Editing Mathnet (section)

==Episodes==
===Season 1 (1987)===
''All episodes this season were directed by Charles S. Dubin.''
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| EpisodeNumber = 1
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| Title = The Problem of the Missing Monkey
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1987|1|26}} – {{Start date|1987|1|30}}
| ProdCode = 11031–11035
| ShortSummary = A [[gorilla]] named Grunt escapes from the zoo, while a suspect dressed as a gorilla is being used to frame Grunt. With the help of a gorilla handler ([[Yeardley Smith]]), the Mathnetters eventually find Grunt (whom they mistakenly believe to be the suspect) climbing the [[Hollywood Sign]].  Later they apprehend the suspect at the [[zoo]].
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 2
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| Title = The Problem of the Missing Baseball
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1987|2|2}} – {{Start date|1987|2|6}}
| ProdCode = 10540–10760
| ShortSummary = Pilot episode. (Filmed in 1985.)  A very important [[Baseball (ball)|baseball]] has to be found at a house, but the house has been stolen by a [[helicopter]].  The house is eventually located, and the baseball is found in the fireplace.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 3
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| Title = The Problem of the Passing Parade
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1987|2|9}} – {{Start date|1987|2|13}}
| ProdCode = 11011–11015
| ShortSummary = A parade was to be featured until the main attraction, Steve Stringbean (a parody of [[Bruce Springsteen]]), gets [[kidnapping|kidnapped]].  Stringbean tries to communicate the kidnapper's [[telephone number|phone number]] to the Mathnetters in a short piece of music in a proof-of-life message left on an [[answering machine]].  He is later found in a musician's house.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 4
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| Title = The Trial of George Frankly
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1987|2|16}} – {{Start date|1987|2|20}}
| ProdCode = 11021–11025
| ShortSummary = A security video appears to show George robbing a bank. He claims that he was on vacation at that time, and needs proof to back his claims that an imposter [[identity theft|stole his identity]]. During the trial, Kate presents definitive proof a witness was lying, then George exposes the imposter.  
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 5
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| Title = The Problem of the Dirty Money
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1987|2|23}} – {{Start date|1987|2|27}}
| ProdCode = 11051–11055
| ShortSummary = Tons of excavated dirt are being stolen from construction sites.  As it turns out, a fortune stolen from a "[[Brinks Incorporated|Sphinx]]" (Brinks) armored truck many years ago was buried in the dirt.  The prime suspect has died in jail, but his partner is eventually located.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 6
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6
| Title = The Mystery of the Maltese Pigeon
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1987|3|2}} – {{Start date|1987|3|6}}
| ProdCode = 14081–14085
| ShortSummary = In a spoof of ''[[The Maltese Falcon (novel)|The Maltese Falcon]]'', Maureen O'Riley puts a [[The Maltese Falcon (novel)|valuable bird sculpture]] from [[Malta]] on display at a museum, but it disappears without a trace.  A young Maltese man who belongs to an [[Knights of Malta|ancient society]] helps Mathnet find the truth.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 7
| EpisodeNumber2 = 7
| Title = The Problem of the Trojan Hamburger
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1987|3|9}} – {{Start date|1987|3|13}}
| ProdCode = 11041–11045
| ShortSummary = A [[clown]] is reported abducted, while a [[diamond]] is stolen by a thief who used a [[Trojan Horse|secret trick]] to get in and out.  The clown finds his way home.  The Mathnetters find that the clown actually staged the kidnapping to steal the diamond.
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===Season 2 (1988)===
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 8
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| Title = The Case of the Willing Parrot
| DirectedBy = Charles S. Dubin
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1988|9|19}} – {{Start date|1988|9|23}}
| ProdCode = 20030–20034
| ShortSummary = A talking [[parrot]] named Little Louie recites the [[Fibonacci sequence]] as a clue to the location of a deceased celebrity's inheritance.  A thief is also looking for it as well.  The parrot goes missing but is found at the suspect's home.  
