Season 5

1985 · 24 episodes

Episodes

1Love and/or MarriageA 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.
2Burden of the BeastA trained chimp is the only witness to a murder and they try to figure out who the chimp is identifying as the assailant.
3The Third EyeA writer asks to be an apprentice P.I. to get background information for his book and then he is framed.
4Enchilada ExpressTheir current case takes them to a Mexican divorce resort when a worried ex-wife asks them to find her husband.
5The Skull of NostradamusAn 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.
6Have 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.
7Reunion at AlcatrazSam Penny is back searching for the only prisoner ever to have escaped from Alcatraz, almost 25 years ago.
8Down-Home Country BluesThe Simons set out to find a missing country singer.
9Quint Is OutThe brothers become concerned when a vengeful ex-con is on the loose.
10Walk a Mile in My HatThe brothers switch identities.
11FacetsAJ is devastated when he shoots a young man during an investigation of a diamond theft which reveals a family feud separating two lovers.
12Sunrise at Camp ApolloThe guys pose as camp counselors at a camp for street kids, as a favor to Town.
13The Blue Chip StompThe Simons help Town and a high school basketball coach when the teams star is accused of murdering a college recruiter.
14Something for SarahA 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.
15Mobile Home of the BraveA cameraman is pursued by the mob and involves a charming family on vacation in their mobile home at a theme park.
16Family ForecastThe 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.
17A Significant ObsessionEspionage at the laser research center. A former client obsessed with AJ hinders the investigation.
18For the PeopleThe D.A. has AJ testify about a shooting he witnessed, but the accused may be innocent.
19Full Moon BluesRick 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.
20Eye of the BeholderA 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.
21D-I-V-O-R-C-ERick and AJ help a couple of friends who claim they want a divorce, but act otherwise.
22Act FiveWhen 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.
23The Last HarangueAJ runs for the city council while Rick investigates his opponent's alleged toxic waste dumping and murder.
24The Apple Doesn't Fall Far from the TreeWhen 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.