Season 5

1985–1986

Oct 3, 1985 · 60m

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.

E2. Burden of the Beast

Oct 10, 1985 · 60m

A trained chimp is the only witness to a murder and they try to figure out who the chimp is identifying as the assailant.

E3. The Third Eye

Oct 17, 1985 · 60m

A writer asks to be an apprentice P.I. to get background information for his book and then he is framed.

E4. Enchilada Express

Oct 24, 1985 · 60m

Their current case takes them to a Mexican divorce resort when a worried ex-wife asks them to find her husband.

E5. The Skull of Nostradamus

Oct 31, 1985 · 60m

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.

E6. Have You Hugged Your Private Detective Today?

Nov 7, 1985 · 60m

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.

E7. Reunion at Alcatraz

Nov 14, 1985 · 60m

Sam Penny is back searching for the only prisoner ever to have escaped from Alcatraz, almost 25 years ago.

E8. Down-Home Country Blues

Nov 21, 1985 · 60m

The Simons set out to find a missing country singer.

E9. Quint Is Out

Dec 5, 1985 · 60m

The brothers become concerned when a vengeful ex-con is on the loose.

E10. Walk a Mile in My Hat

Dec 12, 1985 · 60m

The brothers switch identities.

E11. Facets

Dec 18, 1985 · 60m

AJ is devastated when he shoots a young man during an investigation of a diamond theft which reveals a family feud separating two lovers.

E12. Sunrise at Camp Apollo

Jan 2, 1986 · 60m

The guys pose as camp counselors at a camp for street kids, as a favor to Town.

E13. The Blue Chip Stomp

Jan 16, 1986 · 60m

The Simons help Town and a high school basketball coach when the teams star is accused of murdering a college recruiter.

E14. Something for Sarah

Jan 23, 1986 · 60m

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.

E15. Mobile Home of the Brave

Jan 30, 1986 · 60m

A cameraman is pursued by the mob and involves a charming family on vacation in their mobile home at a theme park.

E16. Family Forecast

Feb 6, 1986 · 60m

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.

E17. A Significant Obsession

Feb 13, 1986 · 60m

Espionage at the laser research center. A former client obsessed with AJ hinders the investigation.

E18. For the People

Feb 20, 1986 · 60m

The D.A. has AJ testify about a shooting he witnessed, but the accused may be innocent.

E19. Full Moon Blues

Mar 6, 1986 · 60m

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.

E20. Eye of the Beholder

Mar 13, 1986 · 60m

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.

E21. D-I-V-O-R-C-E

Mar 27, 1986 · 60m

Rick and AJ help a couple of friends who claim they want a divorce, but act otherwise.

E22. Act Five

Apr 3, 1986 · 60m

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.

E23. The Last Harangue

Apr 10, 1986 · 60m

AJ runs for the city council while Rick investigates his opponent's alleged toxic waste dumping and murder.

E24. The Apple Doesn't Fall Far from the Tree

May 1, 1986 · 60m

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.