The BEST episodes of Simon & Simon season 5

Every episode of Simon & Simon season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Simon & Simon season 5!

Simon & Simon is a show based on TWO BROTHERS who just happen to be Private Investigators. They live and work in San Diego where once a week, for eight seasons, the series revealed the loyality and love they had for one another, "they're more than brothers, they're best of friends."

Last Updated: 8/16/2024Network: CBSStatus: Ended
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9.00
5 votes

#1 - Quint Is Out

Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/5/1985

The brothers become concerned when a vengeful ex-con is on the loose.

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8.50
6 votes

#2 - Sunrise at Camp Apollo

Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/2/1986

The guys pose as camp counselors at a camp for street kids, as a favor to Town.

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8.20
5 votes

#3 - The Skull of Nostradamus

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/31/1985

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.

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For the People
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8.17
6 votes

#4 - For the People

Season 5 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/20/1986

The D.A. has AJ testify about a shooting he witnessed, but the accused may be innocent.

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Walk a Mile in My Hat
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8.00
6 votes

#5 - Walk a Mile in My Hat

Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/12/1985

The brothers switch identities.

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Something for Sarah
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8.00
5 votes

#6 - Something for Sarah

Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/23/1986

A woman hires Rick and AJ to find her long-lost father after $10,000 is left anonymously on her front porch and she thinks it might have been from him.

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8.00
8 votes

#7 - Family Forecast

Season 5 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/6/1986

The MC of a family style tv quiz show is worried that the show might be rigged and asks the Simons to investigate, which they do by becoming contestants.

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The Third Eye
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7.86
7 votes

#8 - The Third Eye

Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/17/1985

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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Down Home Country Blues
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7.80
5 votes

#9 - Down Home Country Blues

Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/21/1985

The Simons set out to find a missing country singer.

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Act Five
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7.80
5 votes

#10 - Act Five

Season 5 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/3/1986

When the Simons find out their client has used them to cheat his wife out of her rightful settlement, they enlist the help of Town's cousin to set up a scam to get even.

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The Apple Doesn't Fall Far from the Tree
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7.80
5 votes

#11 - The Apple Doesn't Fall Far from the Tree

Season 5 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/1/1986

When hoods try to steal the family journal, Rick and AJ are prompted to go to Boston (with cousin Elizabeth) and trace the family tree, where they learn about pairs of Simon brothers down through the ages. Wayne (AJ) and Mad Benedict (Rick) Simon and their mother (Cecelia) in revolution-era Boston. 1775 and 1776 Sir Francis (AJ) and Black Jack (Rick) Simon and their mother Evangeline (Cece) in Pirate's Key, Florida. 1692 Orville (AJ) and Wilbur (Rick) Simon, shoe salesmen from Buffalo (owners of Simon Brothers shoes) in 1986.

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Eye of the Beholder
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7.75
4 votes

#12 - Eye of the Beholder

Season 5 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/13/1986

A rich industrialist hires the Simons to provide security for the cursed Peruvian icon he's about to receive, and as long as they're there, he asks if they could also keep an eye on his two teenage daughters.

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The Last Harangue
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7.67
3 votes

#13 - The Last Harangue

Season 5 - Episode 23 - Aired 4/10/1986

AJ runs for the city council while Rick investigates his opponent's alleged toxic waste dumping and murder.

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A Significant Obsession
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7.57
7 votes

#14 - A Significant Obsession

Season 5 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/13/1986

Espionage at the laser research center. A former client obsessed with AJ hinders the investigation.

Directors: Gerald McRaney
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D-I-V-O-R-C-E
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7.33
6 votes

#15 - D-I-V-O-R-C-E

Season 5 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/27/1986

Rick and AJ help a couple of friends who claim they want a divorce, but act otherwise.

Facets
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7.26
35 votes

#16 - Facets

Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/18/1985

AJ is devastated when he shoots a young man during an investigation of a diamond theft which reveals a family feud separating two lovers.

Full Moon Blues
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7.20
5 votes

#17 - Full Moon Blues

Season 5 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/6/1986

Rick moves in with a woman for the first time in his life, but she won't continue their relationship until he meets her missing roommate, when Rick and AJ search for him, they find themselves caught between the government and the mob.

Love and/or Marriage
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7.13
40 votes

#18 - Love and/or Marriage

Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/3/1985

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.

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The Blue Chip Stomp
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7.13
32 votes

#19 - The Blue Chip Stomp

Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/16/1986

The Simons help Town and a high school basketball coach when the teams star is accused of murdering a college recruiter.

Mobile Home of the Brave
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7.12
34 votes

#20 - Mobile Home of the Brave

Season 5 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/30/1986

A cameraman is pursued by the mob and involves a charming family on vacation in their mobile home at a theme park.

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7.03
35 votes

#21 - Enchilada Express

Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/24/1985

Their current case takes them to a Mexican divorce resort when a worried ex-wife asks them to find her husband.

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Have You Hugged Your Private Detective Today?
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7.00
5 votes

#22 - Have You Hugged Your Private Detective Today?

Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/7/1985

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.

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6.67
6 votes

#23 - Burden of the Beast

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/10/1985

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

Reunion at Alcatraz
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6.46
35 votes

#24 - Reunion at Alcatraz

Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/14/1985

Sam Penny is back searching for the only prisoner ever to have escaped from Alcatraz, almost 25 years ago.

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