Texas billionaire J.J. Starbuck drives around the country in a 1961 Lincoln convertible, with horns on the hood, acting as a private detective solving crimes. He charms the police and anyone else in his way and never charges the victims anything for solving the crime. In 1988, he acquired an assistant, "Tenspeed" Turner, a con man who helps him J.J. out, often in a disguise.

	1x01 Pilot Dale Robertson plays eccentric Texas billionaire JJ Starbuck who pokes his nose into other people's business in the name of justice. In the opener, JJ travels to Beverly Hills where ...	Sep. 26, 1987
	1x02 A Killing in the Market Robert Conrad plays Corbett Cook, a Wall Street wizard, whose overtures to J.J. about a shady business deal become secondary when J.J. crowds him with questions about the apparent suicide ...	Sep. 29, 1987
	1x03 Murder In E Minor J.J. interrogates Pierce Morgan, a pianist, about the apparent suicide of a competition judge who was disapproving of the pianist's style. Source: www.TVRage.com	Oct. 20, 1987
	1x04 The Blimpy Who Yelled Blue J.J. calls into question the "accidental" demise of a children's-book illustrator when the dead man's collaborator and heir refuses to continue his partner's charitable work. Source: ...	Oct. 27, 1987
	1x05 Incident at Sam September The military notifies J.J. that he's on his own if he goes up against the terrorist holding executives hostage at J.J.'s Middle Eastern oil refinery. Source: www.TVRage.com	Nov. 10, 1987
	1x06 Gold from the Rainbow After J.J.'s car stalls, a Greek bearing gifts of room and board assists J.J., who tries to repay his host by helping him fight a development company. Source: www.TVRage.com	Dec. 05, 1987
	1x07 Graveyard Shift Starbuck buys into a movie studio to uncover clues a decades old-murder case. Source: www.TVRage.com	Dec. 15, 1987
	1x08 The Circle Unbroken A shifty spiritual leader tries to frame a senator's daughter for her father's murder. Source: www.TVRage.com	Dec. 22, 1987
	1x09 The 6% Solution An estate agent finds success in selling houses to a couple, getting his 6% commission, then ordering one of his agents to seduce one member of the couple to break up their marriage. ...	Dec. 26, 1987
	1x10 Murder by Design Starbuck investigates Brin Coltan, a scheming interior design editor, who seems to have committed the perfect murder. Source: www.TVRage.com	Jan. 23, 1988
	1x11 Cactus Jack's Last Call Con man E.L. "Tenspeed" Turner unwillingly accepts to help J.J. find the killer of their mutual friend, Cactus Jack, a gambler. Source: www.TVRage.com	Feb. 13, 1988
	1x12 A Song from the Sequel J.J. runs across a man who was framed for the murder of his father, a studio executive killed 10 years earlier. Source: www.TVRage.com	Feb. 20, 1988
	1x13 First You've Got To Go To The Picnic J.J. makes plans for a paroled felon to coach a college-football team that hasn't won its last 265 games. Source: www.TVRage.com	Feb. 27, 1988
	1x14 Permanent Hiatus Ted Fuller, J.J.'s Army buddy, now a talk-show host at a station J.J. owns, adds his own change to the phrase "killing the competition." Source: www.TVRage.com	Feb. 27, 1988
	1x15 Rag Doll Jill, J.J.'s niece inquires into the apparent suicide of a friend who was looking for stardom. Source: www.TVRage.com	Apr. 19, 1988
	1x16 The Rise And Fall Of Joe Piermont J.J. has a sneaking suspicion that the collapse of a building is behind the reluctance of construction magnate Joe Piermont's son to run for governor. Source: www.TVRage.com	Jun. 28, 1988
	1x17 That Old Black Magic [add summary]	N/A
	1x18 Everyone's a Critic [add summary]	N/A