Diamonds (1987)
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.
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Episode 1 - Poison Pill
Release Date: 1987-09-29Two 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?
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Episode 2 - Kiss and Tell
Release Date: 1987-10-06Mike and Chris become involved in a blackmail sceme after being hired by a man to investigate his wife.
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Episode 3 - There Once Was a Lady from Katmandu
Release Date: 1987-10-13A mysterious man hires Mike and Christina to find for a priceless diamond which has fallen into the hands of a fence.
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Episode 4 - Here Comes the Bride
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Episode 5 - Domestic Spirits
Release Date: 1987-10-27A distillery owner assumes his son is on a drunken binge but learns he has been abducted. Can the Diamond agency help?
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Episode 6 - Class Reunion
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Episode 7 - Good Hands
Release Date: 1987-11-10An 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!
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Episode 8 - The Smiling Mortician
Release Date: 1987-11-17Christina and Mike run across a funeral director with mob ties while searching for the missing corpse of a female friend's husband.
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Episode 9 - Fan Club
Release Date: 1988-01-05The maid, an obsessed fan of Mike's, decides to kill Christina to have him all to herself.
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Episode 10 - Little Girl Lost
Release Date: 1988-01-12A woman, hires the pair to find a daughter she gave up for adoption years before, believing Christina to be the long lost girl!
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Episode 11 - When the Wind Blows
Release Date: 1988-02-02International intrigue engulfs Mike and Christina when an intelligence agent abandons a tiny baby on their doorstep.
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Episode 12 - Ay, There's the Rib
Release Date: 1988-02-09The opposing sides in a marital dispute each hire Mike and Christina individually.
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Episode 13 - There's No Business
Release Date: 1988-02-23A lucrative offer makes Christina contemplate returning to show business while Mike investigates the odd murder of a young journalism student.
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Episode 14 - Family Plot
Release Date: 1988-03-01Mike and Christina can't distinguish between twins, one a murder suspect and the other a psychiatric patient. And which twin pays the bill?
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Episode 15 - Sweetheart Deal
Release Date: 1988-03-08Mike and Christina find themselves with a long list of suspects when their former Hollywood agent says that someone is trying to kill him.
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Episode 16 - The Final Cut
Release Date: 1988-03-29To catch a hairdresser whose blackmail threat she believes triggered his former lover's suicide, Christina poses as an amorous new customer.
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Episode 17 - Man with a Gun
Release Date: 1988-04-05Mike is investigated after shooting a man who appeared to have robbed a supermarket.
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Episode 18 - Where There's a Will
Release Date: 1988-04-12When 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.
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Episode 19 - Ghost Writer
Release Date: 1988-05-10Mike and Lou investigate when their old high school classmate, an engineer with a development project, is murdered.
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Episode 20 - Exposure
Release Date: 1988-05-17Their investigation of a writer friend's murder leads Mike and Christina to a dangerous love triangle.
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Episode 21 - Goodbye Cabin
Release Date: 1988-05-24Mike's old girlfriend, whose son needs a kidney transplant, asks him to locate her estranged husband, who is in the federal witness protection program.
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Episode 22 - The Whistle Blower
Release Date: 1988-05-31Stranded in their old cabin with a pregnant woman, while there's a killer at large, Mike and Christina experience flashbacks of their previous cases.