Season 1

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  Promise to Kill

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2/2/1976

  St. John investigates an old crime when the long missing body finally turns up, along with evidence that the police framed the man convicted of the crime.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  Sand Trap

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/9/1976

  St. John searches through the cutthroat music industry for the killer of a recording artist.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  Too Much, Too Soon Blues

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/16/1976

  When the heir to a Greek-American fortune is murdered, his estranged younger brother becomes the prime suspect.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  Thicker Than Blood

  Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/23/1976

  St. John looks for a killer and jewel thief inside a posh Los Angeles hotel.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  Dry Ice

  Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/1/1976

  The suspects in an actress's murder—a failed director, a faded star, a clerk, and a priest—are placed under police surveillance.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  Follow the Yellow Brick Road

  Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/8/1976

  John tracks down a murdered barber/bookie's two sets of client to find who killed him.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  The Mourning Line

  Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 3/15/1976

  A woman is shot by a sniper during a party at a marina apartment complex, leading St. John and Wade to a dark side of ""swinging singles.""

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  Death of the Party

  Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/22/1976

  A criminologist whose speciality was the rehabilitation of parolees is killed and his research assistant assaulted, leaving St. John to piece through the man's work to find a suspect.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  Executioner

  Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 4/5/1976

  St. John searches for a serial killer dubbed ""The Executioner"" and rages when Sam's reporter ex-girlfriend reveals information about the case on television.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  The Executioner

  Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 4/5/1976

  John and Sam argue when a strange teenager claims to have witnessed a murder; while St. John dismisses her as an emotionally disturbed attention-seeker, Sam believes she's genuine.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  The Runaway

  Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 4/12/1976

  In the wake of a bank robber's return to Los Angeles, St. John investigates the murder of a witness to the man's crimes and tries to protect the remaining witnesses.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  Plastique

  Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 4/19/1976

  A murder leads St. John to another case when he discovers a link between a woman killed by plastic explosives planted in her car and an electronics firm.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  Homicide is a Fine Art

  Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 5/31/1976

  St. John investigates the murder of a Texan who'd recently moved to Los Angeles and finds a world of cheating wives, greedy art dealers, and opportunistic gigolos.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  Ole-Ole an Free

  Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 6/7/1976

  John goes undercover in a sanitarium to investigate reports of elderly patients being bilked and murdered.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  Homicide 96403: John Smith

  Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 6/14/1976

  St. John enlists a local sheriff to help hunt down a woman suspected of murdering an small-town real estate promoter found dead in a Los Angeles motel.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Robert Specht