List of Switch episodes

This is a list of episodes for the CBS television series Switch.

Series overview

At present, this series has not been released on home video.

Season Episodes Premiered: Ended:
Pilot 1 1975.03.21
1 24 1975.09.09 1976.04.06
2 24 1976.09.21 1977.04.03
3 22 1977.09.23 1978.07.09

Pilot

"Las Vegas Roundabout" (90 min) / March 21, 1975

An ex-con and a retired cop, partners in a private investigation agency, try to prove that a safecracker has been framed for a diamond robbery.

Directed by Robert Day and Allen Baron (the latter is uncredited); written by Glen A. Larson.

Episodes

Season 1: 1975–76

Ep Title Directed by: Written by: Original air date
11"The James Caan Con"E.W. SwackhamerRichard PowellSeptember 9, 1975 (1975-09-09)
Mac poses as a movie producer to get the goods on an actor who blackmails on the side.
22"The Late Show Murders"Douglas HeyesDavid Chase,
Paul Playdon
September 16, 1975 (1975-09-16)
Pete and Mac borrow ideas from classic detective stories to thwart a crooked small-time private eye. They're decoying him from fencing stolen jewels by concocting a case he couldn't refuse.
33"The Old Diamond Game"Gordon HesslerGlen A. Larson,
Michael Sloan
September 23, 1975 (1975-09-23)
In pursuit of a lawyer who made off with millions in a South American country, Pete and Mac head down to Rio to bring him back the old-fashioned way.
44"Stung from Beyond"Jerry LondonDavid Ketchum,
Bruce Shelly
September 30, 1975 (1975-09-30)
A group of con artists pull a con involving stock investors and their family.
55"The Deadly Missiles Caper"Walter DonigerGlen A. LarsonOctober 7, 1975 (1975-10-07)
Robin Morgan hires Pete and Mac to find her missing timber magnate father. She is convinced that her uncle is responsible.
66"The Man Who Couldn't Lose"Bruce KesslerMichael KozollOctober 14, 1975 (1975-10-14)
Pete and Mac play on a hijacker's weakness for gambling and women to find the location of the armored truck heist loot.
77"Death Heist"Glen A. LarsonEugene Cotton,
Paul Shilling
October 21, 1975 (1975-10-21)
Pete and Mac have only 11 days to get a jewel thief to produce a stolen emerald before the statute of limitations runs out on the crime.
88"The Body at the Bottom"E.W. SwackhamerRudolph Borchert,
David Chase,
Paul Playdon
November 4, 1975 (1975-11-04)
A ruthless businessman figures out an insurance scam: He sets his plant ablaze and lets an ex-con, who has been working there, serves as the fall guy. Mac and Pete must lead the crooked businessman to confess his deed.
99"The Cruise Ship Murders"Bruce KesslerEric Kaldor,
Charles Sailor,
Mort Zarcoff
November 11, 1975 (1975-11-11)
Aboard a cruise ship Pete and Mac try to solve the mysterious death of a bookkeeper.
