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1 :01x01 - Tenspeed and Brownshoe (1)
Writer: Stephen J. Cannell
Director: E. W. Swackhamer
Guest star: A. C. Weary (Fred), Jayne Meadows (Ruth), Luke Andreas (Little Mo), Richard Romanus (Tommy Tedesco), John Harkins (Beuler), Peter Brocco (TBD), Robyn Douglass (Martha Gribb), Nicholas Worth (TBD), Simone Griffeth (Bunny), Robert Webber (LaCrosse), Larry Manetti (Chip Vincent), John A. Zee (TBD), Edwin Owens (TBD)
E.L. "Tenspeed" Turner is a conman who has just gotten out of prison. Hard up, he decides to rip off the Mob for a million dollars, only to discover that the mobsters got the money by fencing Nazi diamonds. Meanwhile, accountant Lionel Whitney is reluctantly preparing to marry his fiance Bunny, and E.L. hides the diamonds in Lionel's limo.
2 :01x02 - Tenspeed and Brownshoe (2)
Writer: Stephen J. Cannell
Director: E. W. Swackhamer
Guest star: A. C. Weary (Fred), Edwin Owens (TBD), Luke Andreas (Little Mo), John Harkins (Beuler), Robyn Douglass (Martha Gribb), Nicholas Worth (TBD), Simone Griffeth (Bunny), Robert Webber (LaCrosse), Jayne Meadows (Ruth), Larry Manetti (Chip Vincent), John A. Zee (TBD), Richard Romanus (Tommy Tedesco), Peter Brocco (TBD)
Everyone is after the diamonds that E.L. hid in Lionel's limo, and Lionel convinces the ex-con conman to help him out.
3 :01x03 - The Robin Tucker's Roseland Roof and Ballroom Murder
Writer: Stephen J. Cannell
Director: Arnold Laven
Guest star: Elayne Heilveil (Susan Lardner), John Pleshette (Bill Kingman), Leo Gordon (Joe), Lee Paul (Stubby), Mark Giardino (Split), Bruce M. Fischer (Mickey), Shirley Jo Finney (Susan), Mel Allen (Carrots), Eugene Peterson (Chase (Chase Kingman)), David Tress (Korman (Stan Korman)), Pearl Shear (Ticket Girl), Terrence McNally (David), Kathy Shea (Dance Hall Girl)
Over E.L.'s objections, Lionel takes on the case of an anonymous millionaire who wants to find a missing woman. The trail leads to the Robin Tucker Ballroom, where a man is dead and the missing woman has gone missing yet again.
4 :01x04 - Savage Says "There's No Free Lunch"
Writer: Stephen J. Cannell
Director: John Patterson
Guest star: Denny Miller (Tony), Janice Heiden (Avon Madison), Tony Burton (Skeeter McClintock), Edward Bell (David McPherson (as Ed Bell)), Michael Fairman (Doyle (Marshall Doyle)), Darrell Zwerling (Lovell (Charles Lovel)), Toni Gilman (Woman), Glenn Wilder (Albert), Ernie Orsatti (Mick)
An attractive woman hires Lionel to find out who is trying to kill her. However, their first suspect, the husband she was having an affair with, takes a dive off the roof, putting them on the trail of the person responsible.
5 :01x05 - Savage Says, "What Are Friends For?"
Writer: Shel Willens
Director: Reza Badiyi
Guest star: Deborah Shelton (Sylvia Huckerman), James Murtaugh (Marty Huckerman (as Jim Murtaugh)), Martin Kove (Hell Hound Leader (as Marty Kove)), Sandy Ward (Lt. Blitz), Dave Shelley (Coroner), John Petlock (Streeter (Julian Streeter)), John Zenda (Hoskins), Tom Stechschulte (Tully), Nicholas Shields (Tweed Jacket (as Nick Shields)), Matthew Tobin (Vickers (Stanley Vickers, as Matt Tobin)), Paul Micale (Tailor (as Paul J. Micale)), Dean Wein (Waiter), Jim Alquist (Diner), Skip Riley (Officer (as Skip Reilly))
A stockbroker, Marty Huckerman, hires the agency to investigate two investors men who have threatened him after they came up with invalid social security numbers. When Marty turns up dead, the partners suspect he may have been laundering money for a motorcycle gang.
