
Paris
1979–1980 · CBS · 60 min · 1 season
S01E11 · Fitz's Boys
Wed, 16 Jan, 4:00 am
About
Woody Paris, police Captain and loving husband, leads his team of detectives through the black and white and gray that constitutes the world of law and order. James Earl Jones stars as Woodrow (Woody) Paris, a captain of detectives on a metropolitan police force, who also moonlights as a professor of criminology at a local university, in "Paris," new hour-long series premiering Saturday, Sept. 29 (9:00-10.00 p m ) on the CBS Television Network. In addition, Woody is a very happily married man of long standing, and playing his wife is Lee Chamberlin. Also starring are Hank Garrett, Cecilia Hart, Jake Mitchell, Frank Ramirez, and Michael Warren. Garrett is seen as Deputy Chief of Police Jerome Bench, Paris' boss and close friend, Cecilia Hart, and Mitchell, Ramirez, and Warren appear as members of a special Metro squad under Paris' direct supervision.
Episodes
- E01
Pilot
Sun, 30 Sept· 60 minIn the premiere episode, Paris is summoned to an influential councilman's home as he leaves the campus after class one evening. The councilman, Julius Wellman, has returned from a staff meeting to discover the lifeless body of his wife. The immediate supposition is that she awakened during a burglary, was beaten by the culprit and fell, striking her head against a table. At home, mulling over the case with his wife. Barbara, Woody is perplexed by a number of slightly out-of-kilter facts. The investigation proceeds and startling evidence is uncovered, but, before the investigation is wrapped up, Paris finds there's more to the case than manslaughter and burglary.
- E02
Dear John
Sun, 7 Oct· 60 minAn impulsive rookie goes undercover on his own to nail the vicious muggers who maimed his mother.
- E03
Pawn
Sun, 14 Oct· 60 minA series of rapes culminating in brutal murders has prompted newspapers and a concerned councilwoman to demand immediate police action.
- E04
Friends and Enemies
Sun, 21 Oct· 60 min - E05
Once More for Free
Sun, 28 Oct· 60 min - E06
Dead Men Don't Kill
Wed, 5 Dec· 60 min - E07
Burnout
Wed, 12 Dec· 60 min - E08
Decisions
Wed, 19 Dec· 60 min - E09
The Price Is Right
Wed, 2 Jan· 60 min - E10
The Ghost Maker
Wed, 9 Jan· 60 minParis's search for a possible murder witness reveals that the man is a street killer given sanctuary by the Government for his testimony against a syndicate kingpin.
- E11
Fitz's Boys
Wed, 16 Jan· 60 min - E12
Pay the Two Bucks
TBA· 60 min - E13
America the Beautiful
TBA· 60 min
Cast

James Earl Jones
Detective Captain Woodrow 'Woody' Paris

Hank Garrett
Deputy Chief Jerome Bench

Cecilia Hart
Sgt. Stacey Erickson

Jake Mitchell
Det. Charlie Bogart

Frank Ramirez
Det. Ernie Villas

Michael Warren
Det. Willie Miller

Lee Chamberlin
Barbara Paris