Faraday and Company

By Lassiegal

In 1948, private detective Frank Faraday was in a small South American country investigating a crime when he was arrested on trumped-up charges and tossed in jail. Twenty-five years later, he is freed during a revolution and makes his way to the American embassy. Sent back home to San Francisco, he discovers his old detective agency is being run by a son he didn't know he had--his child by his old secretary whom he had been sweet on. The first thing he does, of course, is finish the investigation of the crime that got him incarcerated 25 years earlier.

This was a fun series that never quite reached its potential. The hook was supposed to be that Frank wanted to solve crimes the old way, with footwork, investigation, and old-fashioned know-how, while his son Steve was into the latest high-tech (for 1973) methods. A mere four shows were produced.

Frank was played by Dan Dailey, Steve Faraday by James Naughton, Lou Carson (Frank's secretary/sweetheart and Steve's mother) by Geraldine Brooks, and Steve's secretary Holly by Sharon Gless.

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