Season 1 (1972)
Release date: 1972-09-23
User rating:
5.9 / 10
Episodes (26):
1. The Thirty-Year Pin
When a police officer is fatally shot 3 days before he is due to retire, Stone undertakes a relentless search for the killer.
Release date: 1972-09-23
2. The First Day of Forever
Stone and Keller finally get a lead on a serial killer who has been knifing prostitutes when one of the victims survives the attack.
Release date: 1972-09-30
3. 45 Minutes from Home
A salesman attending a convention wrongly believes that he is responsible for the death of an attractive female hitchhiker who had lured him to her houseboat.
Release date: 1972-10-07
4. Whose Little Boy Are You?
A Vietnam veteran goes AWOL from the army in order to kidnap the son he has never seen.
Release date: 1972-10-14
5. Tower Beyond Tragedy
Stone and Keller face off against Gilliam, a wealthy executive who transforms women into his own special image of perfection, then kills them when they inevitably fail to live up to every demented standard of his.
Release date: 1972-10-28
6. Hall of Mirrors
Keller, temporarily partnered with a hotshot detective, sets out to discover why his new partner seems to be absolutely convinced of a murder suspect's guilt for no apparent reason.
Release date: 1972-11-04
7. Timelock
Stone appears to be the only one willing to give the benefit of the doubt to a convict who is accused of a murder while out of prison on a 36-hour pass.
Release date: 1972-11-11
8. In the Midst of Strangers
When a corner newspaper vendor goes after the muggers who stole his life savings, Stone and Keller discover that the crime is linked to the murder of a housing commissioner.
Release date: 1972-11-25
9. The Takers
The murders of a flight attendant and a nurse who were rooming together lead Stone and Keller to suspect a jewelry salesman and his wife.
Release date: 1972-12-02
10. The Year of the Locusts
In their attempt to bring down a family of con artists who victimize entire neighborhoods, Stone and Keller are aided by dissension among the gang members.
Release date: 1972-12-09
11. The Bullet
A college professor, shot accidentally while trying to pay off a blackmailer, refuses to co-operate with Stone's investigation for fear that the publicity will lose him an upcoming promotion.
Release date: 1972-12-16
12. Bitter Wine
A man who served 12 years in prison to protect his brother gets out only to find that the brother never told their father, a Greek restaurant owner, the truth about who should have gone to jail.
Release date: 1972-12-23
13. A Trout in the Milk
Stone and Keller suspect that an artist's fatal fall from his studio window was not an accident.
Release date: 1973-01-06
14. Deathwatch
Two fishermen (Colasanto and Caruso) decide to keep quiet after witnessing a human smuggling ring.
Release date: 1973-01-13
15. Act of Duty
After a female detective is killed by the rapist she had been bait for, her roommate (played by Brenda Vaccaro) goes on the warpath to catch him. After Mike Stone kicks her off the case, she continues on her own, hurtling headlong into peril.
Release date: 1973-01-18
16. The Set-Up
A retired hit man returns to San Francisco, not knowing that he will be the target of a hit.
Release date: 1973-01-25
17. A Collection of Eagles
A murder brings to light a coin dealer's plan to substitute fakes for the rare coins in a collection.
Release date: 1973-02-01
18. A Room With a View
One witness in a racketeering trial is killed with a booby-trapped car, and Stone worries that the remaining witness, Roy Chaffee, will be picked off by a hit man if he surfaces.
Release date: 1973-02-08
19. Deadline
Stone discovers that a murdered woman was involved with both a famous newspaper reporter and his son.
Release date: 1973-02-15
20. Trail of the Serpent
A gang takes Mike Stone hostage after killing a policeman in an attempt to flee from a grocery store robbery. They want to trade Stone in for their leader, Buddy Sims.
Release date: 1973-02-22
21. The House on Hyde Street
When a boy disappears after school, suspicion falls on the neighborhood recluse, who is popularly known as a pedophile, although never convicted.
Release date: 1973-03-01
22. Beyond Vengeance
After spending a "lousy" 12 years in prison for a brutal sexual assault and murder, a young punk returns to San Francisco to seek revenge against Mike Stone (who was the arresting officer). And he's not picky about how he'll take that revenge -- or on who.
Release date: 1973-03-08
23. The Albatross
A father finds out that the man who murdered his deaf son is released on a technicality.
Release date: 1973-03-15
24. Shattered Image
Mike Stone has reason to believe that the death of a politician is no accident.
Release date: 1973-03-22
25. The Unicorn
A priest (Fr. Scarne) won't tell Stone where a murderer (Abel Hoffman) is hiding. Stakes are raised by drug smugglers looking for a stolen shipment of heroin.
Release date: 1973-04-05
26. Legion of the Lost
Stone goes undercover as a bum to investigate the beating death of three homeless men.
Release date: 1973-04-12
Crew - click here to expand
Howard Alston - Production Manager, Adrian Samish - Producer, John Conwell - Casting, Cliff Gould - Producer, Patrick Williams - Original Music Composer, Quinn Martin - Executive Producer, William Robert Yates - Producer, Patrick Williams - Main Title Theme Composer