Simon & Simon
Emeralds Are Not a Girl's Best Friend
TV Flash files “Emeralds Are Not a Girl's Best Friend” as a desk essential hour — Simon & Simon (1981–1989) on CBS, season 2, episode 1, aired 1982-10-07, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E01: listed hour 14 of 156 in the Simon & Simon guide, first listed hour of season 2. It aired 1982-10-07 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Tanks for the Memories” (S01E13). Next is “Mike & Pat” (S02E02).
Essential hour: “Emeralds Are Not a Girl's Best Friend”. Emeralds Are Not a Girl's Best Friend is season two after the Magnum rescue: buddy-crime comfort food, convertibles, CBS action-night gravity.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Rick and A.J. are in Hawaii tailing a con artist who Jonathan Higgins of the Robin Masters' Estate, has just entrusted with $350,000 in proceeds from his charity event. The three follow her to South America, where they reel her in with a con of their own, using a huge emerald and A.J. as bait. Story aired as a cross-over with Magnum P.I.; the first half of the story, Ki'i's Don't Lie, aired as a Magnum P.I. episode immediately preceding Emeralds Are Not a Girl's Best Friend.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Emeralds Are Not a Girl's Best Friend sit in the Simon & Simon guide?
S02E01 is listed hour 14 of 156 — first listed hour of season 2, season 2 episode 1.
When did Simon & Simon S02E01 air?
Emeralds Are Not a Girl's Best Friend aired 1982-10-07 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…