Gilbert M. Shilton
Director
Diamonds (1987)
Season 1
Diamonds is a Canadian television series, which aired from 1987 to 1989. The show starred Nicholas Campbell as Mike Devitt and Peggy Smithhart as Christina Towne, a divorced couple who continued to work together as private investigators. Devitt and Towne had originally met as television stars who played married private investigators on a TV series called Two of Diamonds. The show was frequently compared to the American series Moonlighting. In a direct nod to the comparison, one episode actually featured an encounter with a character who mistook Devitt and Towne for Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd. The cast also included Roland Magdane, Geraint Wyn Davies and Tony Rosato. Campbell was also an occasional writer for the series. The series aired on Global in Canada, and in a late night slot on CBS in the United States, as well as on the USA Network. It was one of several Canadian-produced drama series to air in the CBS Late Night block of crime dramas. Others included Adderly, Night Heat and Hot Shots.
Released Sept. 29, 1987
Episode 60 min
None+
Network: Global TV
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Poison Pill
Two former husband-and-wife TV-detective actors take a chance with the real thing following the cancellation of their series.
But will their skills gained from fiction be enough to solve real crimes?
Sept. 29, 1987, midnight
S1E2 - Kiss and Tell
Mike and Chris become involved in a blackmail sceme after being hired by a man to investigate his wife.
Oct. 6, 1987, midnight
S1E3 - There Once Was a Lady from Katmandu
A mysterious man hires Mike and Christina to find for a priceless diamond which has fallen into the hands of a fence.
Oct. 13, 1987, midnight
S1E4 - Here Comes the Bride
Oct. 20, 1987, midnight
S1E5 - Domestic Spirits
A distillery owner assumes his son is on a drunken binge but learns he has been abducted. Can the Diamond agency help?
Oct. 27, 1987, midnight
S1E6 - Class Reunion
Nov. 3, 1987, midnight
S1E7 - Good Hands
An unscrupulous insurance agent seduces a client, sells her a policy on her husband's life and then offers to help eliminate him. Talk about customer service!
Nov. 10, 1987, midnight
S1E8 - The Smiling Mortician
Christina and Mike run across a funeral director with mob ties while searching for the missing corpse of a female friend's husband.
Nov. 17, 1987, midnight
S1E9 - Fan Club
The maid, an obsessed fan of Mike's, decides to kill Christina to have him all to herself.
Jan. 5, 1988, midnight
S1E10 - Little Girl Lost
A woman, hires the pair to find a daughter she gave up for adoption years before, believing Christina to be the long lost girl!
Jan. 12, 1988, midnight
S1E11 - When the Wind Blows
International intrigue engulfs Mike and Christina when an intelligence agent abandons a tiny baby on their doorstep.
Feb. 2, 1988, midnight
S1E12 - Ay, There's the Rib
The opposing sides in a marital dispute each hire Mike and Christina individually.
Feb. 9, 1988, midnight
S1E13 - There's No Business
A lucrative offer makes Christina contemplate returning to show business while Mike investigates the odd murder of a young journalism student.
Feb. 23, 1988, midnight
S1E14 - Family Plot
Mike and Christina can't distinguish between twins, one a murder suspect and the other a psychiatric patient. And which twin pays the bill?
March 1, 1988, midnight
S1E15 - Sweetheart Deal
Mike and Christina find themselves with a long list of suspects when their former Hollywood agent says that someone is trying to kill him.
March 8, 1988, midnight
S1E16 - The Final Cut
To catch a hairdresser whose blackmail threat she believes triggered his former lover's suicide, Christina poses as an amorous new customer.
March 29, 1988, midnight
S1E17 - Man with a Gun
Mike is investigated after shooting a man who appeared to have robbed a supermarket.
April 5, 1988, midnight
S1E18 - Where There's a Will
When a former fan bequeaths a million dollars to Mike and Christina with the stipulation that they remarry and have a child, they give full consideration to the idea until the money turns up missing.
April 12, 1988, midnight
S1E19 - Ghost Writer
Mike and Lou investigate when their old high school classmate, an engineer with a development project, is murdered.
May 10, 1988, midnight
S1E20 - Exposure
Their investigation of a writer friend's murder leads Mike and Christina to a dangerous love triangle.
May 17, 1988, midnight
S1E21 - Goodbye Cabin
Mike's old girlfriend, whose son needs a kidney transplant, asks him to locate her estranged husband, who is in the federal witness protection program.
May 24, 1988, midnight
S1E22 - The Whistle Blower
Stranded in their old cabin with a pregnant woman, while there's a killer at large, Mike and Christina experience flashbacks of their previous cases.
May 31, 1988, midnight
Network: Global TV
Episode Runtime: 60 min.
Season Runtime: 60 min.
Released: Sept. 29, 1987
Last Air Date: Dec. 3, 1989, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR
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