Simon Without Simon parts 1 & 2
Directed by Vincent McEveety
Written by Richard Chapman and Bill Dial
Synopsis part 1 - While the Simons are working undercover for the port authority, they accidentally come across a top secret microchip that propels
them into the spotlight. As the Simons celebrate their new-found celebrity, Town warns them that fame can bring a heavy price.
Soon after, both Simons start receiving individual job offers. Rick is tempted by an offer to write a book about his adventures; AJ is interested by a
chance for the corporate, opulent life he craves in the largest PI office in the world. The brothers laugh them off at first, but things soon grow sour between them.
AJ was running surveillance for Mrs. Ferguson, an abused wife whose husband is having an affair. Both brothers have been putting it off. When AJ followed
the husband to a hotel, he's almost strangled in the parking lot by an unseen assailant. Rick was supposed to be with him, but was sidetracked by the
sexy editor who wants him to write a book. The brothers get in an argument that leads to the dissolution of Simon & Simon.
As they're packing up the office, they agree that they're not angry at each other. Cecilia stops by to try to keep them together, but they're determined to go their own way.
Meanwhile, the folks who were implicated in the microfilm case decide that dead men tell no tales and plan to kill the Simons.
The editors tell Rick they want him to use a ghostwriter for the book, but Rick wants to write it himself. Unfortunately, even Town thinks Rick has a
long way to go as a writer.
AJ, on the other hand, finds the detectives at his command aren't handling the Ferguson case very tactfully and decides to take it on himself. He's
distracted, however, and once again the case is put off.
Rick becomes more and more disillusioned and decides to spend an evening in a bar, where he runs into AJ. They both get rip-roaring drunk and stumble
home to AJ's house together. Once they go into the house, the room is sprayed with machine gun fire.
Synopsis part 2 - Town arrives on the scene of the shooting, relieved and concerned when he finds the two alive, inebriated Simons. One of the shooters
outside has been hit, and it looks like the Simons shot him. They haven't fired a shot, but Town has to play this one by the books. At the hospital, Town
tells them to take a blood test to discover their blood alcohol level.
The press shows up once again to cover the Simons, but now they're painting the Simons as the bad guys and the anchorwoman just happens to be
involved with the head of the smuggling ring. FBI agents search AJ's house and find more microchips like the ones AJ and Rick uncovered originally,
making them look like they're in league with the smugglers. The man who was wounded in the shoot-out offers to give testimony implicating the Simons.
The book editors see the bad press and drop Rick faster than you can say 'bad writer'. They pass him off to a movie maker whose previous project was
"Spiders from Mars". Rick walks out.
AJ returns to his office to find Mrs. Ferguson has been badly beaten. His secretary is catty about the bad press and hasn't called a doctor. AJ is horrified
by his lapse, her wounds, and his secretary's callousness. He gets into an argument with his boss and quits.
The FBI agent in charge of the case is looking for someone to pin the smuggling wrap and the Simons have been served up by the smugglers. Town
defends them and alienates the agent, but doesn't back down.
AJ, disheartened by what's happened with Mrs. Ferguson, returns to the S&S office, which is being used for storage. He finds Rick there, and they talk
about what's going on. They both decide they've made a mistake and decide to reform to help Mrs. Ferguson and themselves.
They talk to the doctor that worked on the man who was shot and discover not all is as it seems. The man had to have been shot before the raid on
the Simons house and had been heavily drugged with painkillers. They break into the man's lawyer's office and find the evidence against them. They share
the evidence with Town, who agrees they're the most likely suspects to the FBI agent.
The boys go to visit the doctor they believe actually shot the man and pumped him full of drugs. A few threats later, the doctor decides to testify to his part
in the shooting. Unfortunately, the smugglers see them talk to the doctor and stop him from going to the prosecutor.
The brothers then go to the supplier of the smuggled goods and send him a note asking for more microchips under the guise of being his contact with
the head of the smuggling ring. By following him they learn the location of the exchange and leave him directions to go to a hotel room. When he gets
there, they set up an exchange of smuggled goods. The Simons then get the smugglers to show up at the same time and the whole ring is exposed.
Simon & Simon Investigations goes back to business, but not business as usual. AJ solemnly tells his mom that Rick's going to have to pull his own
weight. Rick comes in late with Mexican food and they get into another argument, which Cecilia ends by grabbing their ears and hauling them away.
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