About this season
Longstreet is an American crime drama series that was broadcast on the ABC in the 1971-1972 season. A 90-minute pilot movie of the same name aired prior to the debut of the series as an ABC Movie of the Week.
Episodes (23)
1. Way Of The Intercepting Fist
Aired 16 September 1971 • 60 min
Mike Longstreet enlists the Teachings of martial arts expert Li Tsung in order to defend himself despite his blindness.
2. A World of Perfect Complicity
Aired 23 September 1971 • 60 min
Mike and Nikki go undercover as husband and wife in an exclusive apartment building, in an attempt to discover the identity of a thief who is robbing its wealthy residents.
3. One in the Reality Column
Aired 30 September 1971 • 60 min
Mike is kidnapped, drugged and left for dead on an abandoned salvage ship. Miraculously, he survives and attempts to piece together clues and fractured memories, believing it's somehow connected to a case he is working on.
4. So, Who's Fred Hornbeck?
Aired 7 October 1971 • 60 min
A man who spent several years in prison for a murder he didn't commit enlists Mike's help in finding the real killer.
5. Elegy in Brass
Aired 14 October 1971 • 60 min
When Mike begins investigating the murder of a Jazz Society Director, and the theft of two rare and valuable instruments, it leads him on a path into greed, ambition, hidden family secrets and the world of jazz music.
6. Spell Legacy Like Death
10.0Aired 21 October 1971 • 60 min
7. The Shape of Nightmares
Aired 28 October 1971 • 60 min
A young widow asks Mike to look into the apparent suicide of her husband, who died in prison. Mike enters the prison to investigate, and discovers evidence that he was actually murdered.
8. The Girl with a Broom
Aired 4 November 1971 • 60 min
An expensive Rembrandt painting is stolen from a wealthy family's home. Mike's investigation into the theft takes him into a web of hidden family secrets and lies.
9. Wednesday's Child
Aired 11 November 1971 • 60 min
Nikki is kidnapped after purchasing an antique sewing machine at an auction, and held for ransom. Mike must discover what's hidden within the machine that's of value, and then with Li's help find a way to rescue Nikki.
10. I See, Said the Blind Man
Aired 18 November 1971 • 60 min
11. This Little Piggy Went to the Marquette
Aired 2 December 1971 • 60 min
Mike investigates a series of thefts of semi-truck trailers, known as "pigs", and uncovers a ring of thieves.
12. There Was A Crooked Man
Aired 9 December 1971 • 60 min
A valuable racehorse is stolen and held for ransom. The kidnappers want Mike to deliver the ransom money, because they figure he won't be able to identify them.
13. The Old Team Spirit
Aired 16 December 1971 • 60 min
There has been a series of armored-car robberies, and Mike's old mentor, Harold Kemp, is in charge of the investigation. As Mike assists Harold in the investigation, he begins to suspect his mentor is involved.
14. The Long Way Home
Aired 30 December 1971 • 60 min
Harper Electronics specializes in hiring handicapped employees, but the company is hit with a string of robberies. Going undercover to investigate, Mike becomes an employee with the firm.
15. Let the Memories Be Happy Ones
Aired 6 January 1972 • 60 min
Nikki takes Mike to the New Orleans International Airport to pick up his late wife's sister, Hannah, and her husband, Sven Aalborg. While greeting each other in the crowded airport terminal, someone mysteriously shoots Hannah's husband, leaving him in critical condition.
16. Survival Times Two
Aired 13 January 1972 • 60 min
A deadly water moccasin and an equally deadly trapper add up to peril for Longstreet and Duke, whose trek into the Louisiana bayous turns into a battle for survival.
17. Eye of the Storm
Aired 20 January 1972 • 60 min
Mike travels to a lonely roadside diner to meet the representative of a gang that stole a valuable jade chess set, in order to pay the ransom for its return. The man he is supposed to meet is a no-show as a hurricane blows through, stranding Mike and a group of fellow travelers.
18. Please Leave the Wreck for Others to Enjoy
Aired 27 January 1972 • 60 min
Nikki is run down by a hit-and-run driver while working on a case with Mike, placing her in the hospital in critical condition. Mike blames himself and begins to question his real motives for being an investigator, as he falls into a deep depression.
19. Anatomy of a Mayday
Aired 3 February 1972 • 60 min
Mike's good friend is killed in a boating accident, but Mike feels someone may have tried to murder him. Investigating several potential suspects leads him to believe his friend is really still alive.
20. Sad Songs and Other Conversations
Aired 10 February 1972 • 60 min
When a fire breaks out in a hospital room, the patient inside dies. Mike investigates and suspects arson, but must sift through several suspects to find out who and why.
21. Field of Honor
Aired 17 February 1972 • 60 min
Mike's good friend is Jim Collins, the starting quarterback for the New Orleans football team. After suffering a terrible accident, Jim finds he may never walk again. Mike suspects the accident involved foul play.
22. Through Shattering Glass
Aired 24 February 1972 • 60 min
When Mike hears a man being murdered, he pieces together enough clues to guess the killer's identity. He then plays a dangerous game as he pretends to be an eyewitness to the killing, hoping to draw the killer out into the open.
23. The Sound of Money Talking
Aired 2 March 1972 • 60 min
Bank teller Roy has an interesting early-retirement plan: he's the inside man on a quarter-million-dollar heist.