Detective School

5.5
197930m

Detective School is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC for four months in 1979, for a total of 13 episodes. The show was about an assortment of students who went to night school to learn basic detective skills, but who kept getting caught up in real criminal cases and getting themselves and their teacher into trouble. This show was written, directed, and produced by Jeff Harris and Bernie Kukoff, the creators of Diff'rent Strokes.

Seasons

13 Episodes • Premiered 1979

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1. A Bier on the House

Private eye Nick Harrigan teaches eager aspiring gumshoes who become suspicious when they notice ice cream trucks making regular deliveries to a funeral home.

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2. Oh, How We Danced

Nick's gun turns up missing—right after Charlene goes off to confront her cheating spouse.

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3. Lucy in the Sky with Pizza

Nick and his students investigate a diamond-stealing racket in a pizza parlor.

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4. Hooray for Bulgaria

The class poses as caterers at an embassy party to rescue a Bulgarian ballet dancer.

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5. Nick is Smitten

Nick's eagerness to help an attractive woman lands him in a trap set by a vengeful racketeer.

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6. Ice

Nick and the gang bodyguard a rich woman as she attends a fancy party wearing a priceless diamond.

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7. The Runaway

The class goes undercover as a motorcycle gang to retreive Nick's runaway niece.

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8. The Jewel Heist

Nick's students break into the wrong hotel room while on an assignment to retrieve stolen jewelry.

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9. One Word is Worth a Thousand Pictures

Nick tries to catch a blackmailer while the class searches her apartment for the incriminating photographs.

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10. Masseuse in the Cold, Cold Ground

Nick and the students investigate a massage parlor to catch a killer.

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11. The Killer-Diller Lingerie Caper

Silvio witnesses a murder—but doesn't recognize the investigating officer as the killer.

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12. Farewell, My Miss Glendale

The students search for a bomb while Nick judges a beauty pageant.

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13. The Bank Job

Bank robbers take Nick and his students hostage.

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