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The Best Episodes of Simon & Simon Season 5

Every episode of Simon & Simon Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Simon & Simon Season 5!

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A.J. Simon is a polished fellow with a taste for classic cars and tailored suits. Rick Simon is his less refined (but still pleasant) older brother who has a taste for cowboy boots and four-wheel

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Simon & Simon Season 5 Episode 16 - Family Forecast
    8.0/10(66 votes)

    S5:E16

    The MC of a family style tv quiz show is worried that the show might be rigged and asks the Simons to investigate, which they do by becoming contestants.

    Director:Burt Kennedy
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Simon & Simon Season 5 Episode 10 - Walk a Mile in My Hat
    7.9/10(70 votes)

    S5:E10

    The brothers switch identities.

    Director:Vincent McEveety
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Simon & Simon Season 5 Episode 17 - A Significant Obsession
    7.9/10(69 votes)

    S5:E17

    Espionage at the laser research center. A former client obsessed with AJ hinders the investigation.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Simon & Simon Season 5 Episode 14 - Something for Sarah
    7.8/10(61 votes)

    S5:E14

    A woman hires Rick and AJ to find her long-lost father after $10,000 is left anonymously on her front porch and she thinks it might have been from him.

    Director:Dennis Donnelly
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Simon & Simon Season 5 Episode 8 - Down-Home Country Blues
    7.7/10(60 votes)

    S5:E8

    The Simons set out to find a missing country singer.

    Director:Vincent McEveety
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Simon & Simon Season 5 Episode 9 - Quint Is Out
    7.7/10(69 votes)

    S5:E9

    The brothers become concerned when a vengeful ex-con is on the loose.

    Director:Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Simon & Simon Season 5 Episode 11 - Facets
    7.7/10(65 votes)

    S5:E11

    AJ is devastated when he shoots a young man during an investigation of a diamond theft which reveals a family feud separating two lovers.

    Director:Burt Kennedy
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Simon & Simon Season 5 Episode 18 - For the People
    7.7/10(60 votes)

    S5:E18

    The D.A. has AJ testify about a shooting he witnessed, but the accused may be innocent.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Simon & Simon Season 5 Episode 2 - Burden of the Beast
    7.6/10(62 votes)

    S5:E2

    A trained chimp is the only witness to a murder and they try to figure out who the chimp is identifying as the assailant.

    Director:Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Simon & Simon Season 5 Episode 7 - Reunion at Alcatraz
    7.6/10(62 votes)

    S5:E7

    Sam Penny is back searching for the only prisoner ever to have escaped from Alcatraz, almost 25 years ago.

    Director:Vincent McEveety
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Simon & Simon Season 5 Episode 4 - Enchilada Express
    7.5/10(62 votes)

    S5:E4

    Their current case takes them to a Mexican divorce resort when a worried ex-wife asks them to find her husband.

    Director:Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Simon & Simon Season 5 Episode 1 - Love and/or Marriage
    7.4/10(73 votes)

    S5:E1

    A wedding sets the stage, as Rick falls in love with their client (who suspects her husband is having an affair) and AJ proposes to Liz.

    Director:Vincent McEveety
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Simon & Simon Season 5 Episode 6 - Have You Hugged Your Private Detective Today?
    7.4/10(61 votes)

    S5:E6

    Just when his breakup with Liz has AJ looking for love in all the wrong places, the brothers are hired by a TV sex therapist to investigate the death of one of her employees.

    Director:Kim Manners
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Simon & Simon Season 5 Episode 12 - Sunrise at Camp Apollo
    7.4/10(68 votes)

    S5:E12

    The guys pose as camp counselors at a camp for street kids, as a favor to Town.

    Director:Kim Manners
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Simon & Simon Season 5 Episode 19 - Full Moon Blues
    7.4/10(59 votes)

    S5:E19

    Rick moves in with a woman for the first time in his life, but she won't continue their relationship until he meets her missing roommate, when Rick and AJ search for him, they find themselves caught between the government and the mob.

    Director:Burt Kennedy
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Simon & Simon Season 5 Episode 20 - Eye of the Beholder
    7.4/10(63 votes)

    S5:E20

    A rich industrialist hires the Simons to provide security for the cursed Peruvian icon he's about to receive, and as long as they're there, he asks if they could also keep an eye on his two teenage daughters.

    Director:Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Simon & Simon Season 5 Episode 21 - D-I-V-O-R-C-E
    7.4/10(58 votes)

    S5:E21

    Rick and AJ help a couple of friends who claim they want a divorce, but act otherwise.

    Director:Burt Kennedy
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Simon & Simon Season 5 Episode 15 - Mobile Home of the Brave
    7.3/10(59 votes)

    S5:E15

    A cameraman is pursued by the mob and involves a charming family on vacation in their mobile home at a theme park.

    Director:Burt Kennedy
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Simon & Simon Season 5 Episode 23 - The Last Harangue
    7.3/10(55 votes)

    S5:E23

    AJ runs for the city council while Rick investigates his opponent's alleged toxic waste dumping and murder.

    Director:Burt Kennedy
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Simon & Simon Season 5 Episode 3 - The Third Eye
    7.2/10(63 votes)

    S5:E3

    A writer asks to be an apprentice P.I. to get background information for his book and then he is framed.

    Director:Burt Kennedy
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Simon & Simon Season 5 Episode 24 - The Apple Doesn't Fall Far from the Tree
    7.2/10(66 votes)

    S5:E24

    When hoods try to steal the family journal, Rick and AJ are prompted to go to Boston (with cousin Elizabeth) and trace the family tree, where they learn about pairs of Simon brothers down through the ages. Wayne (AJ) and Mad Benedict (Rick) Simon and their mother (Cecelia) in revolution-era Boston. 1775 and 1776 Sir Francis (AJ) and Black Jack (Rick) Simon and their mother Evangeline (Cece) in Pirate's Key, Florida. 1692 Orville (AJ) and Wilbur (Rick) Simon, shoe salesmen from Buffalo (owners of Simon Brothers shoes) in 1986.

    Director:Vincent McEveety
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Simon & Simon Season 5 Episode 5 - The Skull of Nostradamus
    7.1/10(63 votes)

    S5:E5

    An apprentice witch seeks Rick and AJ's help when she is threatened, but the case gets tricky when events seem to be influenced by the supernatural.

    Director:Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Simon & Simon Season 5 Episode 13 - The Blue Chip Stomp
    6.9/10(58 votes)

    S5:E13

    The Simons help Town and a high school basketball coach when the teams star is accused of murdering a college recruiter.

    Director:Dennis Donnelly
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Simon & Simon Season 5 Episode 22 - Act Five
    6.9/10(68 votes)

    S5:E22

    When the Simons find out their client has used them to cheat his wife out of her rightful settlement, they enlist the help of Town's cousin to set up a scam to get even.

    Director:Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Family Forecast" is the best rated episode of "Simon & Simon" season 5. It scored 8/10 based on 66 votes. Directed by Burt Kennedy and written by Unknown, it aired on 2/6/1986. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Walk a Mile in My Hat".