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Season 1

  • S01E01 Episode 1

    • December 28, 1990
    • CBS

    A pharmacist goes undercover to expose a ring of drug-dealing doctors; a flaming automobile with a corpse inside is a clue in a bizarre murder story; and a mother who lost her child when emigrating to the United States searches for her son in hopes of being reunited after forty years.

  • S01E02 Episode 2

    • March 29, 1991
    • CBS

    An eleven-year-old boy provides the police with significant clues in the search for his missing mother; a device for washing bean sprouts is the unlikely bait when police try to bust an Asian drug ring; and eight adult siblings, adopted as children, seek to reunite.

  • S01E03 Episode 3

    • April 5, 1991
    • CBS

    The mystery of a humming sound emanating from the waters of a houseboat marina in Northern California; two Seattle residents poisoned by cyanide-laced capsules spurs an investigation that reveals a murder plot; a man sentenced to 55 years in prison begins a letter-writing campaign to prove his innocence.

  • S01E04 Episode 4

    • April 12, 1991
    • CBS

    A convicted felon about to go to prison takes his 20-month-old daughter from her mother; a detective on her frist homicide case tracks a murderer; and a sheriff comes up with creative ways to lure fugitives out of hiding.

  • S01E05 Episode 5

    • April 26, 1991
    • CBS

    Stolen high-tech telephones transmit the whereabouts of the thieves who took them; an eavesdropper listens in on a terrifying murder plot; and a son searches for his estranged mother after 44 years.

  • S01E06 Episode 6

    • June 21, 1991
    • CBS

    A man's search for the hit-and-run driver who killed his sister; a police search for a missing cockatiel and $8,000 worth of stolen household items.

  • S01E07 Episode 7

    • June 28, 1991
    • CBS

    A communicable disease specialist seeks the source of a rare disease contracted by a baby; a piece of cheese with strange teeth marks provides the only clue in a burglary case.