Simon & Simon

1981
Simon & Simon

Seasons & Episodes

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EP1 Beauty and Deceased Oct 08, 1988

An old friend of the Simons, Beth, shows up in their office after finding a blackmail note given to one of the beauty contestants in her pageant. She's responsible for the pageant going off smoothly, so she wants the Simons to go undercover and find out who is being blackmailed by whom. With a sparkle in his eye, Rick decides that AJ will enter as a contestant while he will show up as a judge. AJ is less than happy about it, especially the swimsuit competition, but grudgingly agrees to do it. Things get more serious when the pageant host stumbles upon the blackmailer being beaten by two toughs. The blackmailer, realizing the host must have heard that he owed money to a loan shark, kills him. A pageant contestant finds the body and is immediately suspected of being the murderer. It turns out that she was the one being blackmailed because she was kicked out of her family for being an unmarried mother. The Simons don't believe she's guilty and get Abby to give them 48 hours to find the re

EP2 Simon & Simon and Associates Oct 15, 1988

When Rick's truck is stolen, the publicity about the Simons' much talked about capture of the thief attracts more trouble with business they can hardly handle, bringing associates into the firm seems to make Rick bossy while it makes A.J. uncomfortable.

EP3 Zen and the Art of the Split Finger Fastball Oct 22, 1988

The Simons are hired to protect a Japanese businessman while he is at a fantasy baseball camp.

EP4 The Merry Adventures of Robert Hood Oct 29, 1988

AJ is horrified to find almost $9,000 charged to his credit card without his knowledge. Rick is innocent this time and AJ goes to the bank to demand it be taken off his card. To his surprise, the person he starts complaining to bursts into tears. Instantly repentant, AJ takes the lady out to lunch when her stern boss tells her she's holding up the other employee lunches. While eating, the lady, Marion, tells AJ that this is the ninth time someone's credit card has been charged fraudulently and that her boss had threatened to fire her if it happened again. She loses track of time and returns to work late. When her boss comes to yell at her for being late, he surmises the fraud has happened again and proclaims tomorrow will be her last day working there. AJ is smitten by Marion and decides to investigate what's going on with Rick. They get a lead that takes them to a warehouse that is full of goods bought with stolen credit card money. The brothers see someone and split up to investigat

EP5 Ain't Gonna Get It from Me, Jack Nov 05, 1988

A loud-mouth acid-tongued talk show host invites the Simons on his show and then hires them to find out who is sending threatening letters to him.

EP6 Love Song Of Abigail Marsh Nov 12, 1988

Abby is attracted to a client of the Simons, but they are concerned the relationship will be a disaster when they insist he tell her of his troubled past.

EP7 Simon & Simon, Jr. Nov 19, 1988

An old girlfriend tells Rick he has a teen-aged son and asks to protect the boy from a murderer who knows he witnessed the crime.

EP8 Cloak of Danger Dec 03, 1988

AJ writes a play based on a long-unsolved murder case, then suddenly it flushes out the real culprit.

EP9 The Richer They Are the Harder They Fall Dec 10, 1988

The Simon brothers join the Van Alder family at their elaborate estate for the first wedding anniversary of AJ's best friend Tommy Van Alder and his beautiful wife Trish, but as they repeat their vows, Tommy is stricken with an apparent heart attack and dies.

EP10 Play It Again, Simon Dec 17, 1988

There's a 40 year old ""LOST"" manuscript to be found and A.J. is excited about the idea of one more story from his favorite detective novelist, even if it means going to L.A., where he finds everything strange, while Rick never wanted the job to begin with.

EP11 First, Let's Kill All the Lawyers Dec 31, 1988

Woody Grant, John Channing, and Mark Fordham are all involved in an insider trading scheme using information gained from Woody's father's company. When Woody tells John he wants out, he ends up dead. His grieving father hires Rick and A.J. to investigate, and the two manage to finger John as the killer, but their mother's new beau Doug McKenna is an old Channing family friend, and ends up defending him in court, and in his attempt to defend a client he believes is innocent, he has to rip both A.J. and Rick apart on the stand. John is acquited of the crime, and the Simon brothers come under investigation. They manage to convince Lloyd Grant to keep them on the case, but they're going nowhere until Mark also tells John he wants out, and ends up being thrown off a walkway at the university library. They go to Doug with what they know, and the three hatch a plan to catch Channing at his own game.