1010"Kiss of Death"Allen BaronGregory S. Dinallo,
Michael Kozoll,
Glen A. Larson
November 25, 1975 (1975-11-25)
A feuding mob family becomes victim to an intruder.
1111"Death by Resurrection"Alf KjellinStephen J. Cannell,
John Thomas James
December 2, 1975 (1975-12-02)
Pete and Mac are doing what they think is a routine background check when everyone — including the police, the FBI and the mob — want the check to stop immediately.
1212"The Cold War Con"John PeyserMichael KozollDecember 9, 1975 (1975-12-09)
In order to rescue a model abducted by white slavers, Pete and Mac pretend that the girl is a valuable pawn in a struggle between Soviet and American agents.
1313"Through the Past Deadly"John PeyserMichael KozollDecember 16, 1975 (1975-12-16)
When someone attempts to take Pete's life, Mac recalls how their friendship came to happen.
1414"Mistresses, Murder and Millions"Allen BaronDavid Chase,
Paul Playdon
December 23, 1975 (1975-12-23)
A business magnate involved in a hideous divorce is kidnapped, and the kidnappers later critically wound a police officer. Pete and Mac suspect that the man's soon-to-be ex-wife and his girlfriend
1515"The Walking Bomb"John PeyserDavid Chase,
David Ketchum,
Bruce Shelly
January 6, 1976 (1976-01-06)
Extortionists kidnap a bank executive and strap a bomb to his chest in order to force him to pay them a fortune. When the bank executive suffers a heart attack, they let him go — and strap the bomb to Pete Ryan instead.
1616"Ain't Nobody Here Named Barney"John NewlandMichael KozollJanuary 13, 1976 (1976-01-13)
A loony sculptor claims her grandfather wasn't really buried in his grave. It turns out he was, but there is also evidence that 4.3 million dollars in embezzled money is — or was — down there too. When Pete and Mac take up the case and find the money hijacked from a computer account, they also come upon a shadowy killer who is intent on making the sculptor look crazy or dead and taking them with her.
1717"Come Die with Me"John PeyserBill StrattonJanuary 27, 1976 (1976-01-27)
1818"One of Our Zeppelins Is Missing"Dick ModerGene R. KearneyFebruary 10, 1976 (1976-02-10)
1919"Before the Holocaust"Edward M. AbromsDavid ChaseFebruary 17, 1976 (1976-02-17)
2020"Big Deal in Paradise"Bruce KesslerLou ShawFebruary 24, 1976 (1976-02-24)
Pete and Malcolm are suspected of stealing a million dollars of underworld money.
2121"The Case of the Purloined Case"John PeyserMichael KozollMarch 2, 1976 (1976-03-02)
In Las Vegas, Pete and Mac hunt for a twice-stolen tote bag that a lot of shady people want, but for mysteriously different reasons.
2222"The Girl on the Golden Strip"John PeyserDavid Chase,
Glen A. Larson
March 16, 1976 (1976-03-16)

