Episode
The Professionals: Servant of Two Masters
Overview
Bodie and Doyle are shocked to discover that Cowley appears to be selling nerve gas to a group of East Germans in order to line his own pockets, and are assigned by his rival Plumb to track their boss's every move.
Details
- Series
- The Professionals
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 8
- Air date
- 1979-12-15
Episode context
Servant of Two Masters is Episode 8 in Season 3 of The Professionals. It aired on 1979-12-15.
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