Episode
Vega$: Touch of Death
Overview
Newlywed Gary Cole goes to buy some jewelry for his wife Wendy, and disappears. When Wendy realizes he's missing, nobody that she questions seems to recognize the couple. Her hysteria only hampers Dan's investigation.
Details
- Series
- Vega$
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 20
- Air date
- 1979-03-14
- Runtime
- 44 min
Episode context
Touch of Death is Episode 20 in Season 1 of Vega$. It aired on 1979-03-14. The runtime is 44 min.
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Episode 17: Demand and Supply
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Episode 16: Best Friends
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Episode 15: Death Mountain
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Episode 13: The Eleventh Event
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Episode 12: Ghost of the Ripper
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