Season 1

13 EPISODES • 1975

Season 1 of Three for the Road was released on September 4 and consists of 13 episodes.

Episodes

1: Pilot

Sep 4, 1975

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

Sep 14, 1975

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

Sep 21, 1975

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

Sep 28, 1975

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

Oct 5, 1975

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

Oct 12, 1975

The father of a young girl is being stalked by a mysterious man with a gun.

7: The Cave

Oct 19, 1975

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

Oct 26, 1975

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

Nov 2, 1975

A friendship develops between Endy Karras and a bitter, street-wise youth in a detention home.

10: The Trail of Bigfoot

Nov 9, 1975

Pete sets out to photograph the elusive Bigfoot.

11: The Albatross

Nov 15, 1975

The Karrases become involved in the troubled relationship between two hitchhikers: an ambitious young mother and her withdrawn, neglected son.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.

Nov 23, 1975

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

Nov 30, 1975

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.

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