Season 1
14 episodes · Jan 27, 1980
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- S1E1
Tenspeed and Brownshoe (1)
Jan 27, 198060mE.L. is out of prison and quickly involved in a new scam - stealing a million dollars from the Mob. Unfortunately, he's unaware that the Mob got it from fencing Nazi diamonds. Meanwhile, accountant Lionel Whitney is in town to get married to his dominating fiance, and quickly finds his plans gone awry when Tenspeed hides the diamonds in his limousine. Both groups are now after both him and Tenspeed.
- S1E2
Tenspeed and Brownshoe (2)
Jan 27, 198060mLionel finds himself being pursued by Nazis and mobsters who are after the diamonds that Tenspeed hid on him. Lionel manages to talk Tenspeed into doing the right thing by appealing to his conscience (such as it is) and running a scam to get everyone arrested. With Tenspeed out on parole and needing a job, Lionel decides to finance a new detective agency with the reward money to fulfill his lifelong dream of being a hard-boiled detective.
- S1E3
The Robin Tucker's Roseland Roof and Ballroom Murder
Feb 3, 198060mLionel and E.L. form a detective agency and get their first case: an unidentified man who is willing to pay lots of money to find a woman.
- S1E4
Savage Says "There's No Free Lunch"
Mar 2, 198060mLionel takes a fancy to a client who claims someone is trying to kill her and then leads Lionel and E.L. around in circles while putting killers on their trail.
- S1E5
Savage Says, "What Are Friends For?"
Mar 2, 198060mA stockbroker and friend of Lionel's hires the detectives to investigate two men who are having him make investments with negotiable bonds.
- S1E6
The Sixteen Byte Data Chip and the Brown-eyed Fox
Mar 9, 198060mPressure is put on Lionel and E.L. to create a phony investigation for their client: a woman looking for her missing brother who was working on a super computer.
- S1E7
The Millionaire's Life
Mar 16, 198060mE.L. gets his old partner, Mike McGill, to run a scam to pay Lionel with con money to keep the agency afloat. However, the fake crime that they set up uncovers a real one, and the crooks will do anything to keep it quiet.
- S1E8
Savage Says, "The Most Dangerous Bird is the Jailbird"
Mar 23, 198060mA mobster goes after Lionel and E.L. after they help his girl friend dump him so she can run off with a lounge singer.
- S1E9
It's Easier to Pass an Elephant Through the Eye of a Needle Than a Bad Check in Bel Air
Mar 30, 198060mE.L.'s nephew's appearance is concurrent with that of thugs who are after a book which E.L. knows nothing about.
- S1E10
Loose Larry's List of Losers
May 30, 198060mLionel receives a hot birthday present from E.L., while E.L.'s probation officer is trying to find a way to get E.L. put back in prison.
- S1E11
This One's Gonna Kill Ya
Jun 6, 198060mWhen Lionel investigates the 40-year-old murder of a woman, people start shooting at the partners.
- S1E12
Untitled
Jun 13, 198060mE.L. comes up with a get rich quick scheme when he learns that the Agency's cleaning lady is a descendent of the Russian royal family.
- S1E13
The Treasure of Sierra Madre Street
Jun 20, 198060mLionel and E.L. set out to discover if a ""random"" killing by a mental patient was in fact the work of a hired killer.
- S1E14
Diamonds Aren't Forever
Jun 27, 198060mE.L. helps Lionel impress his visiting parents by arranging for him to gain access to a luxurious office, belonging to diamond thieves, which Lionel can claim as his own.