EP12 Photo Finished Mar 01, 1989

Rick and AJ are asked by Tom Huntley, a State Senatorial candidate, to find out whether his wife Colleen is having an affair. Despite their rule against working on cases involving marital difficulties, they agree. Naturally, it's all a setup. The Simons are put in place as witnesses to the apparent murder of Mrs. Huntley. They report the murder and turn over the pictures they've taken to the police. After her body turns up, they realize that what they saw was a scripted scene played out between two hired actors.

EP13 Simon Says 'Good-Bye' Mar 02, 1989

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Released: 24 November 1981 Ended
Producted By: Universal Television
Country: United States of America
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Simon & Simon is an American detective television series that originally ran from November 24, 1981 to January 21, 1989. The series was broadcast on CBS and starred Gerald McRaney and Jameson Parker as two brothers who run a private detective agency together.

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cnote1969 This recently started showing again in my area, and strangely it was shortly after I had a bout of nostalgia about the show and started looking for it on the TiVo. Was not to be found, until DTV added Sleuth to their lineup. Oh; wait, I had a point here... the show is as good as I recall, in some ways better. As a teen in the 80's I enjoyed the show, but so much of what you enjoyed as a younger version of yourself turns out to be complete mindless garbage as an adult. Great television for 13 yrs old, but not good for 36 yrs old. I was very happy to find this was not true with the show. I have watched 20 episodes in the last month or so; and I find it highly watchable; very entertaining, and most of all believable. Of course you will find some "cheese" it was the 80's after all, but isn't there something good in that wink, wink...nod, nod?? Wasn't that once the whole point? I am far from a rated G guy, in fact quite opposite. But I do think sometimes in today's television shows; it's too far and too much *IN YOUR FACE* because being an intelligent being means sooner or later you want to scream, "Yeah I get it already!" This show is worthy of your time if you have never seen, or it's been many years since you have visited the Simon brothers. The acting is stellar in most cases, good story lines, and it doesn't take itself too seriously; nor should the viewer. This is one show that stands the test of time, and should get better recognition for being more than "just that show after Magnum".Nice quote (I'm doing from memory, but it's close to this): Guy with gun: "can't you read?" AJ: "why, you want me to read something for you?" Guy with gun: "don't be a wise guy" Rick: "Sign said no trespassing, didn't say nothing about not being wise guys" Guy with gun is not amused...so the brothers make tracks. So, stop reading this and go watch the show, dare you not to crack a smile when they fire up the theme song (second season and on one, first one is slower).
Jim Hannaford (sp27343) I remember liking this show alot for the first few seasons. After that it got a little tired. The first season was the best when they filmed entirely (and brilliantly showcased) in and around San Diego. Starting with the second season, the pressure to cut costs forced the filming to be in Los Angeles, with Marina Del Rey stepping in for Pacific Beach/Mission Bay. The humour of the brothers being almost constantly broke really drove them to work, and you wonder how they made ends meet. The addition of Tim Reid to the cast gave the show a new breath, and carried it for a few more years, but by 1987 the show had run out of gas.
edkipp This series took a staple element of the detective genre - mismatched partners, and added the twist that they were brothers. Instead of setting it in a classic location for a detective series (NY, LA, Chicago), they took the 90 minute drive down the coast to the beautiful city of San Diego. What they found was a gold mine. Instead of the tired cliche locations, they banked on the little seen but widely known attractions of San Diego (the Zoo, Sea World, the Beaches, and the close proximity to Baja California). The pilot was set in Florida, but the series was wisely moved to the West Coast; Rick Simon, the older of the brothers, was a former marine that was the braun, while buttoned down preppy AJ (the embodiment of preppies in the 80's) was the cultured, refined brother. With Tim Reid as a supporting character (Downtown Brown) and Mary Carver as their mother Cecilia, this series produced many memorable episodes that not only entertained, but taught about the viewer history (WW2, John Dillinger, etc.). Catch it in syndication if you can.
gazzo-2 This was a really good series, great partner for Magnum which it followed for some years. Good action, good humor, decent chemistry between the two leads....this show has a lot going for it. And having Venus Flytrap be your pal can't hurt either! I hadn't seen the show for some years 'til A and E began rerunning it of late; and still enjoy it, about as much as I had back in the '80s. It is a little repetitive and etc. as most series are, but still....see it if you can.