Thursday, March 1 - Route 66: Where There's a Will, There's a Way: Part One

Route 66 (1960–1964): Where There's a Will, There's a Way: Part One (Season 4 | Episode 21 - aired 6 March 1964)

Tod and Linc, now working in Tampa, Florida, encounter a remarkable family of oddballs who have gathered there for a funeral and the reading of a will.

A family of con men and women learn their brother has died and left $4 million to one of them- at the choice of the executor, (played marvelously by Chill Wills). The more nefarious family members- Roger C. Carmel, Patrick O'Neal, Alex (Cord) Viespi and Nina Foch must have looked familiar as they'd all been in prior episodes of Route 66. The one who hadn't, Barbara Eden, plays the "nice girl" of the family, who is required to get married to inherit. The deceased has encountered Tod Stiles and decided he'd be the perfect young man for Barbara. Meanwhile, the cut throats scheme to eliminate rivals, including Tod.