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1 :01x01 - Murder by Proxy
Writer: Robert C. Dennis
Director: George McCowan
Guest star: James Best (Wiley)
Det. Lt. Dan August seeks a psychotic killer.
2 :01x02 - The Murder of a Small Town
Writer: Robert Dozier
Director: Harvey Hart
Guest star: Ricardo Montalban (Manuel Acaba)
An investigation of a school-bus crash in which a child was killed unearths an ugly clue: a severed rod in the bus engine.
3 :01x03 - Love Is a Nickel Bag
Dan forces a young heroin addict through cold-turkey withdrawal---and the disclosure of his drug supplier's name.
4 :01x04 - The King Is Dead
Writer: Jack Turley
Director: Gene Nelson
Guest star: Richard Anderson (Chief George Untermeyer)
The murder of a rich man yields a wealth of suspects: the victim's wife (chief beneficiary); his brother (in charge of his exchequer); a daughter who hated him---and her rejected sweetheart.
5 :01x05 - In the Eyes of God
A former priest may have heard the confession of a murderer, but he refuses to violate the seal by giving Dan information.
6 :01x06 - The Color of Fury
Ghetto tensions and an ornery suspect hinder Dan's efforts to clear a black militant accused of murder.
7 :01x07 - Invitation to a Murder
Dan's best is not good enough for a murder victim's father, a newspaperman who uses his column to charge him with ineptitude.
8 :01x08 - The Union Forever
Clues in the murder of a union president point to a union official who was determined to remove the victim from office.
9 :01x09 - Epitaph for a Swinger
The murder of a singles-apartment tenant yields a wealth of suspects, including the victim's jilted girlfriend.
10 :01x10 - When the Shouting Dies
Dan has a personal interest in this murder case: the prime suspect is his old high-school buddy.
11 :01x11 - The Soldier
The murder of an MP is linked with an army deserter who vanished. Inhibiting the investigation are the deserter's activist friends.
12 :01x12 - Quadrangle for Death
The murder of a college president may be linked to a trouble-making professor whom the victim dismissed from the school.
13 :01x13 - Passing Fair
A political candidate's confidential case file is missing from the office of a murdered psychiatrist.
14 :01x14 - The Titan
The prime suspect in the murder of a small-town Casanova is a millionaire's wife.
15 :01x15 - Death Chain
Revenge killings are rapidly wiping out the suspects in a rape-murder case.
16 :01x16 - Dead Witness to a Killing
An assistant DA is suspected of killing his wife.
17 :01x17 - The Law
A tormented judge is accused of murder. Dan, his friend, must prove that he killed in self-defense.
18 :01x18 - The Worst Crime
Dan's investigating the murder of a small-time playboy. The prime suspect: the victim's lover, a millionaire's wife.
19 :01x19 - Circle of Lies
An automobile designer is slain. The prime suspect is the victim's test driver, a probationer who got his job with the help of Sgt. Wilentz.
20 :01x20 - Trackdown
Dan's searching for the robbers who shot his close friend during a fairgrounds heist.
21 :01x21 - Bullet for a Hero
Suspects in the death of a war hero include the victim's wife.
22 :01x22 - The Manufactured Man
A political campaign manager's candidate is tainted by quite a scandal---murder.
23 :01x23 - The Meal Ticket
Writer: Robert E. Collins
Director: Seymour Robbie
Guest star: Richard Anderson (Chief George Untermeyer)
Dan investigates the death of a young fighter from a lethal drug overdose.
24 :01x24 - Days of Rage
Tension mounts among a group of revolutionaries when Dan suspects one member of murder.
25 :01x25 - Prognosis: Homicide
Writer: Robert C. Dennis
Director: Virgil Vogel
Guest star: Richard Anderson (Chief George Untermeyer)
Two derelicts die from drinking poisoned whiskey meant for another man. Blocking the investigation: the murderer's intended victim.
26 :01x26 - The Assassin
Dan searches for the gunman who wounded Chief Untermeyer and killed an innocent bystander.
The Killing Affairs
Compilation movie of "The Assassin" and "The Manufactured Man."
The Trouble With Women
Compilation movie of "Epitaph For a Swinger" and "The Titan,"