6 :01x06 - The Sixteen Byte Data Chip and the Brown-eyed Fox
Writer: Rudolph Borchert
Director: Arnold Laven
Guest star: Lynne Moody (Lola Marshall), Dennis Burkley (Cletus), Laurence Haddon (Walter Burton), Edmund Stoiber (Simon), Harry Basch (Molina (Victor Molina)), Richard Dix (Dutton), Stanley Brock (Guard (Chester Higgins)), Michael Ensign (Maitre D'), Tommy Reamon (Jim (Jim Blazedale, as Tom Reamon)), Lewis Arquette (Lieber), Wallace Earl (Robin (Robin Colby, as Amanda Harley)), Casey King (Officer), James O'Connell (Clerk (as Jim O'Connell))
When a computer programmer goes missing, his attractive sister Lola hires Lionel and E.L. to find him, but it's E.L. that becomes romantically involved with her.
7 :01x07 - The Millionaire's Life
Writer: Stephen J. Cannell
Director: Georg Stanford Brown
Guest star: James Sloyan (Mike "Scoop" McGill), Floyd Levine (Mark Trousdale), Sheldon Feldner (Carlo), Ray Singer (Herman), Meeno Peluce (Joey), Alan Braunstein (Tim (Timothy Fanning)), Kenneth Kimmins (Milt (as Ken Kimmons)), Ben Hammer (Chase (Chase Davenport)), James Beach (Sam Antha), Herb Downer (Bob), Deborah Adair (Sally), Bruce Tuthill (Police Officer (Officer Moorehead)), Larry Margo (Doorman), Frank Avila (Stan)
E.L. runs a scam on millionaire Chase Davenport to get him to pay $1,000, and then uses the money to have another con artist hire Lionel to investigate Davenport, since Lionel won't take crooked money. However, it turns out Davenport is actually working with the Mob, and wants the partners dead before they turn up his criminal connections.
8 :01x08 - Savage Says, "The Most Dangerous Bird is the Jailbird"
Writer: Stephen J. Cannell
Director: Reza Badiyi
Guest star: Richard Romanus (Tommy Tedesco), Shelley Smith (Phyllis Lattiger), Richard Dimitri (Johnny McClain), Woody Eney (Larry Craig), Luke Andreas (Truck), Bill Capizzi (Tommy's Thug), Larry Manetti (Chip Vincent), Paul Martin (Waiter), John Wyler (Head Waiter), Tad Horino (Attendant), Duane Tucker (Dirk), Tawny Little (Newscaster), Harold Greene (David)
An old enemy's girlfriend, a lounge singer, comes to the partners for help. Before they can get any information, she's abducted and they have to rescue her.
9 :01x09 - It's Easier to Pass an Elephant Through the Eye of a Needle Than a Bad Check in Bel Air
Writer: Juanita Bartlett
Director: Ivan Dixon
Guest star: James Bond III (Brendan Leroy "B.L." Turner), Robert Alda (Rogers Dillingham), Dick Anthony Williams (Lester Rollins), Rockne Tarkington (Mucker), Renny Roker (Candy), Henry G. Sanders (Clancy (as Henry Gale Sanders)), Alexander Zale (Sheik (Sheik Zabi)), Dominic Barto (Waiter), Scorpio (Arab), Jeff Chayette (Doorman (as Jeff Chayet)), Bob Frank (Tiffin)
E.L.'s nephew B.L. rolls into the town, but neglects to tell his uncle that he stole a numbers runner's receipt book and pinned the theft on his uncle.
