Detective School is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC for four months in 1979, for a total of 13 episodes. The show was about an assortment of students who went to night school to learn basic detective skills, but who kept getting caught up in real criminal cases and getting themselves and their teacher into trouble. This show was written, directed, and produced by Jeff Harris and Bernie Kukoff, the creators of Diff'rent Strokes.
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Episode 1
Private eye Nick Harrigan teaches eager aspiring gumshoes who become suspicious when they notice ice cream trucks making regular deliveries to a funeral home.
Episode 2
Nick's gun turns up missing—right after Charlene goes off to confront her cheating spouse.
Episode 3
Nick and his students investigate a diamond-stealing racket in a pizza parlor.
Episode 4
The class poses as caterers at an embassy party to rescue a Bulgarian ballet dancer.
Episode 5
Nick's eagerness to help an attractive woman lands him in a trap set by a vengeful racketeer.
Episode 6
Nick and the gang bodyguard a rich woman as she attends a fancy party wearing a priceless diamond.
Episode 7
The class goes undercover as a motorcycle gang to retreive Nick's runaway niece.
Episode 8
Nick's students break into the wrong hotel room while on an assignment to retrieve stolen jewelry.
Episode 9
Nick tries to catch a blackmailer while the class searches her apartment for the incriminating photographs.
Episode 10
Nick and the students investigate a massage parlor to catch a killer.
Episode 11
Silvio witnesses a murder—but doesn't recognize the investigating officer as the killer.
Episode 12
The students search for a bomb while Nick judges a beauty pageant.
Episode 13
Bank robbers take Nick and his students hostage.
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