The Thin Man

Episode 1

Scene of the Crime

Fri, Oct 24, 1958 30 mins

Nora has always wanted a brownstone, so Nick signs a lease for one. On moving day Nick and Nora find out their new home was the scene of a murder, in their bedroom no less. Nora refuses to stay and insists Nick get them out of the lease.

Episode 2

Housewarming

Fri, Oct 31, 1958 30 mins

Barney once saved Nick's life. Now gangsters are after him and he wants Nick to hide him out. Things would be fine if Nora hadn't mistaken Barney's list of suspects for Nick's guest list for their housewarming.

Episode 3

Pack My Gat, Beulah

Fri, Nov 7, 1958 30 mins

Nora comes home to find a blonde in her bed. Nick arrives soon after saying he has no idea who the blonde is or how she got in. The blonde (Nita Talbot) claims to have no memory of who she is and demands everyone get out of her hotel room.

Episode 4

The Lost Last Chapter

Fri, Nov 14, 1958 30 mins

Writer Neil Jackson calls with the news that he has finished the last chapter of an overdue manuscript. Unfortunately, when Nick tracks Neil down, the writer has been murdered. It seems he based his chapter on an actual murder that is due to occur that night - but where?

Episode 5

I Loathe You, Darling

Fri, Nov 21, 1958 30 mins

A hep songwriter and a record figure in Nick and Nora's latest mystery.

Episode 6

The Human Bomb

Fri, Nov 28, 1958 30 mins

Mr. Rankin (Jacques Aubuchon) has his finger on a dead-man's switch and is holding Nora hostage. It's evening and Nick has to find $50,000 with all the banks closed.

Episode 7

A Plague of Pigeons

Fri, Dec 5, 1958 30 mins

A large bag of bird seed is delivered, by mistake, to Nick and Nora. They take it to the carrier pigeon owner down the street and find him murdered. Nick and Nora fly into action to find the killer.

Episode 8

Design for Murder

Fri, Dec 12, 1958 30 mins

While in France to promote his new book, Nick and Nora attend a Napoleonic-themed costume ball. Nick is told by the host he will commit a murder and challenges Nick to prove he committed the crime.

Episode 9

Murder in Mink

Fri, Dec 19, 1958 30 mins

Nora takes a mink home on trial unaware the mink is stolen and the shop owner is murdered. Nick has to solve the mystery and rescue Nora from the fur vault.

Episode 10

Lady on the Lam

Fri, Dec 26, 1958 30 mins

Blondie Collins (Nita Talbot) returns, having escaped from prison. Nick and Nora hit a triple: exposing a drug ring, putting a bookie ring out of business, and getting rid of Blondie - or did they?

Episode 11

Beauty and the Bath

Fri, Jan 2, 1959 30 mins

A visit to a European spa turns into a working holiday for the reluctant detective and his trouble prone spouse.

Episode 12

The Case of the Baggy Pants

Fri, Jan 9, 1959 30 mins

Nick has to join a burlesque act in New Jersey to solve a murder and a series of crimes.

Episode 13

Maine Thing

Fri, Jan 16, 1959 30 mins

Nick and Nora drive into a small town where Nick is arrested for a minor traffic violation. While Nick is in the town jail, Nora and Asta wander around the town and find no one there.

Episode 14

Outrageous

Fri, Jan 30, 1959 30 mins

Nick and Nora take in Blondie (Nita Talbot) after she alerts them of a plot to kill Nick..

Episode 15

The Big Holdout

Fri, Feb 6, 1959 30 mins

Nora has jury duty. Can you guess who on the jury is the big holdout?

Episode 16

The Perfect Servant

Fri, Feb 13, 1959 30 mins

"Nitro" Noonan (Jesse White) is just out of prison. He tells Nick he's cracked his last safe and is looking for a job. Nick is stumped--if only Nitro had learned a trade. As they sit down to eat the meal Nitro cooked, with the linens he ironed, Nick gets an idea.

Episode 17

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Morgue

Fri, Feb 20, 1959 30 mins

On live television, a comic star is shot to death during a program. It turns out that though he was a funny fellow for his audience, off-camera he was a hated bully to his staff, so there's plenty of suspects.

