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Night Games
Writer: E. Jack Neuman
Director: Don Taylor
Guest star: JoAnna Cameron (Thelma Lattimer), Luke Askew (D.D. Franklin), Stefanie Powers (Mrs. Pauline Hannigen), Anjanette Comer (Jenny Kenedisis), Henry Darrow (D.A. Jaimie Martinez), Ralph Meeker (Dutch Armbreck), William Prince (Clayton Nikell), Dennis Patrick (Judge Medford), Robert Emhardt (Judge Ambrose), Jon Cypher (Dale Hannigan)
Petrocelli is hired to defend Mrs. Pauline Hannigen, a socialite, on a murder charge.
1 :01x01 - The Golden Cage
Writer: Leonardo Bercovici
Director: Joseph Pevney
Guest star: William Windom (Alex Mayberry), Joseph Campanella (Arthur Holbrook), Rosemary Forsyth (Nancy Holbrook), Morgan Woodward (Cayle), Rose Marie (Thelma)
Nancy Holbrook leaves in the middle of night after a violent quarrel with her husband, the millionaire Arthur Holbrook. She visits lawyer Tony Petrocelli. He should arrange the separation for them. On that same night an assistant of Hoolbrook's is murdered.
2 :01x02 - Music to Die By
Writer: Oliver Crawford
Director: Paul Stanley
Guest star: Henry Max Kendrick (Attorney general), Don Starr (Judge), Britt Leach (Wiley), Sandy Kenyon (Morrow), Bobbie Jordan (Millie), Jeremy Slate (Stacy), David Doyle (Cas Turner), Rick Nelson (Country Boy)
Shortly before his concert a Country music star known as Country Boy gets involved in a violent bicker with a man named Morrow. His horrified fans become unwitting witnesses. Next day Morrow turns up dead. Country Boy asks Tony Petrocelli for help. He is suspected of being the murderer.
3 :01x03 - By Reason of Madness
Writer: William Kelley
Director: James Sheldon
Guest star: Riley Hill (Judge Medford), Rudy Bond (Dr. Starnberg), Loretta Swit (Ella Knox), John Vernon (Barney Majors), Rory Calhoun (Edgar Richardson), James McEachin (Dr. Herb Shoate), Lynda Day George (Vickie Richardson)
Vickie Richardson has murdered her husband she admits the crime openly. Tony Petrocelli takes over her defense. The public prosecutor presents Vickie as an ice-cold murderess. However, Tony is convinced of the fact that she was confused at the moment of the deed.
4 :01x04 - Edge of Evil
Writer: Mel Goldberg
Director: Irving J. Moore
Guest star: Robert Hardy (Judge Wannemaker), Morgan Paull (Dan Carter), Susan Oliver (Eleanor Warren), Lynn Carlin (Audrey North), William Shatner (Adam North), Glenn Corbett (Robert Warren)
Robert Warren leads an investigation against the planned construction of a nuclear power plant in San Remo. Before he can publish the results, he is murdered. The main suspect must be defended by Robert's best friend, Petrocelli.
5 :01x05 - A Life for a Life
Writer: William D. Gordon
Director: Allen Reisner
Guest star: Felice Orlandi (Lyle Holcomb), Henry Jones (Wheaton), Sharon Farrell (Arlen Johnson), Geoffrey Deuel (Edgar Dorsey)
A guest dies in a blaze at a hotel room. The arson suspect is Edgar Dorsey. The motorcyclist had been rejected on the prior evening by the hotel porter and the biker had sworn to exact revenge. Tony Petrocelli assumes Edgar's defense.
6 :01x06 - Death in High Places
Writer: James M. Miller
Director: Richard Donner
Guest star: Steve Blood (Al Smiley), Richard Elman (Sam Horton), Richard Alexander (Bobby Gains), Barney Phillips (Frank Kelly), Joe Mantell (Carson), Gregory Sierra (Rudolph Chavez), Harold Gould (Haskell Fox), Belinda Montgomery (Barbara Horton), Cameron Mitchell (Sheriff Bates)
Sam Horton, a millionaire, dies in the explosion of his private airplane. Witnesses swear to have seen Barbara, Horton's daughter leaving a suitcase minutes before the blowup. She becomes the main suspect of a staged accident. Petrocelli believes in her innocence.
