Jessica (Angela Lansbury) poses as a wealthy hypochondriac to investigate the murder of a hospital CPA. With Dirk Benedict, Nicolas Coster and Shirley Knight.
The usual courtroom battle between Mason and District Attorney Hamilton Burger can't take place as Burger has himself disqualified because the defendant, Mason's client, is a good friend of his.
Martin Selkirk is a major league rotter who wants Claire Allison in the worst way even though she's dating Dirk Benedict. Selkirk has Dirk's jaw broken and begins sending Claire threatening mail. Then Selkirk is murdered in his beach house and Claire is arrested for the crime. Perry takes the case and finds that the evidence points in the direction of Selkirk's five year old son. Or does it?
A professional golfer is murdered following his biggest victory and the young opponent he defeated is charged with the crime.
The Bunker home gets a visit by a fast talking furnace inspector who cons Archie into signing a contract to purchase two-thousand dollars worth of aluminim siding. Later, Irene and George warn Archie that the man is a fraud but are too late, the installation crew has just shown up.
