- 7.4/1068 votes7.4/10(68)
#1 - Grand Illusion
Season 3 Episode 1
Aired 9/29/1983
A magician hires the Rick and AJ to find out how a rival stole his spectacular new trick.
Director: Vincent McEveety
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1065 votes7.1/10(65)
#2 - D.J., D.O.A.
Season 3 Episode 2
Aired 10/6/1983
A disc jockey is beaten and then disappears, a fellow D.J. who witnessed the beating hires the Simons to find out what happened to her co-worker.
Director: Christian I. Nyby II
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1062 votes7.4/10(62)
#3 - I Heard It Was Murder
Season 3 Episode 3
Aired 10/13/1983
- 6.9/1063 votes6.9/10(63)
#4 - Bail Out
Season 3 Episode 4
Aired 10/20/1983
AJ goes undercover as a tennis pro when he and Rick are hired by an executive's widow to investigate the parachute ""accident"" that had killed her husband.
Director: Vincent McEveety
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1070 votes7.4/10(70)
#5 - Fly the Alibi Skies
Season 3 Episode 5
Aired 10/27/1983
This is a cross-over with the Whiz Kids who help the Simons solve their case.
Director: Vincent McEveety
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1064 votes7.2/10(64)
#6 - Shadow of Sam Penny
Season 3 Episode 6
Aired 11/3/1983
AJ's idol, famous detective Sam Penny (""the man who wrote the book"") needs the Simons help to solve a 30 year old case.
Director: Vincent McEveety
Writer: N/A
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- 7.4/1055 votes7.4/10(55)
#7 - Caught Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Season 3 Episode 7
Aired 11/10/1983
Rick and AJ are hired by a woman to find her ex-husband, a cop accused of robbery and cop-killing. In this episode, the Simons meet Downtown Brown for the first time as they help him prove his friends's innocence.
Director: Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1059 votes7.7/10(59)
#8 - The Bare Facts
Season 3 Episode 8
Aired 11/17/1983
In order to find a missing contractor, the Simons have to search a nudist colony.
Director: Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1065 votes7.2/10(65)
#9 - Too Much of a Good Thing
Season 3 Episode 9
Aired 12/1/1983
A woman comes to the Simons when her husband disappears, they start the investigation with his job (inspecting produce for illegal pesticides) but the real surprises turn up when the investigation veers into his personal life.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1062 votes7.4/10(62)
#10 - Betty Grable Flies Again
Season 3 Episode 10
Aired 12/8/1983
- 7.4/1060 votes7.4/10(60)
#11 - Bon Voyage, Alonso
Season 3 Episode 11
Aired 12/15/1983
Cecelia agrees to chaperone two teenage girls on a cruise, with Rick's help, but then the ship is highjacked.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1057 votes7.2/10(57)
#12 - All Your Favorite Games
Season 3 Episode 12
Aired 12/22/1983
When her star witness is nearly killed while under police protection, Janet asks Rick and AJ to take over the protective custody, but the witness's compulsive need to gamble makes her very uncooperative.
Director: Vincent McEveety
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1058 votes7.2/10(58)
#13 - John Doe
Season 3 Episode 13
Aired 1/5/1984
A man comes to Rick and AJ claiming to be an amnesiac who can't remember the last three months of his life and wants them to find out why he's accused od murder.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1058 votes7.1/10(58)
#14 - Dear Lovesick
Season 3 Episode 14
Aired 1/12/1984
An advice columnist hires Rick and AJ when she fears one of her regular readers is in danger.
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski
Writer: N/A
- 6.5/1059 votes6.5/10(59)
#15 - Bloodlines
Season 3 Episode 15
Aired 1/19/1984
While the Simons are looking for a stolen horse, they uncover some revealing information about the racing accident that had killed their client's father years before.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1057 votes6.9/10(57)
#16 - Heels and Toes
Season 3 Episode 16
Aired 2/2/1984
AJ's broken wrist puts him and Rick in position to help a dancer, a ballerina by day and an exotic dancer by night, who is accused of murdering her roommate.
Director: Georg Fenady
Writer: N/A
- 6.6/1060 votes6.6/10(60)
#17 - The Wrong Stuff
Season 3 Episode 17
Aired 2/9/1984
An innocent young woman fears her future will be ruined when a producer turns a movie she made as a teenager into an x-rated film and gives it wide distribution.
Director: Vincent McEveety
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1066 votes7.5/10(66)
#18 - Double Play
Season 3 Episode 18
Aired 2/16/1984
Rick is haunted by a recurring dream while he and AJ are trying to figure out who devised the elaborate frame that gets them arrested for transporting stolen securities to Mexico, and their investigation leads them to a look-a-like escort service.
Director: Burt Kennedy
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1063 votes7.4/10(63)
#19 - Under the Knife
Season 3 Episode 19
Aired 2/23/1984
AJ goes undercover as a patient in a hospital when a surgeon hires the Simons to prove that the plaintiff in a malpractice suit is phony.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1053 votes6.9/10(53)
#20 - Harm's Way
Season 3 Episode 20
Aired 3/1/1984
A woman hires the Simons to find a man she claims is her ex-husband, but when they find him, the larger-than-life Brian Harm's, he recuits them into his world of espionage and international intrigue.
Director: Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1063 votes7.3/10(63)
#21 - The Dillinger Print
Season 3 Episode 21
Aired 3/8/1984
A retired FBI agent thinks he has some new evidence in the John Dillinger case and then he is murdered, and AJ is forced to face his own fear when his reaction to a violent warning is not what he would have expected.
Director: Vincent McEveety
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1053 votes7.1/10(53)
#22 - Corpus Delecti
Season 3 Episode 22
Aired 3/22/1984
A steel denture found in a burned car is the major clue in proving a woman is dead and her insurance policy payable, but is it? The Simons $120,000 commission sits in the balance when AJ insists that they continue digging into the case.
Director: Kim Manners
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1054 votes7.1/10(54)
#23 - The Disappearance of Harry the Hat
Season 3 Episode 23
Aired 3/29/1984
A mild mannered accountant hires Rick and AJ to teach him how to vanish. He tells them that he wants to evade a demanding wife, but maybe he has another reason.
Director: Vincent McEveety
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Simon & Simon Season 3
Every episode of Simon & Simon Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Simon & Simon Season 3!
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Genre:Drama
Network:CBS
Episodes
23
Avg. Rating
7.2
S1
S2
S3
S4
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E2
E3
7.4
7.1
7.4
Season 3 Ratings Summary
"Grand Illusion" is the best rated episode of "Simon & Simon" season 3. It scored 7.4/10 based on 68 votes. Directed by Vincent McEveety and written by N/A, it aired on 9/29/1983. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "D.J., D.O.A.".