"We're More Than Brothers---We're Best Of Friends"

Original "Simon & Simon" Fan Fiction

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Do any of you out there want to see more of them on television as the 1990's come to a close and we usher in a new millenium? Well, I certainly do and so I've decided to do something about it. In the weeks to come, you will see a story develop that I am transforming into a screenplay. This screenplay is for a television movie of the week featuring the Simons in a very, very different kind of situation than we are accustomed to seeing them in. I am not divulging much here, but please come by next week when part of the outline will be posted here.

What is your favourite "Simon and Simon" episode? Which brother do you identify with more? Please feel free to drop me a line anytime. As always, "courteous service, reasonable rates".

Hello there, fellow Rick and A.J. Simon fans. You've happened upon the right place if you wish to read fan fiction, based on these two personable, handsome and conscientious brothers who started a business whereby they would be qualified private investigaters. Here, you'll get to read stories that run the gamut between the dramatic and, sometimes tragic, to the oddly amusing and light-hearted. Not only that, but I am hard at work at a "Simon & Simon" cybernovel and I will post the first chapter very soon.

As many of you know, Rick Simon is the more intense and complex of the two brothers, having done two tours of duty in the Vietnam war and taking a back seat to his father, who often beat him as a child. Rick is a competant and intelligent private investigator and it was his troubled background that allows him to get into perpetrators' heads and methodically figure out what makes the criminal faction tick.

A.J.or, Andrew Jackson Simon, is more the carefree and affable of the brothers. He didn't get drafted into that terrible war and, being the younger of the siblings, earned the favour of the boys' father. As A.J. said in one episode, "(Dad) never laid a hand on me," so, in many ways, this Simon brother had led somewhat of a sheltered life when compared to Rick's. One thing about A.J. that kept him from being too perfect and flawless was that he had witnessed, early in his youth, a man being viciously beaten on the beach and left for dead. When A.J. approached the injured man to see how badly the man was hurt, he looked up at the blond, blue-eyed Simon, uttered something unintelligable, then died right there, while his blood soaked into the sand. This vision would remain in A.J.'s mind far into his adulthood and was instrumental in his choice to be a private investigator.

The brothers' mother, Cecilia Simon, tends to be a little on the productive side. I think a lot of that had to do with the fact that her husband and the guys' father had died many years ago, leaving scars on Cecilia and making her feel anxious about her two sons, lest they suffer the same fate. Aside from this, she was a life-loving, happy person with an active social life and an independant streak that kept Rick and A.J. feeling that she could handle herself in any situation.

Then there was the sometimes infamous Downtown Brown, a black cop whose rough tactics and initial distrust of private investigators paved the way for his getting to know the Simon brothers and even involving them in cases that the San Diego police department were hard-pressed to solve. An uneasy friendship ensued, one that would withstand many crises and problems that seemed out of the reach of the law. I've always liked Town, because his abrasive mien hid a warm-hearted and kindly man, one who thought highly of Rick and A.J. and who was extremely concerned for their welfare.

So what can you expect from this website? Well, there will be a fair number of original stories posted, one at a time, which will test the strong relationship with the Simon brothers and give way from a great deal of dramatic situations, none of which you've ever seen on the television program. Each story will feature either both brothers, or Rick and A.J. seperately.

As for the cybernovel, chapters will be posted as my work on the shorter stories continue. I will give you a hint and say that it involves a particularly disturbing and upsetting tale which puts the Simon brothers, Cecilia and Downtown Brown in extremely perilous positions.

What about relationships between the brothers and members of the opposite sex? Well, fear not, for they will figure prominently in my fan fiction. Watch out though----things can get very, very controversial at times.

Now I am coming to the end of my introduction to this fictional page for Simon & Simon fans. As a gift, I will post chapter summaries of the cybernovel after two short stories have been put up here. I hope that you enjoy them and will keep coming back. I may not have much in the graphics department, but I'll do my best to make up for it with story-weaving.

The first story is a work-in-progress and can be accessed by clicking on the link below. It concerns the story of three mountain men who staunchly defend their rustic home when building contractors come to raze their log cabin in order to build suburban homes for the wealthy of San Diego. During a shoot-out, A.J. is critically wounded and, as Rick waits anxiously at the hospital for his brother to get out of surgery, he harkens back to the past and how the two of them, seemingly so different in temperament and preferences, have an amazing amount in common. This story offers a personal glimpse into what makes Rick and A.J. Simon tick and how they forged such a strong bond. Here it is:

Here is a summary of the second story, on which I am currently working and will have posted soon:

Phoenix From the Flame

A Rebirth Of Trust

Rick and A.J. Simon are re-united after A.J.'s marriage has ended and Rick has returned from living in Alaska. As this scene opens, the brothers are having dinner with their mother, Cecilia.

A.J. is reluctant to discuss his personal woes with Rick and when Rick presses, Cecilia tells him gently to back off. We get the impression that the unfortunate event has been quite traumatic for A.J.

Rick tries to persuade his brother to returning to their jobs as private investigators and after much arguing and protesting, A.J. relents, realizing that the best thing to do to recover from the break-up would be the distraction of work. Unfortunatly, it is not that simple, as their company had been sold and they would have to begin at the bottom floor again.

