The Partners (1971) Episode Guide

1 :01x01 - Here Come the Fuzz

First aired: Sep/18/1971
Writer: Don Adams, Earl Barret, Arne Sultan
Director: Gary Nelson
Guest star: Art Metrano (Club Owner), Yvonne Craig (Jessica Allen), Joey Forman (Major Witzer), Jesse White (Melnick)

Crooke and Robinson must solve a bank robbery within 24 hours.

2 :01x02 - Abra Cadaver

First aired: Sep/25/1971
Writer: Earl Barret, Arne Sultan
Director: Gary Nelson
Guest star: Claire Brennan (Mrs. Bennett), Harry Townes (Dr. Lippman), Richard Roat (Mark Bennett)

Crooke and Robinson investigate a murder where the corpse keeps disappearing.

3 :01x03 - The Prisoner of Fender

First aired: Oct/02/1971
Writer: Earl Barret, Arne Sultan
Director: Richard Benedict
Guest star: Marc Lawrence (Kelso), John Larch (Sheriff Fender), Foster Brooks (Willy Cooper)

Captain Andrews sends Crooke and Robinson to pick up a prisoner being held in the jail of his old pal, Sheriff Fender. Unfortunately for he Partners, the prisoner's men arrive first and impersonate them.

4 :01x04 - Waterloo at Napoleon

First aired: Oct/09/1971
Writer: Burt Styler
Director: Gary Nelson
Guest star: Bob Hastings (Second F.B.I. Agent), Victoria Hale (Helen), Frank Christi (Nichols), Lyn Peters (Margo), Robert Karvelas (Freddie Butler), Pepper Martin (First F.B.I. Agent), Stacy Harris (Brennan)

The Partners' latest case intersects with one that's being worked on by the FBI.

5 :01x05 - How Many Carats in a Grapefruit?

First aired: Oct/16/1971
Director: Gary Nelson
Guest star: Juanita Moore (Mrs. Robinson), David Huddleston (Lt. Ferguson), John Abbott (Professor), Paul Comi (Andrews)

Robinson's mother gets involved in this case about a stolen diamond hidden in a grapefruit.

6 :01x06 - Witness for the Execution

First aired: Oct/23/1971
Writer: Bruce Howard
Director: Joseph Pevney
Guest star: Paul Lambert (Landau), Pat Delaney (Lisa), Dick Yarmy (Andy), Gilbert Green (Grolin)

Crooke becomes tthe target of a hired killer right before he's supposed to testify against a gangster. But is the assassin who everyone thinks it is?

7 :01x07 - To Catch a Crooke

First aired: Oct/30/1971
Writer: Ed Simmons
Director: Gary Nelson
Guest star: Herbie Faye (Al), Robert Karvelas (Freddie Butler), Ellen Corby (Mrs. Polaski), James Driskill (Belson), John Francis (Marshall), Loree Frazier (Loree), Ronald Long (Sydney), Marty Ingels (Eddie Polaski)

Crooke must clear himself when his gun is discovered at the scene of a crime.

8 :01x08 - Requiem for a Godfather

First aired: Nov/06/1971
Writer: Arne Sultan, Earl Barret
Director: Christian Nyby
Guest star: Hal Frazier (Police Officer), Ronald Long (Sydney), Lewis Charles (Scaparelli), Rick Jason (Dutch), Dort Clark (Al), Harry Bartell (Lester Simon)

After a million dollar robbery is committed, Crooke and Robinson find themselves pursuing the wrong vehicle.

9 :01x09 - Take My Wife, Please!

First aired: Nov/13/1971
Writer: Laurence Marks
Director: Charles Rondeau
Guest star: Mark Roberts (Mallory), Alan Dexter (Frank), Nancy Merwan (Myrna), T. J. Castronova (Mickey)

Bandits hold a bank president's wife for ransom after an unsuccessful hold-up attempt.

10 :01x10 - Have I Got an Apartment for You!

