Episode

Simon & Simon: Grand Illusion

Name: Simon & Simon: Grand Illusion
Released: 1983-09-29
Duration: 60 min
Cast: Jameson Parker, Gerald McRaney, Mary Carver, Tim Reid, Jeannie Wilson

Simon & SimonSeason 31983-09-29

Overview

A magician hires the Rick and AJ to find out how a rival stole his spectacular new trick.

Details

Series: Simon & Simon
Season: Season 3
Episode: Episode 1
Air date: 1983-09-29
Runtime: 60 min

Episode context

Grand Illusion is Episode 1 in Season 3 of Simon & Simon. It aired on 1983-09-29. The runtime is 60 min.

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Episode 2: D.J., D.O.A. 1983-10-06 | 60 min A disc jockey is beaten and then disappears, a fellow D.J. who witnessed the beating hires the Simons to find out what happened to her co-worker.

More episodes from this season

Episode 3: I Heard It Was Murder 1983-10-13 | 60 min Rick and AJ take on the job of protecting a blind witness.

Episode 4: Bail Out 1983-10-20 | 60 min AJ goes undercover as a tennis pro when he and Rick are hired by an executive's widow to investigate the parachute ""accident"" that had killed her husband.

Episode 5: Fly the Alibi Skies 1983-10-27 | 60 min This is a cross-over with the Whiz Kids who help the Simons solve their case.

Episode 6: Shadow of Sam Penny 1983-11-03 | 60 min AJ's idol, famous detective Sam Penny (""the man who wrote the book"") needs the Simons help to solve a 30 year old case.

Episode 7: Caught Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea 1983-11-10 | 60 min Rick and AJ are hired by a woman to find her ex-husband, a cop accused of robbery and cop-killing. In this episode, the Simons meet Downtown Brown for the first time as they help him prove his friends's innocence.

Episode 8: The Bare Facts 1983-11-17 | 60 min In order to find a missing contractor, the Simons have to search a nudist colony.

Episode 9: Too Much of a Good Thing 1983-12-01 | 60 min A woman comes to the Simons when her husband disappears, they start the investigation with his job (inspecting produce for illegal pesticides) but the real surprises turn up when the investigation veers into his personal life.

Episode 10: Betty Grable Flies Again 1983-12-08 | 60 min WWII pilot wants to find his long lost B-25.

Episode 11: Bon Voyage, Alonso 1983-12-15 | 60 min Cecelia agrees to chaperone two teenage girls on a cruise, with Rick's help, but then the ship is highjacked.

Episode 12: All Your Favorite Games 1983-12-22 | 60 min When her star witness is nearly killed while under police protection, Janet asks Rick and AJ to take over the protective custody, but the witness's compulsive need to gamble makes her very uncooperative.