Season 1

1. Promise to Kill

St. John investigates an old crime when the long missing body finally turns up, along with evidence that the police framed the man convicted of the crime.

1976-02-02 • 60 min

2. Sand Trap

St. John searches through the cutthroat music industry for the killer of a recording artist.

1976-02-09 • 60 min

3. Too Much, Too Soon Blues

When the heir to a Greek-American fortune is murdered, his estranged younger brother becomes the prime suspect.

1976-02-16 • 60 min

4. Thicker Than Blood

St. John looks for a killer and jewel thief inside a posh Los Angeles hotel.

1976-02-23 • 60 min

5. Dry Ice

The suspects in an actress's murder—a failed director, a faded star, a clerk, and a priest—are placed under police surveillance.

1976-03-01 • 60 min

6. Follow the Yellow Brick Road

John tracks down a murdered barber/bookie's two sets of client to find who killed him.

1976-03-08 • 60 min

7. The Mourning Line

A woman is shot by a sniper during a party at a marina apartment complex, leading St. John and Wade to a dark side of ""swinging singles.""

1976-03-15 • 60 min

8. Death of the Party

A criminologist whose speciality was the rehabilitation of parolees is killed and his research assistant assaulted, leaving St. John to piece through the man's work to find a suspect.

1976-03-22 • 60 min

9. Executioner

St. John searches for a serial killer dubbed ""The Executioner"" and rages when Sam's reporter ex-girlfriend reveals information about the case on television.

1976-04-05 • 60 min

10. The Executioner

John and Sam argue when a strange teenager claims to have witnessed a murder; while St. John dismisses her as an emotionally disturbed attention-seeker, Sam believes she's genuine.

1976-04-05 • 60 min

11. The Runaway

In the wake of a bank robber's return to Los Angeles, St. John investigates the murder of a witness to the man's crimes and tries to protect the remaining witnesses.

1976-04-12 • 60 min

12. Plastique

A murder leads St. John to another case when he discovers a link between a woman killed by plastic explosives planted in her car and an electronics firm.

1976-04-19 • 60 min

13. Homicide is a Fine Art

St. John investigates the murder of a Texan who'd recently moved to Los Angeles and finds a world of cheating wives, greedy art dealers, and opportunistic gigolos.

1976-05-31 • 60 min

14. Ole-Ole an Free

John goes undercover in a sanitarium to investigate reports of elderly patients being bilked and murdered.

1976-06-07 • 60 min

15. Homicide 96403: John Smith

St. John enlists a local sheriff to help hunt down a woman suspected of murdering an small-town real estate promoter found dead in a Los Angeles motel.

1976-06-14 • 60 min