Plot

Ex-cop Frank McBride and ex-con Pete Ryan start their own detective agency.

Former bunco Detective Frank MacBride (Eddie Albert) joins forces with a con artist he once sent to jail, Pete Ryan (Robert Wagner), to operate their own private detective agency. Most of their cases involve running cons on the bad guys in order to trick them into surrendering or revealing the whereabouts of the stolen loot, jewels, et cetera. Maggie Philbin (Sharon Gless) was their cute receptionist, and wacky restaurateur Malcolm Argos (Charlie Callas), whose mastery of disguise often came in handy in helping MacBride and Ryan on their cases, provided the comic relief.—Marty McKee <mmckee@soltec.net>

An ex-Los Angeles bunco cop, Frank MacBride (Eddie Albert), had put his ex-con and future partner, Pete Ryan (Robert Wagner), in custody. Pete learned that he was corrupt in about everything he did. After his release, he worked with Mac, in a detective agency, working as a private investigator. They operated on the wrong side of the law, while pulling the "switches" that involved other con men. They concocted schemes that could result in double-crosses, double-crossing themselves. They also travelled to various places (inside, within or near Los Angeles) to assign cases that involved other con men, murders, and solving crimes. Assisting them on the cases were Malcolm Argos (Charlie Callas), Mac's part-time thief who also became a funny man, prior to opening up the restaurant that was recruited by them, and Maggie Philbin (Sharon Gless), a young, cute secretary and receptionist, who was ever, the all-around girl Friday.—Gary Richard Collins II (gcollinsii@aol.com)