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Billionaire Texan J.J. Starbuck travels the country getting involved in criminal investigations. He uses his wealth and unconventional methods to help solve cases.

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    J.J. Starbuck Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
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    #1 - Pilot

    S1:E1

    Dale Robertson plays eccentric Texas billionaire JJ Starbuck who pokes his nose into other people's business in the name of justice. In the opener, JJ travels to Beverly Hills where a wealthy businessman is suddenly cleared of his wife's murder by a bodybuilder, who claims the death was the accidental result of a lovers' quarrel.

    Director:Corey Allen
    Writer:Stephen J. Cannell

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  2. J.J. Starbuck Season 1 Episode 2 - A Killing in the Market
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    #2 - A Killing in the Market

    S1:E2

    Robert Conrad plays a Wall Street wizard whose overtures to J.J. (Dale Robertson) about a shady business deal become secondary when J.J. crowds him with questions about the apparent suicide of his assistant.

    Director:Larry Shaw
    Writer:Stephen J. Cannell

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  3. J.J. Starbuck Season 1 Episode 3 - Murder In E Minor
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    #3 - Murder In E Minor

    S1:E3

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    Director:Kim Manners
    Writer:Babs Greyhosky

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  4. J.J. Starbuck Season 1 Episode 4 - The Blimpy Who Yelled Blue
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    #4 - The Blimpy Who Yelled Blue

    S1:E4

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    Director:Bill Corcoran
    Writer:Randall Wallace

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  5. J.J. Starbuck Season 1 Episode 5 - First You've Got to Go to the Picnic
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    #5 - First You've Got to Go to the Picnic

    S1:E5

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    Director:Bruce Kessler
    Writer:Babs Greyhosky

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  6. J.J. Starbuck Season 1 Episode 6 - Incident at Sam September
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    #6 - Incident at Sam September

    S1:E6

    Starbuck attempts to prove That a phony children's book author murdered his ghostwriter.

    Director:Bill Corcoran
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. J.J. Starbuck Season 1 Episode 7 - Gold from the Rainbow
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    #7 - Gold from the Rainbow

    S1:E7

    A sleazy TV talk show host kill his competitor's assistant in order to frame her for murder. J.J. comes to the aid of the lady

    Director:Neill Fearnley
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. J.J. Starbuck Season 1 Episode 8 - Graveyard Shift
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    #8 - Graveyard Shift

    S1:E8

    Starbuck attempts to free American executives who are being held hostage aboard a Persian Gulf oil rig.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Stephen J. Cannell

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  9. J.J. Starbuck Season 1 Episode 9 - The Circle Broken
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    #9 - The Circle Broken

    S1:E9

    Starbuck investigates a scheming interior design editor (Jessica Walter) who seems to have committed the perfect murder.

    Director:Kim Manners
    Writer:Randall Wallace

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  10. J.J. Starbuck Season 1 Episode 10 - The 6% Solution
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    #10 - The 6% Solution

    S1:E10

    An ex-convict becomes the coach of a college football team on a 20-year losing streak

    Directors:Zale Dalen, James Whitmore Jr.
    Writer:Stephen J. Cannell

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  11. J.J. Starbuck Season 1 Episode 11 - Murder by Design
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    #11 - Murder by Design

    S1:E11

    A shifty spiritual leader (Alan Rachins) tries to frame a senator's daughter for her father's murder.

    Director:Kim Manners
    Writer:Randall Wallace

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  12. J.J. Starbuck Season 1 Episode 12 - Cactus Jack's Last Call
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    #12 - Cactus Jack's Last Call

    S1:E12

    J.J. was with an old friend when someone tried to run them over; J.J. was injured while his friend was killed. An old friend of his friend, E.L. ""Tenspeed"" Turner, tries to find out what happened. With J.J.'s help, they discover that a bet he convince his friend to make is the motive behind the murder.

    Director:Zale Dalen
    Writer:Stephen J. Cannell

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  13. J.J. Starbuck Season 1 Episode 13 - A Song from the Sequel
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    #13 - A Song from the Sequel

    S1:E13

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    Director:James Whitmore Jr.
    Writer:Stephen J. Cannell

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  14. J.J. Starbuck Season 1 Episode 14 - Permanent Hiatus
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    #14 - Permanent Hiatus

    S1:E14

    A realtor finds success in selling houses to a couple, getting his 6% commission, then ordering one of his agents to seduce one member of the couple to break up their marriage. After the break up, the couple sells their house and the realtor gets his 6% again; then he sells each of member of the couple another place and gets another 6% from those sales. When one of his disgruntled clients and one of his former agents plan to report his activities, the realtor decides to take them out. His plan involves getting the agent to go to the client's house and on the night of a party, he goes there via helicopter and he programs his phone to forward a call from a client to the man's house. When he gets there he shoots the client and afterwards the client calls him and after speaking to him the realtor arrives and he shoots him, making it appear like a murder-suicide. J.J. who is a friend of the client arrives for the funeral and comforts the wife and he can't help but wonder why the realtor is

    Directors:Zale Dalen, Neill Fearnley
    Writer:Carol Mendelsohn

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  15. J.J. Starbuck Season 1 Episode 15 - Rag Doll
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    #15 - Rag Doll

    S1:E15

    J.J.'s niece goes undercover in Los Angeles to investigate the ""suicide"" of one of her high school friends who left to become a star and became involved in oil wrestling, counterfeit films, and drugs.

    Director:William A. Fraker
    Writer:Randall Wallace

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  16. J.J. Starbuck Season 1 Episode 16 - The Rise and Fall of Joe Piermont
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    #16 - The Rise and Fall of Joe Piermont

    S1:E16

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Carol Mendelsohn

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Best Episodes Summary

"Pilot" is the best rated episode of "J.J. Starbuck". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Corey Allen and written by Stephen J. Cannell, it aired on 9/26/1987. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "A Killing in the Market".