Season 5 (1985)
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Episodes 24
Love and/or Marriage
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.
Read MoreBurden of the Beast
A trained chimp is the only witness to a murder and they try to figure out who the chimp is identifying as the assailant.
Read MoreThe Third Eye
A writer asks to be an apprentice P.I. to get background information for his book and then he is framed.
Read MoreEnchilada Express
Their current case takes them to a Mexican divorce resort when a worried ex-wife asks them to find her husband.
Read MoreThe Skull of Nostradamus
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.
Read MoreHave You Hugged Your Private Detective Today?
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.
Read MoreReunion at Alcatraz
Sam Penny is back searching for the only prisoner ever to have escaped from Alcatraz, almost 25 years ago.
Read MoreDown-Home Country Blues
The Simons set out to find a missing country singer.
Read MoreQuint Is Out
The brothers become concerned when a vengeful ex-con is on the loose.
Read MoreWalk a Mile in My Hat
The brothers switch identities.
Read MoreSunrise at Camp Apollo
The guys pose as camp counselors at a camp for street kids, as a favor to Town.
Read MoreThe Blue Chip Stomp
The Simons help Town and a high school basketball coach when the teams star is accused of murdering a college recruiter.
Read MoreSomething for Sarah
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.
Read MoreMobile Home of the Brave
A cameraman is pursued by the mob and involves a charming family on vacation in their mobile home at a theme park.
Read MoreFamily Forecast
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.
Read MoreA Significant Obsession
Espionage at the laser research center. A former client obsessed with AJ hinders the investigation.
Read MoreFor the People
The D.A. has AJ testify about a shooting he witnessed, but the accused may be innocent.
Read MoreFull Moon Blues
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.
Read MoreEye of the Beholder
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.
Read MoreD-I-V-O-R-C-E
Rick and AJ help a couple of friends who claim they want a divorce, but act otherwise.
Read MoreThe Last Harangue
AJ runs for the city council while Rick investigates his opponent's alleged toxic waste dumping and murder.
Read MoreThe Apple Doesn't Fall Far from the Tree
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.
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