Philip DeGuere Jr.
Director
Simon & Simon (1981)
Season 5
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.
Released Nov. 24, 1981
Episode 60 min
10+
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Watch Providers: The Roku Channel
Production Companies: Universal Television
Network: CBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S5E1 - Love and/or Marriage
A wedding sets the stage, as Rick falls in love with their client (who suspects her husband is having an affair) and AJ proposes to Liz.
Oct. 3, 1985, midnight
S5E2 - Burden of the Beast
A trained chimp is the only witness to a murder and they try to figure out who the chimp is identifying as the assailant.
Oct. 10, 1985, midnight
S5E3 - The Third Eye
A writer asks to be an apprentice P.I. to get background information for his book and then he is framed.
Oct. 17, 1985, midnight
S5E4 - Enchilada Express
Their current case takes them to a Mexican divorce resort when a worried ex-wife asks them to find her husband.
Oct. 24, 1985, midnight
S5E5 - The Skull of Nostradamus
An apprentice witch seeks Rick and AJ's help when she is threatened, but the case gets tricky when events seem to be influenced by the supernatural.
Oct. 31, 1985, midnight
S5E6 - Have You Hugged Your Private Detective Today?
Just when his breakup with Liz has AJ looking for love in all the wrong places, the brothers are hired by a TV sex therapist to investigate the death of one of her employees.
Nov. 7, 1985, midnight
S5E7 - Reunion at Alcatraz
Sam Penny is back searching for the only prisoner ever to have escaped from Alcatraz, almost 25 years ago.
Nov. 14, 1985, midnight
S5E8 - Down-Home Country Blues
The Simons set out to find a missing country singer.
Nov. 21, 1985, midnight
S5E9 - Quint Is Out
The brothers become concerned when a vengeful ex-con is on the loose.
Dec. 5, 1985, midnight
S5E10 - Walk a Mile in My Hat
The brothers switch identities.
Dec. 12, 1985, midnight
S5E11 - Facets
AJ is devastated when he shoots a young man during an investigation of a diamond theft which reveals a family feud separating two lovers.
Dec. 18, 1985, midnight
S5E12 - Sunrise at Camp Apollo
The guys pose as camp counselors at a camp for street kids, as a favor to Town.
Jan. 2, 1986, midnight
S5E13 - The Blue Chip Stomp
The Simons help Town and a high school basketball coach when the teams star is accused of murdering a college recruiter.
Jan. 16, 1986, midnight
S5E14 - Something for Sarah
A woman hires Rick and AJ to find her long-lost father after $10,000 is left anonymously on her front porch and she thinks it might have been from him.
Jan. 23, 1986, midnight
S5E15 - Mobile Home of the Brave
A cameraman is pursued by the mob and involves a charming family on vacation in their mobile home at a theme park.
Jan. 30, 1986, midnight
S5E16 - Family Forecast
The MC of a family style tv quiz show is worried that the show might be rigged and asks the Simons to investigate, which they do by becoming contestants.
Feb. 6, 1986, midnight
S5E17 - A Significant Obsession
Espionage at the laser research center. A former client obsessed with AJ hinders the investigation.
Feb. 13, 1986, midnight
S5E18 - For the People
The D.A. has AJ testify about a shooting he witnessed, but the accused may be innocent.
Feb. 20, 1986, midnight
S5E19 - Full Moon Blues
Rick moves in with a woman for the first time in his life, but she won't continue their relationship until he meets her missing roommate, when Rick and AJ search for him, they find themselves caught between the government and the mob.
March 6, 1986, midnight
S5E20 - Eye of the Beholder
A rich industrialist hires the Simons to provide security for the cursed Peruvian icon he's about to receive, and as long as they're there, he asks if they could also keep an eye on his two teenage daughters.
March 13, 1986, midnight
S5E21 - D-I-V-O-R-C-E
Rick and AJ help a couple of friends who claim they want a divorce, but act otherwise.
March 27, 1986, midnight
S5E22 - Act Five
When the Simons find out their client has used them to cheat his wife out of her rightful settlement, they enlist the help of Town's cousin to set up a scam to get even.
April 3, 1986, midnight
S5E23 - The Last Harangue
AJ runs for the city council while Rick investigates his opponent's alleged toxic waste dumping and murder.
April 10, 1986, midnight
S5E24 - The Apple Doesn't Fall Far from the Tree
When hoods try to steal the family journal, Rick and AJ are prompted to go to Boston (with cousin Elizabeth) and trace the family tree, where they learn about pairs of Simon brothers down through the ages. Wayne (AJ) and Mad Benedict (Rick) Simon and their mother (Cecelia) in revolution-era Boston. 1775 and 1776 Sir Francis (AJ) and Black Jack (Rick) Simon and their mother Evangeline (Cece) in Pirate's Key, Florida. 1692 Orville (AJ) and Wilbur (Rick) Simon, shoe salesmen from Buffalo (owners of Simon Brothers shoes) in 1986.
May 1, 1986, midnight
Network: CBS
Episode Runtime: 60 min.
Season Runtime: 9360 min.
Released: Nov. 24, 1981
Last Air Date: March 2, 1989, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-PG / 10+
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