Hardcastle and McCormick
Milton C. Hardcastle was a Judge in Los Angeles County. Mark McCormick, a racing motorist, convicted for robbery, was Hardcastles last case. McCormick was placed under supervision of Hardcastle, and they start to inspect 200 cases that were never closed totally during Milton's judgeship.
- 1983-1986
- 3 seasons
- ABC
- Action & Adventure, Suspense, Drama
Milton C. Hardcastle was a Judge in Los Angeles County. Mark McCormick, a racing motorist, convicted for robbery, was Hardcastles last case. McCormick was placed under supervision of Hardcastle, and they start to inspect 200 cases that were never closed totally during Milton's judgeship.
Season 3 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 1985 - 1986
Episode 1
She Ain't Deep But She Sure Runs Fast
Mon, Sep 23, 1985
While on vacation in the Oregon wilderness, the plane in which the Judge and Mark are passengers, crashes with the pilot dead. They come across a campsite destroyed by a grizzly bear and a murdered fisherman (Terry Bradshaw).They take an inflatable raft and brave a river full of rapids. They're spotted by 3 men who prey on those they find in the wilderness. It becomes a matter of life or death as they try to escape the murdering hunters.
Episode 2
Faster Heart
Mon, Sep 30, 1985
One of McCormick's old flames is nearly killed in a drag race---and then again in the hospital, where someone tries to give her a lethal injection.
Episode 3
The Yankee Clipper
Mon, Oct 7, 1985
After a funeral for a friend who disappeared in Vietnam, McCormick discovers someone digging up the casket---and it's the buddy he thought he buried.
Episode 4
Something's Going on on This Train
Mon, Oct 14, 1985
Judge Hardcastle gets on a train that's supposed to be for a convention. Trouble is, there is no convention. Several other people are there for different reasons and then start getting killed off.
Episode 5
The Career Breaker
Mon, Oct 28, 1985
The judge is jailed for raping a sheriff's daughter, a frame engineered by a sore loser in a fishing contest---but involving more than a trophy.
Episode 6
Do Not Go Gentle
Mon, Nov 4, 1985
Hardcastle gets told he only has six months to live, and starts behaving very diffrently.
Episode 7
Games People Play
Mon, Nov 11, 1985
McCormick becomes a contestant on a TV quiz show that's rigged by two producers who couldn't come up with the $1 million prize.
Episode 8
Strangle Hold
Mon, Nov 18, 1985 60 mins
The death of McCormick's former lover leads him and Hardcastle into the rough-and-tumble world of women's wrestling.
Episode 9
You're Sixteen, You're Beautiful, and You're His
Mon, Nov 25, 1985
At a teen-age beauty pageant, Hardcastle and McCormick uncover a ring that imports illegal aliens.
Episode 10
Mirage a Trois
Mon, Dec 2, 1985 60 mins
Mark is mistaken for the boyfriend of a sheik's daughter, which could put him, her---and the U.S. oil supply---in grave danger.
Episode 11
Conventional Warfare
Mon, Dec 9, 1985
A judges' convention is being held at the same hotel as a gathering of crime families, some of whom have grudges to settle among themselves.
Episode 12
Duet for Two Wind Instruments
Mon, Dec 16, 1985
Hardcastle and McCormick investigate a case in which the judge's guilty sentence was reversed and the prisoner released, but neither the ex-con nor the victim wants the case reopened.
Episode 13
If You Could See What I See
Mon, Jan 6, 1986
Mark hires a former cellmate's widow as a maid and it turns out she's psychic---and is being tormented by visions of Mark's murder.
Episode 14
Hardcastle for Mayor
Mon, Jan 13, 1986
Hardcastle is persuaded to run for mayor, but he didn't expect murder to be a campaign issue.
Episode 15
When I Look Back on All the Things
Mon, Feb 3, 1986
A default notice on an $18,000 loan takes Mark back six years to the circumstances that got him sent to prison.
Episode 16
Brother, Can You Spare a Crime?
Mon, Feb 10, 1986 60 mins
Hardcastle's ne'er-do-well brother pays a visit, swearing he's gone straight---but actually intending to ask the judge for $100,000 to pay a gambling debt.
Episode 17
Round Up the Old Gang
Mon, Feb 17, 1986
Hardcastle visits his college roommate to return a basketball trophy, only to find the man being abducted by thugs in his office garage.
Episode 18
McCormick's Bar and Grill
Mon, Feb 24, 1986
McCormick's father wins a bar in a card game and deeds it to his son, who finds the place dilapidated, but desperately desired by the man who lost it.
Episode 19
Poker Night
Mon, Mar 3, 1986
Murderous liquor-store robbers take refuge at Hardcastle's house on poker night, with another judge, a cop and a DA sitting in.
Episode 20
In the Eye of the Beholder
Mon, Mar 17, 1986
McCormick swears he was bushwhacked by leprechauns burying gold on the property.
Episode 21
The Day the Music Died
Mon, Mar 31, 1986
In an Arizona tank town, McCormick finds a rock deejay he idolized in his teens, who's hit rock bottom and is intent on staying that way.
Episode 22
A Chip Off the Ol' Milt
Mon, May 5, 1986
Working as a paralegal, McCormick learns that a retirement home's owners are engaging in creative management of the residents' funds.
