Detective Paul Drake helps a magazine publisher locate an heiress. But when the publisher is cut out of a deal and a con man is poisoned, the heiress is charged with murder.
Matt Dillon pursues a murderer-bank robber into Mexico only to end up with his prisoner in a Mexican jail.
Matt Dillon and his prisoner, Charlie Hacker, get released from a Mexican jail, but meet a gang of bandits while riding toward Texas.
The Christmas season doesn't mean any less work for Jon and Ponch. At the community church, thieves run off with a 15th century bell that means a great deal to the local kids. The thieves also operate a car-theft ring and prey on unsuspecting car sellers by taking the cars for a test drive and not returning. When the criminals get into an auto accident, their strange behavior gives them away and they are arrested.
Walker, Trivette and Alex must protect a neighborhood against a gang that uses arson to intimidate witnesses and then tries to kill the arriving firefighters.
