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Shades of LA Season 1 Episodes

Season 1 Episode Guide

Season 1

20 Episodes 1990 - 1991

Episode 1

Shades of L.A.

Wed, Oct 10, 1990

A dead astronaut contacts Michael.

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Episode 2

The Wrong Man

Wed, Oct 17, 1990

A deceased thief feels guilty that the wrong man was convicted and sent to death row for a crime he committed and asks Burton to clear the man.

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Episode 3

Coopers Coroner

Wed, Oct 24, 1990

The ghost of a baseball announcer seeks Burton's help to redress things with a player he rebuffed years before.

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Episode 4

Where There's No Will, There's a Weigh-In

Wed, Oct 31, 1990

Janis Paige plays a shade who wants Burton to find out why her nephew is stalling the execution of her will and testament that instructs that her money be given to her financially strapped senior center.

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Episode 5

Concrete Evidence

Wed, Nov 7, 1990

Burton meets the late Frankie Mannis at an Italian restaurant who requests that he find his missing corpse so that he may move on to the after-life.

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Episode 6

Pointers from Paz

Wed, Nov 14, 1990

A slain policeman, supposedly shot because he was corrupt, wants Burton's help to find the officer who framed him.

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Episode 7

Episode #1.7

Wed, Nov 21, 1990

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Episode 8

Big Brother Is Watching

Wed, Nov 7, 1990

A murdered ventriloquist returns to point out his killer.

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Episode 9

Some Like It Cold

Wed, Dec 5, 1990

Detective Burton falls for the shade of a murdered attorney (Lee Purcell) while searching for her killer.

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Episode 10

The Teacher from Hell

Wed, Dec 12, 199060 mins

The ghost of Michael Burton's former high-school science teacher helps him in the investigation of a reporter's murder.

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Episode 11

Dead Dogs Tell No Tales

Tue, Jan 8, 1991

Michael is haunted by the ghost of a dog that was used in a bank robbery and accidentally run over by the getaway car.

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Episode 12

Send Up the Clowns

Sun, Jun 2, 1991

Michael is entertained by the ghosts of two circus clowns whose amusing antics provides clues to their mysterious deaths.

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Episode 13

Last Laugh

Wed, Jan 9, 1991

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Episode 14

Burial Ground

Sun, Jun 16, 1991

The ghost of a policeman leads Detective Burton to a hidden payroll meant for Nevada Indians and the murderous thieves who stole it.

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Episode 15

Cross the Center Line

Wed, Jan 23, 1991

The ghosts of two bikers from the 1950s help Detective Burton clear Lt. Wesley of charges that he planted a gun on a suspect he shot.

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Episode 16

Till Death Do Us Part

Wed, Jan 30, 1991

Det. Michael Burton tries to clear the name of a shade accused of killing his wife, however the original investigator impedes his efforts.

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Episode 17

Ten Little Thespians

Wed, Feb 6, 1991

Michael Burton attends a murder mystery weekend where he encounters a murdered novelist who wants him to discover the identity of her killer.

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Episode 18

The Really Big Sleep

Sat, Feb 23, 1991

Don Stroud plays a private detective who was murdered 50 years ago who seeks Burton's help to find his killer.

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Episode 19

Line of Fire: Part 1

Sun, Mar 31, 1991

Michael Burton becomes romantically involved with his former partner's widow, a TV producer who obtained a videotape of a murder committed by an evangelist.

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Episode 20

Line of Fire: Part 2

Sat, Apr 6, 1991

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