Simon & Simon (1981)

Action · Crime · Drama

A.J. Simon is a polished fellow with a taste for classic cars and tailored suits. Rick Simon is his less refined (but still pleasant) older brother who has a taste for cowboy boots and four-wheel drive pickups. The two of them live in San Diego, where they own a private detective agency.

IMDb rating: 7.1 (7,095 votes)
Episode average: 7.6 ↑ +0.5 vs IMDb
Seasons: 8
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 8 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1981)

7.61 avg 13 episodes 7.4 → 7.5 50 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Details at Eleven	7.4	166
2	Love, Christy	7.4	141
3	Trapdoors	7.7	138
4	A Recipe for Disaster	7.4	123
5	The Least Dangerous Game	7.6	123
6	The Dead Letter File	7.9	123
7	The Hottest Ticket in Town	7.5	118
8	Ashes to Ashes, and None Too Soon	8.0	113
9	The Uncivil Servant	7.6	105
10	Earth to Stacey	7.6	106
11	Double Entry	7.5	104
12	Matchmaker	7.8	103
13	Tanks for the Memories	7.5	100

Season 2 (1982)

7.66 avg 23 episodes 7.7 → 8.0 59 min avg

Rebound

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Emeralds Are Not a Girl's Best Friend	7.7	143
2	Mike & Pat	7.6	101
3	Guessing Game	7.4	96
4	Art for Arthur's Sake	7.6	88
5	The Ten Thousand Dollar Deductible	7.9	89
6	Rough Rider Rides Again	7.8	107
7	Sometimes Dreams Come True	7.4	99
8	The Last Time I Saw Michael	7.5	93
9	Fowl Play	7.4	89
10	Thin Air	7.9	101
11	Murder Between the Lines	7.6	93
12	Psyched Out	7.9	90
13	Pirate's Key: Part 1	7.8	94
14	Pirate's Key: Part 2	7.8	90
15	The Club Murder Vacation	7.7	90
16	It's Only a Game	7.7	84
17	Design for Killing	7.2	81
18	The List	7.5	83
19	What's in a Gnome?	8.1	100
20	The Secret of the Chrome Eagle	8.0	80
21	Room 3502	7.1	85
22	Red Dog Blues	7.5	83
23	The Skeleton Who Came Out of the Closet	8.0	90

Season 3 (1983)

7.54 avg 23 episodes 7.5 → 7.4 56 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Grand Illusion	7.5	80
2	D.J., D.O.A.	7.4	77
3	I Heard It Was Murder	7.7	76
4	Bail Out	7.4	78
5	Fly the Alibi Skies	7.7	84
6	Shadow of Sam Penny	7.4	78
7	Caught Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea	7.6	61
8	The Bare Facts	7.8	73
9	Too Much of a Good Thing	7.6	79
10	Betty Grable Flies Again	7.7	78
11	Bon Voyage, Alonso	7.7	75
12	All Your Favorite Games	7.6	72
13	John Doe	7.6	71
14	Dear Lovesick	7.4	71
15	Bloodlines	6.9	73
16	Heels and Toes	7.5	71
17	The Wrong Stuff	7.1	72
18	Double Play	7.9	79
19	Under the Knife	7.8	75
20	Harm's Way	7.4	67
21	The Dillinger Print	7.7	79
22	Corpus Delecti	7.6	68
23	The Disappearance of Harry the Hat	7.4	68

Season 4 (1984)

7.66 avg 22 episodes 7.4 → 7.9 58 min avg

Rebound

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	C'est Simon: Part 1	7.4	71
2	C'est Simon: Part 2	7.5	70
3	A Little Wine with Murder?	8.0	75
4	The Dark Side of the Street	8.0	77
5	Manna from Heaven	7.9	69
6	What Goes Around Comes Around	7.5	68
7	Who Killed the Sixties?	8.1	87
8	Break a Leg, Darling	7.2	70
9	Almost Completely Out of Circulation	8.1	81
10	Our Fair City	7.9	76
11	Deep Cover	7.8	69
12	Revolution #9-1/2	7.5	68
13	Yes, Virginia, There Is a Liberace	7.6	77
14	Almost Foolproof	7.7	72
15	Enter the Jaguar	7.8	60
16	Simon Without Simon: Part 1	7.5	70
17	Simon Without Simon: Part 2	7.6	70
18	Slither	7.4	73
19	The Mickey Mouse Mob	6.9	67
20	Mummy Talks	7.6	66
21	Marlowe, Come Home	7.6	66
22	Out-of-Town Brown	7.9	62

