1x1 - The Canary

September 29, 1979

Arnie becomes romantically involved with a beautiful singer who is making a comeback. A fake attempt on her life, staged for publicity, becomes twisted and the attempts become real.

1x2 - The Abduction

October 6, 1979

Arnie and a young heiress are held hostage en route to Max's Father's Day speech at school.

1x3 - The Cover

October 2, 1979

Stephanie's cousin convinces Stephanie and Arnie to help him one last time. Only this time his con game kills a cop and almost kills Max.

1x4 - The Ledge

October 18, 1979

The diversion at the heist of a jeweler's trade show, an attempted suicide, is diverted by Max's friendship with the woman's daughter.

1x5 - The Rubens

October 19, 1979

The insurance agent for a company arranging a ""buy-back"" of a Rubens is mugged. Arnie becomes suspicious when the thief seems to know the insurance agent, and Arnie's investigation almost gets him killed.

1x6 - The Bar Mitzvah

October 25, 1979

Through Max's relationship with Paul, the Bar Mitzvah boy, Arnie learns Paul's mother is being blackmailed. When the blackmailer is killed, both Paul's mother and her husband come under suspicion.

1x7 - The Loser

November 15, 1979

Arnie unintentionally exposes a woman given a new identity by the FBI, and he now must protect her from the mob.

1x8 - The Assassin

November 21, 1979

Max eavesdrops on a phone call in which a hired killer is to murder Korman for revenge. Korman investigates with his computer, Arnie, who has common sense.

1x9 - The Fanatics

December 4, 1979

Stephanie, Jingles and Max accidentally become hostages when two fanatics plan to kill a civil rights leader who is staying at the hotel.

Brian Dennehy

Arnie Sutter

Doug McKeon

Max Sutter

Cynthia Sikes

Jingles Lodestar

George Wyner

George Korman

Kathryn Leigh Scott

Stephanie Marsh

Ty Henderson

Jerry Wilson