S1 E1 • Happy Days Are Here Again

Senator candidate Kyle Williams' lover is killed after she threatens to reveal their affair. His speechwriter admits to him that he was the murderer, but threatens to frame him unless he cooperates.

Première diffusion : 26 septembre 1987

S1 E2 • Fatal Attraction (1)

Carson Warfield is having an affair with his stepmother, and together they kill his father and frame a thief who used to work for them. When things don't add up McCabe gets suspicious, and starts nosing around.

Première diffusion : 29 septembre 1987

S1 E3 • Fatal Attraction (2)

Carson Warfield is having an affair with his stepmother, and together they kill his father and frame a thief who used to work for them. When things don't add up McCabe gets suspicious, and starts nosing around.

Première diffusion : 29 septembre 1987

S1 E5 • The Man That Got Away

A wealthy lawyer kills his ex-wife's new man and frames her for the murder. She is arrested, and he takes the job of being her lawyer.

Première diffusion : 13 octobre 1987

S1 E6 • Love for Sale

A call girl discovers that her pimp uses her to smuggle drugs. She contacts McCabe, but is killed just as they meet.

Première diffusion : 20 octobre 1987

S1 E7 • Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

For some time David Thompson has gone out and killed bums, so that the police believe a serial killer is loose. Then when he lures his brother to an alley and kills him the same way, he won't be a suspect.

Première diffusion : 27 octobre 1987

S1 E8 • Body and Soul

""Mad"" Marvin Michaels, the owner of an electronics store, is killed, and ex-con Bradford Long is the main suspect. McCabe assigns the case to the cop Karen Stetson, whose father was killed by Long.

Première diffusion : 3 novembre 1987

S1 E9 • The Man I Love

Glen Latimer pushes his newly married rich wife Nancy of their boat, but she survives and is brought to a hospital. She is unsure if it was just an accident, so Jake goes befriends Glen posing as Nancy's brother.

Première diffusion : 10 novembre 1987

S1 E10 • Love Me Or Leave Me

Ed Galvin escapes while he is being transported to prison, after threatening the life of McCabe and Andy Harmon (the cop who arrested him) during his trial.

Première diffusion : 17 novembre 1987

S1 E11 • Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

A burglar kills a woman and blinds her nurse before fleeing. The police catch him, but have to let him go because the nurse can't identify him. When she is scheduled for an operation that could restore her eyesight, they fear he'll try to kill her.

Première diffusion : 1 décembre 1987

S1 E12 • Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

One of the deputy DAs finally gets her first murder case when a man she was investigating for skipping alimony payments turns up dead.

Première diffusion : 8 décembre 1987

S1 E13 • After You've Gone

Jake spots the hit man Sagittarius at the airport and follows him, but he spots Jake and is fatally wounded in the following gunfight. Jake takes his place to try to find out who the target was.

Première diffusion : 5 janvier 1988

S1 E14 • It Had to Be You

Leslie Randall, a former PR manager for McCabe is raped. The rapist, a psychiatrist, frames one of his patients with an anonymous tip to the police.

Première diffusion : 12 janvier 1988

S1 E15 • But Not for Me

A known mob man is killed in the home of star reporter Candace Morgan. She says he was shot through the window while she was interviewing him, but McCabe gets suspicious when there is one too many bullets.

Première diffusion : 19 janvier 1988

S1 E16 • What Is This Thing Called Love?

A man takes a courtroom hostage - with Derek and McCabe in it.

Première diffusion : 26 janvier 1988

S1 E17 • Lady, Be Good

A friend of McCabe is murdered just as he is about to fake his own death so his wife can collect a 4.5 million-dollar life insurance.

Première diffusion : 2 février 1988

S1 E18 • I'll Be Seeing You

A small time crook comes to McCabe offering to testify against the crime boss O'Rourke, after laying low for ten years. McCabe is suspicious, but is more than willing to go along with anything that can get O'Rourke behind bars.

Première diffusion : 16 février 1988

S1 E19 • Babyface

The daughter of the wealthy Amos Banning arranges her own kidnapping, and murders her accomplice once she has the ransom.

Première diffusion : 23 février 1988

S1 E20 • Blues in the Night

Jennifer Wilding gets a surprise when her identical twin sister turns up wanting to resume their previous partnership - one steals jewelry and the other provides an alibi.

Première diffusion : 16 mars 1988

S1 E21 • How Long Has This Thing Been Going On?

A friend of Jake, Matthew Hammond, is having an affair with a rich lady. They decide to marry, but when she asks her husband for a divorce, he kills her and frames Hammond.

Première diffusion : 23 mars 1988

S1 E22 • I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plans

A former cop who is now a crime writer commits a clever murder so that he can write a book about it that is likely to become a best seller.

Première diffusion : 30 mars 1988

S1 E23 • Rhapsody in Blue

Ned Covington and his wife plan to kill his boss, Phil Duncan, when he is passed over for promotion, but they kill another employee by mistake. Realizing this they try to frame Duncan for the murder.

Première diffusion : 6 avril 1988