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After being shot in the line of duty, Harry Orwell was forced to retire from the San Diego Police Department. To supplement his police pension, Harry runs a private detective agency out of his beach house... The series starred David Janssen and was executive produced by Jerry Thorpe.
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- 01
GertrudeHarry tries to find out what happened to an AWOL sailor, his only clue being a single shoe mailed to the man's sister, who sells her furniture in order to hire him. - 02
Coinage of the RealmHarry is looking for a man who could give a kidney transplant to his daughter, but so are two hired killers. - 03
Mortal SinA priest comes to Harry for help after a murderer confesses to him that he may kill again.
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Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01
Season's bestGertrudeSeptember 12, 1974Harry tries to find out what happened to an AWOL sailor, his only clue being a single shoe mailed to the man's sister, who sells her furnitu - S01E02
The Admiral's LadySeptember 19, 1974—A retired admiral asks Harry to find his missing young wife, but did she drown in a boating accident or did she just decide to leave him? - S01E03
Guardian at the GatesSeptember 26, 1974—Harry tries to protect an abrasive architect who refuses to believe that someone is trying to kill him after he witnessed a murder. - S01E04
Mortal SinOctober 3, 1974A priest comes to Harry for help after a murderer confesses to him that he may kill again. - S01E05
Coinage of the RealmOctober 10, 1974Harry is looking for a man who could give a kidney transplant to his daughter, but so are two hired killers. - S01E06
EyewitnessOctober 17, 1974—When a friend's son is framed for an underworld murder, Harry's only witness is a blind teenager. - S01E07
Shadows at NoonOctober 24, 1974—To investigate an escaped mental patient's claim that she is being held prisoner, Harry checks himself into a mental institution. - S01E08
Ballinger's ChoiceOctober 31, 1974When a girl is found shot to death, Harry's simple divorce case turns into a murder investigation. - S01E09
Second SightNovember 7, 1974—The death of a man who asked Harry for protection is but the latest in a series of apparently psychic murder predictions by a blind author, - S01E10
Material WitnessNovember 14, 1974—The police ask Harry to guard a murder witness who refuses to believe that her life is in danger. - S01E11
Forty Reasons to Kill (1)December 5, 1974—Harry investigates the murder of a young friend who was framed for drug dealing after trying to buy 40 acres of ranch land. - S01E12
Forty Reasons to Kill (2)December 12, 1974—Harry now finds himself framed for murder, so he solicits Manny Quinlan's help in finding out who is behind the corporation that is buying u - S01E13
Accounts BalancedDecember 26, 1974—An old friend asks Harry to follow her husband, an accountant whose mysterious behavior suggests that he is having an affair. - S01E14
The Last HeirJanuary 9, 1975—Harry is stranded at a woman's desert home, where one member of her family is killing off all the other potential heirs. - S01E15
For the Love of MoneyJanuary 16, 1975—A woman hires Harry to find her boyfriend, who has disappeared after she helped him steal $25,000 worth of bonds from her employer. - S01E16
The Confetti PeopleJanuary 23, 1975—A puzzling client is a young man just out of a mental institution who claims he shot his drunken brother to protect his sister-in-law, but t - S01E17
Sound of TrumpetsJanuary 30, 1975—Harry discovers that the blues trumpeter who stole his car is just out of prison and being pursued by several people, including a hit man. - S01E18
Silent KillFebruary 6, 1975—Harry's client is a deaf-mute janitor charged with arson and murder after a building burns down. - S01E19
Double JeopardyFebruary 13, 1975—An aspiring actor persuades Harry to protect him from a former syndicate boss who is convinced the young man killed his daughter. - S01E20
LesterFebruary 20, 1975—A criminology student seems less interested in proving his innocence of two sex murders than in observing Harry's investigative technique. - S01E21
Elegy for a CopFebruary 27, 1975—Manny Quinlan, Harry's old friend on the San Diego police force, is murdered when he comes to Los Angeles to take his addicted niece back ho - S01E22
Street GamesMarch 2, 1975—Harry hits the city's grubbier streets in a search for his client's daughter, a teen-age drug addict who saw a narcotics dealer murder her a
Season02
- S02E01
Anatomy of a FrameSeptember 11, 1975—When Lt. Trench is framed for the murder of an informant, Harry tries to help him by masquerading as a drug pusher. - S02E02
One for the RoadSeptember 18, 1975—An alcoholic attorney, unable to recall the events following a party the night before, hires Harry to ascertain whether she was the driver i - S02E03
Lester TwoSeptember 25, 1975—Student criminologist Lester Hodges returns to bedevil Harry when diamond smugglers kidnap Harry's stewardess friend Sue, and force him to m - S02E04
ShadesOctober 2, 1975—A wealthy woman hires Harry to help her housekeeper, who admits to murdering a small-time blackmailer but refuses to discuss the reason. - S02E05
Portrait of a MurderNovember 20, 1975—Harry's investigation into the murder of another private eye results in a painful reunion with his ex-wife, who visited the victim just befo - S02E06
The AcolyteOctober 16, 1975—Harry looks for a missing heiress who seems to have taken sanctuary with a religious cult. - S02E07
MaydayOctober 23, 1975—Harry investigates the possibility that a plane crash which killed an old war buddy and paralyzed a U.S. senator was the result of sabotage. - S02E08
Tender Killing CareOctober 30, 1975—Harry investigates the nursing home where his mechanic's father died suddenly, and Sue asks him to help some kids find their missing father. - S02E09
APB Harry OrwellNovember 6, 1975—The only woman who can clear Harry of a murder charge refuses to testify. - S02E10
Group TerrorNovember 13, 1975—When a psychiatrist suspects that one of her group therapy patients murdered another, she hires Harry to join them, posing as an alcoholic. - S02E11
ReflectionsOctober 9, 1975—Harry helps a man who has been accused of a series of strangulation murders. - S02E12
Exercise in FatalityDecember 4, 1975—A cop framed for murder hires Harry to find his estranged daughter, a pregnant teenage addict who's on the run from killers but is the only - S02E13
The Madonna LegacyDecember 11, 1975—Harry searches for the connection between the suicide of an ex-cop and the shooting of an oil magnate the same night. - S02E14
Mister Five and DimeJanuary 8, 1976—An elderly counterfeiter, who prints only enough money to supplement his pension, is kidnapped by drug dealers who need $250,000 in a hurry. - S02E15
Book of ChangesJanuary 15, 1976—The murder of a gambling-club owner leaves Harry with two jobs: caring for her homeless protege, and searching for a book she compiled that - S02E16
Past ImperfectJanuary 22, 1976—A woman's former boyfriend returns from prison and wants the old suitcase he left with her, which he claims is worth $300,000. - S02E17
HostageFebruary 19, 1976—Lt. Trench is among the hostages held in a liquor store by a desperate veteran who demands that his addicted girlfriend be found and brought - S02E18
Forbidden CityFebruary 26, 1976—Harry investigates the murder of a fellow private eye in Chinatown. - S02E19
VictimMarch 4, 1976—Harry is hired by a rape victim, whose charge is likely to be dismissed because she made a false accusation against another man in a rape ca - S02E20
RubyMarch 11, 1976—A ghetto youth is caught in an aborted car theft that causes the death of an officer, and is threatened with death if he reveals the name of - S02E21
The Mysterious Case of Lester and Dr. FongMarch 18, 1976—Young criminologist Lester Hodges returns and teams up with his college mentor to find out who is systematically killing off members of Lest - S02E22
Death CertificateApril 29, 1976—Defying mysterious threats, two women hire Harry to find proof of malpractice against the doctor they hold responsible for the death of an o
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