Simon & Simon (season 5)
| Simon & Simon (season 5) | |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 24 |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | October 3, 1985 – May 1, 1986 |
| Season chronology | |
This is a list of episodes from the fifth season of Simon & Simon.
Broadcast history
The season originally aired Thursdays at 9:00-10:00 pm (EST) from October 3, 1985 to April 10, 1986. The last episode of the season originally aired May 1, 1986 at 8:00-9:00 pm (EST).
Nielsen ratings
The season ranked twenty-ninth with a 17.2 rating.
DVD release
The DVD was released by Shout! Factory.
Episodes
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 82 | 1 | "Love and/or Marriage" | Vincent McEveety | Michael Piller | October 3, 1985 |
| Rick finds himself falling for a client just as he and A.J. are hired to find her missing husband. | |||||
| 83 | 2 | "Burden of the Beast" | Sigmund Neufeld, Jr. | Teleplay by: Paul Robert Coyle Story by: Paul Magistretti and Paul Robert Coyle | October 10, 1985 |
| A chimpanzee is the only witness to an animal researcher's murder. | |||||
| 84 | 3 | "The Third Eye" | Burt Kennedy | Thomas Perry & Jo Perry | October 17, 1985 |
| A writer who specializes in "participatory journalism" is set up for murder when he becomes an apprentice to the Simons. | |||||
| 85 | 4 | "Enchilada Express" | Sigmund Neufeld, Jr. | Teleplay by: W. Reed Moran Story by: B.W. Sandefur | October 24, 1985 |
| The Simons probe a quickie-divorce resort in Mexico that's costing some husbands a rather high price for their freedom. | |||||
| 86 | 5 | "The Skull of Nostradamus" | Sigmund Neufeld, Jr. | W. Reed Moran | October 31, 1985 |
| The Simons must find out who's trying to scare an apprentice who's supposedly under a spell. | |||||
| 87 | 6 | "Have You Hugged Your Private Detective Today?" | Kim Manners | Teleplay by: Thomas Perry & Jo Perry Story by: Paul L. Ehrmann & Craig Buck | November 7, 1985 |
| A TV-sex therapist hires the Simons to find out who murdered a sex surrogate. | |||||
| 88 | 7 | "Reunion at Alcatraz" | Vincent McEveety | Michael Piller | November 14, 1985 |
| The Simons reunite with Sam Penny and help him catch a con artist who escaped from Alcatraz in 1962. | |||||
| 89 | 8 | "Down Home Country Blues" | Vincent McEveety | Teleplay by: Terrell Tannen Story by: Darrell Fetty & Ramsay King | November 21, 1985 |
| A country singer goes on the road with his son after accepting a seemingly generous offer for some of his songs. | |||||
| 90 | 9 | "Quint Is Out" | Sigmund Neufeld, Jr. | Bill Dial | December 5, 1985 |
| Quint, a vengeful ex-con whom the Simons helped put in jail, is unable to get near them, so he hatches a scheme to lure them to him. | |||||
| 91 | 10 | "Walk a Mile in My Hat" | Vincent McEveety | Richard Chapman | December 12, 1985 |
| While A.J.'s on vacation, the agency is offered $10,000, seeking A.J.'s business acumen, which requires Rick to poses as him, to gain the client. When a million-dollar deal leads to murder, A.J. must pose as Rick upon returning. The Simon's live are in danger after Gerry is discovered hiding a corpse. Terry Kiser as Gerry Marsh. | |||||
| 92 | 11 | "Facets" | Burt Kennedy | Diane Saunders | December 19, 1985 |
| While the Simons investigate a valuable gem theft, A.J. accidentally shoots a Romeo, sparking a feud between two families with rivalry jewelery businesses. | |||||
| 93 | 12 | "Sunrise at Camp Apollo" | Kim Manners | Steve Stoliar | January 2, 1986 |
