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The Best Episodes of Cover Up

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Cover Up is an American action/adventure television series that aired for one season on CBS from September 22, 1984 to April 6, 1985. Created by Glen A. Larson, the series stars Jennifer O'Neill, Jon-Erik Hexum,

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    Cover Up Season 1 Episode 2 - Cover Up (2)
    8.3/10(22 votes)

    #1 - Cover Up (2)

    S1:E2

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    Director:Peter Crane
    Writer:Glen A. Larson

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  2. Cover Up Season 1 Episode 1 - Cover Up (1)
    8.1/10(26 votes)

    #2 - Cover Up (1)

    S1:E1

    In La Costa, Central America, Bud Taylor a former ""Outrider"" for the U.S. Government, is murdered in a phony terrorist attack. Before dying, he hides his wife Merilee ant infant son and telephones Mark Reynolds, an American ambassador. Bud warns Mark that there is an international conspiracy in La Costa and that no one can be trusted. Mark is murdered before he can contact the U.S. Government. Merilee is the only one who ran blow the lid on the conspiracy. She contacts Mark's wife, famous fashion photographer Danielle ""Dani"" Reynolds and tells her that her husband was not just an ambassador - he was a secret agent - an Outrider. Dani confronts Henry Tower, Mark's boss and demands to know the whole story. Vowing to track down Mark's killer, Dani recruits Mac Harper, an ex-Green Beret to help her. With Mac assuming his male model ""cover"", Mac and Dani go to La Costa and learn what Mark was investigating: a foreign power has stolen the MX 1501 computer - the most sophisticated computer in

    Director:Peter Crane
    Writer:Glen A. Larson

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  3. Cover Up Season 1 Episode 19 - Who's Trying To Kill Miss Globe?
    8.1/10(12 votes)

    #3 - Who's Trying To Kill Miss Globe?

    S1:E19

    Jack and Dani investigate who's trying to kill a beauty-pageant contestant and why.

    Director:Michael Vejar
    Writers:Donald Ross, Joe Gannon

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  4. Cover Up Season 1 Episode 4 - The Million Dollar Face
    7.9/10(20 votes)

    #4 - The Million Dollar Face

    S1:E4

    One of Dani's former models returns asking for help getting her children back from her corrupt, controlling husband.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Glen A. Larson

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  5. Cover Up Season 1 Episode 14 - Murder Offshore
    7.8/10(10 votes)

    #5 - Murder Offshore

    S1:E14

    An important offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico is being sold, but a murder occurs there, so Dani and Jack investigate.

    Director:Jeffrey Hayden
    Writer:Joe Gannon

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  6. Cover Up Season 1 Episode 3 - Death in Vogue
    7.7/10(17 votes)

    #6 - Death in Vogue

    S1:E3

    Eric Dukane is a foreign diplomat who is a serial killer, who has managed to evade the law by either creating iron clad alibis or using his diplomatic immunity. Cody, a lawman from Fort Worth whose daughter was one of Dukane's victims has been following wherever he goes. When Dukane uses his diplomatic immunity again and leaves the country, Cody throws away his badge and goes after him. Dani and Mac are sent to make sure that Cody doesn't do anything. When Dukane sets his sights on one of Dani's models, they decide to try and trap him. However, it turns out that Dani is his real target and he has her, Cody confronts him with a gun but is hesitant to shoot but Mac, who is a trained marksman convinces Dukane to give up.

    Director:Guy Magar
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Cover Up Season 1 Episode 5 - Harper-Gate
    7.3/10(17 votes)

    #7 - Harper-Gate

    S1:E5

    Alex Kendall hires two hitmen to eliminate someone who was a threat him. They got rid of him by blowing up a plane he was on. When he expresses his displeasure, and fearing what he will do decide to keep tabs on him. Mac has a new girlfriend Cindy and her neighbor, Vanessa just happens to be Kendall's mistress. The hitmen try to bug her aparment and Cindy shows up, there's a struggle and she calls Mac for help but is too late. Mac is arrested. Dani tries to help.

    Director:Arthur Allan Seidelman
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Cover Up Season 1 Episode 8 - Golden Opportunity
    7.3/10(12 votes)

    #8 - Golden Opportunity

    S1:E8

    Mac and Dani are sent to help a man who went after the man who stole from a charity he runs. It seems that the town where the thief is in now, if filled with corrupt officials who arrest the man and made sure that the thief won't be extradited. So they have to save the man and try and get the thief out of the town so he can be arrested.

    Director:Sidney Hayers
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Cover Up Season 1 Episode 6 - Sudden Exposure
    7.2/10(18 votes)

    #9 - Sudden Exposure

    S1:E6

    In a Central American country, an American woman is framed for murder of a film maker, who may have filmed something he shouldn't have. Dani and Mac are sent to help.

    Director:Guy Magar
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Cover Up Season 1 Episode 7 - Nothing To Lose
    6.8/10(11 votes)

    #10 - Nothing To Lose

    S1:E7

    An American couple arrives in Rome to celebrate their 50th anniversary, but they become the targets of a diamond smuggling operation. Dani and Mac must help them.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Cover Up Season 1 Episode 17 - Healthy, Wealthy, And Dead
    6.2/10(11 votes)

    #11 - Healthy, Wealthy, And Dead

    S1:E17

    Popular Mexican health resort might be killing their rich clients. Dani and Jack investigate.

