| In November 1973, Harry lived in San
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| | sometime partner in crime fighting was
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| Diego where, following his enforced
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| | Lt. Manny Quinlan (played by Henry
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| retirement from the police, he took up as
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| | Darrow) of the San Diego Police
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| a private detective in order to
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| | Department. Manny would often help
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| supplement his meager police pension. He
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| | Harry, to the disgust of his bosses and
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| had a house on the beach where he spent
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| | Harry always kept Manny up to speed with
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| much of his time alone working on his
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| | what he was up to. When Lt. Quinlan was
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| boat, The Answer. His other form of
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| | killed off, during February 1975, Harry
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| transport was a beat-up Austin MG which
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| | moved briefly to Los Angeles, at the
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| spent much of its time waiting for him to
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| | behest of a client, where he found
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| earn enough money to afford the spares
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| | himself living in a neighbouring
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| needed to repair it. Thus, much of his
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| | apartment to an air hostess called Betsy
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| detecting is done on foot or by bus or
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| | (played by Kathrine Baumann).Betsy was
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| taxi.Harry's first case involved his
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| | about to move to Santa Monica and Harry
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| being employed by the guy who shot him
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| | learnt that his San Diego home was being
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| who himself needed protection from a
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| | raised to the ground so he too moved to
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| killer. From then on, he was available
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| | Santa Monica and rented a place next door
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| for hire by anyone for just $100 per day
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| | to Betsy. Betsy had a succession of
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| plus expenses.The character portrayed by
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| | roommates who wandered about the place
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| David Janssen was rather weary and
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| | wearing little but bikinis and visited
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| downbeat and being in some pain from his
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| | Harry whenever they felt like it.
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| gunshot injury, was unable to provide
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| | Following these was Sue, also an air
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| much by way of energetic combat with his
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| | hostess, (played by Farrah Fawcett-Majors
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| adversaries, whether unarmed or
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| | a whole year before she starred in
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| otherwise. The lack of a flashy
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| | Charlie's Angels) with whom Harry had his
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| motor-car, or even a functional one,
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| | first steady relationship since he was
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| prevented the appearance of the normally
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| | divorced.Harry's professional foil in
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| obligatory car chases but despite, or
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| | Santa Monica was Lt. Trench of the Santa
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| perhaps because of all this, Harry O was
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| | Monica PD. Trench seemed to actually
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| a very popular character, who, like
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| | quite like Harry but found him rather
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| Magnum PI, narrated the programs himself,
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| | infuriating, and so it was until the
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| in the first person.At the beginning of
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| | series wound up in April 1976.
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| the series his sometime adversary and
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