Simon & Simon: Season 5
Season 5 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Simon & Simon Season 4.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 5 Progress Shield
Love and/or Marriage
Oct 3, 1985 · 60 min
A wedding sets the stage, as Rick falls in love with their client (who suspects her husband is having an affair) and AJ proposes to Liz.
Burden of the Beast
Oct 10, 1985 · 60 min
A trained chimp is the only witness to a murder and they try to figure out who the chimp is identifying as the assailant.
The Third Eye
Oct 17, 1985 · 60 min
A writer asks to be an apprentice P.I. to get background information for his book and then he is framed.
Enchilada Express
Oct 24, 1985 · 60 min
Their current case takes them to a Mexican divorce resort when a worried ex-wife asks them to find her husband.
The Skull of Nostradamus
Oct 31, 1985 · 60 min
An apprentice witch seeks Rick and AJ's help when she is threatened, but the case gets tricky when events seem to be influenced by the supernatural.
Have You Hugged Your Private Detective Today?
Nov 7, 1985 · 60 min
Just when his breakup with Liz has AJ looking for love in all the wrong places, the brothers are hired by a TV sex therapist to investigate the death of one of her employees.
Reunion at Alcatraz
Nov 14, 1985 · 60 min
Sam Penny is back searching for the only prisoner ever to have escaped from Alcatraz, almost 25 years ago.
Down-Home Country Blues
Nov 21, 1985 · 60 min
The Simons set out to find a missing country singer.
Quint Is Out
Dec 5, 1985 · 60 min
The brothers become concerned when a vengeful ex-con is on the loose.
Facets
Dec 18, 1985 · 60 min
AJ is devastated when he shoots a young man during an investigation of a diamond theft which reveals a family feud separating two lovers.
Sunrise at Camp Apollo
Jan 2, 1986 · 60 min
The guys pose as camp counselors at a camp for street kids, as a favor to Town.
The Blue Chip Stomp
Jan 16, 1986 · 60 min
The Simons help Town and a high school basketball coach when the teams star is accused of murdering a college recruiter.
Something for Sarah
Jan 23, 1986 · 60 min
A woman hires Rick and AJ to find her long-lost father after $10,000 is left anonymously on her front porch and she thinks it might have been from him.
Mobile Home of the Brave
Jan 30, 1986 · 60 min
A cameraman is pursued by the mob and involves a charming family on vacation in their mobile home at a theme park.
Family Forecast
Feb 6, 1986 · 60 min
The MC of a family style tv quiz show is worried that the show might be rigged and asks the Simons to investigate, which they do by becoming contestants.
A Significant Obsession
Feb 13, 1986 · 60 min
Espionage at the laser research center. A former client obsessed with AJ hinders the investigation.
For the People
Feb 20, 1986 · 60 min
The D.A. has AJ testify about a shooting he witnessed, but the accused may be innocent.
Full Moon Blues
Mar 6, 1986 · 60 min
Rick moves in with a woman for the first time in his life, but she won't continue their relationship until he meets her missing roommate, when Rick and AJ search for him, they find
Eye of the Beholder
Mar 13, 1986 · 60 min
A rich industrialist hires the Simons to provide security for the cursed Peruvian icon he's about to receive, and as long as they're there, he asks if they could also keep an eye o
D-I-V-O-R-C-E
Mar 27, 1986 · 60 min
Rick and AJ help a couple of friends who claim they want a divorce, but act otherwise.
Act Five
Apr 3, 1986 · 60 min
When the Simons find out their client has used them to cheat his wife out of her rightful settlement, they enlist the help of Town's cousin to set up a scam to get even.
The Last Harangue
Apr 10, 1986 · 60 min
AJ runs for the city council while Rick investigates his opponent's alleged toxic waste dumping and murder.
The Apple Doesn't Fall Far from the Tree
May 1, 1986 · 60 min
When hoods try to steal the family journal, Rick and AJ are prompted to go to Boston (with cousin Elizabeth) and trace the family tree, where they learn about pairs of Simon brothe