#1
S2E11
Black Virgin of Vladimir
After Lovejoy meets Harry Catopodis at a party thrown by a rich American widow, he discovers that the Emporer Hirohito teabowl he is selling is a fake.
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#2
S1E5
The Judas Pair
A collector of flintlock pistols is murdered for a valuable but incomplete set of dueling pistols and Lovejoy has the missing pieces.
#3
S4E12
Taking the Pledge
#4
Just Desserts
S2E1
#5
The Italian Venus
S2E2
#6
The Galloping Major
S4E7
#7
They Call Me Midas
S4E9
#8
Dainty Dish
S4E11
#9
Somewhere - Over the Rainbow?
S6E3
#10
Guns and Roses
S6E5
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Lovejoy journeys to North Carolina on the trail of stolen Sir Walter Raleigh and his beautiful but larcenous "cousin," Mary-John Lovejoy.
#71
Poetic Licence
S5E8
#70
No Strings
S3E3
#69
Death and Venice: Part Two
S1E10
#68
Goose Bumps
S5E10
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