About this season
Search is an American science fiction series that aired on Wednesday nights on NBC at 10 pm ET, from September 1972 to August 1973. It ran for 23 episodes, not including the two-hour pilot film originally titled Probe. When picked up for series production, the title had to be changed because Probe was the name of an existing PBS series. In the UK the series aired on BBC 1 under the title Search Control. The show was created by Leslie Stevens, and produced by Leslie Stevens, Robert Justman, John Strong and Tony Spinner. The high concept was described as "science fiction in today's world" and the episodes featured many high-tech elements which are considered common in current science fiction shows.
Episodes (23)
1. The Murrow Disappearance
Aired 13 September 1972 • 60 min
Series Premiere. Lockwood investigates the disappearance of a State Department Official, which leads him to a private Country Club where the key to the operation may be a card game.
2. One of Our Probes Is Missing
Aired 20 September 1972 • 60 min
Tony Franciosa's first episode. Omega Probe Agent Nick Bianco travels to England to find a missing Probe agent who was investigating perfect counterfeit $100 bills.
3. Short Circuit
Aired 27 September 1972 • 60 min
Doug McClure's first episode. Stand-by Probe Agent C. R. Grover races against the clock to prevent an electronics expert from destroying Probe Control with a Mega-Trans Package...a device that makes anything carrying electricity self-destruct.
4. Moonrock
Aired 4 October 1972 • 60 min
Lockwood tracks down the man who stole a football-sized diamond brought back from the moon.
5. Live Men Tell Tales
Aired 11 October 1972 • 60 min
Bianco travels to the Adriatic to determine if a missing Probe Agent was kidnapped, killed or deserting his job and his wife.
6. Operation Iceman
Aired 25 October 1972 • 60 min
Bianco has to prevent the assassination of a diplomat by a hitman known only as ""The Iceman"".
7. The Bullet
Aired 1 November 1972 • 60 min
Lockwood travels to an iron curtain country to bring out the scientist who invented a new deadly toxin and has the only formula for the cure. In the process Lockwood becomes infected by the toxin.
8. In Search of Midas
Aired 8 November 1972 • 60 min
Grover sets out to find recluse billionaire J.R. Devlin, who has not been seen in public for 18 months.
9. The Adonis File
Aired 15 November 1972 • 60 min
Lockwood investigates threats against a talk-show host who is running for the U.S. Senate.
10. Flight to Nowhere
Aired 22 November 1972 • 60 min
Lockwood asks for Probe Control's help in finding a friend who disappeared, along with his plane, in the desert.
11. The Gold Machine
Aired 20 December 1972 • 60 min
Lockwood travels to San Francisco to find a gold mine that has been lost since the early 1900's.
12. Let Us Prey
Aired 3 January 1973 • 60 min
Bianco investigates the disappearance of a woman he was once involved with...only to find the whole thing was a trap set up by the woman's jealous fiance.
13. A Honeymoon to Kill
Aired 10 January 1973 • 60 min
Carla Lucchese, daughter of a billionaire industrialist, is shot at on her wedding day and promptly disappears. Her anxious husband hires Grover to track down his wife; however it soon emerges that other members of the Lucchese family are also on the trail-and will stop at nothing to prevent Carla from coming into her inheritance.
14. The Twenty-Four Carat Hit
Aired 24 January 1973 • 60 min
First episode with the new set and slightly revised format. Bianco tries to help a fellow Probe agent, who is injured and is out on his own to find the people who killed his wife and kidnapped his daughter.
15. Numbered for Death
Aired 31 January 1973 • 60 min
Grover travels to Switzerland to investigate the black-mailing of people who have secret numbered accounts in a Swiss Bank.
16. Countdown to Panic
Aired 7 February 1973 • 60 min
Lockwood has to track down a friend who was infected by a mysterious and highly contagious disease following a deep sea dive.
17. The Clayton Lewis Document
Aired 14 February 1973 • 60 min
Bianco goes to Washington to prevent the blackmailing of a friend who is the key to an upcoming international summit.
18. Goddess of Destruction
Aired 21 February 1973 • 60 min
Grover has to find a stolen statue, which may signal the revival of an ancient criminal order.
19. The Mattson Papers
Aired 28 February 1973 • 60 min
Bianco looks for a missing comptroller, whose journals could bring down an organized crime ring.
20. Moment of Madness
Aired 14 March 1973 • 60 min
Grover looks for Cameron, who was kidnapped from Probe Control by an old army trainee, who blames Cameron for his capture and torture during the Korean War.
21. Ends of the Earth
Aired 21 March 1973 • 60 min
Bianco's investigation of missing criminals leads him to a travel agency whose speciality is helping wanted criminals escape.
22. Suffer My Child
Aired 28 March 1973 • 60 min
Lockwood looks for the daughter of a financial wizard who was kiddnaped...or who arranged her own kiddnapping.
23. The Packagers
Aired 11 April 1973 • 60 min
Grover's search for a missing officer previously involved in a failed military coup carries him into the heart of a group planning a full-scale revolution.