Simon & Simon - Season 8 - Eps 1: Beauty and Deceased
An old friend of the Simons, Beth, shows up in their office after finding a blackmail note given to one of the beauty contestants in her pageant. She's responsible for the pageant going off smoothly, so she wants the Simons to go undercover and find out who is being blackmailed by whom. With a sparkle in his eye, Rick decides that AJ will enter as a contestant while he will show up as a judge. AJ is less than happy about it, especially the swimsuit competition, but grudgingly agrees to do it. Things get more serious when the pageant host stumbles upon the blackmailer being beaten by two toughs. The blackmailer, realizing the host must have heard that he owed money to a loan shark, kills him. A pageant contestant finds the body and is immediately suspected of being the murderer. It turns out that she was the one being blackmailed because she was kicked out of her family for being an unmarried mother. The Simons don't believe she's guilty and get Abby to give them 48 hours to find the re
About Simon & Simon

Title: Simon & Simon
First Air Date: 1981-11-24
Last Air Date: 1989-03-02
Status: Ended
Rating: 6.7/10 (from 88 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 8
Total Episodes: 156
Network: CBS
Genres: Drama
Production Companies: Universal Television
Synopsis
A.J. Simon is a polished fellow with a taste for classic cars and tailored suits. Rick Simon is his less refined (but still pleasant) older brother who has a taste for cowboy boots and four-wheel drive pickups. The two of them live in San Diego, where they own a private detective agency.
Cast

Jameson Parker
A.J. Simon

Gerald McRaney
Rick Simon

Mary Carver
Cecilia Simon

Joan McMurtrey
Abigail Marsh