Hardcastle and McCormick

1983 - 1986

Rolling Thunder (1)

18th September 1983

Episode 1

As the series begins, ex-race car driver Mark McCormick accepts a job driving the Coyote X, an experimental car designed by a friend of his named Flip Johnson. Mark loses his job, however, after Flip is killed in a car accident and ownership of the car is granted to industrialist Martin Cody. Eventually, Mark is brought before Hardcastle, who is presiding over his last case, Mark is given a choice: help the judge round-up two hundred men who walked out of the judge's courtroom on technicalities or go back to prison.

Rolling Thunder (2)

18th September 1983

Episode 2

Man in a Glass House

25th September 1983

Episode 3

Hardcastle is quite upset when he is criticized in “Without Sin,” the autobiography of retired mobster Joseph Cadillac. Figuring that the mob, also the subject of Cadillac's criticism, will be angered as well, Hardcastle has Mark follow the author. Later, Hardcastle is surprised when Cadillac comes to him for help.

The Crystal Duck

2nd October 1983

Episode 4

Teddy, McCormick's cellmate in prison, is out on parole. He has been staying with Mark in the guesthouse, without Hardcastle's knowledge or permission. Now, his parole officer, Quinlan, informs him that due to a minor infraction, he has the power to send him back to prison, unless he pays him a thousand dollars a week.

Goin' Nowhere Fast

9th October 1983

Episode 5

A convict who has been having an affair with the warden's wife, escapes with her help. He then calls Hardcastle, which agitates him. He and McCormick go out to find him. Eventually, it's revealed that before Hardcastle chose McCormick, he gave this guy a try—and he proved Hardcastle wrong.

The Black Widow

16th October 1983

Episode 6

Hardcastle wants to investigate a woman named Tina Grey. When Hardcastle goes to the police for info, a Captain Filapiano, who doesn't like Hardcastle, asks him to leave. Hardcastle then tells McCormick to get close to her. As they get closer, a gangster named Joe Beiber, whom she has been seeing, and who is insanely jealous abducts them.

The Boxer

23rd October 1983

Episode 7

Boxer Kid Calico is told to throw a fight in order to keep his kidnapped father alive.

Once Again with Vigorish

30th October 1983

Episode 8

Hardcastle & McCormick set out to assist a lawyer, who is an old friend of Hardcastle's, convict a mobster who is running stolen property in semi-trucks.

Killer B's

6th November 1983

Episode 9

Hardcastle persuades an old friend, played by Buddy Ebsen, to obtain a role in a movie in which the movie producer is using his films to cover up his drug smuggling operation.

The Prince of Fat City

13th November 1983

Episode 10

A gang member is remanded into the judge's custody only to stay in the guest house with Mark, while the judge and Mark go after a psychiatrist who has been taping private sessions with clients revealing vital damaging information.

Hotshoes

27th November 1983

Episode 11

Mark is thrilled when he gets a shot at racing in big leagues—only to learn that his sponsor's auto parts business gets their inventory from stolen cars.

Flying Down to Rio

4th December 1983

Episode 12

Hardcastle & McCormick travel to Rio to track down a drug runner.

Just Another Round of That Old Song

11th December 1983

Episode 13

Keenan Wynn guest stars as an old bank robber, just released from prison, who attempts to locate the cash stored in an armored car that he robbed in the '40s.

Third Down and Twenty Years to Life

1st January 1984

Episode 14

A law student at a local college claims that her brother, who was sent to prison for 20 years by Judge Hardcastle, was framed for murder. He ignores her, but when someone tries to kidnap her, he reviews the case and sends Mark on an undercover investigation to the school as a football player.

Whistler's Pride

8th January 1984

Episode 15

The judge inherits a rather short race horse.

Mr. Hardcastle Goes to Washington

15th January 1984

Episode 16

Hardcastle is up for a spot on the Supreme Court bench but some people don't want him to be chosen.

School for Scandal

29th January 1984

Episode 17

Robert Culp guest stars as Arthur Farnel, an ex-con who runs a school leading and teaching their students how to break the law. Mark decides to go undercover in order to gather enough evidence to put him away.

The Georgia Street Motors

5th February 1984

Episode 18

A group of retired judges decide to take the law into their own hands by delivering their own verdicts to criminals who slipped through the system or were given lesser sentences based on technicalities or lack of evidence.

The Homecoming (1)

Episode 19

Hardcastle returns to his hometown in Arkansas for a high school reunion, only to learn from an old friend that people are being swindled out of their farms. After the friend is murdered, and his daughter asks the judge for help, Hardcastle enlists McCormick to burglarize the local land office.

The Homecoming (2)

11th March 1984

Episode 20

Hardcastle hides out with another old friend, recovering from his injuries, while he tries to figure out how to retrieve the evidence against the town officials. Meanwhile, Mark and Christy take refuge in an abandoned cabin.

Did You See the One That Got Away?

18th March 1984

Episode 21

Hardcastle visits a man he sent to prison for life only to find that the man never made it there.

Really Neat Cars and Guys with a Sense of Humor

25th March 1984

Episode 22

Hardcastle & McCormick go undercover at a computerized dating service in order to find out why wealthy clients are turning up dead.

Scared Stiff

Episode 23

Mark and Hardcastle take a group of misfit kids to a local prison in order to scare them straight; but while they are there, they are taken hostages by prisoners who are frustrated because of the repeated abuse from the guards and the warden.

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Brian Keith•Daniel Hugh Kelly•Joe Santos

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Hardcastle and McCormick is an American action/drama television series from Stephen J. Cannell Productions, shown on ABC from 1983 through 1986. The series stars Brian Keith as Judge Milton C. Hardcastle and Daniel Hugh Kelly as ex-con and race car driver Mark "Skid" McCormick. The series premise was somewhat recycled from a previous Cannell series, Tenspeed and Brown Shoe.

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