List of Switch episodes#Episodes

At present, this series has not been released on home video.

{{Series overview

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| episodes1 = 24

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| end1 = {{End date|1976|4|6}}

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| start3 = {{Start date|1977|9|23}}

| end3 = {{End date|1978|8|27}}

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This pilot is divided into two parts for syndication. Co-director Allen Baron goes uncredited.

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{{Episode list

| Title = Switch

| DirectedBy = Robert Day & Allen Baron

| WrittenBy = Glen A. Larson

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1975|3|21}}

| ShortSummary = An ex-con (Robert Wagner) and a retired cop (Eddie Albert), partners in a private investigation agency, try to prove that a safecracker has been framed for a diamond robbery. Retitled "Las Vegas Roundabout" for syndication.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 1

| EpisodeNumber2 = 1

| Title = The James Caan Con

| DirectedBy = E.W. Swackhamer

| WrittenBy = Richard Powell

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1975|9|9}}

| ShortSummary = Mac poses as a movie producer to get the goods on an actor who blackmails on the side.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 2

| EpisodeNumber2 = 2

| Title = The Late Show Murders

| DirectedBy = Douglas Heyes

| WrittenBy = Paul Playdon & David Chase

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1975|9|16}}

| ShortSummary = Pete and Mac borrow ideas from classic detective stories to thwart a crooked small-time private eye. They're decoying him from fencing stolen jewels by concocting a case he couldn't refuse.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 3

| EpisodeNumber2 = 3

| Title = The Old Diamond Game

| DirectedBy = Gordon Hessler

| WrittenBy = Glen A. Larson & Michael Sloan

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1975|9|23}}

| ShortSummary = In pursuit of a lawyer who made off with millions in a South American country, Pete and Mac head down to Rio to bring him back the old-fashioned way.

Note: Sharon Gless does not appear in this episode.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 4

| EpisodeNumber2 = 4

| Title = Stung from Beyond

| DirectedBy = Jerry London

| WrittenBy = David Ketchum & Bruce Shelly

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1975|9|30}}

| ShortSummary = A group of con artists pull a con involving stock investors and their family.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 5

| EpisodeNumber2 = 5

| Title = The Deadly Missiles Caper

| DirectedBy = Walter Doniger

| WrittenBy = Glen A. Larson

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1975|10|7}}

| ShortSummary = Robin Morgan hires Pete and Mac to find her missing timber magnate father. She is convinced that her uncle is responsible.

Note: Sharon Gless does not appear in this episode.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 6

| EpisodeNumber2 = 6

| Title = The Man Who Couldn't Lose

| DirectedBy = Bruce Kessler

| WrittenBy = Michael Kozoll

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1975|10|14}}

| ShortSummary = Pete and Mac play on a hijacker's weakness for gambling and women to find the location of the armored truck heist loot.

Note: Sharon Gless does not appear in this episode.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 7

| EpisodeNumber2 = 7

| Title = Death Heist

| DirectedBy = Glen A. Larson

| WrittenBy = Eugene Cotton & Paul Shilling

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1975|10|21}}

| ShortSummary = Pete and Mac have only 11 days to get a jewel thief to produce a stolen emerald before the statute of limitations runs out on the crime.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 8

| EpisodeNumber2 = 8

| Title = The Body at the Bottom

| DirectedBy = E.W. Swackhamer

| WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s= Rudolph Borchert|t= Rudolph Borchert, Paul Playdon & David Chase}}

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1975|11|4}}

| ShortSummary = A ruthless businessman figures out an insurance scam: He sets his plant ablaze and lets an ex-con, who has been working there, serves as the fall guy. Mac and Pete must lead the crooked businessman to confess his deed.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 9

| EpisodeNumber2 = 9

| Title = The Cruise Ship Murders

| DirectedBy = Bruce Kessler

| WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s= Charles Sailor & Eric Kaldor|t= Mort Zarcoff, Charles Sailor & Eric Kaldor}}

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1975|11|11}}

| ShortSummary = Aboard a cruise ship Pete and Mac try to solve the mysterious death of a bookkeeper.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 10

| EpisodeNumber2 = 10

| Title = Kiss of Death

| DirectedBy = Allen Baron

| WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s= Gregory S. Dinallo|t= Gregory S. Dinallo, Glen A. Larson & Michael Kozoll}}

