Simon & Simon

1981–1989 · Ended · 8 seasons · 156 episodes · Drama · United States

Creator Philip DeGuere Jr. · Channel CBS · Starring Jameson Parker, Gerald McRaney, Mary Carver

Brotherly love

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.
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Episodes

23 episodes · October 1982 – March 1983
  1. Episode 1: 1. Emeralds Are Not a Girl's Best Friend (II)October 5, 1982 · 60 min
    Rick and AJ are in Hawaii tailing a con artist who Higgins has just entrusted with $350.000 proceeds from his charity event-the three follow her to South America where they reel her in with a con of their own, using a huge emerald and AJ as bait. The crossover starts on Magnum, P.I. S03E03 Ki'i's Don't Lie (I)
  2. Episode 2: 2. Mike & PatOctober 14, 1982 · 60 min
    A dolphin is abducted, and Rick and AJ have to find him and bring him back before his mate starves herself to death.
  3. Episode 3: 3. Guessing GameOctober 21, 1982 · 60 min
    Using a psychic in a murder investigation becomes embarrassing to the police but she continues having visions connected with the case, so she hires the Simons to check out her leads when the police no longer will.
  4. Episode 4: 4. Art for Arthur's SakeOctober 28, 1982 · 60 min
    The Simons are given 24 hours to recover a valuable painting that was stolen from the Navy museum, and the key to its recovery lies with the feuding daughters of the Navy admiral who donated the painting.
  5. Episode 5: 5. The Ten Thousand Dollar DeductibleNovember 4, 1982 · 60 min
    AJ is robbed while delivering $450,000 in diamonds, and he and Rick have to find them soon, not only is AJ the FBI's prime suspect, they are also on the hook for the first $10,000 of the insurance settlement.
  6. Episode 6: 6. Rough Rider Rides AgainNovember 18, 1982 · 60 min
    One of the old-time TV cowboys (a Saturday morning hero of young Rick and AJ) is accused of killing his show's producer when a young actor is hired to revive his old role.
Show 17 more episodes
  1. Episode 7: 7. Sometimes Dreams Come TrueDecember 2, 1982 · 60 min
    A woman's frightening dream about her twin sister seems to be coming true when her sister disappears.
  2. Episode 8: 8. The Last Time I Saw MichaelDecember 9, 1982 · 60 min
    A friend claims she just seen her dead husband alive. Cecilia Simon enlists the help of her sons when she becomes concerned about her friend's insistance.
  3. Episode 9: 9. Fowl PlayDecember 16, 1982 · 60 min
    A pro football player wants to quit fixing the games, but the people who's dirty work he's doing won't let him stop.
  4. Episode 10: 10. Thin AirDecember 30, 1982 · 60 min
    Rick's former girlfriend asks him to find her missing husband and then she is arrested for his murder.
  5. Episode 11: 11. Murder Between the LinesJanuary 6, 1983 · 60 min
    AJ promises to locate a novelist's long-lost cousin within 24 hours, but this tedious all-nighter evolves into a compelling case when several murders are committed exactly as depicted in the author's lastest book, and AJ thinks he's next.
  6. Episode 12: 12. Psyched OutJanuary 13, 1983 · 60 min
    AJ poses as a student and Rick becomes a subject in a psychologist's experiment to investigate the death of a track star who died in a suspicious fall from a fraternity house roof.
  7. Episode 13: 13. Pirate's Key (1)January 20, 1983 · 60 min
    Complications from their current case put Rick and AJ before the state licensing board to answer charges from an incident in Florida several years earlier, when AJ was engaged to Janet and working for Myron at Peerless Detectives. The incident is revealed in flashbacks taken from 1980 made for TV-""Pirate's Key"", which was the basis of the series.
  8. Episode 14: 14. Pirate's Key (2)January 20, 1983 · 60 min
    Complications from their current case put Rick and AJ before the state licensing board to answer charges from an incident in Florida several years earlier, when AJ was engaged to Janet and working for Myron at Peerless Detectives. The incident is revealed in flashbacks taken from 1980 made for TV-""Pirate's Key"", which was the basis of the series.
  9. Episode 15: 15. The Club Murder VacationJanuary 27, 1983 · 60 min
    When Rick's pestering drives AJ to take advantage of mom's offer to share the large suite she was given (instead of a small room) at a northern California resort, he cramps her style when he tries to prove that he witnessed a murder-that nobody will believe really happened.
  10. Episode 16: 16. It's Only a GameFebruary 3, 1983 · 60 min
    Rick and AJ's good friend, the coroner, asks the brothers to deliver a new video game to Las Vegas and they don't understand just how valuable it is until thieves attack.
  11. Episode 17: 17. Design for KillingFebruary 10, 1983 · 60 min
    A clothing design house, featuring a top teen model, hires the Simons to protect its new fall line from being stolen by a rival firm.
  12. Episode 18: 18. The ListFebruary 17, 1983 · 60 min
    AJ pressures Rick into taking the case of a woman accused of murdering the publisher who put her (against her wishes) on a list of San Diego's ten sexiest women, but Rick also investigates their client's mysterious secrets, while AJ is falling in love with her.
  13. Episode 19: 19. What's in a Gnome?February 24, 1983 · 60 min
    An amusement park owned by a retired Marine colonel is being repeatedly vandalized so the manager hires the Simons to work undercover but the more they learn about the vandal, the more they question who the real villian is.
  14. Episode 20: 20. The Secret of the Chrome EagleMarch 3, 1983 · 60 min
    Rick and AJ are hired to transport a valuable classic car to San Francisco but events along the way make them wonder if there isn't more here than meets the eye.
  15. Episode 21: 21. Room 3502March 10, 1983 · 60 min
    A panic sticken husband comes to the Simons when he finds his wife has vanished from their hotel room overnight.
  16. Episode 22: 22. Red Dog BluesMarch 24, 1983 · 60 min
    When Janet is assigned to her first murder case, she wants Rick and AJ to help her build an airtight case, but they've already been hired by the opposition-the accused man's defense attorney.
  17. Episode 23: 23. The Skeleton Who Came Out of the ClosetMarch 31, 1983 · 60 min
    Rick and AJ have more than they can handle when they accept a job transporting a huge man who was placed in a mental institution by his brother, only to find out he is as gentle as a lamb, and the trouble they run into against his brother makes them enlist the help of their very huge friend.

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Film and series details

EPISODE LENGTH
60 minutes
FIRST AIRED
November 24, 1981
LAST AIRED
March 2, 1989
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Universal Television

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