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Banyon: Season 1

15 episodes Premiered Sep 15, 1972
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Season 1 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (11): Character development & subplots
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S1·E1 Mytharc

The Decent Thing to Do

Sep 15, 1972

When a man who hires Banyon as his bodyguard is murdered, Banyon does his best to solve the crime.

S1·E2 Core

The Old College Try

Sep 22, 1972

Banyon solves a campus killing and saves a bereaved father from the clutches of a greedy woman.

S1·E3 Core

The Graveyard Vote

Sep 29, 1972

Banyon discovers that politics makes strange dead fellows.

S1·E4 Core

Completely Out of Print

Oct 6, 1972

Banyon turns literary detective and finds himself involved in another murder case.

S1·E5 Core

Meal Ticket

Oct 13, 1972

When a hulking Basque prize fighter refuses to purposely lose a match for some dishonest gamblers, it means murder and another case for Banyon.

S1·E6 Core

The Clay Clarinet

Oct 27, 1972

A band leader hires Banyon to find out who is trying to kill him.

S1·E7 Core

Dead End

Nov 3, 1972

Banyon lays to rest a ""ghost"" that has been haunting his friend, Police Lt. Pete McNeil, for seven years.

S1·E8 Filler

Time to Kill

Nov 10, 1972

Behind the scenes of a dance marathon of the 1930s, Banyon exposes a death hoax and the ""second lift"" of an ex-Busby Berkeley chorus girl.

S1·E9 Core

Think of Me Kindly

Nov 17, 1972

Banyon walks in a dead man's shoes to solve two murders for the price of one.

S1·E10 Core

A Date with Death

Nov 24, 1972

Banyon probes the sordid past of a taxi dancer to find out who killed her.

S1·E11 Core

Sally Overman Is Missing

Dec 1, 1972

Stolen information smuggled in the brain of Banyon's beautiful secretary makes her a target for murder.

S1·E12 Core

The Lady Killer

Dec 8, 1972

Banyon solves a murder in Pasadena's millionaires' row.

S1·E13 Core

The Murder Game

Dec 15, 1972

A former girlfriend re-enters Banyon's life in a case involving a missing diamonds.

S1·E14 Mytharc

Just Once

Dec 22, 1972

To solve a brand new murder, Banyon pieces together the solution to a five-year-old financial district heist.

S1·E15 Mytharc

Time Lapse

Jan 12, 1973

Banyon exposes a phony gang slaying and frees a double-crossing beauty from an ivory tower.

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