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1975|11|25}}

| ShortSummary = A feuding mob family becomes victim to an intruder.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 11

| EpisodeNumber2 = 11

| Title = Death by Resurrection

| DirectedBy = Alf Kjellin

| WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s= John Thomas James|t= Stephen J. Cannell}}

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1975|12|2}}

| ShortSummary = Pete and Mac are doing what they think is a routine background check when everyone — including the police, the FBI and the mob — want the check to stop immediately. The Writers Guild of America determined that the script for this episode was lifted entirely from The Rockford Files episode "This Case Is Closed" broadcast the previous season (1974-75), and awarded writing credit solely to the two authors of that script (i.e., "John Thomas James" a.k.a. Roy Huggins, and Stephen J. Cannell).

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 12

| EpisodeNumber2 = 12

| Title = The Cold War Con

| DirectedBy = John Peyser

| WrittenBy = Michael Kozoll

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1975|12|9}}

| ShortSummary = In order to rescue a model abducted by white slavers, Pete and Mac pretend that the girl is a valuable pawn in a struggle between Soviet and American agents.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 13

| EpisodeNumber2 = 13

| Title = Through the Past Deadly

| DirectedBy = John Peyser

| WrittenBy = Michael Kozoll

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1975|12|16}}

| ShortSummary = When someone attempts to take Pete's life, Mac recalls how their friendship came to happen.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 14

| EpisodeNumber2 = 14

| Title = Mistresses, Murder and Millions

| DirectedBy = Allen Baron

| WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s= Paul Playdon|t= David Chase}}

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1975|12|23}}

| ShortSummary = A business magnate involved in a hideous divorce is kidnapped, and the kidnappers later critically wound a police officer. Pete and Mac suspect that the man's soon-to-be ex-wife and his girlfriend may be behind the kidnapping — along with somebody else.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 15

| EpisodeNumber2 = 15

| Title = The Walking Bomb

| DirectedBy = John Peyser

| WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s= David Ketchum & Bruce Shelly|t= David Chase, David Ketchum & Bruce Shelly}}

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1976|1|6}}

| ShortSummary = Extortionists kidnap a bank executive and strap a bomb to his chest in order to force him to pay them a fortune. When the bank executive suffers a heart attack, they let him go — and strap the bomb to Pete Ryan instead.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 16

| EpisodeNumber2 = 16

| Title = Ain't Nobody Here Named Barney

| DirectedBy = John Newland

| WrittenBy = Michael Kozoll

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1976|1|13}}

| ShortSummary = A loony sculptor claims her grandfather wasn't really buried in his grave. It turns out he was, but there is also evidence that 4.3 million dollars in embezzled money is — or was — down there too. When Pete and Mac take up the case and find the money hijacked from a computer account, they also come upon a shadowy killer who is intent on making the sculptor look crazy or dead and taking them with her.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 17

| EpisodeNumber2 = 17

| Title = Come Die with Me

| DirectedBy = John Peyser

| WrittenBy = Bill Stratton

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1976|1|27}}

| ShortSummary = Pete is accused of the rape/murder of a stewardess who died after stumbling upon a plot to rob the Federal Reserve System; guest-starring Don Ho.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 18

| EpisodeNumber2 = 18

| Title = One of Our Zeppelins Is Missing

| DirectedBy = Dick Moder

| WrittenBy = Gene R. Kearney

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1976|2|10}}

| ShortSummary = A blackmailer (Joan Blondell) tries to frame Mac to avenge her husband's death in prison; guest-starring Dabney Coleman.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 19

| EpisodeNumber2 = 19

| Title = Before the Holocaust

| DirectedBy = Edward M. Abroms

| WrittenBy = David Chase

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1976|2|17}}

| ShortSummary = The death of a client's brother leads Pete and Mac to a protected mountain compound and a band of men planning to survive World War III.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 20

| EpisodeNumber2 = 20

| Title = Big Deal in Paradise

| DirectedBy = Bruce Kessler

| WrittenBy = Lou Shaw

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1976|2|24}}

| ShortSummary = Pete and Malcolm are suspected of stealing a million dollars of underworld money.

