Hollywood Beat

Season

1985

7.1

Nick McCarren and Jack Rado work far from the glamorous area of Los Angeles, donning oddball outfits working undercover. The headquarters in the seedy area is a business run by out George Grinsky, and they report to Captain Wes Biddle.

Episode List

S1 • E1

Pilot

A prostitute is found dead in a garbage container and several homeless people are beaten and appear with serious injuries, lying in the alleys. Captain Crusader readies his men to hunt down the murderer.

S1 • E2

King of Diamonds

Gideon King, a veteran private eye, witnesses the robbery of a jewelry store; muggers deposit the loot in the trunk of a car, then flee in a second vehicle.

S1 • E3

Double Exposure

The murder of young photographer David Hall, at the hands of an arms dealer, leads Christie, the boy's girlfriend, to provide vital information to Nick and Jack about the reasons that led the dealer to kill David.

S1 • E4

No Place to Hide

A man named Roger Coleman is found dead in his apartment. After finding a credit card left there, Nick and Rado believe they can identify the murderer.

S1 • E5

Across the Line

Thanks to Aussie's confidence, a friend of Rado's, the two detectives set out to nab John T. Rainey, a dangerous narc.

S1 • E6

Baby Blues

Nick and Rado aid a marine, Bobby Joe, who has gone AWOL in search of his pregnant girlfriend.

S1 • E7

The Long Weekend

Detectives Nick and Jack are assigned to protect Harvey Minick, one of the accountants of a well-known gangster named Earl Cain, against whom he has to testify before the Grand Jury.

S1 • E8

Fast Hustle

Stack, Nick and Rado's informant, is embroiled in the murder of journalist Roger Bourne, who was on the trail of Scanlon, a narcotics smuggler who operates from his own docks.

S1 • E9

Siege

Vance Bates is a wanted criminal, arms and drug dealer, and murderer of a federal police officer. He's been tracked in Hollywood and Nick and Rado are part of the dragnet.

S1 • E10

Let's Have Lunch

Eddie Cooper, a well-known film actor, receives death threats when he is shooting a movie in the middle of the street; Captain Biddle assigns Nicky and Rado to protect the actor.

S1 • E11

Dead Heat

Rado and Nick assist a San Francisco cop to trail a murderous forger.

S1 • E12

Girls, Girls, Girls

A young couple commit a robbery at the cinema where Nick and Rado attend with their girlfriends.

S1 • E13

Connections

Annie Shane, possible witness to the murder of two drug dealers is wanted by the police; Nick and Rado suspect that there is more than just a reckoning.

S1 • E14

Out in the Cold

Parker, a rogue CIA operative has been framed for murder by a double agent. Nick and Rado join forces with Parker to save a defecting Russian piano player.