Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
Season 1
Ben Vereen is E.L. "Tenspeed" Turner, an inveterate con-man and master of disguise. Jeff Goldblum is Lionel Whitney, a "brown shoe" (accountant). Through an unlikely series of circumstances, they form a detective agency. Tenspeed is the realist, while Lionel fantasizes of having adventures like the fictional private eye he idolizes, Mark Savage.
14 Episodes
- Tenspeed and Brownshoe (1)E1
Episode 1Tenspeed and Brownshoe (1)E.L. is out of prison and quickly involved in a new scam - stealing a million dollars from the Mob. Unfortunately, he's unaware that the Mob got it from fencing Nazi diamonds. Meanwhile, accountant Lionel Whitney is in town to get married to his dominating fiance, and quickly finds his plans gone awry when Tenspeed hides the diamonds in his limousine. Both groups are now after both him and Tenspeed. - Tenspeed and Brownshoe (2)E2
Episode 2Tenspeed and Brownshoe (2)Lionel finds himself being pursued by Nazis and mobsters who are after the diamonds that Tenspeed hid on him. Lionel manages to talk Tenspeed into doing the right thing by appealing to his conscience (such as it is) and running a scam to get everyone arrested. With Tenspeed out on parole and needing a job, Lionel decides to finance a new detective agency with the reward money to fulfill his lifelong dream of being a hard-boiled detective. - Savage Says "There's No Free Lunch"
E4Episode 4Savage Says "There's No Free Lunch"A new female client hires Lionel to find out who is trying to kill her, and he quickly falls in love with her. It turns out that the woman, Avon, is trying to cut a deal with the board of directors that she worked for as a call girl, and they want her out of the way... along with anyone who tries to protect her. - Savage Says, "What Are Friends For?"
E5Episode 5Savage Says, "What Are Friends For?"Stockbroker Marty Huckerman, an old friend of Lionel's, hires the agency to investigate two men who have threatened him after having him invest their money. When Marty turns up dead, the partners realize that Marty may have been laundering drug money for a motorcycle gang... and the gang wants their money back. - The Sixteen Byte Data Chip and the Brown-eyed Fox
E6Episode 6The Sixteen Byte Data Chip and the Brown-eyed FoxE.L. is smitten with Lola Marshall, a beautiful dancer who hires the partners to find her missing brother, a computer programmer who was used in a scheme to liquidate a tax evader's company against his will. - Loose Larry's List of Losers
E10Episode 10Loose Larry's List of LosersE.L.'s parole officer is transferred, and the tough new officer wants so send E.L. back to prison. When another parolee tries to run the officer down, E.L. tries to get back in his good graces by finding the murderer. Meanwhile, E.L. gives Lionel a stolen watch for his birthday. - This One's Gonna Kill Ya
E11Episode 11This One's Gonna Kill YaLionel takes on the 40-year-old murder case of Sable Hill, and works with the retired police detective who handled the case. People start shooting at E.L. and Lionel, and they soon realize the murder attempts are tied into the resurrected murder case. - Untitled
E12Episode 12UntitledE.L. discovers that the agency cleaning woman, Katie, is Russian royalty. He arranges for her to marry a talent agent desperate to acquire a title, in return for a 10% finder's fee. However, a Russian professor and his goons come after Katie for a jeweled dagger that belonged to the Tsar. - The Treasure of Sierra Madre Street
E13Episode 13The Treasure of Sierra Madre StreetA judge hires the agency to determine if a mental patient, Dean Culpits, is actually a hired killer. However, Lionel and E.L. soon learn that the judge is anything but, and that there's a million dollars in missing money that Culpits, the judge, and the money's original owner all want. - Diamonds Aren't Forever
E14Episode 14Diamonds Aren't ForeverWhen Lionel's parents William and Harriet come to town, E.L. decides to help out his partner by setting him up with a new car and a fancy fake penthouse office. However, the detectives discover that thieves are after a stolen diamond hidden in the office by the previous owner.