10 :01x10 - Loose Larry's List of Losers
Writer: Stephen J. Cannell
Director: Rod Holcomb
Guest star: Candice Azzara (Bernice Courtney), Nicolas Coster (John Dalem), Kenneth O'Brien (Racetrack Richard Rollin), Joe Clarke (Cop), Edward Marshall (Man - Clerk (as Ed Marshall)), Robert Hirschfeld (Spardlyn (Jack Spardlyn)), Larry Margo (Sgt. Macy), Micole Mercurio (Woman (as Micol))
On Lionel's birthday, his partner buys him a stolen watch as a birthday present. Things get worse when E.L.'s new parole officer prepares to send him back to prison.
11 :01x11 - This One's Gonna Kill Ya
Writer: Stephen J. Cannell
Director: Stephen J. Cannell
Guest star: John Anderson (Vernon Laws), James Whitmore, Jr. (Sgt. Bogart), Fred Stuthman (Jigs Duran), James R. Parkes (Jergens), Lynn Herring (Gail (Gail Strickland)), Patricia Gaul (Capt. Mathews (as Patty Gaul)), Bruce Tuthill (Desk Sergeant), Stephen J. Cannell (Stephen J. Cannell, Author)
Lionel reopens the old Sable Hills murder case of the 40s, and teams up with the retired police detective who handled the investigation. However, when people start shooting tommyguns at E.L. and Lionel, Lionel figures they're getting close to a solution.
12 :01x12 - Untitled
Writer: Juanita Bartlett, Stephen J. Cannell
Director: Rod Holcomb
Guest star: Rene Auberjonois (Marty Boxx), Mario Roccuzzo (Victor Gardenia), Lesley Woods (Katie Roman/Romanoff), Claude Earl Jones (Prof. Harlan Davidson), Jim Gosa (Clyde French (as James Goza)), L. Harvey Gold (Howard Ray (as Harvey Gold)), Derek Murcott (Peter James), Michael Karm (Reporter #1), Michelle Hart (Reporter #2)
When E.L. discovers the cleaning lady is a Russian countess, he arranges her marriage to a Hollywood talent agent so the agent can get a title... and so E.L. can make a $25,000 finders fee. But he and Lionel get involved in assault and robbery when a Russian history professor sends his thugs to get a jeweled dagger from the Tsar.
13 :01x13 - The Treasure of Sierra Madre Street
Writer: Gordon Dawson
Director: Harry Winer
Guest star: Lynn Carlin (Alice Rynkoff), Michael C. Gwynne (Dean Culpits), Red West (TBD), Bart Burns (Art Sartain), Anthony James (Kamecki), Timothy Carey (Obituary Bob (as Timothy Agoglia Carey)), David Chow (Chester), Don Pedro Colley (Psychiatric Tech), Bert Conway (Eisenstadt (Carl Eisenstadt)), Mady Maguire (Dorothy (Dorothy Walker)), Pamela Brüll (Michelle (Michelle Moran)), Theodore Lehmann (Clerk (as Ted Lehmann)), John Voldstad (Young Man), Kendall Carly Browne (Judge Ducharme (Judge Grace Ducharme, as Kendall Carly Brown)), James Whitworth (Wysocky (Fred Wysocky))
When an insane man appears to be a cold-blooded killer faking insanity, a judge hires the agency to find out the truth. However, the partners soon discover that the judge isn't a judge, and E.L. is locked up when he infiltrates the psychiatric hospital.
14 :01x14 - Diamonds Aren't Forever
Writer: Juanita Bartlett
Director: Chuck Bowman
Guest star: Simone Griffeth (Bunny), Dana Wynter (Harriet Whitney), John Hillerman (William Whitney), Camilla Sparv (Camilla Caras), Dick Yarmy (Brandowyn), Thaao Penghlis (Van Cott), Joe Spano (Duff McCoy), Jack Garner (Gabor), Kurt Grayson (Schmidt), Dino Shorte (Officer), Jason Corbett (Officer Farrell), Dennis Spiegel (Officer Blake)
Tenspeed tries to help Lionel impress his visiting parents by setting him up with a better car and a penthouse office. Unfortunately, the car is stolen and the office's last occupant was a diamond merchant who was murdered for an expensive gem that has gone missing.