7 :01x07 - Double Negative
Writer: Robert C. Dennis
Director: Herb Wallerstein
Guest star: Gene Tyburn (Tom Onslow), Lisa Farringer (Renate Fletcher), Fritz Weaver (William Fletcher), Michael Burns (Billy Fletcher)
Tony Petrocelli takes on the defense of Billy Fletcher. The young man is accused of having killed a photographer named Onslow. Petrocelli is convinced of the innocence of his client. Although even Onslow incriminated himself, the lad refuses to tell the whole truth.
8 :01x08 - Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall
Writer: Leonard Katzman
Director: Irving J. Moore
Guest star: Kurt Grayson (Allan Bell), Erica Hagen (Shirley Snyder), William Bramley (Milton Daniels), Harold Gould (Haskell Fox), Stefanie Powers (Jean Carter)
Petrocelli is confronted with a confusing case. Jean Carter stands accused of murdering her friend, Allan. The prosecuting attorney can refer to several witnesses who claim that Jean was on the crime scene. Jean declares, however, she had not been near the venue.
9 :01x09 - An Act of Love
Writer: Leonard Katzman
Director: Paul Stanley
Guest star: Josef Rainer (Sergeant Munson), Sandy Rosenthal (Mortician), Don Starr (Judge), Martin Braddock (Dan Cranford), Angela Clarke (Mrs. Donato), Christina Hart (Nikie James), Alan Oppenheimer (Attorney Davis), John David Carson (Frank Donato), Claudette Nevins (Annette James), Simon Scott (Senator Sam James), John Marley (Vito Donato)
Nickie, the daughter of the powerful senator Samuel Robert James is found murdered in her house. Frank Donato is accused of having slain the young woman. His mother is quite convinced that her boy is innocent so she asks Tony Petrocelli for help.
10 :01x10 - A Very Lonely Lady
Writer: Robert Stull
Director: Vincent McEveety
Guest star: Mike Casper (Sheriff Madden), Don Starr (Judge Watson), John Milford (J.C. Underwood), Lucille Benson (Angie Crawford), Arlene Martel (Marnie Jane Underwood), Russell Wiggins (Albert Deigh), Jack Ging (Wayne Jacoby), Louis Gossett, Jr. (Kurt Olson)
Petrocelli takes over the defense of Albert Deigh. He is accused of murdering Marnie, the fun-loving wife of entrepreneur JC Underwood. Petrocelli is firmly convinced of Deigh's innocence. Maggie and Pete risk everything to prove this.
11 :01x11 - Counterplay
Writer: Edward J. Lakso
Director: James Sheldon
Guest star: Hayden Rorke (Arnold Cole), Richard Jaeckel (Sanford), Michelle Conaway (Susan), Ben Masters (John Delman)
When a San Remo policeman is accused of murder, Petrocelli is drafted in to provide his defense - a move which could prove fatal for the Italian legal whiz.
12 :01x12 - A Covenant with Evil
Writer: Rod Baker
Director: Richard Donner, Herschel Daugherty
Guest star: Dan Bradley (Bentley), Paul Carr (Paul Cooper), Julie Cobb (Millie Conway), Arthur Malet (Clyde Ledbetter), Dean Harens (Dr. Oscar Vernon), Robyn Millan (Beth Williams), Charles Martin Smith (Frankie)
A simpleminded, harmless young man, Frankie Toyer is found near a dead woman. Frankie becomes the prime murder suspect. Police officer Ponce helps the youth. Only Tony Petrocelli, to whom Frankie has turned for assistance, has a different opinion.
