8.0/1051 votes#1 - Anatomy of a Frame
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/11/1975
When Lt. Trench is framed for the murder of an informant, Harry tries to help him by masquerading as a drug pusher.
Director: Jerry Thorpe
Writer: John Meredyth Lucas
- 7.3/1042 votes
#2 - One for the Road
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/18/1975
An alcoholic attorney, unable to recall the events following a party the night before, hires Harry to ascertain whether she was the driver in a fatal hit-and-run accident.
Director: Harry Falk
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1046 votes
#3 - Lester Two
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/25/1975
Student criminologist Lester Hodges returns to bedevil Harry when diamond smugglers kidnap Harry's stewardess friend Sue, and force him to make an unexpected trip to Paris.
Director: Richard Lang
Writer: Robert C. Dennis
- 8.2/1050 votes
#4 - Shades
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/2/1975
A wealthy woman hires Harry to help her housekeeper, who admits to murdering a small-time blackmailer but refuses to discuss the reason.
Director: Richard Lang
Writer: Michael Sloan
- 8.3/1046 votes
#5 - Portrait of a Murder
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 11/20/1975
Harry's investigation into the murder of another private eye results in a painful reunion with his ex-wife, who visited the victim just before he died.
Director: Richard Lang
Writer: Robert C. Dennis
- 7.2/1042 votes
#6 - The Acolyte
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/16/1975
Harry looks for a missing heiress who seems to have taken sanctuary with a religious cult.
Director: Harry Falk
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1049 votes
#7 - Mayday
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/23/1975
Harry investigates the possibility that a plane crash which killed an old war buddy and paralyzed a U.S. senator was the result of sabotage.
Director: Jerry London
Writer: John Meredyth Lucas
- 7.9/1046 votes
#8 - Tender Killing Care
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 10/30/1975
Harry investigates the nursing home where his mechanic's father died suddenly, and Sue asks him to help some kids find their missing father.
Director: Richard Lang
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1051 votes
#9 - APB Harry Orwell
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/6/1975
The only woman who can clear Harry of a murder charge refuses to testify.
Director: Richard Lang
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1044 votes
#10 - Group Terror
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/13/1975
When a psychiatrist suspects that one of her group therapy patients murdered another, she hires Harry to join them, posing as an alcoholic.
Director: Russ Mayberry
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/1044 votes
#11 - Reflections
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 10/9/1975
Harry helps a man who has been accused of a series of strangulation murders.
Director: Richard Lang
Writer: Michael Sloan
- 7.6/1044 votes
#12 - Exercise in Fatality
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/4/1975
A cop framed for murder hires Harry to find his estranged daughter, a pregnant teenage addict who's on the run from killers but is the only one who can clear him.
Director: Russ Mayberry
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1038 votes
#13 - The Madonna Legacy
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 12/11/1975
Harry searches for the connection between the suicide of an ex-cop and the shooting of an oil magnate the same night.
Director: N/A
Writer: Michael Sloan
- 8.1/1044 votes
#14 - Mister Five and Dime
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 1/8/1976
An elderly counterfeiter, who prints only enough money to supplement his pension, is kidnapped by drug dealers who need $250,000 in a hurry.
Director: Richard Lang
Writer: Robert C. Dennis
- 7.7/1040 votes
#15 - Book of Changes
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 1/15/1976
The murder of a gambling-club owner leaves Harry with two jobs: caring for her homeless protege, and searching for a book she compiled that would be worth a fortune to an extortionist.
Director: Russ Mayberry
Writer: Meyer Dolinsky, Michael Sloan
- 8.0/1040 votes
#16 - Past Imperfect
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 1/22/1976
A woman's former boyfriend returns from prison and wants the old suitcase he left with her, which he claims is worth $300,000.
Director: Richard Lang
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1040 votes
#17 - Hostage
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 2/19/1976
Lt. Trench is among the hostages held in a liquor store by a desperate veteran who demands that his addicted girlfriend be found and brought to him within two hours.
Director: Jerry London
Writer: Michael Sloan
- 7.4/1034 votes
#18 - Forbidden City
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 2/26/1976
Harry investigates the murder of a fellow private eye in Chinatown.
Director: Richard Lang
Writer: Robert C. Dennis
- 8.1/1040 votes
#19 - Victim
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 3/4/1976
Harry is hired by a rape victim, whose charge is likely to be dismissed because she made a false accusation against another man in a rape case some years before.
Director: Richard Lang
Writer: John Meredyth Lucas
- 7.2/1033 votes
#20 - Ruby
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 3/11/1976
A ghetto youth is caught in an aborted car theft that causes the death of an officer, and is threatened with death if he reveals the name of his companion who was doing the driving.
Director: Richard Lang
Writer: Michael Sloan
- 7.4/1039 votes
#21 - The Mysterious Case of Lester and Dr. Fong
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 3/18/1976
Young criminologist Lester Hodges returns and teams up with his college mentor to find out who is systematically killing off members of Lester's family.
Director: Jerry Thorpe
Writer: Robert Dozier
- 8.4/1036 votes
#22 - Death Certificate
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 4/29/1976
Defying mysterious threats, two women hire Harry to find proof of malpractice against the doctor they hold responsible for the death of an old man in their family.
Director: Russ Mayberry
Writer: John Meredyth Lucas
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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,...
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Network:ABC
Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Anatomy of a Frame" is the best rated episode of "Harry O" season 2. It scored 8/10 based on 51 votes. Directed by Jerry Thorpe and written by John Meredyth Lucas, it aired on 9/11/1975. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "One for the Road".