Episodes
1. The Pirates of Tin Pan Alley
September 21, 1976
60 min
Darcy Taggart is a perpetually-smiling record producer who is secretly stealing songs from his own musicians and handing over bootleg copies to a mobster. When two of his musicians learn of the deal and try to cut in, he has them killed off in "acccidents" set up by his burly but child-like henchman Ronnie. Pete devises a scheme to erase the master tapes of various artists whom Taggart has promised to the mobster, forcing him to take incautious actions.
Guest Stars:
Hampton Fancher, Stefan Arngrim, Sonny Bono, William Pierson, John Orchard
2. The Twelfth Commandment
September 28, 1976
60 min
Guest Stars:
Margot Kidder, Thayer David, George Murdock, Richard Lynch, Nick Dimitri
4. The Argonaut Special
October 12, 1976
60 min
Guest Stars:
Richard Mulligan, Douglas Fowley, Beverly Garland, William Schallert, Booth Colman
5. The Things That Belong to Mickey Costello
October 19, 1976
60 min
Pete's new girlfriend happens to be the former mistress of a Syndicate leader. When the mobster beats him nearly dead for stealing his girl, Mac sets out to exact revenge.
Guest Stars:
Gabriel Dell, Philip Sterling, George Wyner, Don Gordon
6. Whatever Happened to Carol Harmony?
October 26, 1976
60 min
Guest Stars:
Alex Henteloff, Lynda Day George
7. Quicker Than the Eye
November 9, 1976
60 min
Guest Stars:
Eileen Heckart, Albert Paulsen, Graham Jarvis, Richard Bakalyan, Jan Merlin
8. Gaffing the Skim
November 16, 1976
60 min
Guest Stars:
Val Avery, Norman Fell, Bill Dana, Bernie Kopell
9. The Lady from Liechtenstein (1)
November 23, 1976
60 min
Guest Stars:
Florida Friebus, Jeff Corey, Jim Bailey, Lomax Study, Leon Askin
10. The Lady from Liechtenstein (2)
November 30, 1976
60 min
Guest Stars:
Florida Friebus, Jeff Corey, Sydney Chaplin
12. Maggie's Hero
December 14, 1976
60 min
Maggies love interest turns out to be an ex-con.
Guest Stars:
Lou Wagner, Dick Peabody, Judson Pratt, R.G. Armstrong, Len Lesser
13. The Hundred Thousand Ruble Rumble
December 21, 1976
60 min
Guest Stars:
Candice Rialson, Frank Parker, Sherry Jackson, Val Bisoglio, Richard X. Slattery
15. The Snitch
January 16, 1977
60 min
Guest Stars:
Tony Burton, George Tobias, Jack DeLeon, Robert Loggia
16. Eyewitness
January 23, 1977
60 min
A blind witness hires Pete and Mac for protection.
Guest Stars:
Joel Fabiani, Joseph Ruskin, Richard X. Slattery, Lara Parker, Nick Dimitri
17. Camera Angles
January 30, 1977
60 min
Guest Stars:
Pernell Roberts, Myron Healey, Mala Powers, Linda Gray, Bill Fletcher
18. Butterfly Mourning
February 6, 1977
60 min
Pete and Mac go after a dope smugger for manslaughter.
Guest Stars:
Sharon Farrell, Bob Hastings, Slim Pickens, Jonathan Goldsmith
19. The Four Horsemen
February 13, 1977
60 min
Maggie kidnapped by ganster son to make Pete and Mack find out who is trying to kill his farher.
Guest Stars:
Peter Brocco, Paul Wexler, Adam Williams, Elisha Cook Jr.
20. Eden's Gate
February 20, 1977
60 min
Pete, Mack, Maggie and Malcome investigate a crooked health spa.
Guest Stars:
Susan Buckner, Jayne Meadows, June Allyson
21. The Hemline Heist
February 27, 1977
60 min
A fashion designer is murdered three times simultaneously as he presents during a fashion show -- by drinking cyanide-laced champagne, getting shot and having a spotlight tumble onto his head. The rest of the episode is shown in flashbacks, as the story unfolds of how people stole the formula for his latest show-stopping fashion and tried -- independently of each other but at the exact same moment -- to kill him for trying to find out who did it. (The three killers are all caught trying to escape in a coda at the end.)
Guest Stars:
Sheree North, BarBara Luna
23. Two on the Run
March 27, 1977
60 min
Pete is asked by one his inmate pals to locate a dancer who can clear him of murder charges.
Guest Stars:
John Ireland, Joanne Linville, Lurene Tuttle