Note: Sharon Gless does not appear in this episode.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 21

| EpisodeNumber2 = 21

| Title = The Case of the Purloined Case

| DirectedBy = John Peyser

| WrittenBy = Michael Kozoll

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1976|3|2}}

| ShortSummary = In Las Vegas, Pete and Mac hunt for a twice-stolen tote bag that a lot of shady people want, but for mysteriously different reasons.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 22

| EpisodeNumber2 = 22

| Title = The Girl on the Golden Strip

| DirectedBy = John Peyser

| WrittenBy = Glen A. Larson & David Chase

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1976|3|16}}

| ShortSummary = Unknown to himself, a Vegas nightclub singer turns into his alter ego, a deranged slasher-killer, when he hears one of his own classic songs. Pete and Mac get on the trail of the murderer but are sidelined by criminal activity on the parts of his managers.

Filmed on location in Las Vegas and on Lake Mead.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 23

| EpisodeNumber2 = 23

| Title = Round Up the Usual Suspects

| DirectedBy = John Newland

| WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s= Gene R. Kearney, David Ketchum & Tony DiMarco|t= Gene R. Kearney}}

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1976|3|23}}

| ShortSummary = Pete and Mac travel to Casablanca to trick a syndicate kingpin (Ricardo Montalbán) who jailed an innocent American.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 24

| EpisodeNumber2 = 24

| Title = Death Squad

| DirectedBy = John Peyser

| WrittenBy = Lou Shaw

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1976|4|6}}

| ShortSummary = A wife comes to Pete when her estranged husband warns her that his involvement with a "death squad" has put her and their son in danger.

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| EpisodeNumber = 25

| EpisodeNumber2 = 1

| Title = The Pirates of Tin Pan Alley

| DirectedBy = David Impastato

| WrittenBy = Walter Dallenbach

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1976|9|21}}

| ShortSummary = The ex-wife of a DJ and her companion die mysteriously, and Mac and Pete start an investigation.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 26

| EpisodeNumber2 = 2

| Title = The Twelfth Commandment

| DirectedBy = Sutton Roley

| WrittenBy = Leigh Vance

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1976|9|28}}

| ShortSummary = A stolen attache case reveals a bundle of money and an apparent death note pinned to a picture of several priests.

| LineColor = 006400

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 27

| EpisodeNumber2 = 3

| Title = Fleece of Snow

| DirectedBy = Leo Penn

| WrittenBy = Morton Fine

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1976|10|5}}

| ShortSummary = The police decline to investigate the supposed suicide of a detective, a suspected cocaine user.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 28

| EpisodeNumber2 = 4

| Title = The Argonaut Special

| DirectedBy = John Peyser

| WrittenBy = Walter Dallenbach

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1976|10|12}}

| ShortSummary = The manager of a ranch in which Mac has invested is being pressured to sell by a ruthless land speculator.

| LineColor = 006400

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 29

| EpisodeNumber2 = 5

| Title = The Things That Belong to Mickey Costello

| DirectedBy = Sutton Roley

| WrittenBy = Shirl Hendryx

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1976|10|19}}

| ShortSummary = Mac goes after a singer whose alibi covers the thug responsible for the near-fatal beating of Pete.

| LineColor = 006400

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 30

| EpisodeNumber2 = 6

| Title = Whatever Happened to Carol Harmony?

| DirectedBy = Ivan Dixon

| WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s= David P. Lewis|t= Leigh Vance}}

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1976|10|26}}

| ShortSummary = Pete and Mac are asked to look into the suspicious behavior of a well-loved movie star.

| LineColor = 006400

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 31

| EpisodeNumber2 = 7

| Title = Quicker Than the Eye

| DirectedBy = David Friedkin

| WrittenBy = Sue Milburn

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1976|11|9}}

| ShortSummary = A peppery old con artist is marked for murder after witnessing a payoff.

| LineColor = 006400

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 32

| EpisodeNumber2 = 8

| Title = Gaffing the Skim

| DirectedBy = Bruce Evans

| WrittenBy = Robert Dellinger

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1976|11|16}}

| ShortSummary = Pete poses as a carnival barker while investigating the abduction of a county-fair executive.

| LineColor = 006400

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 33

| EpisodeNumber2 = 9

| Title = The Lady from Liechtenstein: Part 1

| DirectedBy = David Impastato

| WrittenBy = Norman Hudis

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1976|11|23}}

| ShortSummary = Impressionist Jim Bailey poses as a wealthy baroness to help Pete and Mac trap a womanizing crook.