Season 5 (1985)

7.47 avg 24 episodes 7.4 → 7.2 54 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Love and/or Marriage	7.4	73
2	Burden of the Beast	7.6	62
3	The Third Eye	7.2	63
4	The Enchilada Express	7.5	62
5	The Skull of Nostradamus	7.1	63
6	Have You Hugged Your Private Detective Today?	7.4	61
7	Reunion at Alcatraz	7.6	62
8	Down-Home Country Blues	7.7	60
9	Quint Is Out	7.6	68
10	Walk a Mile in My Hat	7.8	69
11	Facets	7.7	65
12	Sunrise at Camp Apollo	7.4	68
13	The Blue Chip Stomp	6.9	58
14	Something for Sarah	7.8	61
15	Mobile Home of the Brave	7.3	59
16	Family Forecast	8.0	66
17	A Significant Obsession	7.9	69
18	For the People	7.7	59
19	Full Moon Blues	7.4	59
20	Eye of the Beholder	7.4	63
21	D-I-V-O-R-C-E	7.4	58
22	Act Five	6.9	68
23	The Last Harangue	7.3	55
24	The Apple Doesn't Fall Far from the Tree	7.2	66

Season 6 (1986)

7.72 avg 22 episodes 7.7 → 7.6 60 min avg

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Competition: Who Needs It?	7.7	61
2	A.W.O.L.	7.7	62
3	Still Phil After All These Years	7.9	61
4	The Cop Who Came to Dinner	7.7	64
5	Treasure	7.8	62
6	The Last Big Break	7.2	54
7	The Rookie	7.7	56
8	Like Father, Like Son	7.6	55
9	The Case of Don Diablo	7.6	64
10	Mrs. Simon & Mrs. Simon	7.8	62
11	Just Because I'm Paranoid...	7.6	63
12	Tonsillitis	7.6	57
13	Deep Water Death	8.0	57
14	For Old Crime's Sake	7.8	63
15	Opposites Attack	7.5	60
16	Judgement Call	8.0	59
17	Tanner, P.I. for Hire	7.3	53
18	Ancient Echoes	7.4	59
19	Second-Story Simons	7.7	60
20	I Thought the War Was Over	8.5	80
21	Lost Lady	8.1	60
22	Walking Point	7.6	59

Season 7 (1987)

7.61 avg 16 episodes 7.6 → 8.4 60 min avg

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	New Cop in Town	7.6	58
2	Desperately Seeking Dacody	7.7	62
3	You, Too, Can Be a Detective	7.0	58
4	Shadows	7.3	59
5	Second Swell	7.7	57
6	Forever Hold Your Piece	7.3	54
7	Tale of the Tiger	7.7	56
8	Nuevo Salvador	7.5	56
9	Bad Betty	7.9	58
10	Baja, Humbug	7.6	59
11	A Firm Grasp of Reality	7.7	58
12	Ties That Bind	7.6	57
13	Little Boy Dead	7.5	56
14	Sudden Storm	7.9	58
15	Something Special	7.4	55
16	May the Road Rise Up	8.4	72

Season 8 (1988)

7.45 avg 13 episodes 7.8 → 7.7 60 min avg

Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Beauty and Deceased	7.8	64
2	Simon & Simon and Associates	7.2	61
3	Zen and the Art of the Split-Finger Fastball	7.6	58
4	The Merry Adventures of Robert Hood	7.5	66
5	Ain't Gonna Get It from Me, Jack	7.4	62
6	Love Song of Abigail Marsh	7.8	59
7	Simon & Simon Jr.	7.4	60
8	Cloak of Danger	7.3	58
9	The Richer They Are the Harder They Fall	7.6	60
10	Play It Again, Simon	6.7	59
11	First, Let's Kill All the Lawyers	7.2	64
12	Photo Finished	7.7	59
13	Simon Says 'Good-Bye'	7.7	65