Episode
Hardcastle and McCormick: The Homecoming (1)
Overview
Hardcastle returns to his hometown in Arkansas for a high school reunion, only to learn from an old friend that people are being swindled out of their farms. After the friend is murdered, and his daughter asks the judge for help, Hardcastle enlists McCormick to burglarize the local land office.
Details
- Series
- Hardcastle and McCormick
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 19
- Air date
- 1984-03-05
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
The Homecoming (1) is Episode 19 in Season 1 of Hardcastle and McCormick. It aired on 1984-03-05. The runtime is 60 min.
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Episode 18: The Georgia Street Motors
A group of retired judges decide to take the law into their own hands by delivering their own verdicts to criminals who slipped through the system or were given lesser sentences based on technicalities or lack of evidence.
Episode 20: The Homecoming (2)
Hardcastle hides out with another old friend, recovering from his injuries, while he tries to figure out how to retrieve the evidence against the town officials. Meanwhile, Mark and Christy take refuge in an abandoned cabin.
More episodes from this season
Episode 17: School for Scandal
Robert Culp guest stars as Arthur Farnel, an ex-con who runs a school leading and teaching their students how to break the law. Mark decides to go undercover in order to gather enough evidence to put him away.
Episode 21: Did You See the One That Got Away?
Hardcastle visits a man he sent to prison for life only to find that the man never made it there.
Episode 16: Mr. Hardcastle Goes to Washington
Hardcastle is up for a spot on the Supreme Court bench but some people don't want him to be chosen.
Episode 22: Really Neat Cars and Guys with a Sense of Humor
Hardcastle & McCormick go undercover at a computerized dating service in order to find out why wealthy clients are turning up dead.
Episode 15: Whistler's Pride
The judge inherits a rather short race horse.
Episode 23: Scared Stiff
Mark and Hardcastle take a group of misfit kids to a local prison in order to scare them straight; but while they are there, they are taken hostages by prisoners who are frustrated because of the repeated abuse from the guards and the warden.
Episode 14: Third Down and Twenty Years to Life
A law student at a local college claims that her brother, who was sent to prison for 20 years by Judge Hardcastle, was framed for murder. He ignores her, but when someone tries to kidnap her, he reviews the case and sends Mark on an undercover investigation to the school as a football player.
Episode 13: Just Another Round of That Old Song
Keenan Wynn guest stars as an old bank robber, just released from prison, who attempts to locate the cash stored in an armored car that he robbed in the '40s.
Episode 12: Flying Down to Rio
Hardcastle & McCormick travel to Rio to track down a drug runner.
Episode 11: Hotshoes
Mark is thrilled when he gets a shot at racing in big leagues—only to learn that his sponsor's auto parts business gets their inventory from stolen cars.