| LineColor = 006400

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 34

| EpisodeNumber2 = 10

| Title = The Lady from Liechtenstein: Part 2

| DirectedBy = David Impastato

| WrittenBy = Norman Hudis

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1976|11|30}}

| ShortSummary = A baroness is jeopardized by an announcement of the woman's marriage.

| LineColor = 006400

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 35

| EpisodeNumber2 = 11

| Title = Switch-Hitter

| DirectedBy = Edward M. Abroms

| WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s= Gene Thompson|t= Arthur Rowe & Stephen Kandel}}

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1976|12|7}}

| ShortSummary = Pete and Mac pose as hit men after a reporter about to expose a union racket is an assassination-attempt victim.

| LineColor = 006400

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 36

| EpisodeNumber2 = 12

| Title = Maggie's Hero

| DirectedBy = Noel Black

| WrittenBy = Edward J. Lakso

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1976|12|14}}

| ShortSummary = Pete and Mac try to clear Maggie's framed fiancé, even though they know he's a crook.

| LineColor = 006400

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 37

| EpisodeNumber2 = 13

| Title = The 100,000 Ruble Rumble

| DirectedBy = Leo Penn

| WrittenBy = Morton Fine

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1976|12|21}}

| ShortSummary = Mac is framed for murder in an elaborate international swindle that also nets him a 100,000 ruble reward for the killing.

| LineColor = 006400

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 38

| EpisodeNumber2 = 14

| Title = Portraits of Death

| DirectedBy = John Peyser

| WrittenBy = Shirl Hendryx

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1977|1|4}}

| ShortSummary = Acting only on a hunch and perhaps a bit of jealousy, Pete probes into the background of an old flame's fiancé, unaware that the man is a homicidal gigolo.

| LineColor = 006400

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 39

| EpisodeNumber2 = 15

| Title = The Snitch

| DirectedBy = Sigmund Neufeld Jr.

| WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s= Carey Wilber|t= Carey Wilber & Jack Guss}}

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1977|1|16}}

| ShortSummary = Pete and Mac play mob bosses to learn who made an attempt on Malcolm's life.

| LineColor = 006400

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 40

| EpisodeNumber2 = 16

| Title = Eyewitness

| DirectedBy = Leo Penn

| WrittenBy = Lewis Davidson

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1977|1|23}}

| ShortSummary = A blind music teacher hires Pete and Mac for protection after her presence at a murder is noted by the killer.

| LineColor = 006400

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 41

| EpisodeNumber2 = 17

| Title = Camera Angles

| DirectedBy = Bruce Kessler

| WrittenBy = David Taylor

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1977|1|30}}

| ShortSummary = To help a friend — and without telling each other — Mac and Pete tackle a case involving murder, kidnapping and a revolutionary new camera.

| LineColor = 006400

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 42

| EpisodeNumber2 = 18

| Title = Butterfly Mourning

| DirectedBy = Sutton Roley

| WrittenBy = Robert Earll & Alan Godfrey

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1977|2|6}}

| ShortSummary = Mac and Pete search for the killer of Mac's pilot friend, who died after flying back from Mexico.

| LineColor = 006400

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 43

| EpisodeNumber2 = 19

| Title = The Four Horsemen

| DirectedBy = Sigmund Neufeld Jr.

| WrittenBy = Michael Wagner

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1977|2|13}}

| ShortSummary = Maggie is abducted by a mobster to ensure that Pete and Mac find whoever killed his father's buddy, and who likely has similar plans for Papa.

| LineColor = 006400

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 44

| EpisodeNumber2 = 20

| Title = Eden's Gate

| DirectedBy = Gerald Mayer

| WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s= David Taylor|t= Robert Earll}}

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1977|2|20}}

| ShortSummary = Pete investigates a posh spa that cures its wealthy clients of drinking and overeating by killing them; guest-starring June Allyson.

| LineColor = 006400

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 45

| EpisodeNumber2 = 21

| Title = The Hemline Heist

| DirectedBy = Leo Penn

| WrittenBy = Jack Guss

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1977|2|27}}

| ShortSummary = A fashion designer is murdered three times simultaneously during a fashion show: he drinks cyanide-laced champagne, gets shot, and has a spotlight tumble onto his head all at once. The rest of the episode is shown in flashbacks, as the story unfolds of how people stole the formula for his latest show-stopping fashion and tried — independently of each other but at the exact same moment — to kill him for trying to find out who did it.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 46

| EpisodeNumber2 = 22

| Title = Three for the Money

| DirectedBy = Sigmund Neufeld Jr.