    Director:Bruce Kessler
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Cover Up Season 1 Episode 9 - Writer’s Block
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #12 - Writer’s Block

    S1:E9

    Elliot Dawson, a man who once worked for Henry, who is now an author, calls him and says that he is trouble and needs help. They agree to a meeting, he is met by outrider, Jack Striker. Dawson tells Striker that all of this is in his manuscript but he could tell him more the men who are looking for him finds them and they separate, while Jack takes care of them, Dawson disappears. Henry then assigns Jack to Dani. The two of them find Dawson but he has amnesia and can't remember anything and for some reason doesn't want to be brought to a hospital. They then attend a fashion show organized by Lady Abigail Babcock, and her assistant, Donald Rutledge. Rutledge sees Dawson and informs a man named Malcolm Caine, who tells him to get Dawson. Henry learns of Caine and learns that he is a disreputable individual, and wants to go in on Lady Babcock proposed casino but can't do it on his own, so he is using Rutledge. They also learn that Rutledge's wife is in an asylum. Dawson remembers where hi

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Andrew Schneider, Sam Egan

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  13. Cover Up Season 1 Episode 10 - Murder In Malibu
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #13 - Murder In Malibu

    S1:E10

    Dani's trying to sell the house which she and her husband lived in. And as she is fixing it, someone comes looking for her husband. But before he could say anything, he drops dead. When Dani tells Jack who it is, he calls Henry. It seems that the man is an Agency operative who stole millions from the Agency. And there's a rumor he had an accomplice and at the top of the list is Dani's husband. Dani is determined to prove her husband's innocence. There are three men keeping an eye on Dani. And a man who just moved in, seems to be a little too friendly.

    Director:Sidney Hayers
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Cover Up Season 1 Episode 11 - Midnight Highway
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #14 - Midnight Highway

    S1:E11

    Dani and Jack search for former agent Calvin Tyler, who went missing while investigating a booze smuggling operation.

    Director:Guy Magar
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Cover Up Season 1 Episode 12 - A Subtle Seduction
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #15 - A Subtle Seduction

    S1:E12

    In Cannes a young girl disappears, Dani and Jack try to find her. She was last seen on board the yacht of Martin Dunbar, but when they try to check him out they discover that he only came into existence a few years ago. Later they're being followed by a man whom they learn is a U.S. Marshall. After speaking to him Henry tells them to back off. But they continue to dig.

    Director:Walter Grauman
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Cover Up Season 1 Episode 13 - Black Widow
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #16 - Black Widow

    S1:E13

    A scientist with access to microchips that the Russians want is being played by a Russian spy. Dani and Jack investigate.

    Director:Sidney Hayers
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Cover Up Season 1 Episode 15 - The Assassin
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #17 - The Assassin

    S1:E15

    A woman on vacation comes across a briefcase filled with money. Henry thinks that the money is payment for an assassin knows as The Lion. So Dani and Jack are sent to protect her because for sure he's coming for his money. But the woman wants to help them get the assassin. Jack runs into an old friend and Dani is suspicious of him.

    Director:Christopher Hibler
    Writer:Donald Ross

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  18. Cover Up Season 1 Episode 16 - Rules To Die By
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #18 - Rules To Die By

    S1:E16

    Dani and Jack are sent to Turkey to find out why an American scientist is there. It seems that his son is imprisoned on trumped up charges. They promise to help get his son out. But they have a little problem, one of Dani's girls was injured and like out of nowhere, a girl named Yvonne, who wants to work with Dani shows up and Dani hires her on the spot. What no one knows is that she is the one of injured the model and that she is stalking Jack. A few years ago, she was living with a man who's a spy. And one of Jack's missions brought the two of them together, that ended with him dying. She came back to her apartment just as he fell off the roof, and she saw Jack on the roof. She goes to the Russian embassy hoping to find someone from the KGB who can help her but the official denies that there's any KGB at this embassy she then tells him about Jack and of how he is one of Dani's models. When the Russians try to grab the scientist Dani and Jack save him. When the KGB man arrives and whe

    Director:Bernard McEveety
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Cover Up Season 1 Episode 18 - The Ugliest American
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #19 - The Ugliest American

    S1:E18

    Henry has Dani and Jack keep an eye on an obnoxious American comedian who has been traveling to Eastern Bloc countries. He is now in Czechkoslovakia. Jack follows him and he meets someone, a young girl who gives him something. And just as she's going to leave with him, she is taken. He refuses to say what is going on.

    Director:Don Weis
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Cover Up Season 1 Episode 20 - Adam's Rib
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #20 - Adam's Rib

    S1:E20

    Henry sends Dani and Jack to Paris. And their mission imvolves three Americans, who a few years ago stole a lot of money and got away with it. It's believed that they hid the money somewhere in Paris and within three days the statute of limitations will run out leaving them scott free.

    Director:John D. Hancock
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Cover Up Season 1 Episode 21 - Jack Of Spades
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #21 - Jack Of Spades

    S1:E21

    A terrorist poses as a humanitarian to raise money for the weapons that he uses. Henry wants Dani and Jack to get the money he just raised from him so that the government can actually give to the needy. And when Dani learns he's going on a cruise she gets herself on the ship too. They learn that the man is a gambler so they decide to use that to get the money. A mysterious man is also following him.

    Director:Christopher Hibler
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Cover Up Season 1 Episode 22 - Passions
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #22 - Passions

    S1:E22

    Russian spy known as Black Widow, whose attempt to get to some important microchips was thwarted by Jack in one of the previous episodes, escapes from prison and travels to Rio de Janeiro, where Jack is, to seek revenge.

    Director:Don Carlos Dunaway
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Cover Up (2)" is the best rated episode of "Cover Up". It scored 8.3/10 based on 22 votes. Directed by Peter Crane and written by Glen A. Larson, it aired on 9/22/1984. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Cover Up (1)".