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Switch is an American action-adventure, tongue-in-cheek detective series starring Eddie Albert and Robert Wagner, who work as private eyes, for a deceptive sting operation. It was broadcast on the CBS network for three seasons between September 9, 1975 and August 20, 1978, bumping the Hawaii Five-O detective series to Friday nights.

First Aired

1975-09-09
Last Aired

1978-07-09
Creator

Glen A. Larson
Genre

Action & Adventure, Drama
Seasons

3
Episodes

70
Status

Ended
Language

English
Network

CBS

Keywords:

con man ex-cop private investigator los angeles, california detective agency

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Season 1

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1. The James Caan Con

An wannabe actor who blackmails women targets an actress who ask for help from Pete and Frank.

An wannabe actor who blackmails women targets an actress who ask for help from Pete and Frank.Less

60mins 1975-09-09

2. The Late Show Murders

A ex-cop now private investigator murders a man who stole jewels and takes the jewels himself. Pete an...More

A ex-cop now private investigator murders a man who stole jewels and takes the jewels himself. Pete and Frank help the cops by linking the murder and the jewels to the private investigator.Less

60mins 1975-09-16

3. The Old Diamond Game

The treasurer of a retirement home takes the money and runs away to Brazil. The owner asks Pete and Ma...More

The treasurer of a retirement home takes the money and runs away to Brazil. The owner asks Pete and Mac to get the money back or the home will be shut down and the residents will have no place to go. Since the man can't be extradited . Mac and Pete decide to get him to give up the money by pretending to have a diamond mine they want to sell.Less

60mins 1975-09-23

4. Stung from Beyond

A small group of con artists, including two women( one played by Joan Collins), use seances to dupe th...More

A small group of con artists, including two women( one played by Joan Collins), use seances to dupe their gullible clients out of their Stockmarket investments.Less

60mins 1975-09-30

5. The Deadly Missiles Caper

A woman persuades Pete and Mac to investigate and prove her wealthy Father was murdered by her unscrup...More

A woman persuades Pete and Mac to investigate and prove her wealthy Father was murdered by her unscrupulous Uncle.Less

60mins 1975-10-07

6. The Man Who Couldn't Lose

Pete and Mac try to uncover the location of a high jacked armored truck's loot.

Pete and Mac try to uncover the location of a high jacked armored truck's loot.Less

60mins 1975-10-14

7. Death Heist

Pete and Mac have only 11 days to solve an old emerald robbery.

Pete and Mac have only 11 days to solve an old emerald robbery.Less

60mins 1975-10-21

8. The Body at the Bottom

An ex-con turns to Pete and Mac for help when he's accused of torching a warehouse on the waterfront. ...More

An ex-con turns to Pete and Mac for help when he's accused of torching a warehouse on the waterfront. Certain that the warehouse owner is the real culprit, the two detectives plan a con to nail him, trying to convince him that he's a murderer who disposed of his victim under the burnt warehouse.Less

60mins 1975-11-04

9. The Cruise Ship Murders

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60mins 1975-11-11

10. Kiss of Death

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60mins 1975-11-25

11. Death By Resurrection

A client asks Pete to do a background check on a man with possible mob connections, who wants to marry...More

A client asks Pete to do a background check on a man with possible mob connections, who wants to marry his daughter .Less

60mins 1975-12-02

12. The Cold War Con

A fashion model is abducted by white slavers. Pete and Mac devise a plan to rescue her.

A fashion model is abducted by white slavers. Pete and Mac devise a plan to rescue her.Less

60mins 1975-12-09

13. Through the Past Deadly

A bomb is planted in Ryan's car and he is injured. Mac tries to find the one who planted the bomb and ...More

A bomb is planted in Ryan's car and he is injured. Mac tries to find the one who planted the bomb and starts by looking for the one who sold the explosive used. He finds the seller dead and all signs lead him to think it has something to do with a man named Speer who's the man who brought Ryan and Mac together. While waiting for the police to find the one who planted the bomb Mac recalls how they got together. It was two years ago and Mac was trying to get Speer for killing his partner and sought Ryan's help because Speer killed someone close to Ryan.Less

