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Jigsaw John

TV·1976–1976·1 season, 15 episodes·NBC·Drama, Crime·1h

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Jigsaw John is an American crime drama television series that aired from February 2 until June 14, 1976.

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Episodes by season

Season0115Episodes1976AiredSeason avg
  1. S01E01Promise to KillFebruary 2, 1976St. John investigates an old crime when the long missing body finally turns up, along with evidence that the police framed the man convicted
  2. S01E02Sand TrapFebruary 9, 1976St. John searches through the cutthroat music industry for the killer of a recording artist.
  3. S01E03Too Much, Too Soon BluesFebruary 16, 1976When the heir to a Greek-American fortune is murdered, his estranged younger brother becomes the prime suspect.
  4. S01E04Thicker Than BloodFebruary 23, 1976St. John looks for a killer and jewel thief inside a posh Los Angeles hotel.
  5. S01E05Dry IceMarch 1, 1976The suspects in an actress's murder—a failed director, a faded star, a clerk, and a priest—are placed under police surveillance.
  6. S01E06Follow the Yellow Brick RoadMarch 8, 1976John tracks down a murdered barber/bookie's two sets of client to find who killed him.
  7. S01E07The Mourning LineMarch 15, 1976A woman is shot by a sniper during a party at a marina apartment complex, leading St. John and Wade to a dark side of ""swinging singles.""
  8. S01E08Death of the PartyMarch 22, 1976A criminologist whose speciality was the rehabilitation of parolees is killed and his research assistant assaulted, leaving St. John to piec
  9. S01E09ExecutionerApril 5, 1976St. John searches for a serial killer dubbed ""The Executioner"" and rages when Sam's reporter ex-girlfriend reveals information about the c
  10. S01E10The ExecutionerApril 5, 1976John and Sam argue when a strange teenager claims to have witnessed a murder; while St. John dismisses her as an emotionally disturbed atten
  11. S01E11The RunawayApril 12, 1976In the wake of a bank robber's return to Los Angeles, St. John investigates the murder of a witness to the man's crimes and tries to protect
  12. S01E12PlastiqueApril 19, 1976A murder leads St. John to another case when he discovers a link between a woman killed by plastic explosives planted in her car and an elec
  13. S01E13Homicide is a Fine ArtMay 31, 1976St. John investigates the murder of a Texan who'd recently moved to Los Angeles and finds a world of cheating wives, greedy art dealers, and
  14. S01E14Ole-Ole an FreeJune 7, 1976John goes undercover in a sanitarium to investigate reports of elderly patients being bilked and murdered.
  15. S01E15Homicide 96403: John SmithJune 14, 1976St. John enlists a local sheriff to help hunt down a woman suspected of murdering an small-town real estate promoter found dead in a Los Ang

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