| The Simons work undercover as camp counselors at a camp for street kids to investigate burglaries in an upscale neighborhood, ones that have locals demanding the camp's shut-down. The proud teens resist help but when Julio is arrested for murder, the PI's have ideas about kindly Ross Garrett and the wealthy kids who hang out at his pharmacy. | |||||
| 94 | 13 | "The Blue Chip Stomp" | Dennis Donnelly | Gary Rosen | January 16, 1986 |
| Stanley Tate is a highly recruited basketball star being pressured by his indebted brother Gordon, to make easy money from gamblers. When a recruiter is murdered, AJ and Rick are on the case, to help the young men suspected of the deed, while busting the gambling syndicate. Daphne Reid as reporter Temple Hill | |||||
| 95 | 14 | "Something for Sarah" | Dennis Donnelly | Terrell Tannen | January 23, 1986 |
| Sarah Jean finds a cash filled suitcase on her porch and hires the Simon brothers to locate it's owner. Rick and AJ trace it to her long missing father Ben, who admits it came from a disrupted drug transaction, making the dealer very angry and very anxious for its return. | |||||
| 96 | 15 | "Mobile Home of the Brave" | Burt Kennedy | Teleplay by: Elia Katz & Michael Cassutt Story by: Paul Schiffer | January 30, 1986 |
| A paparazzo named Harrison captures noted mobster Manny Crobett on film, but when pursued, switches the roll with the vacationing Johnson family. AJ and Rick take the family under their protection, but their vacation at a theme park is now plagued with disasters, making the park area a dangerous place to be. | |||||
| 97 | 16 | "Family Forecast" | Burt Kennedy | Teleplay by: Peter Fox and Thomas Perry & Jo Perry Story by: Peter Fox | February 6, 1986 |
| The Simons go on a game show that the host believes is rigged - because he was once involved in a scandal himself. | |||||
| 98 | 17 | "A Significant Obsession" | Gerald McRaney | Teleplay by: Michael Piller Story by: Bonnie Parker | February 13, 1986 |
| The Simons' investigation of espionage at a laser lab is complicated by an old client who's become obsessed with A.J. | |||||
| 99 | 18 | "For the People" | Judith Vogelsang | Teleplay by: Michael Genelin Story by: Bill Dial and Michael Genelin | February 20, 1986 |
| When the Simons are made prosecution witnesses in a murder trial, they come to suspect that the accused may be innocent, so they start their own investigation. | |||||
| 100 | 19 | "Full Moon Blues" | Burt Kennedy | Thomas Perry & Jo Perry and Richard Chapman | March 6, 1986 |
| The Simons get caught between the Feds and the mob when they're blamed for a witness's death. | |||||
| 101 | 20 | "Eye of the Beholder" | Sigmund Neufeld, Jr. | Teleplay by: Phil Combest Story by: Seth Weisbord | March 13, 1986 |
| An industrialist hires the Simons to guard a cursed medallion and keep an eye on his daughters. | |||||
| 102 | 21 | "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" | Burt Kennedy | Richard Chapman | March 27, 1986 |
| The Simons are hired by opposing sides in a divorce case - and come to suspect that someone wants the divorce more than the husband and wife. | |||||
| 103 | 22 | "Act Five" | Sigmund Neufeld, Jr. | Michael Piller | April 3, 1986 |
| The Simons enlist Downtown's con artist cousin to swindle a client who swindled them. | |||||
| 104 | 23 | "The Last Harangue" | Burt Kennedy | Tom Ropelewski | April 10, 1986 |
| A.J. is drawn into a race for city council, while Rick investigates a case that links his brother's opponent to toxic-waste dumping and murder. | |||||
| 105 | 24 | "The Apple Doesn't Fall Far from the Tree" | Vincent McEveety | Michael Piller & Richard Chapman | May 1, 1986 |
| The Simons travel to Boston and Florida to find out why thugs are trying to steal the family journal. | |||||
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