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- Peter Gunn is a private detective with a knack for finding trouble. His cases often mean he runs into the shadiest characters, most vicious thugs and the most powerful crime bosses. Cool and resourceful, he always gets the guilty party.
- During the early 1960s, U.S. military advisers in South Vietnam discover the same challenges that plagued the French army in Indochina ten years prior.
- A large ship sailing in international waters allowed patrons to gamble the night away. Mr. Lucky was the owner, and with his assistant Andamo, handled problem patrons, crooks, and cops to stay afloat.
- Jeff is an FBI agent sent to pick up Ray Manta, a member of the White Hand drug cartel, from a Mexican jail. Manta escapes, and gets revenge by killing Jeff's family. Kowalski, another member of the White Hand, is sympathetic to Jeff as he hunts down the other members of the Hand one by one, getting vengeance for his family, eventually leading to a battle with Manta.
- In a small town filled with secrets, three sisters are forced to cling to each other as they cope with loss and a father who's growing increasingly obsessed with the rapture he thinks is coming.
- A married couple of cat burglars scheme to rob a set of stolen diamonds from the local mafia only to be hampered by persistent police detectives, another scam artist, and a rival mob group.
- Baltimore Rising follows activists, police officers, community leaders and gang affiliates, who struggle to hold Baltimore together in the wake of Freddie Gray's death in police custody.
- Bitter rivalry and endless warfare take over the streets of East L.A.
- Dennis O'Brien is hired by Barton to bet on Harper, an old fighter, against Lundy, placing the bets in the name of Steve Belzig. Lundy dies of a blood clot during the bout. At Barton's hotel, after the fight, Dennis finds Gannon and Lundy, where he learns that Belzig is Lundy's real name and that Barton and Gannon had the fight fixed for Lundy to take a dive in the first round, but Barton told Lundy to wait until the seventh and Harper didn't last that long. Dennis is knocked out and comes to to find police Lt. Burger in the room with him with Lundy dead. Accused of the murder and out on bail, Dennis starts his own investigation and finds that Gale Chase is connected with Gannon. He makes Gannon think that Gale is double-crossing him, but is arrested by Burger before he can harm Gale...(end first story... start second story)... Irma Rand hires Dennis to pose as Ted Fallon, husband of her step-daughter Sylvia. She introduces him to Eddie and Bill Rafferty, who knock him out and he awakens to find himself next to the body of the real Ted Fallon. He goes to Sylvia's apartment where he is again slugged by the two thugs, but this time he awakens and finds both men dead. The always-late Lt.Burger accuses him of these crimes. He learns from his buddy, Professor Shicker that Sylvia had cashed $30,000 worth of bonds belonging to Rafferty and is planning to flee the country with Irma. Catching up to them Dennis and Burger learn that Irma killed Ted Fallon... and Sylvia, believing that Rafferty did it, killed him and Eddie.
- When he is told that he is to spend three more years as a tailgunner, goofball GI Herbert Pumice thinks that a promotion--which he has little to no chance of getting--will get him out of the job he hates. He asks his girlfriend Sally, who owns the base café, for help. She goes to the base commander, Col. Baker--who she knows has a crush on her--to help out Herbert. Col. Baker schedules a promotion hearing for Herbert that Friday. He naturally fails it miserably, and then learns that Col. Baker is going out on a date with Sally. Meanwhile, the base military intelligence officer discovers that Herbert is a dead-ringer for the head of a spy ring intending to sabotage a new automated plane, and gets Herbert assigned to infiltrate the gang. Complications ensue.
- Two young brothers, tired of their abusive father, take matters into their own hands. But what happens in youth often stays with you a lifetime.
- The Fortuna II's anchorage is used by gem smugglers as a drop off point.When Mr. Lucky and Andamo find this out and notify the police,the smugglers will stop at nothing to recover their booty.
- Mr. Lucky receives a "Birthday Present" from an old WWII Navy pal-an atrocious oil painting.When the friend is murdered and an aggressive buyer for the painting pops up on the Fortuna II,Mr. Lucky,Andamo and Maggie find themselves in a hot spot.
