Tim Reid as Marcel "Downtown" Brown

Episodes 91

Grand Illusion

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September 29, 19831h
3x1

A magician hires the Rick and AJ to find out how a rival stole his spectacular new trick.

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D.J., D.O.A.

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October 6, 19831h
3x2

A disc jockey is beaten and then disappears, a fellow D.J. who witnessed the beating hires the Simons to find out what happened to her co-worker.

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I Heard It Was Murder

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October 13, 19831h
3x3

Rick and AJ take on the job of protecting a blind witness.

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Bail Out

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October 20, 19831h
3x4

AJ goes undercover as a tennis pro when he and Rick are hired by an executive's widow to investigate the parachute ""accident"" that had killed her husband.

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Fly the Alibi Skies

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October 27, 19831h
3x5

This is a cross-over with the Whiz Kids who help the Simons solve their case.

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Shadow of Sam Penny

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November 3, 19831h
3x6

AJ's idol, famous detective Sam Penny (""the man who wrote the book"") needs the Simons help to solve a 30 year old case.

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Caught Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

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November 10, 19831h
3x7

Rick and AJ are hired by a woman to find her ex-husband, a cop accused of robbery and cop-killing. In this episode, the Simons meet Downtown Brown for the first time as they help him prove his friends's innocence.

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The Bare Facts

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November 17, 19831h
3x8

In order to find a missing contractor, the Simons have to search a nudist colony.

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Too Much of a Good Thing

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December 1, 19831h
3x9

A woman comes to the Simons when her husband disappears, they start the investigation with his job (inspecting produce for illegal pesticides) but the real surprises turn up when the investigation veers into his personal life.

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Betty Grable Flies Again

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December 8, 19831h
3x10

WWII pilot wants to find his long lost B-25.

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Bon Voyage, Alonso

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December 15, 19831h
3x11

Cecelia agrees to chaperone two teenage girls on a cruise, with Rick's help, but then the ship is highjacked.

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All Your Favorite Games

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December 22, 19831h
3x12

When her star witness is nearly killed while under police protection, Janet asks Rick and AJ to take over the protective custody, but the witness's compulsive need to gamble makes her very uncooperative.

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John Doe

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January 5, 19841h
3x13

A man comes to Rick and AJ claiming to be an amnesiac who can't remember the last three months of his life and wants them to find out why he's accused od murder.

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Dear Lovesick

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January 12, 19841h
3x14

An advice columnist hires Rick and AJ when she fears one of her regular readers is in danger.

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Bloodlines

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January 19, 19841h
3x15

While the Simons are looking for a stolen horse, they uncover some revealing information about the racing accident that had killed their client's father years before.

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Heels and Toes

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February 2, 19841h
3x16

AJ's broken wrist puts him and Rick in position to help a dancer, a ballerina by day and an exotic dancer by night, who is accused of murdering her roommate.

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The Wrong Stuff

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February 9, 19841h
3x17

An innocent young woman fears her future will be ruined when a producer turns a movie she made as a teenager into an x-rated film and gives it wide distribution.

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Double Play

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February 16, 19841h
3x18

Rick is haunted by a recurring dream while he and AJ are trying to figure out who devised the elaborate frame that gets them arrested for transporting stolen securities to Mexico, and their investigation leads them to a look-a-like escort service.

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Under the Knife

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February 23, 19841h
3x19

AJ goes undercover as a patient in a hospital when a surgeon hires the Simons to prove that the plaintiff in a malpractice suit is phony.

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Harm's Way

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March 1, 19841h
3x20

A woman hires the Simons to find a man she claims is her ex-husband, but when they find him, the larger-than-life Brian Harm's, he recuits them into his world of espionage and international intrigue.

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The Dillinger Print

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March 8, 19841h
3x21

A retired FBI agent thinks he has some new evidence in the John Dillinger case and then he is murdered, and AJ is forced to face his own fear when his reaction to a violent warning is not what he would have expected.

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Corpus Delecti

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March 22, 19841h
3x22

A steel denture found in a burned car is the major clue in proving a woman is dead and her insurance policy payable, but is it? The Simons $120,000 commission sits in the balance when AJ insists that they continue digging into the case.

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The Disappearance of Harry the Hat

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Season Finale
March 29, 19841h
3x23

A mild mannered accountant hires Rick and AJ to teach him how to vanish. He tells them that he wants to evade a demanding wife, but maybe he has another reason.

