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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!

Simon & Simon is an American detective television series that originally ran from November 24, 1981 to January 21, 1989. The series was broadcast on...
Genre:Drama
Network:CBS
Episodes
24
Avg. Rating
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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Love and/or Marriage" is the best rated episode of "Simon & Simon" season 5. It scored 6.9/10 based on 59 votes. Directed by Vincent McEveety and written by N/A, it aired on 10/3/1985. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Burden of the Beast".

  • Love and/or Marriage
    6.9/10(59)

    #1 - Love and/or Marriage

    Season 5 Episode 1

    Aired 10/3/1985

    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: N/A

  • Burden of the Beast
    7.3/10(47)

    #2 - Burden of the Beast

    Season 5 Episode 2

    Aired 10/10/1985

    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: N/A

  • The Third Eye
    6.6/10(50)

    #3 - The Third Eye

    Season 5 Episode 3

    Aired 10/17/1985

    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: N/A

  • Enchilada Express
    7.0/10(49)

    #4 - Enchilada Express

    Season 5 Episode 4

    Aired 10/24/1985

    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: N/A

  • The Skull of Nostradamus
    6.7/10(49)

    #5 - The Skull of Nostradamus

    Season 5 Episode 5

    Aired 10/31/1985

    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: N/A

  • Have You Hugged Your Private Detective Today?
    7.0/10(47)

    #6 - Have You Hugged Your Private Detective Today?

    Season 5 Episode 6

    Aired 11/7/1985

    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: N/A

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  • Reunion at Alcatraz
    7.1/10(46)

    #7 - Reunion at Alcatraz

    Season 5 Episode 7

    Aired 11/14/1985

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

    Director: Vincent McEveety

    Writer: N/A

  • Down-Home Country Blues
    7.2/10(46)

    #8 - Down-Home Country Blues

    Season 5 Episode 8

    Aired 11/21/1985

    The Simons set out to find a missing country singer.

    Director: Vincent McEveety

    Writer: N/A

  • Quint Is Out
    7.1/10(53)

    #9 - Quint Is Out

    Season 5 Episode 9

    Aired 12/5/1985

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

    Director: Sigmund Neufeld Jr.

    Writer: N/A

  • Walk a Mile in My Hat
    7.4/10(53)

    #10 - Walk a Mile in My Hat

    Season 5 Episode 10

    Aired 12/12/1985

    The brothers switch identities.

    Director: Vincent McEveety

    Writer: N/A

  • Facets
    7.2/10(49)

    #11 - Facets

    Season 5 Episode 11

    Aired 12/18/1985

    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: N/A

  • Sunrise at Camp Apollo
    6.8/10(53)

    #12 - Sunrise at Camp Apollo

    Season 5 Episode 12

    Aired 1/2/1986

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

    Director: Kim Manners

    Writer: N/A

  • The Blue Chip Stomp
    6.4/10(47)

    #13 - The Blue Chip Stomp

    Season 5 Episode 13

    Aired 1/16/1986

    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: N/A

  • Something for Sarah
    7.3/10(47)

    #14 - Something for Sarah

    Season 5 Episode 14

    Aired 1/23/1986

    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: N/A

  • Mobile Home of the Brave
    7.0/10(45)

    #15 - Mobile Home of the Brave

    Season 5 Episode 15

    Aired 1/30/1986

    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: N/A

  • Family Forecast
    7.6/10(52)

    #16 - Family Forecast

    Season 5 Episode 16

    Aired 2/6/1986

    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: N/A

  • A Significant Obsession
    7.5/10(55)

    #17 - A Significant Obsession

    Season 5 Episode 17

    Aired 2/13/1986

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • For the People
    7.3/10(45)

    #18 - For the People

    Season 5 Episode 18

    Aired 2/20/1986

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Full Moon Blues
    7.2/10(46)

    #19 - Full Moon Blues

    Season 5 Episode 19

    Aired 3/6/1986

    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: N/A

  • Eye of the Beholder
    7.1/10(50)

    #20 - Eye of the Beholder

    Season 5 Episode 20

    Aired 3/13/1986

    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: N/A

  • D-I-V-O-R-C-E
    6.8/10(47)

    #21 - D-I-V-O-R-C-E

    Season 5 Episode 21

    Aired 3/27/1986

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

    Director: Burt Kennedy

    Writer: N/A

  • Act Five
    6.2/10(55)

    #22 - Act Five

    Season 5 Episode 22

    Aired 4/3/1986

    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: N/A

  • The Last Harangue
    6.6/10(44)

    #23 - The Last Harangue

    Season 5 Episode 23

    Aired 4/10/1986

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

    Director: Burt Kennedy

    Writer: N/A

  • The Apple Doesn't Fall Far from the Tree
    6.6/10(53)

    #24 - The Apple Doesn't Fall Far from the Tree

    Season 5 Episode 24

    Aired 5/1/1986

    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: N/A