Shannon
Jack Shannon is a New York cop and a single father. He decides to move to San Francisco so that his late wife's parents can help him take care of his son. So he calls in a few favors to get a job with the local police. His new boss doesn't welcome him warmly cause he doesn't like the fact that Shannon got a job that should go to someone local and that he pulled some strings to get his job. But the two of them learn to get along.
- 1981-1982
- 1 season
- CBS
- Drama, Suspense
Jack Shannon is a New York cop and a single father. He decides to move to San Francisco so that his late wife's parents can help him take care of his son. So he calls in a few favors to get a job with the local police. His new boss doesn't welcome him warmly cause he doesn't like the fact that Shannon got a job that should go to someone local and that he pulled some strings to get his job. But the two of them learn to get along.
Season 1 Episode Guide
9 Episodes 1981 - 1982
Episode 1
Gotham Swansong
Wed, Nov 11, 1981
Jack Shannon, a New York cop who after the death of his wife decides to move to San Francisco so that his wife's parents can help him with his son. So he asks one of his friends to help him get a job there and upon arriving, his superior officer, Lt. Moraga doesn't exactly welcome him with open cause he doesn't like the fact that Shannon got his job through contacts rather than working for it. However, there's a problem with the last case he handled in New York, so he goes back to try and sort it out.
Episode 2
Neither a Borrower
Wed, Nov 18, 1981
Shannon learns his deceased wife's father is in trouble with loan sharks after borrowing money. Shannon must figure out how to keep his father-in-law out of trouble while bringing down the criminals.
Episode 3
The Untouchable
Wed, Nov 25, 1981
Shannon must try to work around the law when a man who threatened his family can't be arrested until he commits a crime.
Episode 4
Secret Rage
Wed, Dec 2, 1981
Jack joins forces with a female detective to solve a series of rapes. But the policewoman resents his helps and Jack must figure out why.
Episode 5
Copscam
Wed, Mar 17, 1982
Jack Shannon goes on the take deliberately to expose a gambling operation that is being fed inside information from the police, and which has already claimed the life of one of his partners.
Episode 6
Favor for an Enemy
Wed, Mar 24, 1982
Shannon's boyhood friend and adult nemesis, Bunky James (Ron O'Neal), is released from jail to help him investigate a politician's murder, which looks like an execution by terrorists.
Episode 7
Beating the Prime
Wed, Mar 31, 1982
Jack and,his partner,are investigating an important bank robbery case but the partner's personal problems start interfering with his police work.
Episode 8
John's Awakening
Wed, Mar 31, 1982
On his way home from school, John witnesses a robbery in which a policeman is shot. His fears for his own father's safety are intensified when Shannon is assigned to track down the vicious killer.
Episode 9
Curtain Calls
Wed, Apr 7, 1982
A complaint from a talented young actress who has been receiving obscene phone calls reminds Shannon of an unsolved murder case in the police files. He decides to investigate, only to find that the killer has already found another victim.