Episodes
1. Brian and Nick
October 2, 1982
60 min
Former US military officer Brian Devlin now works as a freelance private detective, and learns that he has a son he never knew about. Remorseful, Brian sets out to find him; he meets Nick Corsello and assists him to begin his job as a private eye by offering him a job at his PI firm. Initially reluctant to work alongside his long-lost father, Nick comes to respect the veteran investigator.
Guest Stars:
Curt Lowens, Duncan Ross, Leigh Taylor-Young
2. Lady on the Billboard
October 9, 1982
60 min
Nick's date with a beautiful fashion model is broken when the model is murdered.
Guest Stars:
Tracy Scoggins, Joanna Cassidy, John Considine, Edward Edwards, Leigh Taylor-Young
3. Love, Sin and Death at Point Dume
October 16, 1982
60 min
After two women are murdered back to back after frequenting a singles bar, Brian and Nick investigate to follow clues and try to find a motive and a connection to the killer.
Guest Stars:
Leigh Taylor-Young
4. The Corpse in the Corniche
October 23, 1982
60 min
Nick finds a dead body in the trunk of Brian's convertible. He must find a way to prove his father's innocence as well as investigate the murder.
Guest Stars:
Andrea Howard, Craig Schaefer, Leigh Taylor-Young
5. The Absolute Monarch of Ward C
October 30, 1982
60 min
While on a case, Nick runs into a mental patient who may be the long-lost heir to a vast fortune worth millions.
Guest Stars:
Jeff Goldblum, Leigh Taylor-Young
6. The French Detective
November 6, 1982
60 min
A French con artist/crook hides out from his "associates" in a Napa Valley monastery and deceives Brian with some "authetic" wine bottles.
Guest Stars:
Leigh Taylor-Young
7. Of Nuns and Other Black Birds
November 13, 1982
60 min
A woman claims to be the daughter of a wealthy who passed away recently. She hires Nick to help her prove her claim. And the man's wife hires Brian to prove she's a fraud.
Guest Stars:
Leigh Taylor-Young
8. Ring of Kings, Ring of Thieves
November 27, 1982
60 min
Brian and Nick investigate the origins of an ancient ring which brings out a series of bizarre characters looking to steal it, and someone wanting to kill for it.
Guest Stars:
Leigh Taylor-Young
9. Arsenic and Old Caviar
December 4, 1982
60 min
While on a live television show, a killer begins poisoning the competing chefs at the Grand Prix de Cuisine. Brian snoops around to track down the killer while Nick decides to go undercover as one of the new chefs.
Guest Stars:
Dixie Carter
10. Claudine
December 11, 1982
60 min
Nick investigates the whereabouts of an ingenious gang of thieves and is glad to provide protection for a lady named Claudine who claims to have connections to the gang. But things go awry when the lady is in fact a female impersonator.
Guest Stars:
Leigh Taylor-Young
11. Allison
December 18, 1982
60 min
Nick is hired by Allison Odell, the secretary of a construction company commissioned to find a man by whom she is constantly threatened and bothered.
Guest Stars:
Leigh Taylor-Young
12. Erica
December 25, 1982
60 min
Erica Jordan, the daughter of a German who died in the 1950s after a top-secret operation is resolved to avenge the death of her mother.
Guest Stars:
Leigh Taylor-Young
13. Jennifer
December 31, 1982
60 min
Nick and Brian are hired by a writer named Robert Hutton who claims that his wife, Jennifer's behavior changes every year on the first anniversary of her first husband's death.
Guest Stars:
Leigh Taylor-Young, Julie Sommars, Dick Sargent, Stewart Moss, Richard Herd