David Cassidy: Man Undercover S1E2: Baby Makes Three (1978) | David Cassidy

David Cassidy: Man Undercover — Season 1, Episode 2: “Baby Makes Three” Original air date: November 9, 1978 Runtime: approximately 45–48 minutes In “Baby Makes Three,” Officer Dan Shay takes on a deeply troubling undercover assignment involving a suspected baby-selling operation. To get close to the people involved, Shay poses as a college student, entering an environment where trust, vulnerability, and deception all play major roles. The episode centers on Shay’s attempt to uncover the structure of an illegal adoption or baby-trafficking scheme. His cover requires him to appear young, believable, and emotionally invested while quietly gathering information on the people profiting from desperate circumstances. As the investigation develops, Shay must work carefully to identify who is exploiting young women, how the arrangement is being handled, and how to protect those caught in the middle before the operation disappears or another victim is harmed. This episode gives Man Undercover a more human and socially conscious tone, moving beyond street crime into a case involving emotional manipulation, family pressure, and criminal exploitation. David Cassidy’s role as Dan Shay allows the episode to emphasize both the procedural side of undercover work and the personal strain of pretending to be someone else while witnessing vulnerable people being used. Directed by Sam Wanamaker Written by Walter Dallenbach