HARRY O: The Complete Seasons

Harry O was an American crime drama television series that aired for two seasons on ABC from 1974 to 1976. The series starred David Janssen as Harry Orwell, a San Diego cop forced into retirement when he is shot in the back. He sets up a private investigation practice in San Diego.

Originally co-starring in the series was Henry Darrow as Lt. Manny Quinlan. After the first season, the location of the series shifted to Malibu due to the expense of filming in San Diego. Quinlan was killed off, and Anthony Zerbe became Orwell's foil/contact, Lt. K. C. Trench of the Santa Monica Police Department. Additional characters included Farrah Fawcett-Majors, who was seen in a handful of episodes as Harry's attractive next-door neighbor and sometime girlfriend; Paul Tulley as Sgt. Don Roberts, Lt. Trench's assistant; and Les Lannom as Lester Hodges, a bumbling private-eye wannabe.

"A bullet lodged near his spine has forced former police officer Harry Orwell to seek new employment as a private detective to supplement his disability pension. As he is frequently in pain, it also limits his ability to engage in hand-to-hand combat with bad guys. And since his car is in the shop, waiting until he can afford a new transmission, he is also forced to pursue his investigations by bus or taxi, or even on foot. Thus Harry is unusual among private eyes in not engaging in fisticuffs or car chases."

Harry O is one of TV's more bohemian private eyes, a loner living in a beachfront cottage near San Diego, spending his time re-building a boat in his yard. Harry's sometime nemesis, sometime ally, is Lt. Manny Quinlan of the San Diego Police Department. When Manny is killed off in February 1975, Harry moves his base of operations to Santa Monica. There he inherits a new nemesis, Lt. Trench, plus occasional unsolicited help with his cases from amateur criminologists Lester Hodges and Dr. Fong.

He has an ex-wife but no steady relationships until the move to Santa Monica with episode 17, after which he has a fair number of gorgeous flight attendants as neighbors, including Farrah Fawcett and Loni Anderson.