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 (24)
1. Love and/or Marriage
Aired 3 October 1985 • 60 min
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.
2. Burden of the Beast
Aired 10 October 1985 • 60 min
A trained chimp is the only witness to a murder and they try to figure out who the chimp is identifying as the assailant.
3. The Third Eye
Aired 17 October 1985 • 60 min
A writer asks to be an apprentice P.I. to get background information for his book and then he is framed.
4. Enchilada Express
Aired 24 October 1985 • 60 min
Their current case takes them to a Mexican divorce resort when a worried ex-wife asks them to find her husband.
5. The Skull of Nostradamus
Aired 31 October 1985 • 60 min
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.
6. Have You Hugged Your Private Detective Today?
Aired 7 November 1985 • 60 min
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.
7. Reunion at Alcatraz
Aired 14 November 1985 • 60 min
Sam Penny is back searching for the only prisoner ever to have escaped from Alcatraz, almost 25 years ago.
8. Down-Home Country Blues
Aired 21 November 1985 • 60 min
The Simons set out to find a missing country singer.
9. Quint Is Out
Aired 5 December 1985 • 60 min
The brothers become concerned when a vengeful ex-con is on the loose.
10. Walk a Mile in My Hat
Aired 12 December 1985 • 60 min
The brothers switch identities.
11. Facets
Aired 18 December 1985 • 60 min
AJ is devastated when he shoots a young man during an investigation of a diamond theft which reveals a family feud separating two lovers.
12. Sunrise at Camp Apollo
Aired 2 January 1986 • 60 min
The guys pose as camp counselors at a camp for street kids, as a favor to Town.
13. The Blue Chip Stomp
Aired 16 January 1986 • 60 min
The Simons help Town and a high school basketball coach when the teams star is accused of murdering a college recruiter.
14. Something for Sarah
Aired 23 January 1986 • 60 min
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.
15. Mobile Home of the Brave
Aired 30 January 1986 • 60 min
A cameraman is pursued by the mob and involves a charming family on vacation in their mobile home at a theme park.
16. Family Forecast
Aired 6 February 1986 • 60 min
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.
17. A Significant Obsession
Aired 13 February 1986 • 60 min
Espionage at the laser research center. A former client obsessed with AJ hinders the investigation.
18. For the People
10.0Aired 20 February 1986 • 60 min
The D.A. has AJ testify about a shooting he witnessed, but the accused may be innocent.
19. Full Moon Blues
Aired 6 March 1986 • 60 min
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.
20. Eye of the Beholder
Aired 13 March 1986 • 60 min
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.
21. D-I-V-O-R-C-E
Aired 27 March 1986 • 60 min
Rick and AJ help a couple of friends who claim they want a divorce, but act otherwise.
22. Act Five
Aired 3 April 1986 • 60 min
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.
23. The Last Harangue
Aired 10 April 1986 • 60 min
AJ runs for the city council while Rick investigates his opponent's alleged toxic waste dumping and murder.
24. The Apple Doesn't Fall Far from the Tree
Aired 1 May 1986 • 60 min
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.