Partners In Crime Episode Guide

1 :01x01 - Celebrity

First aired: Sep/22/1984
Writer: Robert Van Scoyk, William Driskill
Director: Sigmund Neufeld, Jr.
Guest star: Vanessa L. Williams (Roselle Robbins), Joseph Hacker (Gary), Billy Drago (Leon De Roy)

Carole and Sydney are hired to protect a rock singer from a crazed stalker fan.

2 :01x02 - The Hottest Guy in Town

First aired: Sep/29/1984
Writer: Simon Muntner, William Driskill
Director: Charles S. Dubin
Guest star: Allan Miller (Thomas Schuyler), W. Scott DeVenney (Pete Rand), Fred Sadoff (Jason), Wendy Phillips (Shirley Hamner), David Soul (Harry)

The detectives make an appointment at a posh salon, hoping to net a hairdresser suspected of blackmailing wealthy women who have confessed their indiscretions to him.

3 :01x03 - Murder in the Museum

First aired: Oct/06/1984
Writer: April Kelly
Director: Rod Daniel
Guest star: Robert Elross (Oscar), Sandy Kronemeyer (Linda Pierce), Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. (Grant Latham), Leigh J. McCloskey (Casey Quinn)

The theft of a priceless Egyptian tablet culminates in the death of a friend of Carole's, an assistant curator for a museum, whose former boyfriend is the prime suspect in her murder.

4 :01x04 - Pilot

First aired: Oct/13/1984
Writer: Jeffrey Lane, James Stark
Director: Leonard Stern, Harry Falk
Guest star: J. E. Freeman (Garrett Sirk), Kim Miyori (Teresa Lee), Patricia Elliott (Phyllis Hopper), John Schuck (Gilbert Pierce), Susan Kellermann (Melody Cronin), Julie Sommars (Nola Clemens), Steve Levitt (Michael), John Beck (Eric Leggett)

Sydney Kovak and Carole Stanwyck are improbable partners in a San Francisco detective agency that they jointly inherited from their ex-husband, who met with foul play. They decide to join forces and run the agency. Their first case has to do with the retrieval of a valuable piece of art.

5 :01x05 - The Duke

First aired: Oct/20/1984
Writer: Harold Livingston
Director: Lee H. Katzin
Guest star: Randy Stumpf (Jimmy Lain), James Sloyan (Leo Gorin), Nancy Kwan (Anna Chen), Cameron Mitchell (Duke Kovak)

Sydney's father, Duke, is framed for a murder in Chinatown, that culminates from a plot to recover a bronze dog that holds the key to a vast fortune.

6 :01x06 - Paddles Up

First aired: Oct/27/1984
Writer: William Driskill
Director: James Sheldon
Guest star: Keene Curtis (Auctioneer), Ray Reinhardt (Peter Sanford), Steve Bassett (Joshua Llewellen), Joe Bellan (Marvin), Lance LeGault (Andrew Hogg), David Carradine (Hermanski)

A retriever of lost museum pieces is outbid on a brooch by a bidder who is subsequently killed.

7 :01x07 - Is She or Isn't She?

First aired: Nov/03/1984
Writer: Janis Hendler, Larry Brody
Director: Guy Magar
Guest star: Jim Lefebvre (Ambling), Sandy McPeak (Hank Warren), Christopher Morley (Dwight), John Sanderford (Bobby Warren)

Sydney and Carole are hired to find a prominent auto designer's kidnapped son, who was reportedly impatient to collect his inheritance.

8 :01x08 - Fantasyland

First aired: Nov/24/1984
Writer: Gina Goldman
Director: Sutton Roley
Guest star: Dick O'Neill (Bennie), Donna Wilkes (Sandy), David Hedison (Davidson), Dale Robinette (Sam Starr)

The detectives investigate the murder of a kindly street crook and take up his cause - trying to help a troubled teenager go straight.

9 :01x09 - The Set-Up

First aired: Dec/01/1984
Writer: Simon Muntner
Director: James Sheldon
Guest star: Otis Young (Willie Biggs), Michael Shannon (Hamilton Frye), Taylor Lacher (Peter West), Robert Colbert (Charles Harrington)

Sydney and Carole try to prove that Lieutenant Vronsky was framed for the murder of a drug trafficker and the forging of bank documents.

10 :01x10 - Fashioned for Murder

First aired: Dec/08/1984
Writer: Jayne Ehrlich, Simon Muntner, Bob Shayne
Director: Don Weis
Guest star: Rod McCary (Jared Martin), Joel Bailey (Wingate Sloan), Kaz Garas (Max Dixon), Jonathan Goldsmith (Barney McKay), Patricia McCormack (Irene)

Carole and Sydney don the latest fashions when they pose as models in an attempt to capture a design thief and solve a murder.

11 :01x11 - The Strangler

First aired: Dec/15/1984
Writer: Simon Muntner, Larry Brody, Philip Saltzman
Director: Allen Reisner
Guest star: Cab Covay (Arthur Dorian), Henry Beckman (General Whelan), Bibi Besch (Lenore), John Vernon (Chief Carl Fallon)

Carole and Sydney investigate the case of a strangler who victimizes single women.

12 :01x12 - Getting in Shape

First aired: Dec/22/1984
Writer: Larry Brody
Director: Kevin Connor
Guest star: Linden Chiles (Henry Watson), Vincent Baggetta (Phil Howland), Anne Francis (Sarah Ganders), Clare Peck (Sheila Nye)

A posh health resort is the setting for a blackmail scheme involving two lovers trying to keep their affair a secret from their employer.

13 :01x13 - Double Jeopardy

First aired: Dec/29/1984
Writer: Donald Ross
Director: Alan Cooke
Guest star: Sam Hiona (Undercover cop #2), Amy Hill (Street vendor), James Beach (Undercover cop #1), James Luisi (Captain Caslin), Richard Lynch (George Wettling), Kevin Brophy (Mickey Powers), Steven Keats (Chris Powers), Fred M. Waugh (SWAT leader)

Chris and George, two escaped convicts force Sydney and Carole to help them recover their loot, which they hid before they were imprisoned.