Simon & Simon
The Least Dangereous Game
TV Flash files “The Least Dangereous Game” as hour 5 of 156 in the TV Flash guide — Simon & Simon (1981–1989) on CBS, season 1, episode 5, aired 1981-12-29, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E05: listed hour 5 of 156 in the Simon & Simon guide, hour 5 of 13 in season 1. It aired 1981-12-29 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “A Recipe for Disaster” (S01E04). Next is “The Dead Letter File” (S01E06).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Rick and AJ are hired by the zoo to find out why a keeper died. What they soon realize is they are being set up to prevent them from discovering an even larger secret.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Least Dangereous Game sit in the Simon & Simon guide?
S01E05 is listed hour 5 of 156 — hour 5 of 13 in season 1, season 1 episode 5.
When did Simon & Simon S01E05 air?
The Least Dangereous Game aired 1981-12-29 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Did Magnum, P.I. actually save it?
Scheduling after Magnum turned a struggling show into a hit. The brother contrast might have died without that CBS action-night gravity. Lead-in as life support, then eight seasons.
In the series
Why this series still plays
San Diego brother PIs: denim-and-Camaro Rick versus preppy A.J., a contrast that would have died in the ratings if Magnum's lead-in hadn't rescued it. Gerald McRaney and Jameson Parker sell the bickering as love language. Buddy-crime comfort food that ran eight seasons on chemistry, convertibles, and CBS action-night gravity.
The instrument is contrast: denim-and-Camaro Rick versus preppy A.J., sibling PIs whose bickering is the love language. CBS's *Simon & Simon* (1981–1989) starred Gerald McRaney and Jameson Parker in Philip DeGuere's brother-buddy template — a detective agency in San Diego that would have died in the ratings if pairing after *Magnum, P.I.* hadn't rescued it. Convertibles, chemistry, CBS action-night gravity. The blotter will lead with the lead-in. The text is the contrast, not the cases.
Filed against
- Gerald McRaney as Rick Simon
Gerald McRaney's Rick Simon was denim-and-Camaro opposite preppy A.J. on Simon & Simon — San Diego brother PIs, bickering as love language, a contrast Magnum's lead-in helped rescue. Eight seasons of buddy-crime comfort. TV Flash files…
- Jameson Parker as A.J. Simon
Jameson Parker’s A.J. Simon prepped the bickering on Simon & Simon — San Diego brother PIs, denim-and-Camaro Rick versus the prep, eight seasons of buddy-crime comfort Magnum’s lead-in helped rescue. Love language as a case file. TV Flash…