Episodes
1. A Wrongful Death
6.0
September 13, 1973
60 min
Keller returns fire during a chase in a dark shopping center, killing a kid, but the body comes up unarmed. The boy's father insists Keller is a murderer.
Guest Stars:
Gregory Sierra, Michael Constantine, Ina Balin, Andrew Rubin, Robert F. Simon
2. Betrayed
5.5
September 20, 1973
60 min
One of the girlfriends of a young charmer recognizes her boyfriend as the man who stuck up her bank.
Guest Stars:
Lenore Kasdorf, Martin Sheen, Jim Bailey, Collin Wilcox Paxton
3. For the Love of God
4.0
September 27, 1973
60 min
In order to stop a psychotic priest-killer, Stone goes undercover as a Roman Catholic priest. The victims were all clergymen who studied at the same seminary.
Guest Stars:
Leif Erickson, Peter Strauss, James Gregory, Marshall Thompson, Victor Mohica
4. Before I Die
6.5
October 4, 1973
60 min
A cop (Nielsen) who finds out that he has a terminal illness, sets out to kill a racketeer (Danton) who had been his quarry for the last year and a half.
Guest Stars:
Ray Danton, Joanne Linville, Gene Nelson, Steven Marlo, Leslie Nielsen
5. Going Home
4.5
October 11, 1973
60 min
A small-time crook accidentally heists a fantastic sum from a small store that is actually a Syndicate front.
Guest Stars:
Sheree North, Paul Mantee, Tom Bosley, Milton Selzer
6. The Stamp of Death
6.0
October 18, 1973
60 min
Lieutenant Stone and Inspector Keller go after two insurance agents involved in the counterfeiting of an 1850 2-cent purple Guyana stamp which had a value of $250,000.
Guest Stars:
Richard Derr, Byron Morrow, Vince Howard, Earl Holliman, Jessica Walter
7. Harem
8.0
October 25, 1973
60 min
A flute-playing "Pied Piper" (played by Ricky Nelson) talks teenage girls into prostitution, then disposes of them when they are no longer convenient. Stone's daughter helps him break up this murderous prostitution ring.
Guest Stars:
Ricky Nelson, Kay Lenz, Bob McClurg, Darleen Carr
8. No Badge For Benjy
4.0
November 1, 1973
60 min
A black police informant is murdered, but the police seem more concerned with the death of a white business man. His flinty daughter forces the police to go after his killers.
Guest Stars:
Mark Miller, Argentina Brunetti, Eddie Firestone, Anthony James, Judyann Elder
9. The Twenty-Four Karat Plague
8.3
November 8, 1973
60 min
Crooks heist a truck filled with gold, not knowing that the gold is the irradiated byproduct of a power plant experiment and extremely toxic.
Guest Stars:
Milt Kamen, Vic Morrow, Anthony Zerbe, Wright King, Herb Edelman
10. Shield of Honor
6.3
November 15, 1973
60 min
Internal affairs suspects that something is amiss when a witness under police protection is killed. Someone in the Department is a Syndicate informer--and everyone is under suspicion, even Stone and Keller.
Guest Stars:
Gary Vinson, Bing Russell, Robert Foxworth, Peter Mark Richman, Mariette Hartley
11. The Victims
6.5
November 29, 1973
60 min
A trio of violent prison escapees leaves a trail of blood by murdering or crippling everyone they see.
Guest Stars:
Eric Server, Henry Silva, Robert B. Williams, Gene Nelson, Valentin de Vargas
12. The Runaways
4.0
December 6, 1973
60 min
The oldest of a set of three young sibling runaways is suspected of the murder of a drugstore owner. His animosity towards authority doesn't do him any favors.
Guest Stars:
Kent Smith, Jeanette Nolan, Larry Wilcox, Barry Livingston
13. Winterkill
6.3
December 13, 1973
60 min
Angered by the rising cost of health care, an old man tries to pay his friend's bills by threatening a businessman with the bombing of his buildings.
Guest Stars:
Ruth McDevitt, Bruce Solomon, Denver Pyle, Paul Fix, William Jordan
14. Most Feared in the Jungle
5.5
December 20, 1973
60 min
Believing her baby was kidnapped, not stillborn as people claim, a deranged new mother embarks on a murderous quest to find the truth.
Guest Stars:
Kitty Winn, Joel Fabiani, Walter Brooke, Patricia Smith, Beverly Washburn
15. Commitment
6.5
January 3, 1974
60 min
An undercover cop is murdered with Stone's gun, and a hotshot young inspector seems determined to pin the rap on Stone.
Guest Stars:
Tyne Daly, Darleen Carr, William Watson, Vince Howard, Geoffrey Deuel
16. Chapel of the Damned
7.0
January 17, 1974
60 min
Stone and Keller work to crack a kidnap case where the mother is friends with an alleged psychic.
Guest Stars:
Signe Hasso, Pegi Boucher, Diana Douglas, Richard Kelton, Vince Howard
17. Blockade
5.5
January 24, 1974
60 min
A woman who has dedicated her life to a prominent family fails to see her neglected son has fallen in with a psycho—and may have helped him kill a woman.
Guest Stars:
Ida Lupino, Don Stroud, Charles Martin Smith, George DiCenzo, Gloria LeRoy
18. Crossfire
6.7
January 31, 1974
60 min
A philandering professor is killed and his mistress shot by a sniper who has been terrorizing a college campus.
Guest Stars:
Nick Nolte, Pamela Franklin, Celeste Holm, Frank Ashmore, June Dayton
19. A String of Puppets
6.5
February 7, 1974
60 min
Keller goes undercover as an ex-con musician to bust a crooked parole officer and his ring of parolees.
Guest Stars:
Lola Falana, James Sloyan, Sam Edwards, Hari Rhodes, Roger E. Mosley
20. Inferno
7.5
February 14, 1974
60 min
Stone looks for the arsonists who set a fire that killed two firemen.
Guest Stars:
Barry Sullivan, Glenn Corbett, John Larch, Kaz Garas
21. The Hard Breed
4.5
February 21, 1974
60 min
A cowboy was trampled to death by a bull; his mates suspected it to be murder.
Guest Stars:
Noah Beery Jr., Keith Jackson, Jim Davis, Sam Elliott, Harry Carey, Jr.
22. Rampage
5.5
February 28, 1974
60 min
A team of angry fathers, who are fed up with crime in their neighborhood, take a vigilante approach at solving the problem. During one of their rampages, a police informant is killed.
Guest Stars:
Robert DoQui, Robert Hooks, Gene Nelson, Harvey Jason, Joe Maross