- An old friend of Mr. Lucky's is planning a major heist and asks for help with the getaway by using the Fortuna II to leave for Cuba afterwards. Lucky turns him down but, after getting the blame for the crime, decides to track down the thieves with Andamo in danger and Lt. Rovacs hot on his heels.
- A man that a Mob Boss is looking for hides out on the Fortuna II. Mr. Lucky and Andamo, initially unaware of this fact, later help the man.
- Mr. Lucky and Andamo are visited by an old friend who needs their help who is now the manager of a posh country club with a problem: A recently suicidal club member is only one of many who are being cheated out of large sums of money by a card shark. Lucky and Andamo go "undercover" to find out who it is.
- A woman whose fugitive husband's stolen stash she has spent tries to extort the money from Lucky to replace the money so she will not be murdered by the husband or his unpaid accomplices.
- When Lucky will not call-off a bet on an election with Toby on election eve which it seems Lucky will win, Toby hires a man to kill Lucky to avoid being killed himself by a syndicate which he owes a like amount of the bet.
- A front man for the Mob wants to buy the Fortuna II and will not take "NO" for an answer. Staged fights in the Dining Room,use of an attack dog and a quarantine for a virus are some of the tactics used to force the sale.Lucky and Andamo will not be intimidated and,with Rovacs' help,fight back.
- An armed robbery of the Fortuna II curiously includes the taking of personal checks which were used to pay off gambling losses. This oddity leads Mr. Lucky and Andamo to the true reason for the crime - and very nearly to Davy Jones' Locker.
- A high powered attorney and three of his "associates" hijack the Fortuna II. The lawyer is attempting to reach a foreign shore with his daughter in order to avoid a custody fight. Mr. Lucky and Andamo have a different course in mind.
- Mr. Lucky is the chief suspect in a hit-and-run death involving an old gambling friend. "Luckily" the man had visited with Lucky and Andamo on the Fortuna II before he died-and left a clue to the real killer.
- Mr. Lucky narrowly escapes more than one murder attempt and suspects someone wants him dead.He finds out that he's part of a bet, the winner gets $1000 for each day he lives-until he's killed.
- A man who has testified against the Syndicate attempts to use the Fortuna II as a means of smuggling his son into California from Mexico.A top Mobster is aware of what is going on and has his men following the boy-they will kill the father for revenge.Lucky,Andamo and Lt. Rovacs do what they can to help.
- An heiress ("Batgirl" Yvonne Craig) running away from her sheltered life wants to dig the world in beatnik fashion. She ensnares Lucky and Andamo to show her the hip scene unaware she's become the target of a couple of hoods that want to kidnap her for ransom.
- Maggie witnesses a Mob assassination and Mr. Lucky wants her to go into hiding until the hitmen are caught. At the same time an Estate Lawyer is looking for her and Andamo unintentionally helps the killers.
- An old friend of Mr. Lucky comes to the Fortuna II to ask an unusual favor.He has just been released from prison-and wants Lucky's help in going back!
- A man and woman use "lookalikes" and the Fortuna II as a means to illegally enter the United States.Their reason for evading the immigration authorities has national security implications and involves a network of traitors.Mr. Lucky and Andamo are asked to help locate the couple in Los Angeles.
- Armed juvenile delinquents rob the Fortuna II's Cash Room and Dining Room customers. Their efficient heist even included knocking out the Ship-to-Shore radio. Mr. Lucky and Andamo suspect an awkward young waiter may be involved.
- A modern day Jack-the-Ripper is loose in the Port of Los Angeles-murdering rich,young blondes. Unknown to Mr. Lucky and Andamo (but not to "Jack") a rich, young blonde is a stowaway on the Fortuna II.
- Mr. Lucky's reputation for being able to deal with unsavory characters leads to a popular actress asking for his help. She is being blackmailed regarding an incident in her youth by a Mystery Man. Lucky, Andamo and Lt. Rovacs set out to find out who it is and put an end to the extortion.