| WrittenBy = Stephen Kandel

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1977|3|6}}

| ShortSummary = Pete and Mac are invited to settle a racketeer's estate, a substantial legacy left to the three women in his life but coveted by his former partner, a sadistic loan shark.

| LineColor = 006400

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 47

| EpisodeNumber2 = 23

| Title = Two on the Run

| DirectedBy = Arnold Laven

| WrittenBy = Cynthia A. Cherbak

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1977|3|13}}

| ShortSummary = Pete is asked by a former fellow inmate to locate a dancer who can clear him of murder charges.

| LineColor = 006400

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 48

| EpisodeNumber2 = 24

| Title = Heritage of Death

| DirectedBy = John Peyser

| WrittenBy = Larry Forrester

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1977|4|3}}

| ShortSummary = An unidentified four-year-old African boy is left at Malcolm's doorstep, along with a note warning that the child needs protection.

| LineColor = 006400

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 49

| EpisodeNumber2 = 1

| Title = Net Loss

| DirectedBy = Reza Badiyi

| WrittenBy = Stephen Kandel

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1977|9|23}}

| ShortSummary = Pete and Mac are hired by a murdered tennis pro's coach, who fears someone is trying to kill off the entire team.

| LineColor = 000050

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 50

| EpisodeNumber2 = 2

| Title = Downshift

| DirectedBy = Sigmund Neufeld Jr.

| WrittenBy = Robert Earll

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1977|9|30}}

| ShortSummary = A mechanic hires Mac and Pete to prove that the mysterious death of a top race-car driver was actually murder; guest-starring Morgan Fairchild.

| LineColor = 000050

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 51

| EpisodeNumber2 = 3

| Title = Fade Out

| DirectedBy = Lawrence Doheny

| WrittenBy = Richard H. Landau

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1977|10|14}}

| ShortSummary = Pete and Mac are hired by the producer of a movie after the film's leading lady has her life threatened.

| LineColor = 000050

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 52

| EpisodeNumber2 = 4

| Title = Legend of the Macunas: Part 1

| DirectedBy = John Peyser

| WrittenBy = Leigh Vance

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1977|10|21}}

| ShortSummary = A Las Vegas pilot crashes in the desert on a photo shoot, and Mac and Pete look into the cause.

| LineColor = 000050

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 53

| EpisodeNumber2 = 5

| Title = Legend of the Macunas: Part 2

| DirectedBy = John Peyser

| WrittenBy = Leigh Vance

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1977|10|21}}

| ShortSummary = Conclusion to the case of the missing pilot and the search for buried treasure.

| LineColor = 000050

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 54

| EpisodeNumber2 = 6

| Title = Dancer

| DirectedBy = Paul Krasny

| WrittenBy = Patrick Mathews

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1977|12|5}}

| ShortSummary = Pete and Mac do a literal song and dance as they help an old vaudeville hoofer try to figure out who took several shots at him onstage, killing his dance partner.

| LineColor = 000050

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 55

| EpisodeNumber2 = 7

| Title = Go for Broke

| DirectedBy = Sigmund Neufeld Jr.

| WrittenBy = Mel Goldberg & Chris Lucky

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1977|12|12}}

| ShortSummary = Pete and Mac are hired by a wealthy woman to locate her missing husband, a philanderer with a gambling problem. But the woman is murdered before they find her husband.

| LineColor = 000050

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 56

| EpisodeNumber2 = 8

| Title = Lady of the Deep

| DirectedBy = Sigmund Neufeld Jr.

| WrittenBy = Larry Forrester

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1977|12|19}}

| ShortSummary = A marine biologist has disappeared along the coast of Mexico while engaged in a salvage operation for the government.

| LineColor = 000050

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 57

| EpisodeNumber2 = 9

| Title = Thirty Thousand Witnesses

| DirectedBy = Fernando Lamas

| WrittenBy = Tom Bagen

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1977|12|26}}

| ShortSummary = When a soccer team's star player is murdered, Pete poses as a goalkeeper and Mac masquerades as a trainer in hopes of drawing out the killer.

