Episode

Simon & Simon: Burden of the Beast

Name: Simon & Simon: Burden of the Beast
Released: 1985-10-10
Duration: 60 min
Cast: Jameson Parker, Gerald McRaney, Mary Carver, Tim Reid, Jeannie Wilson

Simon & SimonSeason 51985-10-10

Overview

A trained chimp is the only witness to a murder and they try to figure out who the chimp is identifying as the assailant.

Details

Series: Simon & Simon
Season: Season 5
Episode: Episode 2
Air date: 1985-10-10
Runtime: 60 min

Episode context

Burden of the Beast is Episode 2 in Season 5 of Simon & Simon. It aired on 1985-10-10. The runtime is 60 min.

Previous / Next

Episode 1: Love and/or Marriage 1985-10-03 | 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.

Episode 3: The Third Eye 1985-10-17 | 60 min A writer asks to be an apprentice P.I. to get background information for his book and then he is framed.

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Episode 4: Enchilada Express 1985-10-24 | 60 min Their current case takes them to a Mexican divorce resort when a worried ex-wife asks them to find her husband.

Episode 5: The Skull of Nostradamus 1985-10-31 | 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.

Episode 6: Have You Hugged Your Private Detective Today? 1985-11-07 | 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.

Episode 7: Reunion at Alcatraz 1985-11-14 | 60 min Sam Penny is back searching for the only prisoner ever to have escaped from Alcatraz, almost 25 years ago.

Episode 8: Down-Home Country Blues 1985-11-21 | 60 min The Simons set out to find a missing country singer.

Episode 9: Quint Is Out 1985-12-05 | 60 min The brothers become concerned when a vengeful ex-con is on the loose.

Episode 10: Walk a Mile in My Hat 1985-12-12 | 60 min The brothers switch identities.

Episode 11: Facets 1985-12-18 | 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.

Episode 12: Sunrise at Camp Apollo 1986-01-02 | 60 min The guys pose as camp counselors at a camp for street kids, as a favor to Town.

Episode 13: The Blue Chip Stomp 1986-01-16 | 60 min The Simons help Town and a high school basketball coach when the teams star is accused of murdering a college recruiter.