First Aired: Oct. 20, 1963 on CBS

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Season 1 » Episode #04 - Russians "R" in Season

My Favorite Martian - 01x04 Russians "R" in Season

Summary: Martin reads about a $2 billion American space program, a program he knows is doomed for failure. Not wanting to see the American government waste $2 billion, Tim writes himself a fake letter to the newspaper which includes Martin's nighttime musings; Tim thinks Martin's mumblings are key to the flaw in the space program. Based on the fake letter, Tim writes a newspaper story criticizing the wasted $2 billion. Tim's masquerade is uncovered by the government, agents for whom think he's a spy working for the Russians. Tim is questioned under a lie detector, and he fails miserably when it comes to questions about Martin. So the agents call in Martin, the agents who question him under the lie detector, under hypnosis, and through brainwashing. Martin overcomes each, to him, primitive method. But he can't overcome the truth serum, and he spills the beans about being a Martian. It isn't until then that the agents let Tim and Martin go. They figure that Martin is crazy and delusional, which is causing stress on Tim which in turn made him write the letter.

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Guest Stars:

Tim O'Hara played by Bill Bixby
James J. Jackson played by Richard Deacon
Agent No. 2 played by Frank Aletter
Agent No. 1 played by Edward Holmes
Dr. Weisbord played by Bryan O'Byrne

Episode Quotes

Uncle Martin: [reading newspaper] Hmpf.
Tim O'Hara: [looking up from his bank statement] Hmm?
Uncle Martin: Did you say something?
Tim O'Hara: No, you did.
Uncle Martin: No, I distinctly heard you go "hmmm?".
Tim O'Hara: Oh, yeah. Well, that was after you went "hmpf."
Uncle Martin: Oh, did I?
Tim O'Hara: [goes back to bank statement] Uh huh.
Uncle Martin: [goes back to newspaper] Hmpf.
Tim O'Hara: Well, there! You did it again!
Uncle Martin: Tim, did you see this article? Your goverenment is spending two-billion dollars on a space program that cannot possibly be successful.
Tim O'Hara: [exasperated] Uncle Martin, I have in front of me, right here, my friendly bank statement. And over here I have my enemy checkbook. Now somewhere, between the two, a penny is lost, and the bank wants me to find it. Yes, Abraham Lincoln lost in a mayasma of devious mathematics, and you talk to me about two-billion dollars? Please, Uncle Martin, can we keep it quiet? And no more "hmpf".
Uncle Martin: [goes back to newspaper] Hmpf.
Uncle Martin: [government agents are persistently knocking on Tims' front door] Answer the door. You're making it worse!
Tim O'Hara: Uh, uh, just this one second! Uncle Martin? Uncle Martin, what do they want?
Uncle Martin: You.
Tim O'Hara: Me? Who? Why?
Uncle Martin: Russians are in season.
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