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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 Worst Episode
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    Harry O Season 2 Episode 6 - The Acolyte
    7.2/10(72 votes)

    #1 - The Acolyte

    S2:E6

    Harry looks for a missing heiress who seems to have taken sanctuary with a religious cult.

    Director:Harry Falk
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Harry O Season 2 Episode 18 - Forbidden City
    7.2/10(62 votes)

    #2 - Forbidden City

    S2:E18

    Harry investigates the murder of a fellow private eye in Chinatown.

    Director:Richard Lang
    Writer:Robert C. Dennis

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  3. Harry O Season 1 Episode 2 - The Admiral's Lady
    7.3/10(122 votes)

    #3 - The Admiral's Lady

    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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  4. Harry O Season 2 Episode 13 - The Madonna Legacy
    7.3/10(64 votes)

    #4 - The Madonna Legacy

    S2:E13

    Harry searches for the connection between the suicide of an ex-cop and the shooting of an oil magnate the same night.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Michael Sloan

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  5. Harry O Season 1 Episode 4 - Mortal Sin
    7.4/10(104 votes)

    #5 - Mortal Sin

    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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  6. Harry O Season 1 Episode 16 - The Confetti People
    7.4/10(68 votes)

    #6 - The Confetti People

    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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  7. Harry O Season 2 Episode 2 - One for the Road
    7.4/10(66 votes)

    #7 - One for the Road

    S2:E2

    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:Norman Strum

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  8. Harry O Season 1 Episode 13 - Accounts Balanced
    7.5/10(75 votes)

    #8 - Accounts Balanced

    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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  9. Harry O Season 1 Episode 22 - Street Games
    7.5/10(70 votes)

    #9 - Street Games

    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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  10. Harry O Season 2 Episode 10 - Group Terror
    7.5/10(73 votes)

    #10 - Group Terror

    S2:E10

    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:Unknown

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  11. Harry O Season 2 Episode 20 - Ruby
    7.5/10(56 votes)

    #11 - Ruby

    S2:E20

    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

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  12. Harry O Season 1 Episode 9 - Second Sight
    7.6/10(85 votes)

    #12 - Second Sight

    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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  13. Harry O Season 1 Episode 18 - Silent Kill
    7.6/10(70 votes)

    #13 - Silent Kill

    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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  14. Harry O Season 2 Episode 17 - Hostage
    7.6/10(69 votes)

    #14 - Hostage

    S2:E17

    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

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  15. Harry O Season 2 Episode 21 - The Mysterious Case of Lester and Dr. Fong
    7.6/10(68 votes)

    #15 - The Mysterious Case of Lester and Dr. Fong

    S2:E21

    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

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  16. Harry O Season 1 Episode 3 - Guardian at the Gates
    7.7/10(108 votes)

    #16 - Guardian at the Gates

    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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  17. Harry O Season 1 Episode 8 - Ballinger's Choice
    7.7/10(89 votes)

    #17 - Ballinger's Choice

    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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  18. Harry O Season 1 Episode 12 - Forty Reasons to Kill (2)
    7.7/10(80 votes)

    #18 - Forty Reasons to Kill (2)

    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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  19. Harry O Season 1 Episode 14 - The Last Heir
    7.7/10(87 votes)

    #19 - The Last Heir

    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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  20. Harry O Season 2 Episode 3 - Lester Two
    7.7/10(75 votes)

    #20 - Lester Two

    S2:E3

    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

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  21. Harry O Season 2 Episode 12 - Exercise in Fatality
    7.7/10(69 votes)

    #21 - Exercise in Fatality

    S2:E12

    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:Unknown

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  22. Harry O Season 2 Episode 16 - Past Imperfect
    7.7/10(70 votes)

    #22 - Past Imperfect

    S2:E16

    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:Unknown

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  23. Harry O Season 1 Episode 1 - Gertrude
    7.8/10(132 votes)

    #23 - Gertrude

    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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  24. Harry O Season 1 Episode 10 - Material Witness
    7.8/10(97 votes)

    #24 - Material Witness

    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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  25. Harry O Season 1 Episode 11 - Forty Reasons to Kill (1)
    7.8/10(84 votes)

    #25 - Forty Reasons to Kill (1)

    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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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Acolyte" is the worst rated episode of "Harry O". It scored 7.2/10 based on 72 votes. Directed by Harry Falk and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/16/1975. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Forbidden City".