13 :01x13 - The Sleep of Reason
Writer: William Kelley
Director: Irving J. Moore
Guest star: Fred Stromsoe (Levatatee), Jack Colvin (Judge), Francine York (Annabelle Tracy), Logan Ramsey (Professor Beale), Pamela Franklin (Joan Barth), Albert Stratton (Professor Logan), Christopher Connelly (Willie Flanders)
Joan Barth asks Tony Petrocelli to help her friend and colleague Willie Flanders. Flanders has recently shot guest lecturer, professor Beale, before the eyes of his students. However, he cannot remember nothing of the crime.
14 :01x14 - A Fallen Idol
Writer: Leonard Katzman
Director: Herb Wallerstein
Guest star: Chuck Hicks (Tom), Fred Stromsoe (Ed), Don Starr (Judge Watson), Paul C. Thomas (Ernie Sadler), Ben Hammer (Arthur Handler), George Petrie (Morrie Ryder), Richard Ward (Charlie Bobo), Don Stroud (Frankie Copa), Susan Strasberg (T.J. Farlow), Louis Gossett, Jr. (Kurt Olson)
Tony Petrocelli has grown up with Frank Copa, a famous boxer, in Boston. He doesn't have to be forced to defend his old idol in court. Frank is suspected of having murdered his corrupt manager Morrie Ryder.
15 :01x15 - Once Upon a Victim
Writer: Stanley Roberts
Director: Herschel Daugherty
Guest star: Jack Collins (Floyd Lathrop), Fred Ashley (James Mantley), Don Starr (Judge Watson), Bernice Smith (Rita Phillips), Barbara Rhoades (Virginia Halima), Alan Fudge (Sam Murkland), Jonathan Lippe (Dr. Gil Clayton), Della Reese (Angela Damon), Renne Jarrett (Laureen Phillips), John Dehner (Dr. Leo Stegner)
Dr. Leo Stegner, the chief of a private clinic, has apparently murdered Rita Phillips, a rich sponsor of his clinic. One witness asserts to have seen the crime: Rita's daughter, Laureen Phillips. However, Petrocelli is quite sure Stegner is innocent.
16 :01x16 - The Kidnapping
Writer: Robert C. Dennis
Director: Gunner Hellström
Guest star: Fred Ashley (Bridger), Patricia Blair (Angela Gilmartin), Todd Lookinland (Jordan), Dick Davalos (Charles Waller), Frank Ashmore (Alec McCaslin), Kim Darby (Donna McCaslin), Gene Evans (Senator Linville McCaslin)
Tony Petrocelli attempts to help a desperate mother. Donna McCaslin was waging a bitter war with her ex-father-in-law, senator Linville, for the custody for her son Jordan. Now, she stands accused of having committed a murder as well.
17 :01x17 - A Lonely Victim
Writer: Leonard Katzman
Director: Irving J. Moore
Guest star: Arnold Jeffers (Judge Grumbein), Richard Elman (Dexter Tindle), Mark Goddard (Perry Brooks), Bobby Eilbacher (Billy Thorpe), Don Dubbins (Joseph Bear), Fred Beir (Raymond Walker), Simon Scott (Carson), Madlyn Rhue (Ellen Walker), Anjanette Comer (Mary Thorpe)
Lieutenant Ponce advises the little Billy Thorpe to hire Tony Petrocelli as a defender: His mother Mary was arrested because of murdering her lover. Since she was found bending over the corpse with the weapon in her hand, she seems to be the perpetrator. The woman declares her innocence and Tony sets out to prove that.
18 :01x18 - The Outsiders
Writer: Leonard Katzman, Thomas L. Miller
Director: Irving J. Moore
Guest star: Fred Ashley (Ben Fowler), William Bramley (Cyrus Mitchell), Marion Ross (Mary Sloane), Mark Hamill (David Mitchell), Lucille Benson (Lucille Field), Mitch Vogel (Ron Field)
TheField family earns their living as harvest workers. The son, Ron Field, is arrested by the police after he was seen running away from a drugstore in which the owner's corpse is discovered shortly after. Lucille Field is firmly convinced of Ron's innocence and asks Tony Petrocelli to adopt his defense.