While A.J. is walking down a street in uptown San Diego, he runs into Downtown Brown, who the Simons had not seen in years. Brown is no longer a cop, having retired after being seriously injured on the job. A.J. tells Town of he and Rick's desire to get back to work, so their old friend tells A.J. that he could probably help. He does, by speaking to a P.I. friend of his who is willing to take the brothers on as partners. A.J. tells Rick, who isn't sure he wants to work with anyone but his brother, but then relents when he realizes that if they wanted jobs, they would have to relent.

On the first day of their new job, the Simons have a lot of problems. They have not been private investigators since 1996 and had kind of lost their stride, so to speak. A.J. doesn't feel comfortable carrying a gun and decides not to. Rick tries to persuade his brother to change his mind, telling him that they had needed firearms so many times in the past, but A.J. stands firm and says, "No weapons. You do what you have to, but I am having no part of it".

It's the next day, and the Simons have settled into their new office, a small cubbyhole of a place down the hall from Town's friend, Sammy Deveron. Sammy is a muscular, young African-American with a no-nonsense mien and a gruff exterior. We get the impression pretty quickly that he is not really that way at all, but takes his job very seriously. Sammy is horrified when he finds out that A.J. refuses to pack a weapon. Sammy and Rick hit it off right away, as they discover that they both did two tours of duty in Nam.

A week has passed and finally the brothers recieve a client, a young woman, small and frail, who is absolutely terrified of her ex-husband. She tells them that he had beaten her all through their troubled marriage of five years and now that she had gotten the courage to leave him, she fears he has hired a hit man to kill her. When Rick asks Shelli how she got knowledge of this, all the poor woman can do is shake and say, "I just know it..I just know it. He's so violent and evil. Please...you have to stop him somehow. A.J. squeezes her shoulder and assures her that they will take care of everything, while Rick stares at him as if to say, "We will?"

The story will follow very soon.

The Worst Show On Earth

My Second Fan Fiction Entry

In this tale, Rick and A.J. go undercover at a mid-size travelling circus, in an order to ferret out a crooked trainer who appeared to have been responsible for a tiger trainer's death. This story is complex, as it uncovers the often inhumane treatment of animals and blows the lid off the circus people who are often overworked, underpayed and made to live in squallid quarters. As the brothers grow ever nearer to put the finger on the ringleader of this sorry troupe, their lives are put in serious peril.

A.J. poses as a highwire performer, while Rick becomes a raucus clown. A.J. had spent weeks practising his new art, but will he pull it off? Time will tell.

Collateral Rage

Story Number Three

In a particularly sober story, Rick bumps into an old war buddy, one who feels that everyone has forgotten the Vietnam War and has settled back into a false sense of security. Bruce Kendall's twisted ploy is to become an urban guerilla and start a political fire so intense that the city of San Diego is primed for guerilla warfare. Rick does his best to talk Kendall out of his disturbed and potentially disasterous plan, but it looks as if all hell is to be broken loose.

Our Mother's Keeper

Another Original Story

Rick and A.J. almost lose it when they find out that Cecilia is being held prisoner by someone that A.J. had been instrumantal in putting in prison ten years before. Out of spite and revenge, convicted killer Sammy Petrocelli contacts A.J. and tells him that the only thing that will save his mother is if he engages in a lethal game of wits, where one opponent tries to destroy the other while they play Russian roulette, in front of Cecilia, no less.

No Man Alone

Story Number Five

Both Rick and A.J. set out to find a troubled man who possesses the ebola virus and plans to unleash it on the United States. There is only so much time to find a man who's holed up in a hotel somewhere in San Diego before the virus is unleashed. Knowing well what this killer virus can do to a human being, the brothers race against time before mass killing ensues.

The crisis takes a worse turn when A.J. becomes infected when he comes into contact with a contaminated monkey.

Rumours Of My Death

Story Number Six

After Rick goes missing, A.J. receives a note saying that his brother is dead. Not wanting to believe it, the younger Simon sets off to retrace Rick's steps and tries to rescue his brother before something does go wrong.

When word gets to Cecilia, she suffers a mild stroke, but, mild or not, it sets both A.J. and Downtown Brown on a mad chase, fueled by A.J.'s rage that his mother had gotten sick.

Looking For Miss Goodfella

The Seventh Story

The mafia enters the scene when Rick and A.J. take on the case of a frightened young man who owes the mob a great deal of money and fears for his life. The brothers decide that they would disguise themselves as members of the Cosa Nostra---A.J. dons a dark wig---but are quickly discovered and marked for certain extinction.

There are more stories to come, but I'll list them after these seven are completed. As a bit of a hint about the cybernovel, its title is "The Loneliness Of the Dying" and is sure to be a tear-jerker. Come back soon.

Here is a picture of the brothers, taken back in 1983, on the cover of TV Guide. It was sent to me by a friend, a fellow "Simon Freak":

If you wish to write to me, here I am:

freedomfightertjm@yahoo.ca

Brothers' Love Haiku

Siblings are special.
A bond that can't be broken.
Sometimes it can bend. Engimacat.
Last Updated:
May 23rd, 2004.