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Season 1

  • S01E01 Rest in Peace

    • October 10, 1990

    After being nearly killed by gunfire, Michael is contacted by the spirit of a dead astronaut.

  • S01E02 The Wrong Man

    • October 17, 1990

    Dead thief Lewis Delgado feels guilty over having framed an innocent man now on death row for murder.

  • S01E03 Cooper's Coroner

    • October 24, 1990

    A baseball announcer wants to make peace with the grown-up son of a former rival he framed for gambling.

  • S01E04 Concrete Evidence

    • October 31, 1990

    The ghost of a mob-involved musicians-union leader asks Burton to locate his missing corpse.

  • S01E05 Big Brother Is Watching

    • November 7, 1990

    The murdered ventioloquist Sibling of one of Michael's friends returns to point out his killer.

  • S01E06 Pointers From Paz

    • November 14, 1990

    Prodded by a dead detective framed for corruption, Michael goes after the true crooked cop.

  • S01E07 Where There's No Will There's a Weigh In

    • November 21, 1990

    The greedy nephew of a recently deceased retired woman plans to keep the portion of her estate she willed to her financially strapped seniors' centre.

  • S01E08 The Teacher from Hell

    • November 28, 1990

    The shade of Michael's old high school science teacher helps him solve the case of a reporter's apparent suicide.

  • S01E09 Some Like It Cold

    • December 5, 1990

    A touch and attractive lawyer on whom Michael had a crush falls in love with him—but only after she's murdered.

  • S01E10 Dreams

    • December 12, 1990

  • S01E11 Dead Dogs Tell No Tales

    • January 8, 1991

    Michael helps Trudy, a dog accidentally killed while being used in a bank robberty, save her four pups from similar fates.

  • S01E12 Send Up the Clowns

    • January 15, 1991

    Michael goes undercover at a circus to investigate the murder of two miming clowns, possibly by their ringmaster.

  • S01E13 Last Laugh

    • January 22, 1991

  • S01E14 Burial Ground

    • January 29, 1991

    While returning a suspect to L.A., Michael helps a Nevada cop killed trying to stop an Indian Payroll Service robbery.

  • S01E15 Cross the Center Line

    • February 5, 1991

    While Lt. Wesley is investigated for shooting a fleeing suspect, Michael encounters two '50s biker ghosts.

  • S01E16 Til Death Do Us Part

    • February 9, 1991

  • S01E17 Ten Little Thespians

    • February 16, 1991

    At a house party/murder mystery weekend, Michael encounters the shade of a novelist really killed at the house.

  • S01E18 The Really Big Sleep

    • February 23, 1991

    Tough, old-time private eye Sam Doyle, killed 50 years ago, wants Michael's help in nailing the louse who bumped him off.

  • S01E19 Line of Fire (1)

    • March 30, 1991

    TV evangelist Jimmy Scarborough, seeking an incriminating videotape of his murder of a call girl, stalks the TV-news-producer widow of Michael's former partner.

  • S01E20 Line of Fire (2)

    • April 6, 1991

    Part two of two: B.J.'s ghost, jealous of Linda and Michael's fledgling relationship, nevertheless helps Michael save her from Scarborough.