19 :01x19 - Vengeance in White
Writer: Robert Stull
Director: Leonard Katzman
Guest star: Don Starr (Judge Watson), Josef Rainer (D.A. Ames), Francesca Jarvis (Aggie Crane), Michael Bell (Glen Hiller), Elinor Donahue (Joan Hiller), Ken Swofford (Phillip Armor), Brenda Scott (Bonnie Wakely), Michael Anderson Jr. (Nathaniel Wakely)
Petrocelli finds himself helping a woman accused of murdering her evangelistic husband.
The preacher Nathaniel Wakely knows how to enthuse listeners with his fanatical sermons. However, he gets into a deep conflict with his religious conviction and his wife Bonnie ends up arrested and accused of murder. Desperately she turns to Tony Petrocelli for assistance.
20 :01x20 - Four the Hard Way
Writer: William Kelley
Director: Joseph Pevney
Guest star: John Crawford (Joe Tuttle), Francesca Jarvis (Agnes Macklin), Josef Rainer (Ron Weed), Russell Lee Fine (Murphy), Riley Hill (Judge Roy Parker), Gloria LeRoy (Zazu O'Brien), Lina Raymond (Juno Tuttle), Strother Martin (Clate Dobie), Paul Brinegar (Patch Dressler), Eddie Firestone (Cy Bissell), Shug Fisher (Toot Gannon), William Bryant (Brian Schofield)
Did western old-timer Clate Dobie kill his step-daughter's husband? Petrocelli is convinced of his innocence, but he'll have a hard time proving it, especially as Clate was seen bending over the dead man's body before he ran for the hills.
21 :01x21 - Death in Small Doses
Writer: John Dawson, Al Reynolds
Director: Don Taylor
Guest star: Fred Ashley (Patrick O'Mahoney), Torin Thatcher (George Baldwin), Elizabeth MacRae (Lucille Bates), Paul Shenar (Archie LaSalle), Michael Baseleon (Melvin Pollock), Robert Mandan (Sheriff Arnheit), Stephen Elliott (Martin Granger), George O'Hanlon, Jr. (Lewis Baldwin)
Young Lewis Baldwin stands accused of having murdered the guardian of his grandfather. However the statements of a foreman of the aged George Baldwin let the seemingly unambiguous facts appear in a quite new light . What really happened in that ominous night Petrocelli tries to reconstruct with difficulty.
22 :01x22 - A Night of Terror
Writer: William Kelley
Director: Bernard McEveety
Guest star: Walker Edmiston (Court Clerk), Sandy Rosenthal (Einhorn), Med Flory (Robert Miller), Jim Boles (Judge #1), Claudia Bryar (Mrs. Brancussi), Joseph Mell (Erik Frost), Alan Fudge (Sam Murkland), W. l. Legault (Fred Kistler), Morgan Woodward (Augie Briola), Peter Mark Richman (Leo Roman), Lois Nettleton (Gloria Kane)
Gloria Kane is arrested, because apparently she shot her lover, the gangster Leo Roman. The woman disputes the action, yet all the evidence speaks against her. In this seemingly hopeless situation, her mother asks Tony Petrocelli for help.
23 :02x01 - Shadow of Fear
Writer: Leonard Katzman
Director: Irving J. Moore
Guest star: Eric Server (Waters), Paul C. Thomas (Laird), John Henry Cox (Tom Archer), Victor Rendina (Apollo), Jonathan Lippe (Harry Silver), Warren J. Kemmerling (Lt. Carter), William Windom (Alan Brewster), Anne Archer (Sherril Brewster)
Sherril Brewster's anger gets assuaged at Petrocellis office. She confesses to have just shot her ex-husband Tom Archer. The lawyer learns that the young woman was threatened and blackmailed by this. On the police-station, a surprise awaits them: Alan Brewster, Sherril's second husband, was arrested meanwhile and accused of murder.
