San Francisco P.I Harry Fox and his lawyer son Harrison join forces to try and stop an ex-con from finishing off the job he was imprisoned for, the murder of his wife.
Harry is puzzled when he inherits a cigar, a roll of old film, and some baseball cards from a wealthy friend, which were apparently the secrets of the dead man's success.
A nun hires Harry to investigate after a call girl inherits $300,000 in a priest's will.
Harry advises his goddaughter to delay her wedding plans after his friend, a fellow private detective, is hired to investigate her fiance.
Harry is convinced he has witnessed a murder during a family holiday so he tries to find evidence that proves a killer is on the loose in the woods.
While Harry's office's being fumigated, he camps out at Harrison's. One night as they were leaving a man walks in looking for ""Mr. Fox"", but dies before he could reveal which Mr. Fox he was looking for or what he wanted. He would be identified as the partner of a man who swindled several people at disappeared after that. Now it's been hinted that they entrusted the money the got to someone, and Harrison being a lawyer, is being smeared as their lawyer, and evrybody who was swindled is demanding that Harrison give back their money which he doesn't have. Harry would eventually learn that he was the one the man was looking for, and that he discovered where is partner is. The partner is back in town to see his daughter, Harry and Harrison would eventually catch him and Harrison's cleared.
The members of a counterfeit ring go to extreme lengths to retrieve a fake $20 bill from Harry.
A sedated and hospitalised Harry is convinced he witnessed the murder of a fellow patient, but he has trouble getting anyone to believe his claims.
Harrison defends a wealthy client against her son, who claims she is unfit to run the family business.
Harry vows to solve his PI friend's last case when he is found murdered, so he and Harrison try to catch the killer and identify those responsible for a lucrative truck heist.
Harrison attempts to locate a former client when her sniffer dog turns up in his office and it turns out criminals are determined to steal the canine.
Harry and Harrison's latest investigation sees them trying to prove Cindy's irresponsible brother Skip is innocent of murder. George Clooney guest stars.
Harrison's author friend disappears on the eve of his latest book launch, so he and Harry try to discover whether it is a publicity stunt or a warning from the mob.
Harry insists he witnessed a murder while he was a passenger on a traffic news helicopter, but his testimony is called into question when there is a surprising twist.
Harry becomes embroiled in a murder investigation when he tries to return a pickpocketed wallet to the rightful owner.
Harry is hired by a wrestling promoter to investigate a series of death threats and suspicious incidents.
Harry accompanies Harrison and his family on their trip to visit Cyndy's parents. When he gets there, he irritates her father. And when they go to his golf club, they discover the body of the club president. Now the police suspect that it's a robbery but Harry doesn't think so. But Cyndy's father insists that Harry stay out of it. But when the police find the man's wallet and watch buried out in the golf course, the police asks Harry to stay in town till they clear it up. When Harry says that it could take them months to solve it, Cyndy's father tries to help Harry. Harry thinks that the land that the club was going to to buy and use to expand the course is somehow connected. They discover that the land was not safe to be built on but two of the club's members proceed to buy the land on their own. They say that they want to use it as a tax loss but Cyndy's father doesn't buy it, cause they have reputation of buying something only if they could make profit from it. They then go to see t
Harry suspects a murder when he investigates the apparent suicide of his grandson's music teacher. Will the discovery of a rare piece of music prove to be a vital clue?
Harrison desperately tries to track down his father after Harry is abducted investigating a woman from a previously unsolved case.
Harry's life is in danger when he is mistakenly given the wrong photographs by a photo lab. Will he be able to keep himself and the incriminating photos safe?
Harry is hired by a woman to find her missing boyfriend. And while he is investigating, her father tries to bribe Harry into telling her daughter that he could not find him.
Harrison asks Harry to investigate when his surgeon friend is arrested for the murder. Can Nurse Flood and a bomb expert help Harry solve the case?
Harry investigates the death of Allison's cousin when his body is discovered in Harrison's office. Is his murder linked to a jade Buddha figurine?