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C'est Simon (1)

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September 27, 19841h
4x1

The Simons follow their mother to Paris where she has an affair with a suave Frenchman, but is he all that he seems?

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C'est Simon (2)

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September 27, 19841h
4x2

The Simons follow their mother to Paris where she has an affair with a suave Frenchman, but is he all that he seems?

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A Little Wine with Murder

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October 4, 19841h
4x3

A restuarant critic is killed, and his partner hires Rick and AJ to find out why and by whom.

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The Dark Side of the Street

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October 18, 19841h
4x4

A threatened bridegroom begs for help a few days before the wedding, who doesn't want the bridegroom to get married?

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Manna from Heaven

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October 25, 19841h
4x5

Rick is in big trouble when he is accused of murdering the president of the company that repossessed his boat.

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What Goes Around Comes Around

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November 1, 19841h
4x6

A racecar driver hires the Simons to investigate his string of bad luck.

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Who Killed the Sixties?

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November 8, 19841h
4x7

After she finds new evidence, AJ's former girlfriend shows back up in his life to have him and Rick look into her brother's death, which could possibly have been a murder, trouble is it was eighteen years ago and it uncovers more than that.

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Break a Leg, Darling

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November 15, 19841h
4x8

A stage actress is threatened when feuding with her co-star and ex-husband.

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Almost Completely Out of Circulation

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November 22, 19841h
4x9

There is a clue to the murderer of a cartoonist in one of his comic books.

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Our Fair City

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November 29, 19841h
4x10

The mayor of Abalone Bay (aka as Sin City) hires the Simons to prove that his ex-wife, the chief of police, is trying to kill him, but when they get there, it's the mayor who's being indicted for murdering the chief.

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Deep Cover

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December 6, 19841h
4x11

A tv reporter put out a contract on himself to flush out a hitman for a story and now needs Rick and AJ to save him.

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Revolution #9½

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December 13, 19841h
4x12

The Simons fun-loving fortune-hunting uncle turns up and drags them off to a South Seas island to investigate why the dividend checks stopped coming from a crazy investment that had started to pay off.

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Yes, Virginia, There Is a Liberace

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December 20, 19841h
4x13

On Christmas Eve Rick and AJ go to Las Vegas in search of the father of a little girl.

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Almost Foolproof

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January 3, 19851h
4x14

Rick's friend Lolita asks him and AJ to look into the disappearance of a couple of transients she was helping, then she herself disappears.

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Enter the Jaguar

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January 17, 19851h
4x15

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Simon Without Simon (1)

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January 24, 19851h
4x16

When they accidentally solve ""the crime of the century"" Rick and AJ accept the lucrative, but separate, job offers that result from the publicity, but things don't go as planned when they're ambushed and framed for espionage and attempted murder.

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Simon Without Simon (2)

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January 31, 19851h
4x17

When they accidentally solve ""the crime of the century"" Rick and AJ accept the lucratve, but separate, job offers that reslt from the publicity, but things don't go as planned when they're ambushed and framed for espionage and murder.

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Slither

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February 7, 19851h
4x18

AJ is undercover as a coach to check out a teen's drug habits, then when she runs away, he feels responsible, but when he and Rick try to bring her home, her street friends find a nasty way to fight back.

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The Mickey Mouse Mob

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February 14, 19851h
4x19

A candidate in a major union election hires Rick and AJ to find his wife and child he deserted years ago, the search gets the Simons involved with the bosses of both the East and West coast ties to the mob.

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Mummy Talks

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February 21, 19851h
4x20

A graduate student in Egyptology finds a mummy in the museum basement that's never been reported, and the Simons help her swipe it so she can study it to see if it's real.

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Marlowe, Come Home

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February 28, 19851h
4x21

Rick enters Marlowe in a dog show in an attempt to locate the man who is holding their client's championship bitch for ransom, but the case hits too close to home when Marlowe gets snatched too.

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Out-of-Town Brown

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Season Finale
March 28, 19851h
4x22

Soon after Town's cousin, a student veterinarian finds evidence that there is something wrong with the livestock at the biggest ranch in the area, his house is vandalized and then he's accused of murder.