60mins 1975-12-16

14. Mistresses, Murder and Millions

A business magnate involved in a hideous divorce is kidnapped, and the kidnappers later critically wou...More

A business magnate involved in a hideous divorce is kidnapped, and the kidnappers later critically wound a police officer. Pete and Mac suspect that the man's soon-to-be-ex-wife and his girlfriend may be behind the kidnapping -- along with somebody else.Less

60mins 1975-12-23

15. The Walking Bomb

Extortionists kidnap a bank executive and strap a bomb to his chest in order to force him to pay them ...More

Extortionists kidnap a bank executive and strap a bomb to his chest in order to force him to pay them a fortune. When the bank executive suffers a heart attack, they let him go -- and strap the bomb to Pete Ryan instead.Less

60mins 1976-01-06

16. Ain't Nobody Here Named Barney

A loony sculptor claims her grandfather wasn't buried in his grave at all. Turns out he was ("When we ...More

A loony sculptor claims her grandfather wasn't buried in his grave at all. Turns out he was ("When we put them down there, they stay down", says a minor character), but there is also evidence that $4.3 million in embezzled money is -- or was -- down there too. When Pete and Mac take up the case and find the money hijacked from a computer account, they also come upon a shadowy killer who is intent on making the sculptor look crazy or dead and take them with her.Less

60mins 1976-01-13

17. Come Die with Me

A stewardess stumbles on an air crew's plan to steal Federal money bags on her flight. She is murdered...More

A stewardess stumbles on an air crew's plan to steal Federal money bags on her flight. She is murdered by them and they then frame Pete for her demise.Less

60mins 1976-01-27

18. One of Our Zeppelins Is Missing

A car collector (Dabney. Coleman) is blackmailed by a revengeful woman out to punish Mac who she blame...More

A car collector (Dabney. Coleman) is blackmailed by a revengeful woman out to punish Mac who she blames for putting her husband in prison.Less

60mins 1976-02-10

19. Before the Holocaust

Pete and Mac check out a gun club in the mountains which stockpiles supplies for wealthy buyers who wa...More

Pete and Mac check out a gun club in the mountains which stockpiles supplies for wealthy buyers who want to hide in its bunkers in case of a nuclear war. The club's proprietors are swindlers who have already murdered an employee.Less

60mins 1976-02-17

20. Big Deal in Paradise

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60mins 1976-02-24

21. The Case of the Purloined Case

Pete and Mac become involved in the search for a missing briefcase with something of value inside, som...More

Pete and Mac become involved in the search for a missing briefcase with something of value inside, something that a disparate cast of characters is also after and quite possibly willing to kill for.Less

60mins 1976-03-02

22. The Girl on the Golden Strip

Unknown to himself, a Vegas nightclub singer turns into his alter ego, a deranged slasher-killer, when...More

Unknown to himself, a Vegas nightclub singer turns into his alter ego, a deranged slasher-killer, when he hears one of his own classic songs. Pete and Mac get on the trail of the murderer but are sidelined by criminal activity on the parts of his managers. Filmed on location in Las Vegas and on Lake Mead.Less

60mins 1976-03-16

23. Round Up the Usual Suspects

The beautiful client's (Veronica Hamel) brother is falsely imprisoned in Casablanca, and it's up to Pe...More

The beautiful client's (Veronica Hamel) brother is falsely imprisoned in Casablanca, and it's up to Pete and Mac to get him out before it's too late.Less

60mins 1976-03-23

24. Death Squad

A woman Pete knows shows UP with her son. She tells him her husband called and told her they're in dan...More

A woman Pete knows shows UP with her son. She tells him her husband called and told her they're in danger and That they had to get away. She and Pete Go to meet her husband, he says he was hired to do something. When he found out its illegal he tried to get out but they're telling him, he has to do it and they threatened his family. Before he could say anything else the ones following him show up and take him. Pete and Mac Try to Find out whats going on, the men Show trying to get the boy but When they couldn't Find him, they take the mother, they also take Maggie to ...Less