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The Partners: Season 1

20 episodes Premiered Sep 18, 1971
Season 1 Episodes

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S1·E1 Mytharc

Here Come the Fuzz

Sep 18, 1971

The Partners are given just twenty-four hours to solve a bank robbery.

S1·E2 Core

Abra Cadaver

Sep 25, 1971

The Partners' investigation of a murder is complicated when the body keeps disappearing.

S1·E3 Core

The Prisoner of Fender

Oct 2, 1971

The Partners must work with the F.B.I. after they stumble into an ongoing case.

S1·E4 Core

Waterloo at Napoleon

Oct 9, 1971

Captain Andrews sends Lennie and George to collect a prisoner being held by his old friend Sheriff Fender but two of the prisoner's men impersonating them beat them to it.

S1·E6 Core

Witness for the Execution

Oct 23, 1971

George's mother unwittingly becomes a carrier when a stolen diamond is hidden in a grapefruit.

S1·E7 Core

To Catch a Crooke

Oct 30, 1971

Lennie is taken into custody when his gun is found at the scene of a crime. He escapes and tries to prove his innocence.

S1·E9 Core

Take My Wife, Please!

Nov 13, 1971

Lennie becomes a victim of fraud while apartment hunting.

S1·E10 Core

Take My Wife - Please

After a bank robbery goes wrong, the would-be robbers decide to hold the bank president's wife for ransom.

S1·E11 Mytharc

Our Butler Didn't Do It

Dec 4, 1971

When Freddie Butler's therapist is murdered, Freddie confesses as usual - but this time it looks like he might really be guilty.

S1·E12 Core

New Faces

Dec 11, 1971

Wanted criminals are using plastic surgery to change their appearance.

S1·E13 Core

North Is Now South

Dec 18, 1971

Gang warfare threatens to break out when city rezoning results in rival protection racketeers claiming the same territory.

S1·E14 Core

Desperate Ours

Dec 25, 1971

An escaped killer, seking revenge on Captain Anderews for testifying against him, takes Higgenbottom hostage - along with anyone else who shows up.

S1·E15 Core

They Steal Cars, Don't They?

Jan 8, 1972

When Higgenbottom worries that his son is ashamed of him serving only behind a desk, the Partners decide to take him on one of their cases.

S1·E16 Core

Headlines for Higgenbottom

Jul 28, 1972

The police department hires a clairvoyant to assist in tracking down a bomber who is threatening the city.

S1·E17 Core

Magnificent Perception

Aug 4, 1972

When it is learned that a jailbreak is being planned, the Partners go undercover inside the prison - with Lennie as an inmate and George as a guard.

S1·E18 Core

Two or False

Aug 11, 1972

The Partners investigate a series of car thefts that appear to be the work of an organized gang.

S1·E19 Mytharc

Two in a Pen

Aug 25, 1972

A glamorous woman tricks Lennie into letting her steal a bracelet from a jewelry store right under his nose.

S1·E20 Mytharc

The 217 in 402

Sep 8, 1972

Lennie poses as a coma patient in hospital, acting as a decoy to protect an informer from a hitman.