Joseph Wambaugh
Director
Police Story (1973)
Season 3
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.
Released March 20, 1973
Episode 67 min
10+
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Watch Providers: The Roku Channel
Network: NBC
Country: United States
Languages:
English,
French
S3E1 - Officer Needs Help
Sgt. Billy Humm starts feeling the pressure after he's involved in a few too many on-duty shootings, even though they were judged "good."
Sept. 9, 1975, midnight
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S3E2 - The Cutting Edge
Ed Peebles has 30 years on the force, and after his longtime partner retires he loses his direction, both on the job and in his personal life.
Sept. 16, 1975, midnight
S3E3 - A Community of Victims
A drug addict unintentionally acquires a gun during an apartment burglary.
Sept. 23, 1975, midnight
S3E4 - The Losing Game
Margaret Case moves from Juvenile to Narcotics, but her undercover work puts stress on her marriage to another cop.
Sept. 30, 1975, midnight
S3E5 - The Cut Man Caper
On the trail of loan-company robbers, Tillis is forced to rely upon shifty informer Freddy. But the ""snitch"" is playing both ends down the middle and he's also stolen the expensive miniature voice transmitter entrusted to his care.
Oct. 28, 1975, midnight
S3E6 - Face for a Shadow
Officers John Kowalski and Dick Elmore investigate a fatal hit-and-run accident that appears to be intentional.
Nov. 7, 1975, midnight
S3E7 - The Test of Brotherhood
Veteran officer JR Peters is paired in a patrol car with his younger brother Clay, a rookie, along with their sibling rivalry.
Nov. 14, 1975, midnight
S3E8 - Empty Weapon
On his first day out of the academy, Officer David Singer fails to fire his weapon when a juvenile delinquent he is pursuing pulls a gun on him, with tragic consequences later.
Nov. 21, 1975, midnight
S3E9 - Little Boy Lost
Detective Brennar fatally sends a 4y.o boy away from the neighborhood. On the home-front, this detective is experiencing a broader sending away of loved-ones only to reap inner confusion and heartache.
Nov. 28, 1975, midnight
S3E10 - Vice: Twenty-Four Hours
Pairs of vice detectives spend a day trying to bust a violent pimp, a bookie, and a man who wants to hire a hit man to kill his wife.
Dec. 5, 1975, midnight
S3E11 - Breaking Point
Vince Della Maggiori has to investigate when a patrolman shoots a man in his hotel room, and the stories he is given don't add up.
Dec. 12, 1975, midnight
S3E12 - Company Man
Married Det. Dave Hansen, under pressure from Internal Affairs, must decide whether to continue working for "the company" (LAPD), or stop seeing his school-teacher girlfriend.
Dec. 19, 1975, midnight
S3E13 - Spanish Class
Young officer Taylor transfers from the Valley into the Hispanic district for "the action" and the pay bump, and is schooled in the art of patrolling a multilingual beat by veteran officer Fernandez.
Jan. 2, 1976, midnight
S3E14 - Odyssey of Death (1)
Detectives Stoddard and Bagney look for a man involved in an armed grocery store robbery after he shoots and maims Officer Phillips, a personal friend of Stoddard.
Jan. 9, 1976, midnight
S3E15 - Odyssey of Death (2)
Detectives close in on the multi-generational hill-country family responsible for a series of armed robberies, rapes, and murders.
Jan. 16, 1976, midnight
S3E16 - The Other Side of the Fence
Detectives Benson and Fisk set up a sting to catch a pair of murderous jewel thieves.
Jan. 23, 1976, midnight
S3E17 - Fifty Cents, First Half Hour -- One Dollar and Seventy-Five Cents All Day
While trying to box in an armed bandit who specializes in stealing cars and robbing attendants at parking lots, Detectives Hacker and Barnes are assigned a homicide case.
Jan. 30, 1976, midnight
S3E18 - Firebird
A daredevil officer is severely burned in a helicopter crash during a SWAT team training exercise, and he fights his injuries and police brass to return to his old life.
Feb. 6, 1976, midnight
S3E19 - The Long Ball
Everyone around Sgt. Pickett knows he drinks too much. But he doesn't admit it to himself, until the department suspends him and his wife leaves.
Feb. 13, 1976, midnight
S3E20 - Eamon Kinsella Royce
Detective Eamon Kinsella Royce juggles his police responsibilities and his second job . . . as an insurance investigator.
Feb. 20, 1976, midnight
S3E21 - Officer Dooly
Despite his best intentions, Dooly is a poor guy who can't seem to do anything right, at least not in his commanding officer's eyes.
March 5, 1976, midnight
S3E22 - Open City
Vice Detectives Daley and Gentry are on a camping trip when they hear a woman scream in the distance, and a few minutes later, gunshots. Thus begins their investigation into Mob involvement in the pornography industry and snuff films.
March 12, 1976, midnight
Network: NBC
Episode Runtime: 67 min.
Season Runtime: 6983 min.
Released: March 20, 1973
Last Air Date: Dec. 3, 1988, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-PG / 10+
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