S1 E1 • The Manhunters

Première diffusion : 2 octobre 1973

S1 E2 • The Vanishing Lady

Première diffusion : 9 octobre 1973

S1 E3 • Illusion in Terror

Tony's girlfriend is apparently run down in a parking garage, but nobody will give him a straight answer as to which hospital the body was taken. When a mysterious uncle suddenly claims the body, Tony suspects something is awry. The investigation spells D-A-N-G-E-R when somebody tries to kill Tony by knocking him out and setting fire to the barn he's in.

Première diffusion : 23 octobre 1973

S1 E4 • Lightning on a Dry Day

Première diffusion : 30 octobre 1973

S1 E5 • Ovation for Murder

Première diffusion : 6 novembre 1973

S1 E6 • Man on Fire

Première diffusion : 20 novembre 1973

S1 E7 • Lady in a Trap

Magician Anthony Blake is at the library to borrow a copy of a book on magic when a priceless Machiavelli manuscript is stolen. The thieves are caught but the manuscript is not recovered. The librarian takes the afternoon off to go boating off the coast of Malibu when her boyfriend shows her that he has the Machiavelli. She soon finds herself plunging to the ocean floor with a pair of weights chained to her ankles. Fortunately, Blake is scuba diving in the area and rescues her. Blake tracks down the boyfriend only to discover that he has been killed and the Machiavelli once again absconded. Blake finds the Machiavelli after being imprisoned in jail without charge and escaping. A secret message in the book points to the location of the buried loot at an abandoned winery. Tony makes his way to the winery but discovers that the villains are there to meet him. Tony must use every trick in his arsenal to escape from the crooks.

Première diffusion : 27 novembre 1973

S1 E8 • The Man Who Lost Himself

Première diffusion : 11 décembre 1973

S1 E9 • Nightmare in Steel

A band of modern-day pirates is seeking to hijack a tanker ship for its $4 million worth of fuel. They have coerced a merchant seaman to help them by kidnapping his wife, who had just gotten a role as Tony Blake's stage assistant. Tony steals onto the ship to overhear the pirates' nefarious plans and to try to devise a way to rescue husband and wife.

Première diffusion : 18 décembre 1973

S1 E10 • Shattered Image

Première diffusion : 8 janvier 1974

S1 E11 • The Illusion of the Curious Counterfeit (1)

Tony Blake has taken up residency at The Castle, an exclusive club for magicians, when his old girlfriend Janet Keegan comes to visit--not to get back together with him, but because she is being pursued by two men and doesn't know why. Her father, Charles, who used to be involved in bootlegging and other shady activities, may be involved. Despite Tony's efforts to protect her, the men catch Janet and hold her hostage to keep her father from interfering with a planned robbery, and Tony must rescue her from the prison in which they are holding her.

Première diffusion : 14 janvier 1974

S1 E12 • The Illusion of the Curious Counterfeit (2)

Première diffusion : 21 janvier 1974

S1 E13 • The Illusion of the Stainless Steel Lady

Irene Denore, a famous film actress of the silent era, is being held hostage in her own home by her ruthless business manager, Brad Nicholson, who is slowly bleeding her dry of her fortune. Meanwhile, reporter Victoria Hunter is trying to use Tony to get an exclusive interview with Irene. Tony is busy trying to uncover the true reason why the actress won't see anyone.

Première diffusion : 28 janvier 1974

S1 E14 • The Illusion of the Queen's Gambit

Première diffusion : 4 février 1974

S1 E15 • The Illusion of Black Gold

Tony Blake stages a real life illusion--making it appear that a Alexander Polchek, a scientist from the Soviet Union, is killed so that he can be given a new identity. Thanks to a leak, however, a band of kidnappers is not fooled. They capture the scientist and hold an auction for his secret of extracting oil from shale rock. Californiamagic writes: This episode opens with what appears to be a well thought out assassination of a famous scientist at a public press conference..... But in reality Tony is helping to fake the doctor's death so that the doctor can go under an assumed name, and will no longer have to fear for his life. Why all the trouble? Because this doctor has the secret to extract oil from shale! But even with Tony's help, the bad guys figure out the doctor is not really dead, and kidnap him with plans to sell him to the highest bidder.

Première diffusion : 11 février 1974

S1 E16 • The Illusion of the Lost Dragon

Première diffusion : 18 février 1974

S1 E17 • The Illusion of the Deadly Conglomerate

Première diffusion : 25 février 1974

S1 E18 • The Illusion of the Fatal Arrow

Someone is going around killing people with, of all things, a bow & arrow. Stranger still, a psychic sees it all in her mind's eye...and has to tell someone. That someone is her good friend Tony Blake. After Tony verifies her visions, he decides to follow the trail and find out who is doing the killing, and why.

Première diffusion : 4 mars 1974

S1 E19 • The Illusion of the Lethal Playthings

Première diffusion : 18 mars 1974

S1 E20 • The Illusion of the Cat's Eye

A statue of an Egyptian cat on display in a museum is this episode's main attraction. It is believed by the Egyptians that incarnated inside the statue of the Ramses Cat is an Egyptian god. They also believe the statue belongs back in Egypt, not in a private museum. Not long after the museum curator turns down the Egyptians' final offer of one million dollars for the statue, the statue disappears, even though it has numerous alarms and obstacles protecting it! Enter Tony Blake, professional magician hired by the museum's insurance company to investigate the supposed ""impossible"" theft. As Tony follows the trail and starts to get close to some answers, he finds his suspects dead before he can ask any more questions. All have been torn apart by a large animal--with large claws. Has the spirit of the Ramses Cat been unleashed and is it seeking revenge? Will Tony get attacked by the animal too? Will he survive? That Tony Blake is pretty tricky, and, as usual, he manages to solve the myster

Première diffusion : 25 mars 1974

S1 E21 • The Illusion of the Evil Spikes

Tony Blake is on the set of a movie watching his good magician friend perform the ""Spikes of Death"" escape when his friend is tragically killed. Tony is asked to perform the illusion for the still-unfinished picture since he is the only other magician who can do so. Tony agrees because he wants to help the owner of the movie studio and wishes to find out what went wrong with the escape when his friend was performing it in front of the cameras. Tony finds out the escape equipment had been tampered with by a studio stagehand who is trying to sabotage the making of the movie, so the movie studio will fail and have to sell the studio lot. But who is behind it all?

Première diffusion : 15 avril 1974