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COLLECTION · Series · 1987

Houston Knights

Houston Knights is an American crime drama set in Houston, Texas. The show ran on CBS from 1987 to 1988 and had 31 episodes. The core of the show was the partnership between two very different cops from two different cultures. Chicago cop Joey LaFiamma, played by Michael Paré, is transferred to Houston after he kills a mobster from a powerful Mafia family and a contract is put out on him. Once there, he is partnered with Levon Lundy, played by Michael Beck, the grandson of a Texas Ranger. Although as different as night and day, and after a rocky beginning they form a successful partnership and become friends. This is aided to a certain extent by an event where a hitman from Chicago who holds the contract to shoot La Fiamma arrives in Houston and is ultimately killed by Lundy. During the series, it is revealed that both La Fiamma and Lundy have their own personal demons; La Fiamma's Chicago police partner had been killed when he went ahead while La Fiamma had waited for backup to arrive. Lundy's wife had been killed by an explosion that was intended to kill him.

Source: TMDB
* 5.5 (4)CrimeDrama
Creators
Jay Bernstein · Michael Butler
Studios
CBS · Columbia Pictures Television
Runtime
45–60 min/ep
Release
11/03/1987
Score
5.5 / 10 (4)
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Seasons and episodes
Season 1
Season 1
9 episodes · 1987
Episode 1. Mirrors (1)
1987-03-11

There are two underlying stories here. The first is the murder of a Houston business man. The other is the pasts of LaFiamma and Lundy. It is the conflict between a Northerner detective suddenly transferred to a foreign land called Texas.…

Episode 2. Mirrors (2)
1987-03-11

No synopsis

Episode 3. North of the Border
1987-03-18

The story is about an wealthy American going into a Mexican border town and getting away with murder. Efrain Figueroa is introduced here as Sgt Estaban Gutierrez as a recurring character. Estaban is a Matamoros, Mexico cop. He travels to…

Episode 4. Houston's Hero
1987-03-25

A hero turns out to be the killer everyone is seeking. See Recap for more details.

Episode 5. Single in Heaven
1987-04-01

A serial killer is on the loose, and one of the victims is a friend of Levon's. Danni, a novice journalist overheads Joe & Levon talking and prints what she heard Joe say. The killer connects with Joe, invading his home, his work, and…

Episode 6. Yesterday's Gone
1987-04-08

A high school friend of Levon's is shot at in a hotel lobby. The boys are assigned the case. Joe sees a Chicago 'mob tailor' and talks with him. Levon learns that his friend, Bobby, has been laundering money for the mob. The Feds tape a…

Episode 7. Bad Girl
1987-04-15

At a rich boy's party, things suddenly turn deadly when someone dies of laced cocaine. One of the party girls makes a play for LaFiamma. As Joe is turned on more and more by this girl, he begins to get romantically involved with her.…

Episode 8. Scarecrow
1987-04-22

A motorcycle cop is murdered during a traffic stop. A young black man named Scarecrow says he witnessed it. The Knights find him and put him in a safe house, but the young man flees, so they put him in a jail cell and he ends up dead. A…

Episode 9. Colt
1987-04-29

The gun Levon carries belonged to his grandfather, who was a Texas Ranger. In this episode, Lundy walks into a jewelry store to check on something he is having fixed, and ends up in the middle of a robbery in progress. Now it is used to…

Season 2
Season 2
22 episodes · 1987
Moving Violation
Episode 1. Moving Violation
1987-09-15

An off-duty officer is killed doing some private investigation. It is soon learned that he was working on a stolen car ring. The Knights spot a daylight heist of an Excaliber and follow it to a warehouse. As the Knights moved around…

Episode 2. Heads, I Win - Tails, You Lose
1987-09-22

The show has two separate storylines. One deals with date rape, the other with a prison breakout. In the date rape, a man at a fitness center feels women are coming on to him because of how they dress when they exercise. This storyline…

Episode 3. Desperado
1987-10-06

The Desperado is Bodine,(Rex Smith of STREETHAWK), who robs from the bank that repossessed his oil rig, his house and his life. He is a modern day Robin Hood as he gives the money he takes to street people and other unemployed oil…

Episode 4. Gun Shy
1987-10-13

Three night club owners are killed within six weeks of each other. All killed with the same gun. The sixth killing comes on the same day as the anniversary of Lt. Beaumont accidently killing a 14 year-old-boy. The Knights discover a…