Harry supervises Harrison's client, an eccentric movie star, when a court hearing is brought against the actor by his daughter.
While having dinner in a restaurant, a blind woman overhears two men planning a murder. She then informs Harrison about it. Harry who's in the office at the time, offers to investigate. Harry eventually finds the two men, and while he's bird-dogging one of them, someone kills their target. When Harry informs the police, the other one has a solid alibi. So, they are wondering who could have done the killing. When Harry and Harrison and his family reenact the thing in the restaurant, and Harry surmises, it was the waiter. Harry tries to get the waiter but the blind woman inadvertently tells the waiter what she heard, and decides to take her out but Harry arrives in time to save her.
Harry and Harrison help a reporter after a threatening message is left on her answer phone, and find it may be linked to her story about buried gold beneath a San Francisco street.
A woman who was about to have husband who has been missing for six years declared dead, asks Harrison and Harry to handle it. In court Harry claims that all evidence points to him being dead. The judge was about to declare him dead when he stands up in court. Now his wife doesn't want anything to do with him and demands a divorce, so in turn demands half of her assets, it seems she started her business with funds from his company. Harrison suggests that they settle but Harry thinking that he is extorting her and wondering how he missed him tries to look into it. He goes to see him at his hotel and there are all sorts of paraphernalia and he filches a coin he has. He later calls his wife and asks her to come over so they can talk. When she arrvies and knocks on the door he doesn't answer, she then leaves, what she doesn't know is that there is someone else in the room and her husband is dead. The next day after he is discovered and after finding her fingerprints on the door the police a
Harrison and Cyndy try to get away from Harry by going to a hotel. And it's there that Cyndy sees the supposedly dead husband of a friend and also someone who is watching him. Even after telling her friend what she saw and being told by her friend that she is wrong, she asks Harry to look into it. Harry finds the man who was watching the man Cyndy saw and reveals himself to be a cop. It seems that Cyndy's friend's husband faked his death for the insurance and is about to receive it. Harry then learns that the cop was thrown off the force for taking bribes. It turns that he and her friend are planning to double cross her husband but Harry and Harrison and Cyndy arrive in time to catch them all.
Harrison finds a photo from the 61 baseball all-star game, with Harry in the back ground. Whom he gives to as a birthday present but Harry claims that he wasn't at the game. And in typical Harry Fox fashion tries to find out how this could be. After seeing the photographer who took the picture, a man pulls a gun on Harry and Harrison demanding the photo but they manage to get away. They later find the photographer dead. He learns that at the time the photo was being taken, the daughter of the man standing next to Hank Aaron was kidnapped. Harry somehow thinks that it and the photo are somehow linked. Harry goes to see the inspector who investigated the case. Harry thinks that the photo was used as a means to provide the kidnapper with an alibi. Now the only other person in the photo was the partner of the man whose daughter was kidnapped. And even after finding him after committing suicide, Harry's not satisfied. He then asks Harrison to look into their business relationship. Harry the
A vacation at the elderado should get Harry Fox away from his hectic job for a whilr. But when Harrison and Cindy witness a murder and the body turns missing when the police arrive, Fox discovers a sinister plot.
New neighbors Bob and Dana hide a dead body in their basement. They rush next door to Cindy and Harrison's party. They poison a dog named Duke fearing discovery. Duke's owner hires Harry to investigate.
Retired waitress Rosie is lured into an alley and killed. Harry is a friend. He and his son chase away the killer. They find the murder not as random as it first appears.
Oscar hires Harry to find his girlfriend Janice. Harry sends him to Harrison for legal work. He's shot and turns up dead at Harrison's office. It turns out that he's a convict who escaped 5 days before his release. $500k is still missing.
Harrison obtains a 10% share on a race horse as pay for his legal services. Shortly afterwards, it appears there's a contract out on the horse.
Harrison Fox Sr. (Jack Warden) and Harrison Fox Jr. (John Rubinstein) are two of San Francisco's most successful private eyes. During a vacation in England they inadvertently become the prime suspects in a murder case, and must go on the run in the British countryside with the whole of the police force on their trail.