Seasons

The Thrill Killers (1) E1

The Thrill Killers (1)

Aired Sep 30, 1976

Four killers kidnap the jury of a man they admire. They threaten to kill the jurors if their demands are not met.

60 min
The Thrill Killers (2) E2

The Thrill Killers (2)

Aired Oct 7, 1976

It's a race against time to find the hostages before the kidnappers kill them. Stone thinks they might be held up in an old freighter somewhere in the bay.

60 min
Dead or Alive E3

Dead or Alive

Aired Oct 21, 1976

A man offers a $1,000,000 reward for the capture - dead or alive - of the man who raped and murdered his daughter on a public tennis court, throwing the city into greed-fueled chaos.

60 min
The Drop E4

The Drop

Aired Oct 28, 1976

A wealthy teen is abducted and his girlfriend is murdered. The killers demand a ransom but they also demand that Lt. Stone deliver the ransom payment.

60 min
No Minor Vices E5

No Minor Vices

Aired Nov 4, 1976

A young girl transforms from modeling to prostitution and finding this an easy living. Her angry father swears to "clean the impurities" by killing those who hire her.

60 min
In Case of Madness E6

In Case of Madness

Aired Nov 11, 1976

A rising rock band has an abusive agent who is found murdered. An eye witness is murdered later and the lead singer who has seizures is the prime suspect.

60 min
Till Death Do Us Part E7

Till Death Do Us Part

Aired Nov 18, 1976

A couple is caught by the mob for laundering money. When the husband is abducted and believed killed, Stone and Robins must protect the wife because she is the prime witness.

60 min
Child of Anger E8

Child of Anger

Aired Dec 2, 1976

A teenage girl is frustrated by her mother's condescending ways. When a man she sees strike her mother is killed by the mob the girl is a witness. She claims responsibility to damage her family reputation hoping her mother feels degraded.

60 min
Hot Dog E9

Hot Dog

Aired Dec 9, 1976

Larry Wilson is a motorcycle cop who doesn't always use procedure. Instead he zeros on the point and rushes to it sometimes lacking caution. Stone is frustrated by the rambunctious officer, who happens also to be dating his daughter.

60 min
Castle of Fear E10

Castle of Fear

Aired Dec 23, 1976

After receiving crank calls, a paranoid man fences in his home and keeps his wife and daughter sheltered. When he panics and shoots a cop who was guarding the house he covers by identifying an ex con. The paranoia now becomes real.

60 min
One Last Trick E11

One Last Trick

Aired Jan 6, 1977

A former prostitute works undercover for Stone and Robbins by going back to work for the pimp who is responsible for the death of her friend and a police detective.

60 min
Monkey is Back E12

Monkey is Back

Aired Jan 13, 1977

An ex-con is out for vengeance against the high school gang whose initiation ritual led to his 20-year sentence.

60 min
The Cannibals E13

The Cannibals

Aired Jan 20, 1977

A crime kingpin's son steals from his father by killing a cash courier. On the run, he turns state's evidence and comes under federal protection. Stone and Robbins want him for murder, while his father's hit man just wants him murdered.

60 min
Who Killed Helen French? E14

Who Killed Helen French?

Aired Feb 3, 1977

An abused wife vanishes after a vicious attack by her drunken husband and all clues point to murder with the husband as the prime suspect, but he can't remember if he did it or not.

60 min
A Good Cop...But E15

A Good Cop...But

Aired Feb 10, 1977

A drug kingpin guns down a cop. To ensure a conviction, a narcotics officer who witnessed the murder will have to reveal in court a closely guarded personal secret that could cost him friendships and his standing in the department.

60 min
Hang Tough E16

Hang Tough

Aired Feb 17, 1977

Eddie Boggs and Stan Michaels are on the scene at an apartment, Eddie is months from retiring. A tip has lead to a dead 15 year old girl OD on heroin. Found nearby was Spider. Boggs has lost it and subsequently beats Spider down. To cover up the situation, Boggs plants a knife on him. A man with a cowboy attire, walks out of the same apartment complex.

60 min
Innocent No More E17

Innocent No More

Aired Feb 24, 1977

A juvenile gang has caused a history of trouble for a San Francisco neighborhood. A recent robbery by the gang lead to the death of a victim. Billy Wilson claims his innocence on the whole affair. Evidence mounts and Billy's previous history of violence surfaces, as the judicial systems decides on his fate.

60 min
Once a Con E18

Once a Con

Aired Mar 3, 1977

The main suspect in the murder of a coed is a prison inmate enrolled in a special program.

60 min
Interlude E19

Interlude

Aired Apr 28, 1977

Carolyn, the unfaithful wife of a city prosecutor, witnesses a murder after meeting her paramour in a hotel. She cannot identify him, but the killer, an escapee from a mental institution, befriends and begins stalking her.

60 min
Dead Lift E20

Dead Lift

Aired May 5, 1977

Ah-nold, long before his movie stardom, made his TV-acting debut as a champion bodybuilder (which he was at the time) visiting San Francisco for a competition. Something (it's not made clear what) has made him incredibly buff and muscled, but has also left him extremely hypersensitive to criticism and with no control over his anger. When he shows off his poses for a young woman, he becomes enraged and unwittingly chokes her to death. He's taken in by a couple and entered into the bodybuilding contest, but broods when he finishes only second.

60 min
Breakup E21

Breakup

Aired May 12, 1977

Stone and Robbins cross paths with two men pushed to their breaking points: an ex-con nursing a grudge against the former assistant district attorney who put him in prison and a struggling small businessman with a hot temper.

60 min
Let's Pretend We're Strangers E22

Let's Pretend We're Strangers

Aired May 19, 1977

Robbins falls for a public defender representing a psycho, who is trying to eliminate witnesses to a murder.

60 min
Time Out E23

Time Out

Aired Jun 2, 1977

Four cons escape and their longtime prison guard dedicates himself to bringing them back personally, frustrating Stone and Robbins who are perpetually one step behind the man who knows his prisoners' every probable move.

60 min
The Canine Collar E24

The Canine Collar

Aired Jun 9, 1977

A cruise ship is docked in San Francisco. A known embezzler is aboard the ship and had hid the jewels on a dog collar.

60 min