.
Episode 8
Mon, Mar 6, 196730 mins
Stanley is sent undercover as "Slippery Sloan" to help bank robber Blackjack Clayton escape so he will trust Stanley enough to tell him where the $2 million in stolen money is hidden.
Episode 9
Mon, Mar 13, 196730 mins
Posing as a ballet dancer to help a Prima ballet dancer defect to the U.S., Stanley grabs the wrong girl.
Episode 10
Mon, Mar 20, 196730 mins
Convicted murderer and former circus knife-thrower Herman Von Brock escapes from prison and vows to kill Harley Trent, who had prosecuted his case years earlier as an Assistant DA. Over Trent's strenuous objections, Reed assigns Stanley to serve as a bodyguard, but the killer is relentless and ultimately manages to abduct Trent from Stanley's service station. When the abduction is discovered, Reed and Stanley have only seconds to prevent Von Brock from killing Trent with the same knife he had previously used to murder his wife.
Episode 11
Mon, Mar 27, 196730 mins
Unable to locate the McCabe family's prolific but well-concealed still, Reed assigns Stanley to infiltrate the family by courting 18-year-old Jenny May McCabe. Stanley wins the right to do so by fighting (and easily defeating) her three burly brothers, but the plan goes awry when he subsequently passes out from a single celebratory sip of their liquor. Jenny May decides she would rather marry Hal, and he seems destined for forced matrimony. Stanley, Reed, and Trent must prevent the nuptials while simultaneously locating the elusive still.
Episode 12
Mon, Apr 3, 196730 mins
An impostor learns of Stanley's identity and his function as Mr. Terrific when he infiltrates a secret demonstration of the Power Pill for a select group of international scientists. He and other enemy agents abduct Stanley and circumstantial evidence makes it appear that Stanley may actually be willing to join them in return for $50,000. Stanley has an opportunity to demonstrate his loyalty when the agents get the upper hand on Reed and Trent, and Reed takes a chance on giving Stanley a Power Pill he has concealed in his pocket.
Episode 13
Mon, Apr 10, 196730 mins
A sinister-looking dentist named Dr. Travis seems to be extracting U. S. Government secrets from heretofore-reliable agents. Powered-up Stanley goes undercover to investigate and accidentally discovers that Travis's method consists of implanting a tiny radio transmitter in each agent's tooth. After Stanley's transmitter malfunctions, Travis and his compatriots abduct him in a desperate effort to avoid discovery. When Reed and Trent are themselves captured attempting to rescue Stanley, the trio's lone chance for escape consists of the hope that Reed can somehow slip Stanley a Power Pill while in full view of their captors.
Episode 14
Mon, Apr 17, 196730 mins
On the eve of a major international Track and Field competition, U. S. star Mike Roberts is abducted by enemy agents. Stanley is assigned to try out for the squad and attempt to arouse the interest of the perpetrators in the hope that they will lead him to Roberts before the meet begins. The attempt is successful and Stanley is able to quickly learn Roberts' whereabouts, but hopes for the track star's prompt return are complicated when Stanley accidentally tears his reversible flying jacket.
Episode 15
Mon, Apr 24, 196730 mins
Stanley's receives his next assignment and it's to let the enemy get their hands on fake plans concerning a missile system. But do to a mix up Stanley delivers the actual ones, then must figure out a way to fix his error.
Episode 16
Mon, May 1, 196730 mins
When a government code book is stolen, an anonymous phone call discloses the thieves are performers in a recently-arrived circus. Stanley's powers enable him to obtain a position with the show and befriend Teresa, one of the trapeze artists. Stanley is able to learn that the code book thieves are Bojo the Strongman and Teresa's partners, the two Flying Sylvester Brothers. Before Stanley can act on the information, the three perpetrators learn he is a government agent and it is likely Teresa is an informer. The three therefore decide to arrange "accidents" for both Stanley and Teresa.
Episode 17
Mon, May 8, 196730 mins
On a visit to the U. S., the self-assured Sultan of oil-rich Ramsar declines Secret Service protection for himself or his five wives, unaware that he is the target of an abduction plot by enemy agents. Reed assigns Stanley to discreetly protect the Sultan and his coterie by posing as his social secretary. Stanley lacks even rudimentary secretarial skills and is quickly dismissed from the position, but he must spring quickly into action when the hostile foreign nationals manage to kidnap the Sultan from a local hospital.