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 9
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| Title = The Case of the Great Car Robbery
| DirectedBy = James F. Golway
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1988|9|26}} – {{Start date|1988|9|30}}
| ProdCode = 20010–20014
| ShortSummary = 20,000 cars have been stolen over a two-month period. Kate and George investigate and meet a teenage girl whose mother's car was also stolen. The cars are eventually found after the Mathnet crew rent a car to use as bait for the car thieves.  They lead the Mathnet crew to a [[chop shop]] and apprehend the owner as he is crushing the rental car.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 10
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| Title = The Case of the Deceptive Data
| DirectedBy = Charles S. Dubin
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1988|10|3}} – {{Start date|1988|10|7}}
| ProdCode = 20340–20344
| ShortSummary = Television show host Mike Pliers asks Kate and George for some help on why his high-rated show got unexpectedly canceled. After visiting viewers who are part of the survey, the ratings devices are discovered to be altered to make it seem as if the show's replacement is being watched.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 11
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| Title = The View from the Rear Terrace
| DirectedBy = Charles S. Dubin
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1988|10|10}} – {{Start date|1988|10|14}}
| ProdCode = 20320–20324
| ShortSummary = In this spoof of ''[[Rear Window]]'', George investigates seemingly harmless pranks at banks on his own, while Kate is at home with an injury. Kate's neighbor is making bombs, though George doesn't believe her at first.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 12
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| Title = The Case of the Missing Air
| DirectedBy = Karl Epstein
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1988|10|17}} – {{Start date|1988|10|21}}
| ProdCode = 20020–20024
| ShortSummary = Kate and George need to figure out the common factors to a chain of robberies, in which the thief was talking like a duck.  The thief turns out to be a controversial [[radio talk show]] host who robs stores that pulled their ads from his station.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 13
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6
| Title = The Case of the Map With a Gap
| DirectedBy = James F. Golway
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1988|10|24}} – {{Start date|1988|10|28}}
| ProdCode = 20000–20004
| ShortSummary = Kate and George go out to the desert with a young cowboy to find a buried treasure of gold, using the help of angles and mirrors.
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===Season 3 (1990)===
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 14
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| Title = The Case of the Ersatz Earthquake
| DirectedBy = Jesus Salvador Treviño
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|1|15}} – {{Start date|1990|1|19}}
| ProdCode = 30001–30005
| ShortSummary = A self-proclaimed [[Divination|seer]] appears to have correctly predicted when and where an [[earthquake]] in a building would strike, and extorts the city for the time a "Big One" will strike next, but the Mathnetters find out there was a trick to making the ground shake. After this case, the Mathnetters are called to New York City.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 15
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| Title = The Case of the Swami Scam
| DirectedBy = Charles S. Dubin
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|1|22}} – {{Start date|1990|1|26}}
| ProdCode = 30011–30015
| ShortSummary = Kate and George begin their first assignment in [[New York City]], where retired [[lawyers]] are being scammed by a [[swami]] who claims to have the right predictions of [[horse races]] and [[lotteries]].
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 16
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| Title = The Case of the Parking Meter Massacre
| DirectedBy = Charles S. Dubin
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|1|29}} – {{Start date|1990|2|2}}
| ProdCode = 30021–30025
| ShortSummary = The city's [[parking meters]] are being abused and cut off. In a departure for the series, there are two suspects not affiliated with each other. One suspect simply stole the entire meters and the other suspect was looking through quarters, [[The Adventure of the Six Napoleons|searching for a small valuable object mixed in among them]].
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 17
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| Title = The Case of the Unkidnapping
| DirectedBy = Charles S. Dubin
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|2|5}} – {{Start date|1990|2|9}}
| ProdCode = 30131–30135
| ShortSummary = The main star of the broadway musical ''[[Anything Goes|Anything Went]]'' gets kidnapped. But it was revealed that the kidnapping was a hoax to steal money from the show and to frame her co-star, who happens to know Kate when they were in college.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 18
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| Title = The Case of the Strategic Weather Initiative
| DirectedBy = Charles S. Dubin
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|2|12}} – {{Start date|1990|2|16}}
| ProdCode = 30031–30035
| ShortSummary = A weather plane gets stolen and Kate and George try to find answers to where the plane might have landed. This problem becomes more troubling as the airplane's cooling system requires it to fly before it explodes, putting a limited time on solving the case.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 19
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6
| Title = The Case of the Masked Avenger
| DirectedBy = Charles S. Dubin
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|2|19}} – {{Start date|1990|2|23}}
| ProdCode = 30081–30085
| ShortSummary = The Masked Avenger is being used by the mob to make him throw his wrestling match. Guest starring [[Lara Jill Miller]] as The Masked Avenger's daughter, Terri.