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Love and/or Marriage

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October 3, 19851h
5x1

A wedding sets the stage, as Rick falls in love with their client (who suspects her husband is having an affair) and AJ proposes to Liz.

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Burden of the Beast

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October 10, 19851h
5x2

A trained chimp is the only witness to a murder and they try to figure out who the chimp is identifying as the assailant.

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The Third Eye

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October 17, 19851h
5x3

A writer asks to be an apprentice P.I. to get background information for his book and then he is framed.

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Enchilada Express

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October 24, 19851h
5x4

Their current case takes them to a Mexican divorce resort when a worried ex-wife asks them to find her husband.

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The Skull of Nostradamus

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October 31, 19851h
5x5

An apprentice witch seeks Rick and AJ's help when she is threatened, but the case gets tricky when events seem to be influenced by the supernatural.

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5x6

Just when his breakup with Liz has AJ looking for love in all the wrong places, the brothers are hired by a TV sex therapist to investigate the death of one of her employees.

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Reunion at Alcatraz

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November 14, 19851h
5x7

Sam Penny is back searching for the only prisoner ever to have escaped from Alcatraz, almost 25 years ago.

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Down-Home Country Blues

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November 21, 19851h
5x8

The Simons set out to find a missing country singer.

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Quint Is Out

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December 5, 19851h
5x9

The brothers become concerned when a vengeful ex-con is on the loose.

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Walk a Mile in My Hat

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December 12, 19851h
5x10

The brothers switch identities.

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Facets

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December 18, 19851h
5x11

AJ is devastated when he shoots a young man during an investigation of a diamond theft which reveals a family feud separating two lovers.

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Sunrise at Camp Apollo

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January 2, 19861h
5x12

The guys pose as camp counselors at a camp for street kids, as a favor to Town.

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The Blue Chip Stomp

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January 16, 19861h
5x13

The Simons help Town and a high school basketball coach when the teams star is accused of murdering a college recruiter.

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Something for Sarah

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January 23, 19861h
5x14

A woman hires Rick and AJ to find her long-lost father after $10,000 is left anonymously on her front porch and she thinks it might have been from him.

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Mobile Home of the Brave

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January 30, 19861h
5x15

A cameraman is pursued by the mob and involves a charming family on vacation in their mobile home at a theme park.

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Family Forecast

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February 6, 19861h
5x16

The MC of a family style tv quiz show is worried that the show might be rigged and asks the Simons to investigate, which they do by becoming contestants.

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A Significant Obsession

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February 13, 19861h
5x17

Espionage at the laser research center. A former client obsessed with AJ hinders the investigation.

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For the People

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February 20, 19861h
5x18

The D.A. has AJ testify about a shooting he witnessed, but the accused may be innocent.

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Full Moon Blues

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March 6, 19861h
5x19

Rick moves in with a woman for the first time in his life, but she won't continue their relationship until he meets her missing roommate, when Rick and AJ search for him, they find themselves caught between the government and the mob.

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Eye of the Beholder

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March 13, 19861h
5x20

A rich industrialist hires the Simons to provide security for the cursed Peruvian icon he's about to receive, and as long as they're there, he asks if they could also keep an eye on his two teenage daughters.

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D-I-V-O-R-C-E

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March 27, 19861h
5x21

Rick and AJ help a couple of friends who claim they want a divorce, but act otherwise.

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Act Five

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April 3, 19861h
5x22

When the Simons find out their client has used them to cheat his wife out of her rightful settlement, they enlist the help of Town's cousin to set up a scam to get even.

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The Last Harangue

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April 10, 19861h
5x23

AJ runs for the city council while Rick investigates his opponent's alleged toxic waste dumping and murder.

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The Apple Doesn't Fall Far from the Tree

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Season Finale
May 1, 19861h
5x24

When hoods try to steal the family journal, Rick and AJ are prompted to go to Boston (with cousin Elizabeth) and trace the family tree, where they learn about pairs of Simon brothers down through the ages. Wayne (AJ) and Mad Benedict (Rick) Simon and their mother (Cecelia) in revolution-era Boston. 1775 and 1776 Sir Francis (AJ) and Black Jack (Rick) Simon and their mother Evangeline (Cece) in Pirate's Key, Florida. 1692 Orville (AJ) and Wilbur (Rick) Simon, shoe salesmen from Buffalo (owners of Simon Brothers shoes) in 1986.

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Competition--Who Needs It?

