Seasons & episodes
1 season · 13 episodes
Episode 01
The November Plan (1)
Jake Axminster is a hard-boiled, wise-cracking private eye in Los Angeles during the 1930's. Mary Kingston hires him to prove her innocence. She is being framed for murdering her boyfriend, and the police are seeking her whereabouts. Jake hides her in a beach house and begins his investigation. He discovers that Mary and her boyfriend witnessed a man's murder at a party on the previous night, and she fled but her boyfriend was captured and killed. The man murdered at the party was a reporter who was about to publish a story of some importance, concerning the date of November thirteenth. Jake attempts to talk to the wealthy man who threw the party, and barely leaves the estate alive.
Episode 02
The November Plan (2)
Jake continues to hide Mary at the beach house while he attempts to prove her innocence. His investigation leads him to a clandestine group of very prominent and powerful men, who are plotting the overthrow of the United States' government on November thirteenth. He witnesses their army on maneuvers, is bribed and threatened by the President of a large movie studio, and beaten by a corrupt police lieutenant.
Episode 03
The November Plan (3)
Jake makes contact with Gen. Smedley Butler as they discuss the plot to overthrow the U.S. government. Jake tricks Noel Crossman, Jr. into leading him and the police to the reporter's body, clearing Mary of murder charges.
Episode 04
Parting Shot
Jake is hired by a wealthy man named Underhill to see if his wife Velma is having an affair. Jake follows Velma that night, and as she arrives home he hears a shot ring out from the house. Rushing inside, he finds Underhill shot to death in his den, and a bullet hole in the window. Velma's boyfriend is arrested for the murder, but Jake doesn't think he's guilty. As he begins his investigation, he discovers many suspects and a bizarre method of attempted murder.
Episode 05
A Lonely Way to Die
April Miller is a friend of Jake's, and Lt. Quint has Axminster arrested in the middle of the night to question him about her apparent suicide. April had come to Jake earlier in the evening asking for his help. She'd had an accident on the road, and thought she had killed the woman in the other car. When Jake takes April back to the scene of the accident, they discover the car and the woman are now missing. Believing April has been murdered, Jake's investigation leads him to the door of the ex-governor and his estranged wife. Suspects abound, and an attempt is made on Jake's life.
Episode 06
The House on Orange Grove Avenue
Margaret Hillings and Ruby Dyson were accused of committing a double murder eight years ago, but were acquitted. They hire Jake to find out who really did it, and hopefully clear their names.
Episode 07
Palm Springs Answer
A mother hires Jake to find her missing daughter. The investigation involves mobsters, a resort development project, death, bribery, and gets Jake beaten up and shot.
Episode 08
The Losers
A businessman hires Jake to follow his mistress, to find out if she is seeing another man. When she and the businessman are murdered, Jake finds the case taking many twists and turns.
Episode 09
A Sudden Silence
Jake runs afoul of the FBI when he works a case that involves a young woman and her boyfriend who are members of the communist party, resulting in the boyfriend being murdered.
Episode 10
The Castle of Dreams
Jake investigates a house-of-ill-repute called "The Castle Of Dreams", where the ladies look like famous movie stars. The investigation leads to murder, the disappearance of Jake's secretary, and a run-in with a movie studio executive.
Episode 11
Say Goodbye to Yesterday
A wealthy oil executive's wife disappears. He hires Jake to find her, and Jake winds up getting involved with a Chinese brothel owner in Oregon, a nightclub singer, a nun and one of Lt. Quint's unsolved murder cases.
Episode 12
The Bloodshot Eye
Jake is hired by an insurance company to investigate the alleged death of a man in a small town in New Mexico. Jake runs afoul of the corrupt judge and sheriff, and must be rescued by his secretary and lawyer.
Episode 13
Match Point
When a man is shot at an exclusive tennis club, Jake is hired to find the killer and free the man who is being framed. The investigation leads Jake to a plot to overthrow Hitler and the Nazis.
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