Episode 5. Lady Smoke
1987-10-20

The Knights happen upon a ransom drop in progress. Teddy & Frank Stark decided to kidnap the daughter of Houston's wealthiest woman. Unfortunately as the Knights soon find out, the woman's wealth crashed when the oil boom went sour. When…

Episode 6. God's Will
1987-11-03

An attempt is made on an evangelist's life. At first the suspect is another evangelist. Soon it is narrowed down to a young man who works for Rev Summerfield's wealthiest contributor. The Knights hide Summerfield and his wife at Levon's…

Episode 7. Diminished Capacity
1987-11-10

The Boys are put in charge of a man getting an early prison release. The public and Levon are not happy for the man he killed was a prominent businessman. The man, Jessup, says he was framed by co-workers. While Jessup visits his sister,…

Episode 8. Home Is Where the Heart Is
1987-11-17

Joe and Levon come face to face with the homeless in this episode. Chicken has a new cook who lives in an abandoned high-rise with her fiance, who is missing. The owner of the building isn't aware anyone is living in the building and…

Episode 9. Secrets
1987-12-08

No synopsis

Episode 10. Somebody to Love
1987-12-22

It is Christmas in Houston, and once again Sgt Gutierrez is tracking someone from Mexico. This time the missing is a kidnapped baby. It turns out that an unscrupulous lawyer gets babies wherever she can for her private adoptions. Estaban…

Episode 11. There's One Born Every Minute
1988-01-02

Joey is sitting in a bar without a date when a pretty girl makes a play for him. He soon learns she has charged $300 on his credit card that he supposedly allowed with a nod of his head. When he and Levon go looking for the girl,Neely…

Episode 12. Vigilante
1988-01-09

A man who has lived in Oman most of his life returns to Houston after his father is killed during a robbery. In the airport parking lot a man tries to rob Sandhurst, and Sandhurst gives him Middle Eastern justice. He cuts off the man's…

Episode 13. The White Hand
1988-01-16

A young man who works for Councilwoman Sonia Zamora is killed by a hate group. At the scene the group leaves is a white hand painted on a wall. When one of the group's members fail to kill an assigned 'target,' the Knights get their first…

Episode 14. Sins of the Father
1988-01-30

The Knights are teamed with a detective who is used to working solo. He assists Joe and Levon in a raid on a warehouse, and ends up saving LaFiamma's life. However, Lundy feels the man is really putting all their lives at risk with his…

Crime Spree
Episode 15. Crime Spree
1988-02-06

No synopsis

Episode 16. Cajun Spice
1988-02-13

Using a tip from Chicken, Joe & Levon raid a warehouse and discover cash hidden in cases of 'Cajun Spice.' The man they are seeking isn't there so they go to one of the bars he owns. There Joey meets Angie Duval who he later discovers is…

Episode 17. The Stone
1988-02-20

Joe and Levon wrestle with a man who has been exposed to radiation. Joe did not like having to give up one of his best suits when told by a government official that all clothes were to be burned while they were scrubbed down. The boys…

Episode 18. Burnout
1988-02-27

No synopsis

Episode 19. Love Hurts
1988-04-26

This episode is about the senseless murder of a quiet, suburban family. The only surviving member is college student, Aaron Frost, who stayed at his girlfriend's house that night. He has no idea why anyone would murder his family. But as…

Episode 20. Bad Paper
1988-05-03

Three teenage boys pull off a burglary in a small grocery store that one of the boys had worked at. When the safe is open they discover a huge stack of bills wrapped in brown paper. They grab the money and take off. The Knights are in the…

Episode 21. For Caroline
1988-05-10

The opening scene is a funeral. Levon is standing off to the side watching a man bury his mother. As the man walks back to his car, Levon attacks him! Lundy is sure this man is responsible for the death of his wife. Everything floods back…

Episode 22. The Jungle Fighter
1988-06-07

The Vietnamese community is up in arms when three of their immigrants are murdered. All clues point to a Vietnam veteran with a history of violence. Neither the tight-knit community nor the vets are interested to cooperate with the…

Cast by season
Michael Paré
Michael Paré
Joey La Fiamma
Michael Beck
Michael Beck
Levon Lundy
John Hancock
John Hancock
Clarence 'Chicken'
Robyn Douglass
Robyn Douglass
Joanne Beaumont
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