About this season
A.J. Simon is a polished fellow with a taste for classic cars and tailored suits. Rick Simon is his less refined (but still pleasant) older brother who has a taste for cowboy boots and four-wheel drive pickups. The two of them live in San Diego, where they own a private detective agency.
Episodes (23)
1. Grand Illusion
Aired 29 September 1983 • 60 min
A magician hires the Rick and AJ to find out how a rival stole his spectacular new trick.
2. D.J., D.O.A.
Aired 6 October 1983 • 60 min
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.
3. I Heard It Was Murder
Aired 13 October 1983 • 60 min
Rick and AJ take on the job of protecting a blind witness.
4. Bail Out
Aired 20 October 1983 • 60 min
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.
5. Fly the Alibi Skies
Aired 27 October 1983 • 60 min
This is a cross-over with the Whiz Kids who help the Simons solve their case.
6. Shadow of Sam Penny
8.0Aired 3 November 1983 • 60 min
AJ's idol, famous detective Sam Penny (""the man who wrote the book"") needs the Simons help to solve a 30 year old case.
7. Caught Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
6.0Aired 10 November 1983 • 60 min
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.
8. The Bare Facts
Aired 17 November 1983 • 60 min
In order to find a missing contractor, the Simons have to search a nudist colony.
9. Too Much of a Good Thing
Aired 1 December 1983 • 60 min
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.
10. Betty Grable Flies Again
Aired 8 December 1983 • 60 min
WWII pilot wants to find his long lost B-25.
11. Bon Voyage, Alonso
Aired 15 December 1983 • 60 min
Cecelia agrees to chaperone two teenage girls on a cruise, with Rick's help, but then the ship is highjacked.
12. All Your Favorite Games
Aired 22 December 1983 • 60 min
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.
13. John Doe
3.0Aired 5 January 1984 • 60 min
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.
14. Dear Lovesick
Aired 12 January 1984 • 60 min
An advice columnist hires Rick and AJ when she fears one of her regular readers is in danger.
15. Bloodlines
Aired 19 January 1984 • 60 min
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.
16. Heels and Toes
Aired 2 February 1984 • 60 min
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.
17. The Wrong Stuff
Aired 9 February 1984 • 60 min
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.
18. Double Play
Aired 16 February 1984 • 60 min
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.
19. Under the Knife
Aired 23 February 1984 • 60 min
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.
20. Harm's Way
Aired 1 March 1984 • 60 min
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.
21. The Dillinger Print
Aired 8 March 1984 • 60 min
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.
22. Corpus Delecti
Aired 22 March 1984 • 60 min
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.
23. The Disappearance of Harry the Hat
Aired 29 March 1984 • 60 min
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.