All 24 Original One-Hour Episodes From 1985–1986. From San Diego to San Francisco, detective brothers Rick (Gerald McRaney, Jericho) and A.J. Simon (Jameson Parker, JAG) have their hands full as they are hired to unravel a mystery of stolen diamonds, investigate a killer chimpanzee, explore the world of witchcraft and go undercover as convicts to find the only escapee ever to make it out of Alcatraz in Season Five of the popular prime-time drama. Simon & Simon originally aired from 1981 to 1989 on NBC in the heart of what would become a golden age for action-packed television.