Steve Aldous has a lifelong interest in music, cinema and crime fiction. Author of a number of well-received short stories, articles and essays, he lives in Bury, Lancashire, UK.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments and Authors' Notes

Foreword by Les Lannom

Introduction by Steve Aldous

Part One: The Harry O Pilots, 1972-74

The First Pilot: "Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On"

The Second Pilot: "Smile Jenny, You're Dead"

Part Two: Season One, 1974-75

Season One Overview: San Diego

1.1-"Gertrude"

1.2-"The Admiral's Lady"

1.3-"Guardian at the Gates"

1.4-"Mortal Sin"

1.5-"Coinage of the Realm"

1.6-"Eyewitness"

1.7-"Shadows at Noon"

1.8-"Ballinger's Choice"

1.9-"Second Sight"

1.10-"Material Witness"

1.11 / 1.12-"Forty Reasons to Kill": (Parts 1 and 2)

1.13-"Accounts Balanced"

Season One Overview: Los Angeles

1.14-"The Last Heir"

1.15-"For the Love of Money"

1.16-"The Confetti People"

1.17-"Sound of Trumpets"

1.18-"Silent Kill"

1.19-"Double Jeopardy"

1.20-"Lester"

1.21-"Elegy for a Cop"

1.22-"Street Games"

Part Three: Season Two, 1975-76

Season Two Overview

2.1-"Anatomy of a Frame"

2.2-"One for the Road"

2.3-"Lester Two"

2.4-"Shades"

2.5-"Portrait of a Murder"

2.6-"The Acolyte"

2.7-"Mayday"

2.8-"Tender Killing Care"

2.9-"APB Harry Orwell"

2.10-"Group Terror"

2.11-"Reflections"

2.12-"Exercise in Fatality"

2.13-"The Madonna Legacy"

2.14-"Mister Five and Dime"

2.15-"Book of Changes"

2.16-"Past Imperfect"

2.17-"Hostage"

2.18-"Forbidden City"

2.19-"Victim"

2.20-"Ruby"

2.21-"The Mysterious Case of Lester and Dr. Fong"

2.22-"Death Certificate"

Part Four: Cancellation and Legacy

Cancellation

Legacy

Postscript

Appendices

A:¿David Janssen Film and TV Credits

B:¿Anthony Zerbe Film and TV Credits

C:¿Henry Darrow Film and TV Credits

D:¿Howard Rodman Film and TV Credits

E:¿Jerry Thorpe Film and TV Credits

F:¿Nielsen Primetime Rankings

G:¿Original U.K. Broadcast Dates

H:¿Our Top Dozen Harry O Episodes

I:¿DVD Releases

J:¿Novels

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index