24 :02x02 - The Mark of Cain
Writer: Leonard Katzman
Director: Leonard Katzman
Guest star: John Leonelli (Edwards), John Henry Cox (Davis), Paul Koslo (Morgan), Ken Swofford (Lieutenant Clifford), John Saxon (Ritchie Martin)
After receiving the unexpected visit of Richie Martin, an old chum, Tony learns his friend is no longer the harmless guy he used to know. By and by Martin is arrested on a murder rap and Tony grudgingly accepts to defend him.
25 :02x03 - Five Yards of Trouble
Writer: William Keys
Director: Joseph Pevney
Guest star: Ronald Foster (Alfred Woodward), Angela Clarke (Teresa Moran), H. M. Wynant (Brian Ramsdale), Robbie Rist (Ray Royer), Barbara Luna (Dorothy Royer), Glenn Corbett (Charlie)
Ray Royer asks Tony Petrocelli to defend Charles, his uncle, arrested for murder. He stands accused of murdering a photographer. The motive lies unequivocally at hand: jealousy. Charles had recently learn his wife posed for the victim.
26 :02x04 - One Killer Too Many (a.k.a "Death Ride")
Writer: Katharyn Michaelian Powers, Michael Michaelian
Director: Irving J. Moore
Guest star: Don 'Red' Barry (Vern Baker), Gerald McRaney (Cliff Rediger), John Crawford (Billy Elwood), Ford Rainey (Hank Stevens), Michael Bell (Frank Kaiser), Diana Ewing (Dusty Stevens), Ned Beatty (Gage Hurley)
Pete travels with Petrocelli and Maggie to the biggest rodeo in San Remo where Gage Hurley, Pete's friend, appears as a clown. When a rodeo horseman is discovered murdered in his trailer, Hurley surprisingly admits his guilt . Petrocelli accepts the defense and notices quickly that with Hurley nothing is what it seems.
27 :02x05 - Chain of Command
Writer: Michael Michaelian, Katharyn Michaelian Powers
Director: Herb Wallerstein
Guest star: John Lupton (Billy Hanson), Lin McCarthy (Leo Shane), Lee Montgomery (Freddie), John Ritter (John Cleson), Francesca Jarvis (Mrs. Strafford), Kenneth Tobey (Mr. Strafford), Warren Stevens (General Drew), Rosemary DeCamp (Mrs. Drew)
Richard Oleson, a talented airline mechanic, has a disagreement with his boss, General Drew and gets fired promptly. Shortly afterward, Drew is found murdered and the suspicion falls on Oleson. A friend of the mechanic rushes to hire Petrocelli.
28 :02x06 - To See No Evil
Writer: Thomas L. Miller, Leonard Katzman
Director: Irving J. Moore
Guest star: David Hatton (John Saffro), Fred Ashley (Fred Ash), Marian O. Gibson (Lucille Duncan), Erica Hagen (Shirley Miller), Robert Symonds (Martin Waldman), Steve Sandor (Robert Jarvis), Michael Bell (Frank Kaiser), Julie Kavner (Julie Carter)
Julie Carter, a blind woman, shoots down an alleged burglar. To her dismay, she finds that the crook is her boyfriend Buddy Richards. Since the two had a fierce dispute shortly before no one believes her version of a tragic accident. No sooner Petrocelli has taken over the case that he begins to receive anonymous threats.
29 :02x07 - Terror on Wheels
Writer: Leonard Katzman
Director: Herb Wallerstein
Guest star: Paul Roland (Jennings), Kimo Owens (Jed), Moe Mosley (Moe), Don Starr (Judge Watson), Tiny Wells (Tiny), Gerald McRaney (Terry Santo), Annette O'Toole (Tina), Kipp Whitman (Nick Fenton), John Colicos (Dimitri Petrakis), Ayn Ruymen (Katie Petrakis)
Petrocelli has not exactly an easy task, the eloquent immigrant Dimitri Petrakis stands accused of having murdered a motorcycle-gang member who tried to attack his daughter. For Petrocelli is the case very tricky, because all the evidence speak against his client.
