About this season
Jigsaw John is an American crime drama television series that aired from February 2 until June 14, 1976.
Episodes (15)
1. Promise to Kill
Aired 2 February 1976 • 60 min
St. John investigates an old crime when the long missing body finally turns up, along with evidence that the police framed the man convicted of the crime.
2. Sand Trap
Aired 9 February 1976 • 60 min
St. John searches through the cutthroat music industry for the killer of a recording artist.
3. Too Much, Too Soon Blues
Aired 16 February 1976 • 60 min
When the heir to a Greek-American fortune is murdered, his estranged younger brother becomes the prime suspect.
4. Thicker Than Blood
Aired 23 February 1976 • 60 min
St. John looks for a killer and jewel thief inside a posh Los Angeles hotel.
5. Dry Ice
Aired 1 March 1976 • 60 min
The suspects in an actress's murder—a failed director, a faded star, a clerk, and a priest—are placed under police surveillance.
6. Follow the Yellow Brick Road
Aired 8 March 1976 • 60 min
John tracks down a murdered barber/bookie's two sets of client to find who killed him.
7. The Mourning Line
Aired 15 March 1976 • 60 min
A woman is shot by a sniper during a party at a marina apartment complex, leading St. John and Wade to a dark side of ""swinging singles.""
8. Death of the Party
Aired 22 March 1976 • 60 min
A criminologist whose speciality was the rehabilitation of parolees is killed and his research assistant assaulted, leaving St. John to piece through the man's work to find a suspect.
9. Executioner
Aired 5 April 1976 • 60 min
St. John searches for a serial killer dubbed ""The Executioner"" and rages when Sam's reporter ex-girlfriend reveals information about the case on television.
10. The Executioner
Aired 5 April 1976 • 60 min
John and Sam argue when a strange teenager claims to have witnessed a murder; while St. John dismisses her as an emotionally disturbed attention-seeker, Sam believes she's genuine.
11. The Runaway
Aired 12 April 1976 • 60 min
In the wake of a bank robber's return to Los Angeles, St. John investigates the murder of a witness to the man's crimes and tries to protect the remaining witnesses.
12. Plastique
Aired 19 April 1976 • 60 min
A murder leads St. John to another case when he discovers a link between a woman killed by plastic explosives planted in her car and an electronics firm.
13. Homicide is a Fine Art
Aired 31 May 1976 • 60 min
St. John investigates the murder of a Texan who'd recently moved to Los Angeles and finds a world of cheating wives, greedy art dealers, and opportunistic gigolos.
14. Ole-Ole an Free
Aired 7 June 1976 • 60 min
John goes undercover in a sanitarium to investigate reports of elderly patients being bilked and murdered.
15. Homicide 96403: John Smith
Aired 14 June 1976 • 60 min
St. John enlists a local sheriff to help hunt down a woman suspected of murdering an small-town real estate promoter found dead in a Los Angeles motel.