A small town VIP seems to be trying to help as Hagen arrives to clear a friend and finds him dead, after an escape attempt.

Hagen and Palmer find themselves with a reluctant client when cosmetics tycoon Claudette Gideon decides to retire and turn her company over to her estranged daughter.

Hagen and Palmer search for a man in San Francisco who mysteriously disappeared. Hagen, his friend, is arrested for murder. Enter Palmer, the lawyer. Livia Carroll (Samantha Eggar) calls on tracker Paul Hagen and Carl Palmer to find her missing father. This is the worked-over pilot that sold the series.