This is a list of episodes from the second season of Cannon.

Cannon
Season 2
No. of episodes24
Release
Original networkCBS
Original releaseSeptember 13, 1972 (1972-09-13) –
March 21, 1973 (1973-03-21)
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The season originally aired Wednesdays at 10:00-11:00 pm (EST).

Episodes

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TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
251"Bad Cats and Sudden Death"Philip LeacockRobert LewinSeptember 13, 1972 (1972-09-13)
Cannon attempts to clear a friend on murder charges, but the more he uncovers, the worse it looks.
262"Sky Above, Death Below"George McCowanHal SitowitzSeptember 20, 1972 (1972-09-20)
Cannon's only witness to a murder is a fugitive draft dodger.
273"Bitter Legion"Michael O'HerlihyGeorge BellakSeptember 27, 1972 (1972-09-27)
Cannon plays dirty to keep a Vietnam veteran on the straight and narrow.
284"That Was No Lady"George McCowanDick NelsonOctober 4, 1972 (1972-10-04)
A lawyer puts her life at stake when she defends suspects in a robbery.
295"Stakeout"Leo PennHarold GastOctober 11, 1972 (1972-10-11)
A crooked ex-cop's daughter is set up in a robbery - and all the witnesses and police forensic scientists and detectives refuse to cooperate.
306"The Predators"George McCowanArthur HeinemannOctober 18, 1972 (1972-10-18)
A coyote trap connects a dead man to smugglers.
317"A Long Way Down"George McCowanStephen KandelOctober 25, 1972 (1972-10-25)
Cannon searches a hospital for clues when drugs are stolen and a murder is committed.
328"The Rip Off"George McCowanDouglas Day StewartNovember 1, 1972 (1972-11-01)
When Cannon's apartment is burglarized, his pursuit of the thief leads him to discover thefts at an airport.
339"Child of Fear"David Lowell RichRobert W. LenskiNovember 15, 1972 (1972-11-15)
A wealthy rancher is missing, and his foolish wife allows her private security force to have free rein over her ranch.
3410"The Shadow Man"Robert DouglasRobert LewinNovember 22, 1972 (1972-11-22)
A woman says her husband fell off a cliff, but the body is gone - along with a fortune in bonds.
3511"Hear No Evil"Charles S. DubinRobert W. LenskiNovember 29, 1972 (1972-11-29)
Cannon investigates when a convicted wiretapper seems to have taken up blackmailing.
3612"The Endangered Species"Robert DouglasDel ReismanDecember 13, 1972 (1972-12-13)
A friend of Cannon's is charged with murder - and the real killer is his attorney.
3713"Nobody Beats the House"Herbert HirschmanMeyer DolinskyDecember 20, 1972 (1972-12-20)
A gambler in debt is given an ultimatum: pay or die.
3814"Hard Rock Roller Coaster"Charles S. DubinS : Bill S. Ballinger;
T : Meyer Dolinsky
January 3, 1973 (1973-01-03)
A smuggler (Fritz Weaver) uses Cannon to find a cache of diamonds.
3915"The Dead Samaritan"Jerry JamesonS : Robert Van Scoyk;
T : Stephen Kandel
January 10, 1973 (1973-01-10)
In a faux pas episode, a good Samaritan saves a woman from which has the appearance of an assault in broad daylight in front of 11-15 witnesses (Cannon claims there were only 4), and the Samaritan is charged with murder.
4016"Death of a Stone Seahorse"William WiardAnthony LawrenceJanuary 17, 1973 (1973-01-17)
A murderer attempts to frame his mentally-unstable sister for his crime.
4117"Moving Target"Lawrence DobkinWorley ThorneJanuary 31, 1973 (1973-01-31)
An author is targeted for murder when he starts writing a fake autobiography of a billionaire.
4218"Murder for Murder"Herschel DaughertyArthur HeinemannFebruary 7, 1973 (1973-02-07)
Cannon follows a teacher bent on revenge after his daughter dies at a jet-set party.
4319"To Ride a Tiger"Virgil W. VogelRobert W. LenskiFebruary 14, 1973 (1973-02-14)
An ex-con's lawyer disappears after winning a case.
4420"Prisoners"Charles S. DubinRobert LewinFebruary 21, 1973 (1973-02-21)
A young man's plot to extort money from his father backfires.
4521"The Seventh Grave"John BadhamE. Arthur KeanFebruary 28, 1973 (1973-02-28)
Cannon's search for a murderer is clouded by a lab worker altering the evidence.
4622"Catch Me If You Can"William HaleDouglas Day StewartMarch 7, 1973 (1973-03-07)
A psychopathic killer asks Cannon for help.
4723"Press Pass to the Slammer"Leo PennMeyer DolinskyMarch 14, 1973 (1973-03-14)
Cannon must solve a murder before a columnist is sent to prison.
4824"Deadly Heritage"Seymour RobbieRobert LewinMarch 21, 1973 (1973-03-21)
A friend of Cannon's searches for her stepson, who had been abandoned by her husband years ago.