Unknown to himself, a Vegas nightclub singer turns into his alter ego, a deranged slasher-killer, when he hears one of his own classic songs. Pete and Mac get on the trail of the murderer but are sidelined by criminal activity on the parts of his managers.

Filmed on location in Las Vegas and on Lake Mead.
2323"Round Up the Usual Suspects"John NewlandAnthony DiMarco,
Gene R. Kearney,
David Ketchum
March 23, 1976 (1976-03-23)
2424"Death Squad"John PeyserLou ShawApril 6, 1976 (1976-04-06)

Season 2: 1976–77

Ep Title Directed by: Written by: Original air date
251"The Pirates of Tin Pan Alley"David ImpastatoWalter DallenbachSeptember 21, 1976 (1976-09-21)
The ex-wife of a DJ and her companion die mysteriously, and Mac and Pete start an investigation.
262"The Twelfth Commandment"Sutton RoleyLeigh VanceSeptember 28, 1976 (1976-09-28)
A stolen attache case reveals a bundle of money and an apparent death note pinned to a picture of several priests.
273"Fleece of Snow"Leo PennMorton FineOctober 5, 1976 (1976-10-05)
The police decline to investigate the supposed suicide of a detective, a suspected cocaine user.
284"The Argonaut Special"John PeyserWalter DallenbachOctober 12, 1976 (1976-10-12)
The manager of a ranch in which Mac has invested is being pressured to sell by a ruthless land speculator.
295"The Things That Belong to Mickey Costello"Sutton RoleyShirl HendryxOctober 19, 1976 (1976-10-19)
Mac goes after a singer whose alibi covers the thug responsible for the near-fatal beating of Pete.
306"Quicker Than the Eye"David FriedkinSue MilburnNovember 9, 1976 (1976-11-09)
A peppery old con artist is marked for murder after witnessing a payoff.
317"Gaffing the Skim"Bruce EvansRobert DellingerNovember 16, 1976 (1976-11-16)
Pete poses as a carnival barker while investigating the abduction of a county-fair executive.
328"The Lady from Liechtenstein: Part 1"David ImpastatoNorman HudisNovember 23, 1976 (1976-11-23)
Impressionist Jim Bailey poses as a wealthy baroness to help Pete and Mac trap a womanizing crook.
339"The Lady from Liechtenstein: Part 2"David ImpastatoNorman HudisNovember 30, 1976 (1976-11-30)
A baroness is jeopardized by an announcement of the woman's marriage.
3410"Switch-Hitter"Edward M. AbromsStephen Kandel,
Arthur Rowe,
Gene Thompson
December 7, 1976 (1976-12-07)
Pete and Mac pose as hit men after a reporter about to expose a union racket is an assassination-attempt victim.
3511"Maggie's Hero"Noel BlackEdward J. LaksoDecember 14, 1976 (1976-12-14)
3612"The 100,000 Ruble Rumble"Leo PennMorton FineDecember 21, 1976 (1976-12-21)
Mac is framed for murder in an elaborate international swindle that also nets him a 100,000 ruble reward for the killing.
3713"Portraits of Death"John PeyserShirl HendryxJanuary 4, 1977 (1977-01-04)
Acting only on a hunch and perhaps a bit of jealousy, Pete probes into the background of an old flame's fiance, unaware that the man is a homicidal gigolo.
3814"The Snitch"Sigmund Neufeld Jr.Jack Guss,
Carey Wilber
January 16, 1977 (1977-01-16)
Pete and Mac play mob bosses to learn who made an attempt on Malcolm's life.
3915"Eyewitness"Leo PennLewis DavidsonJanuary 23, 1977 (1977-01-23)
A blind music teacher hires Pete and Mac for protection after her presence at a murder is noted by the killer.
4016"Camera Angles"Bruce KesslerDavid TaylorJanuary 30, 1977 (1977-01-30)
To help a friend — and without telling each other — Mac and Pete tackle a case involving murder, kidnapping and a revolutionary new camera.
4117"Butterfly Morning"Sutton RoleyRobert Earll,
Alan Godfrey
February 6, 1977 (1977-02-06)
4218"The Four Horsemen"Sigmund Neufeld Jr.Michael I. WagnerFebruary 13, 1977 (1977-02-13)
Maggie is abducted by a mobster to ensure that Pete and Mac find whoever killed his father's buddy, and who likely has similar plans for Papa.
4319"Eden's Gate"Gerald MayerRobert Earll,
David Taylor
February 20, 1977 (1977-02-20)
4420"The Hemline Heist"Leo PennJack GussFebruary 27, 1977 (1977-02-27)
A fashion designer is murdered three times simultaneously during a fashion show: he drinks cyanide-laced champagne, gets shot, and has a spotlight tumble onto his head all at once. The rest of the episode is shown in flashbacks, as the story unfolds of how people stole the formula for his latest show-stopping fashion and tried — independently of each other but at the exact same moment — to kill him for trying to find out who did it.
4521"Three for the Money"Sigmund Neufeld Jr.Stephen KandelMarch 6, 1977 (1977-03-06)
Gunmen kidnap Maggie and a stunt pilot's wife, as part of a plan to free a gangster from custody.
4622"Two on the Run"Arnold LavenCynthia A. CherbakMarch 13, 1977 (1977-03-13)
Pete and Mac are invited to settle a racketeer's estate, a substantial legacy left to the three women in his life but coveted by his former partner, a sadistic loan shark.
4723"Whatever Happened to Carol Harmony?"Ivan DixonDavid P. Lewis,
Leigh Vance
March 27, 1977 (1977-03-27)
Pete is asked by a former fellow inmate to locate a dancer who can clear him of murder charges.
4824"Heritage of Death"John PeyserLarry ForresterApril 3, 1977 (1977-04-03)
An unidentified four-year-old African boy is left at Malcolm's doorstep, along with a note warning that the child needs protection.

