Episode list

Casey urges Herb to help a young man who's charged with murdering his future father-in-law. Most people say the dead man was a wonderful guy, but those who knew him privately paint him as an obnoxious wife-beating jerk.

Ex-con Frank Harbach comes to Herb Maris when a couple of old prison mates pay him a visit. The thugs force him to hold the $30,000 they stole in a robbery, or they'll implicate him in their crime and do harm to his wife. When the pair comes to collect their cash, they discover it missing; Frank's wife had turned it over to her father, a cop. The desperate duo take Frank and Herb hostage. Alarmed by Maris' failure to show up at his office, Lt. Weston jumps into action to save his friend.

Ex-convict Jimmy Dennis is accused of murdering a gangster who's found shot dead in his gift shop. Maris and Lt. Weston had helped rehabilitate Jimmy and believe he's being framed. The case turns when a witness reports seeing some other known criminals leaving the store the night of the murder.

A masked, armed robber holds up an oil executive and his secretary and takes a quarter of a million dollars in securities. Based on a cuff-link, the secretary identifies the robber as an employee. Maris believes the young engineer is innocent and questions other potential suspects around the oil field.

Maid Angela Valez is charged with killing the woman she works for. She was placed by an employment agency that brings young women to America as domestics before forcing them into the escort business. Maris has his receptionist go undercover and apply to the agency as a visitor from Scandinavia.

Jazz musician Dave Parnell is charged with the murder of his girlfriend, a popular guitarist. Dave believes he did it since he was found passed out by her body with a bloody knife in his hand, but he doesn't actually remember. He was loopy with sleeping pills prescribed for his insomnia. Maris looks into who would benefit from the girlfriend being dead.

Joe Taner is an angry young man who's been pushed to be an overachiever his entire life; he even received an award from the president and a war wound in Korea. His dominating sister comes to Herb when he's arrested for a series of home robberies, but Joe doesn't want any help from his sister or anyone she's hired.

Tom Chambers, the co-owner of an archery range, is charged with killing his psychologist. After a quarrel, the doctor is found at his desk with an arrow sticking out of his back. Chambers, who claims his innocence, admits to being on edge lately, but says it's all because of his business.

A grandfather accuses his grandson of breaking into his safe a stealing money and jewels. The old man administers the teenager's trust fund with an iron grip,convinced the hot rod-racing boy is too immature to manage his money wisely. Maris finds a clue to the case when he learns sleepwalking runs in the Burkhart family.

A bartender from the Golden Grill restaurant is arrested for selling stolen jewelry to a pawn shop. The gems were heisted from a couple dining at the Grill; at the same time, their house was being robbed. Maris thinks that's more than just a coincidence.