About this season
B.L. Stryker is an American detective drama that aired on ABC from February 13, 1989 to May 5, 1990 as part of the ABC Mystery Movie along with Gideon Oliver, Columbo and Kojak. The series was executive produced by Tom Selleck.
Episodes (5)
1. The Dancer's Touch
Aired 13 February 1989 • 120 min
The present reminds B.L. of the past, when a rapist is attacking young socialites and B.L. finds himself drawn out of retirement and into detective work.
2. Carolann (a.k.a. Royal Gambit)
Aired 6 March 1989 • 120 min
One of B.L.'s childhood friends is now a Middle Eastern queen, she is being stalked by assassins after her husband, an arms dealer, is blown up aboard their royal yacht.
3. Blind Chess
Aired 27 March 1989 • 120 min
Stryker's secretary gets him into a complex case involving her jailed brother, her brother's jailed lover, a murder, and the murder victim's fiancé, a wealthy detective buff who's eager to help B.L. find the killer.
4. Auntie Sue
Aired 17 April 1989 • 120 min
Stryker's incorrigible Aunt Sue will stop it nothing to get an old mansion for herself and her two septuagenarian friends. Meanwhile, four thugs are trying to urge B.L. out of the business.
5. Blues For Buder
Aired 15 May 1989 • 120 min
Kimberly's wealthy friend hires Stryker to find a school for her vexatious grandson, who yearns to join an evangelist more interested in his trust fund than his soul.