7.2/1049 votes#1 - Competition--Who Needs It?
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 9/25/1986
A large PI firm moves into the Simons office building vowing to drive them out of business, meanwhile, they're trying to get their client, a charter boat captain, the insurance settlement she deserves for the boat that blew up.
Director: Bob Sweeney
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1050 votes
#2 - A.W.O.L.
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 10/2/1986
A young sailor who is framed for drug possession and goes A.W.O.L. gets help from the Simons
Director: Vincent McEveety
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1054 votes
#3 - Still Phil After All These Years
Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 10/9/1986
AJ and Rick dig up a time capsule for their mother's high school reunion and get a surprise when they find things connecting her former classmate to a long ago murder.
Director: Vincent McEveety
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1053 votes
#4 - The Cop Who Came to Dinner
Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 10/16/1986
Town is injured and becomes their house guest, without telling them his life may be in danger.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1051 votes
#5 - Treasure
Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 10/23/1986
Against his better judgement, AJ agrees to go along on a job helping a wealthy old prospector find a lost mine in Mexico, when he finds himself attracted to the client, the man's daughter.
Director: Bob Sweeney
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1046 votes
#6 - The Last Big Break
Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 10/30/1986
A surfer who was thought to be drowned some 20 years ago turns up alive - and a target for murder.
Director: Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1046 votes
#7 - The Rookie
Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 11/6/1986
A rookie cop with a problem comes to the Simons for help, she suspects her partner, Town's mentor, is dirty, but she thinks if she reports him it will ruin her career.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1045 votes
#8 - Like Father, Like Son
Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 11/13/1986
Temple Hill asks Rick and AJ to protect the threatened son of a investigatve reporter who was murdered while working on an expose of a boxing promotor, but the boy wants them to help him find his father's killer.
Director: Vincent McEveety
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1052 votes
#9 - The Case of Don Diablo
Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 11/20/1986
Rick refuses to give up his search for the $100,000 case of Don Diablo Wine Cooler when the contest's ad executive hires AJ to find it, making Rick and AJ rivals in the search.
Director: Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1050 votes
#10 - Mrs. Simon & Mrs. Simon
Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 12/4/1986
Rick and AJ are hired by two lovely Greek stewardesses to investigate a murder they witnessed, then they end up marrying them to keep them from being deported to Greece (where the killers await) when their visas expire.
Director: Vincent McEveety
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1051 votes
#11 - Just Because I'm Paranoid...
Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 12/11/1986
A woman insists on running in a marathon even though she is a target, AJ runs along with her and Rick patrols the path.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1045 votes
#12 - Tonsillitis
Season 6 Episode 12 - Aired 12/18/1986
Rick protests violently when the doctor wants to remove his tonsils, but he has to. While he is under anesthetic, he sees what he thinks is a murder, and no one will believe him.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1046 votes
#13 - Deep Water Death
Season 6 Episode 13 - Aired 1/8/1987
While doing a security check of a marine park, the Simons spot a ruthless pair they had a run-in with years before, and stick around to figure out what they're up to.
Director: Burt Kennedy
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1049 votes
#14 - For Old Crime's Sake
Season 6 Episode 14 - Aired 1/15/1987
The Simons investigate a 50 year old bank robbery, when one robber took all the money and his three accomplices want revenge.
Director: Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1049 votes
#15 - Opposites Attack
Season 6 Episode 15 - Aired 1/29/1987
Rick and AJ vie with two female private detectives to find the set of Samurai swords they were all hired to protect, when competition doesn't bring results, they decide to join forces.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1048 votes
#16 - Judgement Call
Season 6 Episode 16 - Aired 2/5/1987
Downtown plans to propose to Temple, but they disagree about an arrest. Downtown thinks the arrested man is a criminal and Temple thinks he is the victim of a plot to evict him from his home.
Director: Burt Kennedy
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1043 votes
#17 - Tanner, P.I. For Hire
Season 6 Episode 17 - Aired 2/12/1987
The actor who plays tv's hottest detective disappears from the private detectives convention that Rick and AJ helped to organize, but it's a clue from a famous real detective, now down on his luck, that helps them find the guest of honor.
Director: Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
Writer: Rogers Turrentine
- 7.3/1048 votes
#18 - Ancient Echoes
Season 6 Episode 18 - Aired 2/19/1987
A young Indian finds some prehistoric artifacts at a construction site and then disappears. His uncle hires the Simons to investigate.
Director: Burt Kennedy
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1048 votes
#19 - Second-Story Simons
Season 6 Episode 19 - Aired 2/26/1987
In a James Bond style caper, the Simons search the Yugoslavian embassy for some stolen top secret plans.
Director: Vincent McEveety
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/1065 votes
#20 - I Thought the War Was Over
Season 6 Episode 20 - Aired 3/5/1987
Rick becomes obsessed about the war in Vietnam when a buddy who saved his life there is murdered. His determination to find the killer pushes him over the edge and into a VA hospital.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1048 votes
#21 - Lost Lady
Season 6 Episode 21 - Aired 3/12/1987
Janet returns with amnesia and involved in some serious trouble. The brothers work hard to discover what happened to the last four years and to save her.
Director: Vincent McEveety
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1049 votes
#22 - Walking Point
Season 6 Episode 22 - Aired 3/26/1987
Another malpractice suit needs their attention, but the lawyer who is running a center for the disabled thinks AJ has sold out to the defendant.
Director: Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Simon & Simon Season 6
Every episode of Simon & Simon Season 6 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Simon & Simon Season 6!
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Season 6 Ratings Summary
"Competition--Who Needs It?" is the best rated episode of "Simon & Simon" season 6. It scored 7.2/10 based on 49 votes. Directed by Bob Sweeney and written by N/A, it aired on 9/25/1986. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "A.W.O.L.".