Season 1 (1976)
Release date: 1976-02-02
Episodes (15):
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1. Promise to Kill
St. John investigates an old crime when the long missing body finally turns up, along with evidence that the police framed the man convicted of the crime.
Release date: 1976-02-02
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2. Sand Trap
St. John searches through the cutthroat music industry for the killer of a recording artist.
Release date: 1976-02-09
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3. Too Much, Too Soon Blues
When the heir to a Greek-American fortune is murdered, his estranged younger brother becomes the prime suspect.
Release date: 1976-02-16
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4. Thicker Than Blood
St. John looks for a killer and jewel thief inside a posh Los Angeles hotel.
Release date: 1976-02-23
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5. Dry Ice
The suspects in an actress's murder—a failed director, a faded star, a clerk, and a priest—are placed under police surveillance.
Release date: 1976-03-01
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6. Follow the Yellow Brick Road
John tracks down a murdered barber/bookie's two sets of client to find who killed him.
Release date: 1976-03-08
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7. The Mourning Line
A woman is shot by a sniper during a party at a marina apartment complex, leading St. John and Wade to a dark side of ""swinging singles.""
Release date: 1976-03-15
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8. Death of the Party
A criminologist whose speciality was the rehabilitation of parolees is killed and his research assistant assaulted, leaving St. John to piece through the man's work to find a suspect.
Release date: 1976-03-22
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9. Executioner
St. John searches for a serial killer dubbed ""The Executioner"" and rages when Sam's reporter ex-girlfriend reveals information about the case on television.
Release date: 1976-04-05
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10. The Executioner
John and Sam argue when a strange teenager claims to have witnessed a murder; while St. John dismisses her as an emotionally disturbed attention-seeker, Sam believes she's genuine.
Release date: 1976-04-05
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11. The Runaway
In the wake of a bank robber's return to Los Angeles, St. John investigates the murder of a witness to the man's crimes and tries to protect the remaining witnesses.
Release date: 1976-04-12
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12. Plastique
A murder leads St. John to another case when he discovers a link between a woman killed by plastic explosives planted in her car and an electronics firm.
Release date: 1976-04-19
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13. Homicide is a Fine Art
St. John investigates the murder of a Texan who'd recently moved to Los Angeles and finds a world of cheating wives, greedy art dealers, and opportunistic gigolos.
Release date: 1976-05-31
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14. Ole-Ole an Free
John goes undercover in a sanitarium to investigate reports of elderly patients being bilked and murdered.
Release date: 1976-06-07
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15. Homicide 96403: John Smith
St. John enlists a local sheriff to help hunt down a woman suspected of murdering an small-town real estate promoter found dead in a Los Angeles motel.
Release date: 1976-06-14
