6.9/1059 votes#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
- 7.3/1047 votes
#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
- 6.6/1050 votes
#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
- 7.0/1049 votes
#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
- 6.8/1048 votes
#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
- 7.0/1047 votes
#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
- 7.1/1046 votes
#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
- 7.2/1046 votes
#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
- 7.3/1052 votes
#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
- 7.4/1053 votes
#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
- 7.2/1049 votes
#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
- 6.8/1053 votes
#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
- 6.4/1047 votes
#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
- 7.3/1047 votes
#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
- 7.0/1044 votes
#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
- 7.6/1052 votes
#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
- 7.5/1055 votes
#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
- 7.3/1045 votes
#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
- 7.2/1046 votes
#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
- 7.1/1050 votes
#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
- 6.8/1047 votes
#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
- 6.2/1055 votes
#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
- 6.6/1044 votes
#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
- 6.6/1053 votes
#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
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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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".