The List 
Directed by Burt Kennedy
Written by Michael Pillar
Synopsis: The show opens with AJ, drinking like he means it. The bartender asks for his story, which he procedes to tell with wonder and sorrow:
A beautiful woman appears out of the fog at AJ's door in the middle of the night. Her name is Amanda, and she asks for help - she's about to be accused of a murder she didn't commit. AJ's
smitten and instantly wants to help.
Rick is wary of Amanda's unwillingness to explain why she won't go to the police. Against his better judgment, he can see AJ is determined to help her, and agrees to take the case.
The murder victim is a sleazy publisher who once a year prints a top ten list of the sexiest women in San Diego. Amanda was photographed secretly
and told after the fact that she'd be on the list. She desperately didn't want the publicity, which sets off Rick's internal alarms even more. AJ won't
heed his brother, though, and the Simons are on the trail to find out who really killed the publisher.
They go to Janet for help, but it turns out she is also on the list and has disqualified herself from the case. She gets the inevitable ribbing from the guys, but they respect her inability to help.
Time passes, and AJ falls head over heels for Amanda. Rick can't keep his misgivings to himself when he realizes the couple are "playing house".
The brothers almost come to blows, only prevented by Rick's ability to back down. Though he mistrusts Amanda to his core, he is unwilling to let AJ go it alone.
The Simons discover that the publisher and a photograher were killed to keep them from publishing a scandalous but true article about the lesbian affair of the wife of a prominent citizen.
Once they discover this, they become targets themselves and just barely escape becoming the next victims. They chase the husband, who's the murderer, but he loses control of his sports car
and goes over a cliff to his death.
After the accident, the brothers go to the police station to report what they found and clear Amanda.
There they discover that Amanda was in the witness protection progranm as a witness to mob murder, and she has already been moved again.AJ swears to find her, but Rick reminds him that if he
finds her, so will the mobsters.
AJ races home to find only a note, filled with a fond farewell. Knowing he can never again see the woman he loves, he slowly crumples to the ground.
Back at the bar, AJ has reached the end of his tale. His eyes are bloodshot and filled with pain. He looks over his shoulder, thinking he might find
her there, but it is only Rick, who's come to take his drunken, broken-hearted brother home.
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