| LineColor = 000050

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 58

| EpisodeNumber2 = 10

| Title = Dangerous Curves

| DirectedBy = Phil Bondelli

| WrittenBy = Larry Forrester

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1978|1|2}}

| ShortSummary = An all-woman cab company has been bombed and their drivers mugged, so they hire Mac and Pete to find out who and why.

| LineColor = 000050

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 59

| EpisodeNumber2 = 11

| Title = The Tong

| DirectedBy = Ray Danton

| WrittenBy = David Carren & Peter Allan Fields

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1978|1|9}}

| ShortSummary = Malcolm's cook is involved in a murder that may presage war among Chinese clans.

| LineColor = 000050

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 60

| EpisodeNumber2 = 12

| Title = Who Killed Lila Craig?

| DirectedBy = Paul Krasny

| WrittenBy = Steve Fisher

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1978|1|16}}

| ShortSummary = Mac becomes one of his own clients when he becomes a suspect in a 20-year old unsolved murder.

| LineColor = 000050

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 61

| EpisodeNumber2 = 13

| Title = The Cage

| DirectedBy = Phil Bondelli

| WrittenBy = Larry Forrester & Patrick Mathews

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1978|6|25}}

| ShortSummary = A zoo's veterinarian has mysteriously disappeared and the only clue may have to do with a rare white rhino.

| LineColor = 000050

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 62

| EpisodeNumber2 = 14

| Title = Coronado Circle

| DirectedBy = Michael Caffey

| WrittenBy = Donald P. Bellisario

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1978|7|2}}

| ShortSummary = An elderly captain and his deckhand are missing from a yacht found drifting where several vessels recently disappeared.

| LineColor = 000050

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 63

| EpisodeNumber2 = 15

| Title = Blue Crusaders Reunion

| DirectedBy = Seymour Robbie

| WrittenBy = Robert Earll & Leigh Vance

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1978|7|9}}

| ShortSummary = Mac and Pete bargain for the life of a girl held hostage by gunmen at a police officers' reunion.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 64

| EpisodeNumber2 = 16

| Title = Stolen Island

| DirectedBy = Fernando Lamas

| WrittenBy = Robert Earll

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1978|7|16}}

| ShortSummary = Mac and Pete go under cover to determine who is responsible for a series of mishaps at the construction site of a luxurious island hotel.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 65

| EpisodeNumber2 = 17

| Title = Play-Off

| DirectedBy = Sigmund Neufeld Jr.

| WrittenBy = Larry Forrester

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1978|7|23}}

| ShortSummary = A gambling mogul kidnaps Malcolm to ensure that Pete will protect his golfer son.

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}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 66

| EpisodeNumber2 = 18

| Title = Mexican Standoff

| DirectedBy = Fernando Lamas

| WrittenBy = John Lewis Figueroa & Larry Forrester

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1978|7|30}}

| ShortSummary = Pete and Mac investigate white-slavers who smuggle aliens from Latin America.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 67

| EpisodeNumber2 = 19

| Title = Three Blonde Mice

| DirectedBy = James Sheldon

| WrittenBy = Michael Wagner

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1978|8|6}}

| ShortSummary = Some interesting underwater footage highlights this episode as Pete and Mac, in full business suits, dive into a swimming pool to defuse a nuclear bomb threatening to take out a society party and much of Los Angeles to boot.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 68

| EpisodeNumber2 = 20

| Title = The Siege at the Bouziki Bar

| DirectedBy = Seymour Robbie

| WrittenBy = Larry Forrester & John Peyser

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1978|8|13}}

| ShortSummary = The mob sends hitmen after a pregnant woman who can testify against them, and she takes refuge in Malcolm's bar while Pete, Maggie, and Mac are there.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 69

| EpisodeNumber2 = 21

| Title = Formula for Murder

| DirectedBy = Sigmund Neufeld Jr.

| WrittenBy = Madeline Di Maggio & Kathy Donnell

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1978|8|20}}

| ShortSummary = Pete and Mac are separately hired by feuding sisters to find a stolen formula and the killer of the women's father; guest-starring Macdonald Carey.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 70

| EpisodeNumber2 = 22

| Title = Photo Finish

| DirectedBy = Ray Danton

| WrittenBy = Cynthia A. Cherbak

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1978|8|27}}

| ShortSummary = An airline stewardess asks Pete and Mac to locate her sister, a militant ecologist, who went into hiding following a chemical-company bombing.

| LineColor = 000050

}}

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