The Detectives is an American crime drama series which ran on ABC during its first two seasons and on NBC during its third and final season. Robert Taylor stars as Detective Captain Matt Holbrook, the tough, no-nonsense head of an elite police investigative unit in a major U.S. city. Ostensibly, each man in Holbrook's hand-picked squad of detectives came from a different division. Lt. Johnny Russo (Tige Andrews) was from burglary, Lt. Jim Conway (Lee Farr) came from Homicide and Lt. Otto Lindstrom (Russell Thorson) was from the Bunco Squad. In the series' second season, Farr left the series and was replaced by Mark Goddard as Detective Sgt. Chris Ballard. Future Batman star Adam West joined the cast during the third season as Sgt. Steve Nelson.
Captain Matt Holbrook (Robert Taylor) and his three lieutenants become involved with a narcotics ring in "The Bait." Captain Holbrook devises a plan in which a narcotics addict is briefed by the police to act on the side of the law in the hope that he will be the bait for a dope pedlar who will lead police to the dope wholesaler. Jay Adler co-stars as the addict, Chickie, who is set to spring the trap and catch a man known as the Kingpin.
Suspected murderer has plenty of alibis but the people he was supposed to have been with tells police he wasn't anywhere near them.
Complete episode guide for The Detectives with detailed information about every season and episode including air dates, summaries, ratings, and streaming availability in United States.
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Captain Holbrook masquerades as a drunk In an attempt to rescue Sergeant Ballard from the grip of Frankie, an escaped convict.
Mobster Joe Keeley has vowed to do away with the witnesses to a murder he committed. Desperate to bag the fugitive killer before he can get to the witnesses, Captain Matt Holbrook assigns volunteer Johnny Russo to masquerade in prison as a convict, in order to learn the location of Keeley's hideout.
Burglar's victim charges police officer let thief escape. Capt. Matt Holbrook suspends Sgt. Nelson for shooting a burglary victim and letting the suspect escape. The victim says his hands were tied behind him when he was shot, but Nelson believes that the victim was party to the burglary and takes a risk to prove his theory.