Diamonds

5.0

1987•1h

Diamonds is a Canadian television series, which aired from 1987 to 1989. The show starred Nicholas Campbell as Mike Devitt and Peggy Smithhart as Christina Towne, a divorced couple who continued to work together as private investigators. Devitt and Towne had originally met as television stars who played married private investigators on a TV series called Two of Diamonds. The show was frequently compared to the American series Moonlighting. In a direct nod to the comparison, one episode actually featured an encounter with a character who mistook Devitt and Towne for Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd. The cast also included Roland Magdane, Geraint Wyn Davies and Tony Rosato. Campbell was also an occasional writer for the series. The series aired on Global in Canada, and in a late night slot on CBS in the United States, as well as on the USA Network. It was one of several Canadian-produced drama series to air in the CBS Late Night block of crime dramas. Others included Adderly, Night Heat and Hot Shots.

Seasons

22 Episodes • Premiered 1987

1. Poison Pill

Two former husband-and-wife TV-detective actors take a chance with the real thing following the cancellation of their series. But will their skills gained from fiction be enough to solve real crimes?

2. Kiss and Tell

Mike and Chris become involved in a blackmail sceme after being hired by a man to investigate his wife.

3. There Once Was a Lady from Katmandu

A mysterious man hires Mike and Christina to find for a priceless diamond which has fallen into the hands of a fence.

4. Here Comes the Bride

5. Domestic Spirits

A distillery owner assumes his son is on a drunken binge but learns he has been abducted. Can the Diamond agency help?

6. Class Reunion

7. Good Hands

An unscrupulous insurance agent seduces a client, sells her a policy on her husband's life and then offers to help eliminate him. Talk about customer service!

8. The Smiling Mortician

Christina and Mike run across a funeral director with mob ties while searching for the missing corpse of a female friend's husband.

9. Fan Club

The maid, an obsessed fan of Mike's, decides to kill Christina to have him all to herself.

10. Little Girl Lost

A woman, hires the pair to find a daughter she gave up for adoption years before, believing Christina to be the long lost girl!

11. When the Wind Blows

International intrigue engulfs Mike and Christina when an intelligence agent abandons a tiny baby on their doorstep.

12. Ay, There's the Rib

The opposing sides in a marital dispute each hire Mike and Christina individually.

13. There's No Business

A lucrative offer makes Christina contemplate returning to show business while Mike investigates the odd murder of a young journalism student.

14. Family Plot

Mike and Christina can't distinguish between twins, one a murder suspect and the other a psychiatric patient. And which twin pays the bill?

15. Sweetheart Deal

Mike and Christina find themselves with a long list of suspects when their former Hollywood agent says that someone is trying to kill him.

16. The Final Cut

To catch a hairdresser whose blackmail threat she believes triggered his former lover's suicide, Christina poses as an amorous new customer.

17. Man with a Gun

Mike is investigated after shooting a man who appeared to have robbed a supermarket.

18. Where There's a Will

When a former fan bequeaths a million dollars to Mike and Christina with the stipulation that they remarry and have a child, they give full consideration to the idea until the money turns up missing.

19. Ghost Writer

Mike and Lou investigate when their old high school classmate, an engineer with a development project, is murdered.

20. Exposure

Their investigation of a writer friend's murder leads Mike and Christina to a dangerous love triangle.

21. Goodbye Cabin

Mike's old girlfriend, whose son needs a kidney transplant, asks him to locate her estranged husband, who is in the federal witness protection program.