List of Golgo 13 episodes

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The following is a list of episodes for Golgo 13, which had been given a television adaptation for Spring 2008^[1]. It had aired on Japanese television on April 11, 2008^[2]^[3] with Japanese television actor Hiroshi Tachi playing the role of Duke Togo.^[4]

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#	Episode Name	Original air date
1	"AT PIN-HOLE!"	April 11, 2008
Duke Togo, aka Golgo 13, gets out of jail with assistance from the FBI and the CIA in Texas. Jake Quade, a gangster turned CIA informant, hijacked a domestic flight after killing a sky marshal and stealing his side arm with the threat of blowing it up with smuggled C-4 explosives. Golgo 13 snipes him in the aircraft's cockpit from a long distance from a nearby airfield after getting a highly modified .308 Winchester bolt action sniper rifle.
2	"ROOM No.909"	April 18, 2008
Golgo 13 is hired by a representative of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission when he was told to target a mafia financier in New York. Despite getting into trouble when his used .30-06 Springfield cartridge fell down from his apartment balcony due to the appearance of a stray cat, Togo tries to cover his tracks when a desperate detective of the NYPD starts to hound him over his stay in New York City.
3	"Masterpiece Assault Rifle" "傑作･アサルトライフル" (Kessaku･Asarutoraifuru)	April 25, 2008
What began as a simple mission to stir up trouble for racers driving Japanese-made vehicles in a rally race turns into a match of sniping when Golgo 13 is targeted by the Savine brothers, ex-French Foreign Legion soldiers turned mercenaries armed with modified XM29 OICW and FN F2000 bullup assault rifles while being aided by customized digital scopes made by a European arms dealer named Kaizer in order to market them to numerous military forces from around the globe.
4	"Pretty Woman" "プリティ･ウーマン" (Puriti･Uuman)	May 2, 2008
Linda, the wife of a mafia leader in New York City hires Golgo 13 for the purpose of assassinating him so as to start another life all over again in Florida. Things gets complicated when the mafia boss kills one of his henchmen after being accused of trying to be in an affair with Linda, resulting in a small gang war fight before Golgo 13 was able to get rid of his targets and unfortunately Linda when she decides to kill him.
5	"Superstar Performance" "スーパースターの共演" (Suupaasutaa no kyouen)	May 9, 2008
Bob Stigner, vice-president of Conan Associates, hires an ex-Polish olympic athlete and soldier named Ledell Nikolavitch to assassinate the company's president and current leader Ted Conan in order to take over the entire company despite what Ted had done to help Bob escape from his past problems. However, Ted is wise to Bob's game and decides to hire Golgo 13 to assassinate both Bob and Ledell for good.
6	"A Present to God" "神に贈られし物" (Kami ni okura re shi mono)	May 15, 2008
Golgo 13 is hired out by a mobster to go to Massachusetts and assassinate an anti-crime analyst during the state's presidential elections. When Golgo 13 is arrested by FBI agents for assaulting an agent, he is grilled regarding the murder and the PPS-made revolver that he used until a lawyer named Mr. Barton begins to question the loopholes in the FBI's accusations against Duke.
7	"A Shot in G" "G線上の狙撃" (G senjou no sogeki)	May 23, 2008
Golgo 13 is hired by Thomas Simpson, a famed violinist from the London Symphony Orchestra to sabotage a charity concert led by his replacement Sergei Kaspersky by shooting the G-string from his violin.
8	"Action: 4/24" "動作・24分の4" (Dousa・24 bunno 4)	May 30, 2008