Episodes
Episode 1Aired Sep 18, 1983Rolling ThunderRace-driver Mark McCormick, tricked into stealing an experimental car, comes before Judge Milton Hardcastle. DetailsEpisode 2Aired Sep 18, 1983Rolling ThunderRetiring Judge Hardcastle offers McCormick an unusual deal, help him fight crime or go to prison. DetailsEpisode 3Aired Sep 25, 1983Man in a Glass HouseMobsters snatch a priest, the son of an ex-gangster, to get the father's incriminating files. DetailsEpisode 4Aired Oct 2, 1983The Crystal DuckMark violates parole by sheltering his ex-cellmate, who later holds up the judge's weekly poker game. DetailsEpisode 5Aired Oct 9, 1983Goin' Nowhere FastA convict (Robert Desiderio), seeking revenge on Hardcastle, escapes with the help of the warden's wife. DetailsEpisode 6Aired Oct 16, 1983The Black WidowMark and the judge get involved with a woman (Marta Du Bois) linked to the strange deaths of mob leaders. DetailsEpisode 7Aired Oct 23, 1983The BoxerBy pressuring a young boxer's father, a crooked promoter tries to force the Olympic hopeful to turn professional. DetailsEpisode 8Aired Oct 30, 1983Once Again With VigorishHardcastle plans to trap a dangerous loan shark by having Mark pose as a desperate escaped convict. DetailsEpisode 9Aired Nov 6, 1983Killer B'sMilton talks old pal Buddy Ebsen into taking a B-movie role in a plan to trap a drug-dealing producer. DetailsEpisode 10Aired Nov 13, 1983The Prince of Fat CityMilt and Mark shelter a young gang member (Stoney Jackson) marked for death from several fronts. DetailsEpisode 11Aired Nov 27, 1983HotshoesSo he can fill in for an injured driver, Mark begs Milt not to harass a race-car owner. DetailsEpisode 12Aired Dec 4, 1983Flying Down to RioHardcastle is framed for drug dealing when he and Mark try to stop Caribbean gunrunners. DetailsEpisode 13Aired Dec 11, 1983Just Another Round of That Old SongMark and Milton help an ex-convict find a 25-year-old cache before a crooked, retired police officer does. DetailsEpisode 14Aired Jan 1, 1984Third Down and Twenty Years to LifeMark poses as a student to discover if a man Hardcastle sentenced for murder actually committed the crime. DetailsEpisode 15Aired Jan 8, 1984Whistler's PrideHardcastle races his inherited Thoroughbred, unaware a desperate woman has fixed the competition. DetailsEpisode 16Aired Jan 15, 1984Mr. Hardcastle Goes to WashingtonMark and Hardcastle investigate a plot against the judge's nomination to the Supreme Court. DetailsEpisode 17Aired Jan 29, 1984School for ScandalA society-party heist leads Milt and Mark to a sophisticated, crime-school founder (Robert Culp). DetailsEpisode 18Aired Feb 5, 1984The Georgia Street MotorsAn inmate's decision to forgo parole leads to a band of vigilante judges; guest Efrem Zimbalist Jr. DetailsEpisode 19Aired Mar 4, 1984The HomecomingTwo old classmates of the judge's die mysteriously at his reunion in Kansas. DetailsEpisode 20Aired Mar 11, 1984The HomecomingWith Hardcastle presumed dead, McCormick goes into hiding with the daughter of one of the murdered alumni. DetailsEpisode 21Aired Mar 18, 1984Did You See the One That Got Away?The judge sees a man he sentenced to life and later discovers the criminal's records have disappeared. DetailsEpisode 22Aired Mar 25, 1984Really Neat Cars and Guys With a Sense of HumorMark's mechanic (Patrick Collins) "borrows" Coyote to impress a rich woman he met through a dating service. DetailsEpisode 23Aired Apr 1, 1984Scared StiffPrison inmates abused by corrupt officials revolt, taking Mark and the judge hostage; guests Red West, Daryl Anderson. Details