30 :02x08 - The Gamblers
Writer: John Hudock
Director: Herb Wallerstein
Guest star: Freddie G. Machado (Juan), Eugene Kelly (Al Benton), Don Starr (Judge Watson), Gloria LeRoy (Ms. Molly Ames), Linda Garcia (Maria), Jack Ging (James Wylie), Mark Hamill (Dennis Wylie), Charles Young (Joe Malone), John Lupton (Billy Hanson), A. Martinez (Mando Rivera), Monika Ramirez (Teresa Rivera)
Petrocelli is defending 17-year-old Mando Rivera, the only suspect of having killed his boss Benton, the pizzeria owner. As it turns out that the restaurateur was working as a bookie, the lawyer thinks he knows where he has to look for the true perpetrator .
31 :02x09 - Terror By the Book
Writer: Jeff Myrow
Director: Irving J. Moore
Guest star: Wayne Waterhouse (Kelly), Mary Dusay Perine (Eve Orland), S. John Launer (Franklin), Bing Russell (John), Ned Wilson (Roy Burke), Michael Bell (Frank Kaiser), Dewey Martin (Bill Whitehead), Anne Francis (Emily Burke)
Tony Petrocelli accepts the defense of Emily Burke. She is accused of having murdered the bestseller-author Mark Orland, because he was about to publish piquant details about her past.
32 :02x10 - Face of Evil
Writer: Thomas L. Miller
Director: Irving J. Moore
Guest star: Shirley Poliakoff (Thelma), Arnold Jeffers (Judge Grumbein), Norman Stone (Wallace), Henry Max Kendrick (Doc Simpson), Fred Ashley (Hoffler), Sandy Rosenthal (Dr. Robert Koblin), Fred Beir (John Kelly), Lucille Benson (Madge Briar), Robert F. Lyons (Sam Johnson), Kay Lenz (Mary Wade/Jane Wade)
The comedienne Mary Wade hires Petrocelli for the defense of her twin-sister Jane. She's being accused of having murdered a foreign man in a cheap and crummy hotel. Jane can remember nothing, though. Petrocelli assumes the seemingly hopeless case and comes across a surprising result.
33 :02x11 - Too Many Alibis
Writer: Fred Freiberger
Director: Herb Wallerstein
Guest star: Frank Kennedy (Dr, Wilbur Hendricks), Riley Hill (Dr. Allen Mitchell), Marian O. Gibson (Emily Nolan), Gino Ardito (Bill Thomas), Sally Kirkland (Joan Arnold), Gloria Calomee (Cobbie Hill), Susan Sullivan (Janet Wilson), Bettye Ackerman (Ann Hendricks), Robert Hooks (Dr. Dave Hill)
Dr. Dave Hill has become the main suspect in the murder of his boss, a medic who wanted to have Hill ousted. Petrocelli believes in the young doctor's innocence and decides to find the real culprit, but everyone in the hospital seems to have a waterproof alibi, except Hill himself.
34 :02x12 - A Deadly Vow
Writer: Leonard Katzman
Director: Irving J. Moore
Guest star: Moe Mosley (Officer), Len Wayland (Jack Mayhew), Alan Landers (Jeff Morgan), David Davidson (Ginny Morgan), Warren J. Kemmerling (Lt. Carter), Salome Jens (Leah Barnes), Steve Blood (Alan Edwards), Rosemary Forsyth (Lauren Edwards)
Lauren Edwards seeks to know what penalties for murder are. The reason for her question: She wants to kill her husband. Tony takes the curious notion not seriously at first, but shortly after that Allan Edwards is actually murdered and his wife appears as the main suspect arrested. Everything seems to point against Lauren, but Petrocelli believes the opposite for there is a glimmer of hope to prove her innocence.
35 :02x13 - Falling Star
Writer: Leonard Katzman
Director: Russ Mayberry
Guest star: Frank Aletter (Dusty Rhodes), Lawrence Casey (Himself), Francine York (Lisa Farley), George Petrie (Mannie Tyler), Susan Dey (Jenny Halliday), Ken Curtis (Harry Underwood)
Tony Petrocelli accepts the defense of his youth idol, the film star Dusty Rhodes. Dusty is suspect of having murdered the film producer Mannie Tyler . Although some evidence inculpates him, the actor insists firmly on his innocence.