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===Season 4 (1991)===
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 20
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| Title = The Case of the Unnatural
| DirectedBy = Jesus Salvador Treviño
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1991|9|30}} – {{Start date|1991|10|4}}
| ProdCode = 40121–40125
| ShortSummary = ''George's new partner Pat Tuesday is introduced here''. In a parody of ''[[The Natural (film)|The Natural]]'', a [[baseball]] prospect is kidnapped and replaced by a mechanical imposter. The real player is eventually found and the [[robot]]'s creator is apprehended.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 21
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| Title = Despair in [[Monterey Bay]]
| DirectedBy = Jesus Salvador Treviño
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1991|10|7}} – {{Start date|1991|10|11}}
| ProdCode = 40101–40105
| ShortSummary = The Despair Diamond from the "Trojan Hamburger" case is stolen again, this time by a [[gentleman thief]].  The Mathnetters return to Los Angeles to solve the case.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 22
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| Title = The Case of the Calpurnian Kugel Caper
| DirectedBy = Jesus Salvador Treviño
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1991|10|14}} – {{Start date|1991|10|18}}
| ProdCode = 40071–40075
| ShortSummary = A [[counterfeit money|counterfeiter]] is ruining the [[monetary unit]] of a tiny [[Monaco]]-like [[monarchy|kingdom]] ruled by a teenager.  The ruler would rather be a [[game show host]] than a king, evident by his desires to be one and his obsession with the genre.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 23
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| Title = The Case of the Galling Stones
| DirectedBy = Bill Schreiner
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1991|10|21}} – {{Start date|1991|10|25}}
| ProdCode = 40111–40115
| ShortSummary = Pat Tuesday is suspected of stealing an expensive bracelet. But then, she and George find out that there's more to this mystery than a stolen bracelet. Finally they learn that a dictator of a small country framed Pat and stole jewels for an icon.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 24
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| Title = The Case of the Poconos Paradise
| DirectedBy = Charles S. Dubin
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1991|10|28}} – {{Start date|1991|11|1}}
| ProdCode = 40091–40095
| ShortSummary = Vacationers to the [[Pocono Mountains|Poconos]] and other places are being robbed.  A woman who owns a mail company in [[Bayonne, New Jersey]], is the suspect.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 25
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6
| Title = The Case of the Purloined Policies
| DirectedBy = Charles S. Dubin
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1991|11|4}} – {{Start date|1991|11|8}}
| ProdCode = 40081–40085
| ShortSummary = Someone is bankrupting an insurance company with an old-fashioned insurance fraud. A bike gets stolen and a new one has to be made. Finally, the chief manages to find the culprit by identifying his handwriting.
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===Season 5 (1992)===
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 26
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| Title = The Case of the Mystery Weekend
| DirectedBy = Bill Schreiner
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|9|21}} – {{Start date|1992|9|25}}
| ProdCode = 50021–50025
| ShortSummary = Pat and George go to an old house to attend a "Mystery Weekend" game. They soon find out that they've walked right in to a real mystery, as six guests get kidnapped one by one.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 27
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| Title = The Case of the Smart Dummy
| DirectedBy = Bill Schreiner
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|9|28}} – {{Start date|1992|10|2}}
| ProdCode = 50231–50235
| ShortSummary = A ventriloquist's suitcase containing one of two dummies was switched with another containing $1,000,000.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 28
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| Title = The Case: Off the Record
| DirectedBy = Bill Schreiner
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|10|5}} – {{Start date|1992|10|9}}
| ProdCode = 50011–50015
| ShortSummary = A record company was producing hit records... ALL BAD! Pat & George go undercover as a music band to find out what's going on.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 29
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| Title = The Case of the Bermuda Triangle
| DirectedBy = Jesus Salvador Treviño
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|10|12}} – {{Start date|1992|10|16}}
| ProdCode = 50251–50255
| ShortSummary = A young girl with the help of the Mathnetters goes on a treasure hunt to try to clear her old relative's name.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 30
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| Title = The Case of the Piggy Banker
| DirectedBy = Bill Schreiner
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|10|19}} – {{Start date|1992|10|23}}
| ProdCode = 50241–50245
| ShortSummary = Pat's friend, the daughter of a clown, claims her father is accused of embezzlement at the Bank of Legume and it's up to the Mathnetters to clear his name and find out who really did do it.
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