- Mr. Lucky and Andamo find that betting on the outcome of a pool (billiards) game involves more than money-it also involves their life or death.
- Without any discussion,Mr. Lucky tells Andamo the Fortuna II will cease being a gambling ship and will become a Private Member,ultra-fine dining,restaurant and night club.One of the new members,a wealthy young lady,has a problem-she has run out of money paying a blackmailer.Lucky and Andamo try to help.
- Mr. Lucky and Andamo volunteer to be in charge of an up-and-coming,wealthy,Ivy League boxer until a charitable "Fight-Night" event is completed.The manager of the opponent does not want to take any chance of his fighter losing a title shot-Lucky's man must take a dive or else.
- A well known multimillionaire visits the Fortuna II for an evening of fun and gambling. Mr. Lucky,Andamo and Maggie are all in danger when the man's past catches up with him.
- The new comedian at Lucky's is still wanted by his previous boss, an old-time Prohibition Era mobster. Stopping at nothing,eventually the comic's wife and Maggie are kidnapped as part of a scheme to make the comic return and sign a contract.
- Turn-of-the-century train robbers become ship robbers when they visit the Fortuna II. Mr. Lucky and Andamo track them down despite the interference of present-day thieves.
- Mr. Lucky and Andamo are comfortably running a Gambling Casino in a South American Banana Republic thanks to a bribeable President.Unknown to Lucky,Andamo decides to aid an anti government revolutionary group.Feeling the heat,Lucky and Andamo will attempt to leave-if possible!
- New "regulars" at the Fortuna II's roulette wheel include a beautiful, wealthy divorcée and a studious, eccentric professor. This could somehow coincide with a recent rash of counterfeit money entering the Port of Los Angeles.
- A crooked businessman has convicts paroled to him and then threatens to have them sent back unless they do exactly as he says-including strong-arming and murder.Mr. Lucky and Andamo help one of the parolees,a Salad Chef on the Fortuna II,who wants to stay clean.
- An attractive Society matron who is anti-gambling/pro-children's milk fund charity,visits the Fortuna II and stages a publicity stunt to make her point.Andamo is smitten and convinces Mr. Lucky to have a fund-raiser but there is more than one reason for Lucky being leery.
- A company which has scheduled a party on the Fortuna II is undergoing an IRS tax audit. The owner, knowing fraud will be eventually discovered, decides to buy time by "tipping" the Tax Agent into starting an investigation of Lucky's.
- A horse racetrack is robbed and some of the money with known serial numbers ends up on the Fortuna II.When Mr. Lucky and Andamo are jailed for suspicion of being part of the heist team,the gang uses the ship as a drop to smuggle the money out of the country.
- Honest gamblers Joe Adams (alias Mr. Lucky) and Andamo arrive in the Port of Los Angeles on a freighter as crewmen-broke but cheerful.They meet up with a notorious conman,help save his life and end up owning the yacht Fortuna II.This they convert into a gambling ship and which leads to many adventures.
- A candidate for Councilman is assassinated and the man's brother asks Mr. Lucky for help in finding out who is responsible for the murder.Lucky makes himself a target by running for the office and dares the killers to come into the open to stop him.
- Still in Acapulco, due in part to Jacoby's bad sunburn, Gunn is asked by local police to look into the near murder of a U.S. diplomat's son. The emotional problems of the boy, the victims of a car wreck and a debt to a gambler are leads.
- The wife of an old friend asks Gunn to find her disappeared husband. The police seek him as he is a suspect in the murder of a witness against a top mobster. He used to work for the hood and Jacoby suspects there is still a connection.
- About to leave Acapulco, Gunn surprises and shoots an intruder in his hotel room who gets away. Local police determine the man is a mob hit man who's after a witness against a U.S. mobster. Jacoby hears the name and rushes to Alcapulco.
- A perplexed Gunn has a baby dumped on his doorstep. He finds the father is scheduled to testify against a crime czar who is hiding out until all witnesses are killed. Gunn sets himself up as a target to draw the mobster out into the open.