36 :02x14 - Survival
Writer: Leonard Katzman
Director: Art Fisher
Guest star: Gavin James (Helicopter Pilot), Ron Burke (Driver), Troy Melton (White), Brian Libby (Mc Laird), Moe Mosley (Moe), René Enríquez (Hank Morales), Jonathan Lippe (Paul Morgan), Cindy Williams (Carol Janssen), Christopher Connelly (Don Janssen)
Carol Janssen asks Tony Petrocelli for help. Her husband Don was arrested in the border-city of Santa Rosita because apparently he had stolen money from an office-safe. The alleged perpetrator succeeds in convincing Petrocelli of his innocence. The lawyer adopts the case until suddenly things take a dangerous turn.
37 :02x15 - The Night Visitor
Writer: Leonard Katzman
Director: Robert Scheerer
Guest star: Kimo Owens (Hood #3), Charles Young (Hood #2), Neil Summers (Hood #1), Moe Mosley (Moe), Ken Swofford (Lt. John Clifford), Phillip Pine (Ed Parker), Joan Van Ark (Chris Parker), Thayer David (Arnold Mac Iver)
Ed Parker breaks into Petrocellis office and leaves a sealed envelope. Petrocelli pursues the matter. He drives to Parker's apartment where he finds his corpse. The police come in this moment. Petrocelli is arrested since he's considered to be one of Parker's murderers.
38 :02x16 - Blood Money
Writer: Leonard Katzman
Director: Irving J. Moore
Guest star: James Daughton (Andy Warburton III), Darrell Larson (Al), Timothy Scott (Gus), James Gammon (Harry), Susanne Zenor (Gigio Laverne), Andrew Rubin (Doc), Nicholas Hammond (Whitey), Denver Pyle (Andrew Warburton)
The student Andy Warburton, heir to a large fortune, is abducted. Petrocelli takes the case. Since the kidnappers only demand a 500 dollar ransom, at first the whole thing looks as a joke but soon the situation dramatically.
39 :02x17 - Any Number Can Die
Writer: Jeff Myrow, Leonard Katzman
Director: Leonard Katzman
Guest star: Francesca Jarvis (Joan McCarthy), Gwynne Gilford (Jean Andrews), Mark Gordon (Frank Keegan), Joshua Bryant (Paul Andrews), Paul Burke (John Flemming)
Paul Andrews turns up at his old pal Petrocelli, and hands him an envelope. He asks Tony to deliver it to a person should anything happen to him, Andrews is fearing for his life but reveals no more details. Later the addressee is found murdered and the plot thickens.
40 :02x18 - Six Strings of Guilt
Writer: John Hudock
Director: Don Weis
Guest star: Maxine & Franklin Brown (Leo Miles), Moe Mosley (Moe), Eddie Quillan (Drunk), Claire Brennen (Georgia), Wayne Tippet (Will Lewis), Joanna Miles (Sally Barnes), Martin Kove (Frank Harris), Tammy Harrington (Judy Barnes), Ward Costello (Thomas Barnes)
Pete becomes the prime suspect in the murder of a hood who threatened to testify against Pete's girl friend ,Sally Barnes.
41 :02x19 - Deadly Journey
Writer: Donnell Di Maggio
Director: Paul Lynch
Guest star: Jeff Allin (Charlie), Brian Libby (Bill), Paul Roland (Phil Bass), Ronald Foster (Ray), Deborah White (Ellen Williamson), M. P. Murphy (Jack Keefe), Lynn Borden (Susan), Marion Ross (Janet Williamson), Lucille Benson (Lucille Davis), Alan Vint (Joey Davis)
Petrocelli takes Lucille Davis, who is recalling their old days as hitchhiker on the road, in his car. But when they arrive in San Remo, Lucille is arrested for murder. The employer of her son Joey has been shot. Petrocelli is convinced of her innocence and begins to investigate.