The WORST episodes of Simon & Simon

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

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: 4/14/2024Network: CBSStatus: Ended
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Cloak of Danger
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5.00
2 votes

#1 - Cloak of Danger

Season 8 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/3/1988

AJ writes a play based on a long-unsolved murder case, then suddenly it flushes out the real culprit.

Something Special
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5.40
5 votes

#2 - Something Special

Season 7 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/31/1988

Both of the Simon brothers are amazed of the architect they are protecting, when she hires them.

Second Swell
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5.60
5 votes

#3 - Second Swell

Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/14/1988

AJ's past comes back to haunt him when a routine serving of a summons goes terribly wrong. Bracken, a murderer convicted by AJ's testimony 17 years ago, has returned and wants revenge on both him and his ex-girlfriend, Kristen. The beating he gives AJ leaves the young Simon in the hospital. AJ doesn't tell anyone who attacked him, and as soon as he can stand, he leaves the hospital and goes in search of the girl he used to love. Once he finds her, he convinces her to let him stay while her husband's gone to protect her from Bracken. Meanwhile, Rick is beside himself with worry. AJ has gone off without telling him where he was going, and Rick knew it had something to do with the attack. Many hours of research later, he finds out about the old murder case AJ was involved in that happened while Rick was in Vietnam. Convinced more than ever that AJ's in real trouble, he starts tracking Kristen down. AJ and Kristen find themselves attracted to each other after all these years, but AJ refu

Directors: Gerald McRaney
Love Song Of Abigail Marsh
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5.67
3 votes

#4 - Love Song Of Abigail Marsh

Season 8 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/12/1988

Abby is attracted to a client of the Simons, but they are concerned the relationship will be a disaster when they insist he tell her of his troubled past.

The Bare Facts
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5.72
36 votes

#5 - The Bare Facts

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/17/1983

In order to find a missing contractor, the Simons have to search a nudist colony.

Beauty and Deceased
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6.00
5 votes

#6 - Beauty and Deceased

Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/8/1988

An old friend of the Simons, Beth, shows up in their office after finding a blackmail note given to one of the beauty contestants in her pageant. She's responsible for the pageant going off smoothly, so she wants the Simons to go undercover and find out who is being blackmailed by whom. With a sparkle in his eye, Rick decides that AJ will enter as a contestant while he will show up as a judge. AJ is less than happy about it, especially the swimsuit competition, but grudgingly agrees to do it. Things get more serious when the pageant host stumbles upon the blackmailer being beaten by two toughs. The blackmailer, realizing the host must have heard that he owed money to a loan shark, kills him. A pageant contestant finds the body and is immediately suspected of being the murderer. It turns out that she was the one being blackmailed because she was kicked out of her family for being an unmarried mother. The Simons don't believe she's guilty and get Abby to give them 48 hours to find the re

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Reunion at Alcatraz
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6.41
34 votes

#7 - 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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Bloodlines
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6.43
7 votes

#8 - Bloodlines

Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/19/1984

While the Simons are looking for a stolen horse, they uncover some revealing information about the racing accident that had killed their client's father years before.

Betty Grable Flies Again
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6.44
34 votes

#9 - Betty Grable Flies Again

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/8/1983

WWII pilot wants to find his long lost B-25.

Tonsillitis
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6.60
5 votes

#10 - Tonsillitis

Season 6 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/18/1986

Rick protests violently when the doctor wants to remove his tonsils, but he has to. While he is under anesthetic, he sees what he thinks is a murder, and no one will believe him.

Burden of the Beast
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6.67
6 votes

#11 - 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.

Lost Lady
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6.75
4 votes

#12 - Lost Lady

Season 6 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/12/1987

Janet returns with amnesia and involved in some serious trouble. The brothers work hard to discover what happened to the last four years and to save her.

Directors: Vincent McEveety
Writer: Lee Sheldon
For Old Crime's Sake
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6.75
4 votes

#13 - For Old Crime's Sake

Season 6 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/15/1987

The Simons investigate a 50 year old bank robbery, when one robber took all the money and his three accomplices want revenge.

Heels and Toes
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6.83
6 votes

#14 - Heels and Toes

Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/2/1984

AJ's broken wrist puts him and Rick in position to help a dancer, a ballerina by day and an exotic dancer by night, who is accused of murdering her roommate.

Directors: Georg Fenady
Writer: Jim Tisdale
Enchilada Express
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6.97
34 votes

#15 - 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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Enter the Jaguar
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7.00
6 votes

#16 - Enter the Jaguar

Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/17/1984

Rick and AJ go international with a beginning in Morocco where two different worlds intersect. Respected bird expert John Howell asks the detective brothers to prove he is not a jewel thief wanted in multiple countries.

A Design for Killing
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7.00
9 votes

#17 - A Design for Killing

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/10/1983

A clothing design house, featuring a top teen model, hires the Simons to protect its new fall line from being stolen by a rival firm.

The Disappearance of Harry the Hat
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7.00
3 votes

#18 - The Disappearance of Harry the Hat

Season 3 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/29/1984

A mild mannered accountant hires Rick and AJ to teach him how to vanish. He tells them that he wants to evade a demanding wife, but maybe he has another reason.

C'est Simon (1)
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7.00
7 votes

#19 - C'est Simon (1)

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/27/1984

The Simons follow their mother to Paris where she has an affair with a suave Frenchman, but is he all that he seems?

A Little Wine with Murder
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7.00
6 votes

#20 - A Little Wine with Murder

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/4/1984

A restuarant critic is killed, and his partner hires Rick and AJ to find out why and by whom.

Writer: Lee Maddux
Have You Hugged Your Private Detective Today?
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7.00
4 votes

#21 - 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.

Full Moon Blues
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7.00
4 votes

#22 - 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.

Eye of the Beholder
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7.00
3 votes

#23 - 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.

C'est Simon (2)
star
7.00
4 votes

#24 - C'est Simon (2)

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/1984

Mobile Home of the Brave
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7.03
33 votes

#25 - 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.