Season 3: 1977–78

Ep Title Directed by: Written by: Original air date
491"Net Loss"Reza BadiyiStephen KandelSeptember 23, 1977 (1977-09-23)
Pete and Mac are hired by a murdered tennis pro's coach, who fears someone is trying to kill off the entire team.
502"Downshift"Sigmund Neufeld Jr.Robert EarllSeptember 30, 1977 (1977-09-30)
513"Legend of the Macunas: Part 1"John PeyserLeigh VanceOctober 14, 1977 (1977-10-14)
A Las Vegas pilot crashes in the desert on a photo shoot, and Mac and Pete look into the cause.
524"Legend of the Macunas: Part 2"John PeyserLeigh VanceOctober 21, 1977 (1977-10-21)
Conclusion to the case of the missing pilot and the search for buried treasure.
535"Fade Out"Lawrence DohenyRichard H. LandauNovember 4, 1977 (1977-11-04)
Pete and Mac are hired by the producer of a movie after the film's leading lady has her life threatened.
546"Dancer"Paul KrasnyPatrick MathewsDecember 5, 1977 (1977-12-05)
Pete and Mac do a literal song and dance as they help an old vaudeville hoofer try to figure out who took several shots at him onstage, killing his dance partner.
557"Go for Broke"Sigmund Neufeld Jr.Mel Goldberg,
Chris Lucky
December 12, 1977 (1977-12-12)
Pete and Mac are hired by a wealthy woman to locate her missing husband, a philanderer with a gambling problem. But the woman is murdered before they find her husband.
568"Lady of the Deep"Sigmund Neufeld Jr.Larry ForresterDecember 19, 1977 (1977-12-19)
A marine biologist has disappeared along the coast of Mexico while engaged in a salvage operation for the government.
579"Thirty Thousand Witnesses"Fernando LamasTom BagenDecember 26, 1977 (1977-12-26)
Pete becomes a rather overaged soccer goalie (Robert Wagner, though he looked younger, was 47 at the time of filming) in order to figure out who killed the team's previous goalie and how.
5810"Dangerous Curves"Phil BondelliLarry ForresterJanuary 2, 1978 (1978-01-02)
An all-woman cab company has been bombed and their drivers mugged, so they hire Mac and Pete to find out who and why.
5911"The Tong"Ray DantonDavid Carren,
Peter Allan Fields
January 9, 1978 (1978-01-09)
Malcolm's cook is involved in a murder that may presage war among Chinese clans.
6012"Who Killed Lila Craig?"Paul KrasnySteve FisherJanuary 16, 1978 (1978-01-16)
Mac becomes one of his own clients when he becomes a suspect in a 20-year old unsolved murder.
6113"Three Blonde Mice"James SheldonMichael I. WagnerJanuary 30, 1978 (1978-01-30)
Some interesting underwater footage highlights this episode as Pete and Mac, in full business suits, dive into a swimming pool to defuse a nuclear bomb threatening to take out a society party and much of Los Angeles to boot.
6214"Coronado Circle"Michael CaffeyDonald P. BellisarioFebruary 7, 1978 (1978-02-07)
An elderly captain and his deckhand are missing from a yacht found drifting where several vessels recently disappeared.
6315"Stolen Island"Fernando LamasRobert EarllMarch 28, 1978 (1978-03-28)
Pete and Mac look for a militant ecologist who went into hiding after a chemical-company bombing.
6416"Formula for Murder"Sigmund Neufeld Jr.Madeline Di Maggio,
Kathy Donnell
April 28, 1978 (1978-04-28)
6517"Blue Crusaders Reunion"Seymour RobbieRobert Earll,
Leigh Vance
May 5, 1978 (1978-05-05)
6618"Mexican Standoff"Fernando LamasJohn Lewis Figueroa,
Larry Forrester
May 12, 1978 (1978-05-12)
Pete and Mac investigate white-slavers who smuggle aliens from Latin America.
6719"Play-Off"Sigmund Neufeld Jr.Larry ForresterJune 18, 1978 (1978-06-18)
A gambling mogul kidnaps Malcolm to ensure that Pete will protect his golfer son.
6820"The Cage"Phil BondelliLarry Forrester,
Patrick Mathews
June 25, 1978 (1978-06-25)
A zoo's veterinarian has mysteriously disappeared and the only clue may have to do with a rare white rhino.
6921"Photo Finish"Ray DantonCynthia A. CherbakJuly 2, 1978 (1978-07-02)
7022"The Siege at the Bouziki Bar"Seymour RobbieLarry Forrester,
John Peyser
July 9, 1978 (1978-07-09)
The mob sends hitmen after a pregnant woman who can testify against them, and she takes refuge in Malcolm's bar while Pete, Maggie, and Mac are there.

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