Episode 18

Black Wind and Lightning

Fri, Feb 27, 1959 30 mins

A New England ship's captain falls into Nick and Nora's apartment. He disappears but leaves a note which leads them to a "haunted house" owned by a "witch". Truly haunted or just a ploy to promote her book?

Episode 19

Holiday for Hazel

Fri, Mar 6, 1959 30 mins

Hazel dog sits Asta while waiting for a game show to call the Charleses number. Cross-identities and a plot to even a score with Nick play havoc.

Episode 20

Lady Frankenstein

Fri, Mar 13, 1959 30 mins

Blondie Collins returns to bother Nick and Nora. To get away from her, the couple takes a hastily planned trip to Florida

Episode 21

Mayhem to Music

Fri, Mar 20, 1959 30 mins

Nick and Nora's new neighbor is an arrogant,unlikable piano genius who even throws things at Asta. When Nora pays him a visit, she ends up locked in a closet and the musical virtuoso murdered.

Episode 22

La sabre invecta est?

Fri, Mar 27, 1959 30 mins

Nick and Nora are at the car races where the handsome winner has a little black book filled with military secrets in code. Will Nick and Nora be able to win the book before it is sold to spies?

Episode 23

Gory Road

Fri, Apr 3, 1959 30 mins

People start dying after a novelist announces on TV that her forthcoming book will reveal those responsible for a big swindle involving state roads.

Episode 24

Anonymity Anyone?

Fri, Apr 10, 1959 30 mins

Nick's assuming the name of a banker gets the Charleses into a mess in Palm Beach.

Episode 25

That's Gratitude

Fri, Apr 17, 1959 30 mins

Stelle and Belle, two dance hall hostesses, hire Nick to bribe a recently released con to leave their friend Gracie alone. Nora agrees with them but things go wrong when the con is found dead.

Episode 26

The Cat Kicker

Fri, Apr 24, 1959 30 mins

At a charity auction, Nora is auctioning Nick's detective skills for 24 hours. She has serious reservations when a beautiful amnesiac dressed only in a nightgown and fur coat wins the bid.

Episode 27

Bronze Bonze

Fri, May 1, 1959 30 mins

Chewie Chang wants to hire Nick to retrieve the Bronze Bonze, a statue of Buddha, from Lily Ying who wants to hire Nick to leave the statue alone. The fireworks begin when Nick finds the statue.

Episode 28

Requiem for a Recluse

Fri, May 8, 1959 30 mins

The patriarch of family who lives reclusively in a house outdated by decades hires the Charles to work undercover as domestic servants so that Charles may investigate who is trying to kill him and his two sisters.

Episode 29

Nora Goes Over the Wall

Fri, May 15, 1959 30 mins

Episode 30

Hamilton Hollered Help

Fri, May 22, 1959 30 mins

Nora's charitable work inadvertently uncovers a mom and son counterfeiting ring.

Episode 31

Dear Dead Days

Fri, May 29, 1959 30 mins

Frenchie Popineau passes away in prison after sending his cohorts a map to a treasure buried at his speak easy now the home of Nick and Nora.. Each map holder tries a different ruse to get the treasure much to the dismay of Nick and Nora.

Episode 32

Cold Cargo

Fri, Jun 5, 1959 30 mins

Nick and Nora's weekend trip to Old Mexico turns unsettling when Nora stumbles on a dead body which mysteriously keeps appearing and disappearing.

Episode 33

Bat McKidderick

Fri, Jun 12, 1959 30 mins

Nick and Nora go to Centipede City to find Bat Mckidderick to see if he is the last of the western bad men as his autobiography claims. They also must figure out if he shot his business partner.

Episode 34

Cherchez la Sexpot

Fri, Jun 19, 1959 30 mins

Knott's Berry Farm will have to wait when Nick is hired by a movie producer to find his missing starlet. Has something happened to her or is she hiding after killing her boyfriend?

Episode 35

Paradise Discovered

Fri, Jun 26, 1959 30 mins

Nick is hired by a dying millionaire to find his long lost nephew on a tropical isle. There is trouble in paradise when the millionaire's wife trails Nick and Nora so she can eliminate the nephew and become sole heir.