About this season
Diamonds is a Canadian television series, which aired from 1987 to 1989. The show starred Nicholas Campbell as Mike Devitt and Peggy Smithhart as Christina Towne, a divorced couple who continued to work together as private investigators. Devitt and Towne had originally met as television stars who played married private investigators on a TV series called Two of Diamonds. The show was frequently compared to the American series Moonlighting. In a direct nod to the comparison, one episode actually featured an encounter with a character who mistook Devitt and Towne for Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd. The cast also included Roland Magdane, Geraint Wyn Davies and Tony Rosato. Campbell was also an occasional writer for the series. The series aired on Global in Canada, and in a late night slot on CBS in the United States, as well as on the USA Network. It was one of several Canadian-produced drama series to air in the CBS Late Night block of crime dramas. Others included Adderly, Night Heat and Hot Shots.
Episodes (22)
1. Poison Pill
Aired 29 September 1987 • 60 min
Two former husband-and-wife TV-detective actors take a chance with the real thing following the cancellation of their series. But will their skills gained from fiction be enough to solve real crimes?
2. Kiss and Tell
Aired 6 October 1987 • 60 min
Mike and Chris become involved in a blackmail sceme after being hired by a man to investigate his wife.
3. There Once Was a Lady from Katmandu
Aired 13 October 1987 • 60 min
A mysterious man hires Mike and Christina to find for a priceless diamond which has fallen into the hands of a fence.
4. Here Comes the Bride
Aired 20 October 1987 • 60 min
5. Domestic Spirits
Aired 27 October 1987 • 60 min
A distillery owner assumes his son is on a drunken binge but learns he has been abducted. Can the Diamond agency help?
6. Class Reunion
Aired 3 November 1987 • 60 min
Mike and Christina investigate when her former lover witnesses the murder of an illegal gambling-club owner's girlfriend.
7. Good Hands
Aired 10 November 1987 • 60 min
An unscrupulous insurance agent seduces a client, sells her a policy on her husband's life and then offers to help eliminate him. Talk about customer service!
8. The Smiling Mortician
Aired 17 November 1987 • 60 min
Christina and Mike run across a funeral director with mob ties while searching for the missing corpse of a female friend's husband.
9. Fan Club
Aired 5 January 1988 • 60 min
The maid, an obsessed fan of Mike's, decides to kill Christina to have him all to herself.
10. Little Girl Lost
Aired 12 January 1988 • 60 min
A woman, hires the pair to find a daughter she gave up for adoption years before, believing Christina to be the long lost girl!
11. When the Wind Blows
Aired 2 February 1988 • 60 min
International intrigue engulfs Mike and Christina when an intelligence agent abandons a tiny baby on their doorstep.
12. Ay, There's the Rib
Aired 9 February 1988 • 60 min
The opposing sides in a marital dispute each hire Mike and Christina individually.
13. There's No Business
Aired 23 February 1988 • 60 min
A lucrative offer makes Christina contemplate returning to show business while Mike investigates the odd murder of a young journalism student.
14. Family Plot
Aired 1 March 1988 • 60 min
Mike and Christina can't distinguish between twins, one a murder suspect and the other a psychiatric patient. And which twin pays the bill?
15. Sweetheart Deal
Aired 8 March 1988 • 60 min
Mike and Christina find themselves with a long list of suspects when their former Hollywood agent says that someone is trying to kill him.
16. The Final Cut
Aired 29 March 1988 • 60 min
To catch a hairdresser whose blackmail threat she believes triggered his former lover's suicide, Christina poses as an amorous new customer.
17. Man with a Gun
Aired 5 April 1988 • 60 min
Mike is investigated after shooting a man who appeared to have robbed a supermarket.
18. Where There's a Will
Aired 12 April 1988 • 60 min
When a former fan bequeaths a million dollars to Mike and Christina with the stipulation that they remarry and have a child, they give full consideration to the idea until the money turns up missing.
19. Ghost Writer
Aired 10 May 1988 • 60 min
Mike and Lou investigate when their old high school classmate, an engineer with a development project, is murdered.
20. Exposure
Aired 17 May 1988 • 60 min
Their investigation of a writer friend's murder leads Mike and Christina to a dangerous love triangle.
21. Goodbye Cabin
Aired 24 May 1988 • 60 min
Mike's old girlfriend, whose son needs a kidney transplant, asks him to locate her estranged husband, who is in the federal witness protection program.
22. The Whistle Blower
Aired 31 May 1988 • 60 min
Stranded in their old cabin with a pregnant woman, while there's a killer at large, Mike and Christina experience flashbacks of their previous cases.