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September 25, 19861h
6x1

A large PI firm moves into the Simons office building vowing to drive them out of business, meanwhile, they're trying to get their client, a charter boat captain, the insurance settlement she deserves for the boat that blew up.

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A.W.O.L.

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October 2, 19861h
6x2

A young sailor who is framed for drug possession and goes A.W.O.L. gets help from the Simons

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Still Phil After All These Years

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October 9, 19861h
6x3

AJ and Rick dig up a time capsule for their mother's high school reunion and get a surprise when they find things connecting her former classmate to a long ago murder.

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The Cop Who Came to Dinner

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October 16, 19861h
6x4

Town is injured and becomes their house guest, without telling them his life may be in danger.

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Treasure

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October 23, 19861h
6x5

Against his better judgement, AJ agrees to go along on a job helping a wealthy old prospector find a lost mine in Mexico, when he finds himself attracted to the client, the man's daughter.

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The Last Big Break

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October 30, 19861h
6x6

A surfer who was thought to be drowned some 20 years ago turns up alive - and a target for murder.

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The Rookie

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November 6, 19861h
6x7

A rookie cop with a problem comes to the Simons for help, she suspects her partner, Town's mentor, is dirty, but she thinks if she reports him it will ruin her career.

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Like Father, Like Son

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November 13, 19861h
6x8

Temple Hill asks Rick and AJ to protect the threatened son of a investigatve reporter who was murdered while working on an expose of a boxing promotor, but the boy wants them to help him find his father's killer.

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The Case of Don Diablo

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November 20, 19861h
6x9

Rick refuses to give up his search for the $100,000 case of Don Diablo Wine Cooler when the contest's ad executive hires AJ to find it, making Rick and AJ rivals in the search.

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Mrs. Simon & Mrs. Simon

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December 4, 19861h
6x10

Rick and AJ are hired by two lovely Greek stewardesses to investigate a murder they witnessed, then they end up marrying them to keep them from being deported to Greece (where the killers await) when their visas expire.

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Just Because I'm Paranoid...

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December 11, 19861h
6x11

A woman insists on running in a marathon even though she is a target, AJ runs along with her and Rick patrols the path.

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Tonsillitis

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December 18, 19861h
6x12

Rick protests violently when the doctor wants to remove his tonsils, but he has to. While he is under anesthetic, he sees what he thinks is a murder, and no one will believe him.

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Deep Water Death

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January 8, 19871h
6x13

While doing a security check of a marine park, the Simons spot a ruthless pair they had a run-in with years before, and stick around to figure out what they're up to.

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For Old Crime's Sake

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January 15, 19871h
6x14

The Simons investigate a 50 year old bank robbery, when one robber took all the money and his three accomplices want revenge.

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Opposites Attack

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January 29, 19871h
6x15

Rick and AJ vie with two female private detectives to find the set of Samurai swords they were all hired to protect, when competition doesn't bring results, they decide to join forces.

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Judgement Call

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February 5, 19871h
6x16

Downtown plans to propose to Temple, but they disagree about an arrest. Downtown thinks the arrested man is a criminal and Temple thinks he is the victim of a plot to evict him from his home.

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Tanner, P.I. For Hire

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February 12, 19871h
6x17

The actor who plays tv's hottest detective disappears from the private detectives convention that Rick and AJ helped to organize, but it's a clue from a famous real detective, now down on his luck, that helps them find the guest of honor.

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Ancient Echoes

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February 19, 19871h
6x18

A young Indian finds some prehistoric artifacts at a construction site and then disappears. His uncle hires the Simons to investigate.

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Second-Story Simons

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February 26, 19871h
6x19

In a James Bond style caper, the Simons search the Yugoslavian embassy for some stolen top secret plans.

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I Thought the War Was Over

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March 5, 19871h
6x20

Rick becomes obsessed about the war in Vietnam when a buddy who saved his life there is murdered. His determination to find the killer pushes him over the edge and into a VA hospital.

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Lost Lady

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March 12, 19871h
6x21

Janet returns with amnesia and involved in some serious trouble. The brothers work hard to discover what happened to the last four years and to save her.

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Walking Point

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Season Finale
March 26, 19871h
6x22

Another malpractice suit needs their attention, but the lawyer who is running a center for the disabled thinks AJ has sold out to the defendant.

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