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The Best Episodes of Harry O Season 1

Every episode of Harry O Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Harry O Season 1!

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After being shot in the line of duty, Harry Orwell was forced to retire from the San Diego Police Department. To supplement his police pension, Harry runs a private detective agency out of his beach

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Harry O Season 1 Episode 7 - Shadows at Noon
    8.4/10(106 votes)

    S1:E7

    To investigate an escaped mental patient's claim that she is being held prisoner, Harry checks himself into a mental institution.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Robert Dozier

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  2. Harry O Season 1 Episode 20 - Lester
    8.3/10(91 votes)

    S1:E20

    A criminology student seems less interested in proving his innocence of two sex murders than in observing Harry's investigative technique.

    Director:Richard Lang
    Writer:Robert C. Dennis

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  3. Harry O Season 1 Episode 6 - Eyewitness
    8.2/10(104 votes)

    S1:E6

    When a friend's son is framed for an underworld murder, Harry's only witness is a blind teenager.

    Director:Richard Lang
    Writer:Herman Groves

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  4. Harry O Season 1 Episode 21 - Elegy for a Cop
    8.2/10(105 votes)

    S1:E21

    Manny Quinlan, Harry's old friend on the San Diego police force, is murdered when he comes to Los Angeles to take his addicted niece back home.

    Director:Jerry Thorpe
    Writer:Howard Rodman

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  5. Harry O Season 1 Episode 5 - Coinage of the Realm
    8.1/10(103 votes)

    S1:E5

    Harry is looking for a man who could give a kidney transplant to his daughter, but so are two hired killers.

    Director:Richard Lang
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Harry O Season 1 Episode 19 - Double Jeopardy
    8.1/10(96 votes)

    S1:E19

    An aspiring actor persuades Harry to protect him from a former syndicate boss who is convinced the young man killed his daughter.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Harry O Season 1 Episode 15 - For the Love of Money
    8.0/10(89 votes)

    S1:E15

    A woman hires Harry to find her boyfriend, who has disappeared after she helped him steal $25,000 worth of bonds from her employer.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Harry O Season 1 Episode 17 - Sound of Trumpets
    8.0/10(85 votes)

    S1:E17

    Harry discovers that the blues trumpeter who stole his car is just out of prison and being pursued by several people, including a hit man.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Robert Pirosh

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  9. Harry O Season 1 Episode 14 - The Last Heir
    7.9/10(100 votes)

    S1:E14

    Harry is stranded at a woman's desert home, where one member of her family is killing off all the other potential heirs.

    Director:Richard Lang
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Harry O Season 1 Episode 1 - Gertrude
    7.8/10(146 votes)

    S1:E1

    Harry tries to find out what happened to an AWOL sailor, his only clue being a single shoe mailed to the man's sister, who sells her furniture in order to hire him.

    Director:Jerry Thorpe
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Harry O Season 1 Episode 10 - Material Witness
    7.8/10(101 votes)

    S1:E10

    The police ask Harry to guard a murder witness who refuses to believe that her life is in danger.

    Director:Barry Crane
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Harry O Season 1 Episode 11 - Forty Reasons to Kill (1)
    7.8/10(90 votes)

    S1:E11

    Harry investigates the murder of a young friend who was framed for drug dealing after trying to buy 40 acres of ranch land.

    Director:Daryl Duke
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Harry O Season 1 Episode 3 - Guardian at the Gates
    7.7/10(114 votes)

    S1:E3

    Harry tries to protect an abrasive architect who refuses to believe that someone is trying to kill him after he witnessed a murder.

    Director:Jerry Thorpe
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Harry O Season 1 Episode 8 - Ballinger's Choice
    7.7/10(92 votes)

    S1:E8

    When a girl is found shot to death, Harry's simple divorce case turns into a murder investigation.

    Director:Jerry Thorpe
    Writer:Gene Thompson

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  15. Harry O Season 1 Episode 12 - Forty Reasons to Kill (2)
    7.7/10(85 votes)

    S1:E12

    Harry now finds himself framed for murder, so he solicits Manny Quinlan's help in finding out who is behind the corporation that is buying up the ranch land.

    Director:Daryl Duke
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Harry O Season 1 Episode 9 - Second Sight
    7.6/10(88 votes)

    S1:E9

    The death of a man who asked Harry for protection is but the latest in a series of apparently psychic murder predictions by a blind author, all of which have come true.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Harry O Season 1 Episode 18 - Silent Kill
    7.6/10(79 votes)

    S1:E18

    Harry's client is a deaf-mute janitor charged with arson and murder after a building burns down.

    Director:Richard Lang
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Harry O Season 1 Episode 4 - Mortal Sin
    7.5/10(111 votes)

    S1:E4

    A priest comes to Harry for help after a murderer confesses to him that he may kill again.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Harry O Season 1 Episode 13 - Accounts Balanced
    7.5/10(86 votes)

    S1:E13

    An old friend asks Harry to follow her husband, an accountant whose mysterious behavior suggests that he is having an affair.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Herman Groves

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  20. Harry O Season 1 Episode 22 - Street Games
    7.5/10(78 votes)

    S1:E22

    Harry hits the city's grubbier streets in a search for his client's daughter, a teen-age drug addict who saw a narcotics dealer murder her addict boyfriend.

    Director:Richard Lang
    Writer:Herman Groves

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  21. Harry O Season 1 Episode 16 - The Confetti People
    7.4/10(78 votes)

    S1:E16

    A puzzling client is a young man just out of a mental institution who claims he shot his drunken brother to protect his sister-in-law, but the sister-in-law knows nothing about a shooting and the brother is very much alive.

    Director:Richard Lang
    Writer:Herman Groves

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  22. Harry O Season 1 Episode 2 - The Admiral's Lady
    7.3/10(132 votes)

    S1:E2

    A retired admiral asks Harry to find his missing young wife, but did she drown in a boating accident or did she just decide to leave him?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Shadows at Noon" is the best rated episode of "Harry O" season 1. It scored 8.4/10 based on 106 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Robert Dozier, it aired on 10/24/1974. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Lester".