About this season
Three for the Road is an American drama television series that aired on CBS from September 14 to November 30, 1975. The series centers on Pete Karras, played by Alex Rocco, a recently widowed photojournalist travelling around the United States with two sons, John and Endy, in a recreational vehicle.
Episodes (13)
1. Pilot
Aired 4 September 1975 • 60 min
Pete Karras is a photographer-father of two sons (Vincent Van Patten and Leif Garrett), who takes to the road after the death of Pete's wife. That story involves a romance between Pete and Amy Parsons, who, alas, is doomed, but it's the relationship between Pete and his boys that's the heartbeat of the series.
2. Fear
Aired 14 September 1975 • 60 min
Despite his deep-rooted fear of heights, John goes along with Pete and Endy in taking flight instruction from a hang-gliding pilot. Unexpectedly, John likes the beginner's lessons until he realizes that the advanced stages of the sport entail flying off 200-foot cliffs.
3. Match Point
Aired 21 September 1975 • 60 min
While his father is shooting a photo layout for a sports magazine, John almost defeats tennis star Tom Aberling in a pick-up match; but Tom's father fears the nonchalant game could ruin his son's reputation.
4. The Ghost Story
Aired 28 September 1975 • 60 min
While covering an exhibit featuring the works of a recently deceased young artist, Peter receives a bizarre request from her twin sister: she wants him to photograph the dead woman's ghost, reportedly haunting the family estate.
5. Ride on a Red Balloon
Aired 5 October 1975 • 60 min
A drinking problem prevents Pete's longtime friend, a hot air balloon pilot, from assisting with an advertising photo layour Pete is doing for a soft drink company.
6. The Fugitives
Aired 12 October 1975 • 60 min
The father of a young girl is being stalked by a mysterious man with a gun.
7. The Cave
Aired 19 October 1975 • 60 min
Pete's wartime buddy Dan Marshall undertakes daring exploits in a huge, dark, and treacherous cave, with an admiring John Karras following close behind.
8. The Rip-Off
Aired 26 October 1975 • 60 min
A young girl hitchhiker creates a nightmare for Pete Karras and his sons when she and her boyfriend steal the Karras' motor home.
9. The Prisoner in Sneakers
Aired 2 November 1975 • 60 min
A friendship develops between Endy Karras and a bitter, street-wise youth in a detention home.
10. The Trail of Bigfoot
Aired 9 November 1975 • 60 min
Pete sets out to photograph the elusive Bigfoot.
11. The Albatross
Aired 15 November 1975 • 60 min
The Karrases become involved in the troubled relationship between two hitchhikers: an ambitious young mother and her withdrawn, neglected son. Pete and his sons stop to help a young mother whose car has broken down, but find themselves giving Patti Hardy and her son more than just a lift to the next city.
12. Adventure in L.A.
Aired 23 November 1975 • 60 min
Pete has been assigned to photograph the daughter of an international shipping magnate while she is visiting Los Angeles, but he arrives to find that the job has been given to someone else and that threats have been made on the young girl's life.
13. Odyssey in Jeans
Aired 30 November 1975 • 60 min
Working on a photo assignment at a guest ranch, Pete falls from his horse and is rushed to the hospital, leaving John to deal with young Endy's fright and confusion.