“___ Three Lives” (early TV drama)

I LED

This 1950s anthology series featured rotating stories about ordinary people facing moral dilemmas, with the title hinting at a first-person confession. Think of a past-tense verb paired with a number.

This clue references the classic TV drama "I Led Three Lives", which aired in the 1950s about an undercover FBI agent infiltrating communist groups. The blank in the clue hints at the first word of the title, and the answer is a homophone—"I led" sounds like "I led" (as in past tense of "lead"), but it’s spelled to match the show’s name. The phrasing plays on the double meaning of "led" (the metal vs. the verb) while keeping the title intact.