Honey West
In television's first prime-time series starring a female private eye, Honey West would take on any tough case. She could handle herself mingling with millionaires just as well as scaling a 30-foot wall. Along with colleague Sam Bolt, Honey West was sure to solve the case.
- 1965-1966
- 1 season
- ABC
- Action & Adventure, Suspense, Drama
In television's first prime-time series starring a female private eye, Honey West would take on any tough case. She could handle herself mingling with millionaires just as well as scaling a 30-foot wall. Along with colleague Sam Bolt, Honey West was sure to solve the case.
Season 1 Episode Guide
31 Episodes 1966
Episode 0
Unaired Pilot
29 mins
This was a slightly longer version of "The Gray Lady," which ultimately aired as the 13th episode of the season.
Episode 1
The Swingin' Mrs. Jones
Fri, Sep 17, 1965 25 mins
After losing her client's $50,000 and getting a knock on the head in the bargain, Honey West is more determined than ever to break up a blackmail ring that preys on wealthy middle-aged women.
Episode 2
The Owl and the Eye
Fri, Sep 24, 1965 25 mins
Honey and Sam are hired by a art museum's insurance company to prove how easy it is to bypass its security measures. After proving the insurance company's point, the private investigators agree to furnish an elaborate new system - which is promptly evaded by art thieves.
Episode 3
The Abominable Snowman
Fri, Oct 1, 1965 25 mins
When a dying client gives Honey a snowglobe, the private detective doesn't grasp the importance of the object until other interested parties attempt to steal it.
Episode 4
A Matter of Wife and Death
Fri, Oct 8, 1965 25 mins
Honey tries to protect a woman executive who has received numerous death threats.
Episode 5
Live a Little... Kill a Little
Fri, Oct 15, 1965 25 mins
When the sister of a prominent businessman breaks off a relationship with a local mobster, Honey and an assassin race to be the first to find her.
Episode 6
Whatever Lola Wants....
Fri, Oct 22, 1965 25 mins
Honey goes to a charity party to find out where an embezzler has banked his ill-gotten gains, but learns the man who hired her is a murderer.
Episode 7
The Princess and the Paupers
Fri, Oct 29, 1965 30 mins
Honey and Sam are hired to ensure that ransom money is delivered and the kidnap victim, a rock-'n'-roll singing son of a millionaire businessman, is returned safely. Honey soon suspects that the kidnapping was faked, either as a publicity stunt or so the young man could lay his hands on some easy cash.
Episode 8
In the Bag
Fri, Nov 5, 1965 30 mins
Honey manages to lose an obnoxious child she's escorting between divorced parents in a crowded airport. When security can't find the child, Honey fears the girl may have been abducted.
Episode 9
The Flame and the Pussycat
Fri, Nov 12, 1965 30 mins
Honey and Sam attempt to capture an arsonist in order to earn a lucrative contract with a warehouse company backfires when they accidentally interfere with the police investigation.
Episode 10
A Neat Little Package
Fri, Nov 19, 1965 30 mins
Honey and Sam are hired by a newsdealer with amnesia and $150,000 that he doesn't know how it came into his possession.
Episode 11
A Stitch in Crime
Fri, Nov 26, 1965 30 mins
Honey and Sam are hired to deliver gowns valued at over $100,000 to a fashion show. When their cargo is hijacked, the detectives race to recover the garments before the program or else their employer, a new dress designer, will be ruined.
Episode 12
A Million Bucks in Anybody's Language
Fri, Dec 3, 1965 25 mins
Honey investigates the death of a fellow private investigator found dead in an explosion. The trail leads to a set of counterfeit plates to be used to print phony British pounds.
Episode 13
The Gray Lady
Fri, Dec 10, 1965 25 mins
Honey tries to apprehend a jewel thief who stole a famous actress' gems while she was attending her movie's premier.
Episode 14
Invitation to Limbo
Fri, Dec 17, 1965 25 mins
Honey and Sam are hired to find the person leaking industrial secrets to a company's competitors. They catch the culprit red-handed, but are soon convinced that he's an unwilling stooge employed by others and seek to capture the entire gang.
Episode 15
Rockabye the Hard Way
Fri, Dec 24, 1965 30 mins
Honey and Sam are hired to prove that a truck driver isn't a security risk and in the process tangle with spies who drug drivers driving secret weapons so they can take photographs while their victims are unconscious.
