Police Story(1973)
Overview
Police Story is an anthology television crime drama. The show was the brainchild of author and former policeman Joseph Wambaugh and represented a major step forward in the realistic depiction of police work and violence on network TV. Although it was an anthology, there were certain things that all episodes had in common; for instance, the main character in each episode was a police officer. The setting was always Los Angeles and the characters always worked for some branch of the LAPD. Notwithstanding the anthology format, there were recurring characters. Scott Brady appeared in more than a dozen episodes as "Vinnie," a former cop who, upon retirement, had opened a bar catering to police officers, and who acted as a sort of Greek chorus during the run of the series, commenting on the characters and plots.
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Season 1
23 episodes • 1973
Season 1
23 episodes • 1973
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slow Boy (1) | Mar 20, 1973 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Slow Boy (2) | Mar 20, 1973 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Dangerous Games | Oct 2, 1973 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Requiem for an Informer | Oct 9, 1973 | 0.0 |
| 5 | The Ten Year Honeymoon | Oct 23, 1973 | 0.0 |
| 6 | The Violent Homecoming | Oct 30, 1973 | 0.0 |
| 7 | The Ho Chi Minh Trail | Nov 6, 1973 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Collision Course | Nov 20, 1973 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Death on Credit | Nov 27, 1973 | 0.0 |
| 10 | The Big Walk | Dec 4, 1973 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Man on the Rack | Dec 11, 1973 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Line of Fire | Dec 18, 1973 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Chain of Command | Jan 8, 1974 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Countdown (1) | Jan 15, 1974 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Countdown (2) | Jan 22, 1974 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Cop in the Middle | Jan 29, 1974 | 0.0 |
| 17 | The Ripper | Feb 12, 1974 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Country Boy | Feb 19, 1974 | 0.0 |
| 19 | The Hunters | Feb 26, 1974 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Wyatt Earp Syndrome | Mar 5, 1974 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Fingerprint | Mar 12, 1974 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Chief | Mar 19, 1974 | 0.0 |
| 23 | The Gamble | Mar 26, 1974 | 0.0 |
Season 2
22 episodes • 1974
Season 2
22 episodes • 1974
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Dangerous Age | Sep 10, 1974 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Requiem for C.Z. Smith | Sep 17, 1974 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Robbery: 48 Hours | Sep 24, 1974 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Fathers and Sons | Oct 1, 1974 | 0.0 |
| 5 | A World Full of Hurt | Oct 8, 1974 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Glamour Boy | Oct 29, 1974 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Across the Line | Nov 12, 1974 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Wolf | Nov 19, 1974 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Love, Mabel | Nov 26, 1974 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Explosion | Dec 3, 1974 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Capt. Hook | Dec 17, 1974 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Incident in the Kill Zone | Jan 7, 1975 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Headhunter | Jan 14, 1975 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Year of the Dragon (1) | Jan 21, 1975 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Year of the Dragon (2) | Jan 28, 1975 | 0.0 |
| 16 | To Steal a Million | Feb 4, 1975 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Sniper | Feb 11, 1975 | 0.0 |
| 18 | The Execution | Feb 18, 1975 | 0.0 |
| 19 | The Man in the Shadows | Feb 25, 1975 | 0.0 |
| 20 | War Games | Mar 4, 1975 | 0.0 |
| 21 | The Witness | Mar 11, 1975 | 0.0 |
| 22 | The Return of Joe Forrester | May 6, 1975 | 0.0 |
Season 3
22 episodes • 1975Avg: 10.0Golden Era
Season 3
22 episodes • 1975Avg: 10.0Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Officer Needs Help | Sep 9, 1975 | 0.0 |
| 2 | The Cutting Edge | Sep 16, 1975 | 10.0 |
| 3 | A Community of Victims | Sep 23, 1975 | 0.0 |
| 4 | The Losing Game | Sep 30, 1975 | 0.0 |
| 5 | The Cut Man Caper | Oct 28, 1975 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Face for a Shadow | Nov 7, 1975 | 0.0 |
| 7 | The Test of Brotherhood | Nov 14, 1975 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Empty Weapon | Nov 21, 1975 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Little Boy Lost | Nov 28, 1975 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Vice: Twenty-Four Hours | Dec 5, 1975 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Breaking Point | Dec 12, 1975 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Company Man | Dec 19, 1975 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Spanish Class | Jan 2, 1976 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Odyssey of Death (1) | Jan 9, 1976 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Odyssey of Death (2) | Jan 16, 1976 | 0.0 |
| 16 | The Other Side of the Fence | Jan 23, 1976 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Fifty Cents, First Half Hour -- One Dollar and Seventy-Five Cents All Day | Jan 30, 1976 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Firebird | Feb 6, 1976 | 0.0 |
| 19 | The Long Ball | Feb 13, 1976 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Eamon Kinsella Royce | Feb 20, 1976 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Officer Dooly | Mar 5, 1976 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Open City | Mar 12, 1976 | 0.0 |
Season 4
22 episodes • 1976
Season 4
22 episodes • 1976
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Payment Deferred | Sep 21, 1976 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Bought and Paid For | Oct 5, 1976 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Two Frogs on a Mongoose | Oct 12, 1976 | 0.0 |
| 4 | The Other Side of the Badge | Oct 26, 1976 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Three Days to Thirty | Nov 9, 1976 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Trash Detail, Front and Center | Nov 16, 1976 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Thanksgiving | Nov 23, 1976 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Monster Manor | Nov 30, 1976 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Oxford Gray | Dec 7, 1976 | 0.0 |
| 10 | The Jar (1) | Dec 14, 1976 | 0.0 |
| 11 | The Jar (2) | Dec 21, 1976 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Trial Board | Jan 4, 1977 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Spitfire | Jan 11, 1977 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Nightmare on a Sunday Morning | Jan 18, 1977 | 0.0 |
| 15 | The Malflores | Jan 25, 1977 | 0.0 |
| 16 | The Blue Fog | Feb 1, 1977 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Hard Rock Brown | Feb 15, 1977 | 0.0 |
| 18 | End of the Line | Feb 22, 1977 | 0.0 |
| 19 | One of Our Cops Is Crazy | Mar 1, 1977 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Ice Time | Mar 8, 1977 | 0.0 |
| 21 | The Six Foot Stretch | Mar 22, 1977 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Prime Rib | Apr 5, 1977 | 0.0 |
Season 5
10 episodes • 1977
Season 5
10 episodes • 1977
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trigger Point | Sep 27, 1977 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Stigma | Nov 9, 1977 | 0.0 |
| 3 | River of Promises | Jan 14, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Day of Terror, Night of Fear | Mar 4, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 5 | The Broken Badge | Mar 19, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 6 | No Margin for Error | Apr 30, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 7 | A Chance to Live | May 28, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 8 | A Cry for Justice | May 23, 1979 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Confessions of a Lady Cop | Apr 2, 1980 | 0.0 |
| 10 | The Freeway Killings | May 3, 1987 | 0.0 |
Season 6
5 episodes • 1988
Season 6
5 episodes • 1988
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cop Killer | Oct 29, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Gladiator School | Nov 5, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 3 | The Watch Commander | Nov 12, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Burnout | Nov 26, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Monster Manor | Dec 3, 1988 | 0.0 |
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