Hardcastle and McCormick - Season 2 - Eps 17: You Don't Hear the One That Gets You
Mark is thrilled when he wins $20,000 racing in the Arizona Modified. His joy quickly dissipates when thieves hold him up and steal his winnings as well as the Coyote. Based on Hardcastle and McCormick's description of the thieves, Deputy Sheriff Dan Johnson realizes that they were robbed by locals Arvin Lee and Melissa Kantwell. Complicating matters is the fact that Melissa is the wife of Billy Blackstone, the city's sheriff. After recovering the Coyote from a used car salesman, Hardcastle and McCormick begin to track the crooks. To their surprise, they catch up with Arvin Lee only to discover that he has been murdered. Putting the pieces together, they realize that Blackstone probably killed Arvin Lee. Taking their theory one step further, Hardcastle and McCormick speculate that Melissa only pretended to fall in love with Arvin Lee in order to trick him into stealing for her. With Johnson's help, the judge and Mark locate Blackstone and Melissa. With Blackstone unwilling to surrender, the deputies are forced to shoot and kill him. To Mark's regret, the shoot-out starts a fire that destroys his racing winnings.
About Hardcastle and McCormick

Title: Hardcastle and McCormick
First Air Date: 1983-09-18
Last Air Date: 1986-05-05
Status: Ended
Rating: 6.4/10 (from 37 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 4
Total Episodes: 67
Network: ABC
Genres: Action & Adventure, Drama, Crime
Production Companies: Unknown
Synopsis
Hardcastle and McCormick is an American action/drama television series from Stephen J. Cannell Productions, shown on ABC from 1983 through 1986. The series stars Brian Keith as Judge Milton C. Hardcastle and Daniel Hugh Kelly as ex-con and race car driver Mark "Skid" McCormick. The series premise was somewhat recycled from a previous Cannell series, Tenspeed and Brown Shoe.
Cast

Brian Keith
Milton Hardcastle

Daniel Hugh Kelly
Mark "Skid" McCormick

Joe Santos
Frank Harper