#1 | 02/02/1976Promise 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.
#2 | 02/09/1976Sand Trap
St. John searches through the cutthroat music industry for the killer of a recording artist.
#3 | 02/16/1976Too Much, Too Soon Blues
When the heir to a Greek-American fortune is murdered, his estranged younger brother becomes the prime suspect.
#4 | 02/23/1976Thicker Than Blood
St. John looks for a killer and jewel thief inside a posh Los Angeles hotel.
#5 | 03/01/1976Dry Ice
The suspects in an actress's murder—a failed director, a faded star, a clerk, and a priest—are placed under police surveillance.
#6 | 03/08/1976Follow the Yellow Brick Road
John tracks down a murdered barber/bookie's two sets of client to find who killed him.
#7 | 03/15/1976The 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.""
#8 | 03/22/1976Death 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.
#9 | 04/05/1976Executioner
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.
#10 | 04/05/1976The 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.
#11 | 04/12/1976The 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.
#12 | 04/19/1976Plastique
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.
#13 | 05/31/1976Homicide 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.
#14 | 06/07/1976Ole-Ole an Free
John goes undercover in a sanitarium to investigate reports of elderly patients being bilked and murdered.
#15 | 06/14/1976Homicide 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.