First aired: Nov/27/1971
Director: Don Adams, Ed Simmons
Guest star: Sandra Gould (Mrs Kittner), Richard Karlan (Appleton), Robert Karvelas (Freddie Butler), Martin E. Brooks (Feeny), JoAnna Cameron (Sgt. Kelly), May Britt (guest star)

Crooke getting swindled puts him and Robinson in the unusual situation of investigating their own case.

11 :01x11 - Our Butler Didn't Do It

First aired: Dec/04/1971
Writer: Ed Simmons
Director: Don Adams
Guest star: Bryan O'Byrne (Horlock), Richard Derr (Dr. Brock), Laurel Goodwin (Sonya), Robert Karvelas (Freddie Butler)

Chronic confessor Freddie Butler is caught seemingly red-handed committing a murder but Crooke and Robinson have their doubls.

12 :01x12 - New Faces

First aired: Dec/11/1971
Writer: Laurence Marks
Director: Don Adams
Guest star: Michael Fox (Dr. Mitchell), Paul Picerni (Carter), Sid Haig (Charlie)

Crooke traces an escaped convict to a plastic surgeon.

13 :01x13 - North Is Now South

First aired: Dec/18/1971
Writer: Milt Rosen
Director: Earl Bellamy
Guest star: Jack Webb (Police Commissioner), Jack Somack (Mr. Kellner), Cliff Osmond (Slade), Len Lesser (Novack)

Crooke and Robinson are heavy on the case when city rezoning threatens to start a gang war.

14 :01x14 - Desperate Ours

First aired: Dec/25/1971
Writer: Arne Sultan, Earl Barret
Guest star: Robert Karvelas (Freddie Butler), Karen Smith (Roxy), Felice Orlandi (Killer Larsen)

An ex-convict whom Captain Andrews once sent to prison holds everyone in the police station hostage.

15 :01x15 - They Steal Cars, Don't They?

First aired: Jan/08/1972
Writer: Bruce Howard
Director: Gary Nelson
Guest star: Paul Condylis (Buzz), Harvey J. Goldenberg (Second Man), George E. Carey (First Man), Jack Carter (Goody Goodson), Robert Pratt (Tony)

Crooke and Robinson investigate a car thert ring.

16 :01x16 - Headlines for Higgenbottom

First aired: Jul/28/1972
Writer: Earl Barret, Arne Sultan
Director: Earl Barret
Guest star: Charles Pierce (Pretty Boy Clyde), James Lemp (Kemmerman), James Van Patten (Kid), Loree Frazier (Loree), Vincent Van Patten (Roger Higginbottom), Pat Van Patten (Raquel Higginbottom)

Crooke and Robinson inadvertently nab their nemisis, Sgt. Higginbottom, while investigating a break-in at his home.

17 :01x17 - Magnificent Perception

First aired: Aug/04/1972
Writer: Ben Starr
Director: Richard Benedict
Guest star: John Davis Chandler (Bomber), Robert Karvelas (Freddie Butler), Hans Conried (Zinser)

The police department calls in a clairvoyant to help them locat the whereabouts of a mad bomber.

18 :01x18 - Two or False

First aired: Aug/11/1972
Writer: Bruce Howard
Director: Earl Bellamy
Guest star: Yvonne Craig (Michelle / Denise), Eddie Ryder (1st Salesman), Fred Holliday (2nd Salesman)

An attractive female thief steals a valuable bracelet in the presence of Crooke.

19 :01x19 - Two in a Pen

First aired: Aug/25/1972
Writer: Bruce Howard
Director: Earl Bellamy
Guest star: Bruce Gordon (Duke Fletcher), Allen Jaffe (Pete Trevino), Lee Delano (Manny)

Duke Fletcher is planning to bust out of the penitentiary so Crooke goes undercover as a convict and Robinson as a guard to learn his escape plans.

20 :01x20 - The 217 in 402

First aired: Sep/08/1972
Writer: Jerry Mayer
Director: Richard Benedict
Guest star: Sherry Bain (Mulligan), Rico Cattani (Sonny), Robert Karvelas (Freddie Butler), Norman Burton (Romero), Ted de Corsia (Victor Manheim), Liam Dunn (Doc)

When the Mob critically wounds an informer it's up to Crooke and Robinson to prevent them from finishing the job.