Episode 16
A Nice Little Till to Tap
Fri, Dec 31, 1965 25 mins
Honey goes undercover as a teller to learn how gang of bank robbers avoids tripping the vaults' high-priced alarm systems.
Episode 17
How Brillig, O, Beamish Boy
Fri, Jan 7, 1966 25 mins
Honey is faced with a dilemma when she's being paid to deliver a package with a half million dollars, but crooks kidnap Sam in order to trade his life for the money.
Episode 18
King of the Mountain
Fri, Jan 14, 1966 25 mins
Honey poses as a nurse to investigate a secretive billionaire supposedly suffering from a rare biochemical defect.
Episode 19
It's Earlier Than You Think
Fri, Jan 21, 1966 25 mins
A bullet-riddled collector hands Honey what appears to be an 1865 newspaper, which he hints is a forgery, but he dies before explaining how he knows. Honey and Sam must keep the paper away from thieves, deliver it to its rightful owner, and determine whether it is really a forgery.
Episode 20
The Perfect Un-crime
Fri, Jan 28, 1966 30 mins
An embezzler who has had a change of heart hires Honey and Sam to break into his boss's safe to return the money.
Episode 21
Like Visions and Omens and All That Jazz
Fri, Feb 4, 1966 30 mins
A young socialite survives numerous "accidents" including a parachute that opens late and a near hit-and-run. Honey and Sam are suspicious when the woman's mother reveals that a psychic has predicted the accidents. Things really heat up when the socialite becomes the prime suspect after her ex-boyfriend is murdered.
Episode 22
Don't Look Now, But Isn't That Me
Fri, Feb 11, 1966 30 mins
Thieves target Honey's client list using a decoy who looks almost exactly like Honey. Honey and Sam have to figure out how the thieves are getting to their clients and then set a trap to catch the gang. Honey particularly wants a face-off with her double.
Episode 23
Come to Me, My Litigation Baby
Fri, Feb 18, 1966 30 mins
Although stymied when they try to get incriminating photographs of a man suspected of making a phony accident claim, Honey and Sam discover that the subject's accident witness, a seemingly sweet old lady, is suspiciously accident-prone herself.
Episode 24
Slay, Gypsy, Slay
Fri, Feb 25, 1966 30 mins
When a wealthy man is kidnapped, Honey traces his whereabouts to a caravan of Gypsies whose leader, Darza, is more than he seems.
Episode 25
The Fun-Fun Killer
Fri, Mar 4, 1966 30 mins
Honey and Sam must solve the murder of a toy manufacturer killed by an oversize toy robot made by his own company.
Episode 26
Pop Goes the Easel
Fri, Mar 11, 1966 30 mins
On a bet, an art dealer and his 'Warhol-esque' client secretly place a can of soup with a hand-painted label on a supermarket shelf to see if anyone will buy it. Not only is it purchased by Aunt Meg, but a punk immediately steals the can from her, leading Honey and Sam to believe that someone with inside information knew about the bet and plans to sell the can on the black market.
Episode 27
Little Green Robin Hood
Fri, Mar 18, 1966 30 mins
Hired to protect a gated community after a rash of burglaries, Honey and Sam discover a deluded burglar who actually believes that he is Robin Hood. They decide to humor him not only because they fear he will only confess the location of the hidden jewels to someone he trusts but also because they suspect that someone is directing the weak-minded thief.
Episode 28
Just the Bear Facts, Ma'am
Fri, Mar 25, 1966 30 mins
After a stunt woman dies in a suspicious accident on a studio lot, Honey is hired to take her place as well as investigate her death. Soon Honey herself becomes the target of a series of so-called accidents. Sam also goes undercover wearing a bear costume.
Episode 29
There's a Long, Long, Fuse A'Burning
Fri, Apr 1, 1966 30 mins
Honey and Sam try to establish a retired robber's innocence when a copycat uses his old m.o. of diverting attention with a bomb blast.
Episode 30
An Eerie, Airy, Thing
Fri, Apr 8, 1966 25 mins
Sam's friend, Gordon Forbes, is threatening to jump from the ledge of his upper-storey hotel room, and the only person he wants to talk to is his estranged wife. Unfortunately, when Honey visits the Forbes home, she discovers Mrs. Forbes has been murdered.
