Joseph Wambaugh
Director
Police Story (1973)
Season 4
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
S4E1 - Payment Deferred
Detective Joe Barley enlists Holly, his "retired" snitch and recovering addict, to help him find the man who shot his partner.
Sept. 21, 1976, midnight
S4E2 - Bought and Paid For
Detectives Belmont and Melino want the three men involved when a patrolman, the son of a Lieutenant, is killed when he interrupts a bank robbery. The one they need is the psychopath who recruits amateurs in his capers.
Oct. 5, 1976, midnight
S4E3 - Two Frogs on a Mongoose
Manny and Deke are on the narcotics squad, investigating a double shooting at a dry cleaning shop, when they get a tip that the shop owner is in business dealing drugs with a man called Mongoose.
Oct. 12, 1976, midnight
S4E4 - The Other Side of the Badge
Jack Mitchell is in control and keeps his cool when patrolling with his rookie partner, but his home life with his wife and her teenage daughter is not so tidy.
Oct. 26, 1976, midnight
S4E5 - Three Days to Thirty
While working out his last three days before retirement, Frank Moran is assigned a hot case.
Nov. 9, 1976, midnight
S4E6 - Trash Detail, Front and Center
Lew Randle, head of the Special Investigations Team, comes back after vacation and is immediately engulfed in the investigations of several armed robberies. He has to buck department politics to take down the violent trio responsible.
Nov. 16, 1976, midnight
S4E7 - Thanksgiving
K-Joe and Bunny investigate the sniper shooting of a young girl riding in a car on the freeway.
Nov. 23, 1976, midnight
S4E8 - Monster Manor
Gene (Santos) has a falling out with his wife and moves into a temporary bachelor's apartment, which becomes a party hangout for his buddies and attracts a lot of unwanted attention from others.
Nov. 30, 1976, midnight
S4E9 - Oxford Gray
Sgt. Kyles and Inv. McLiam try to break up the criminal activities of a local entrepreneur and philanthropist by bringing back his past as a violent revolutionary in Detroit and playing on his paranoia.
Dec. 7, 1976, midnight
S4E10 - The Jar (1)
Two detectives are called before the grand jury after a man is shot and killed when they attempt to arrest him.
Dec. 14, 1976, midnight
S4E11 - The Jar (2)
Hagen and Triplett are reassigned to an out-of-the-way detail to keep them out of the public eye pending their manslaughter trial.
Dec. 21, 1976, midnight
S4E12 - Trial Board
An undercover Vice detective is accused by one of his fellow Vice detectives of stealing cash during a drug bust.
Jan. 4, 1977, midnight
S4E13 - Spitfire
Detectives try to track down the two remaining robbers who participated in a tire store holdup that resulted in the deaths of an employee and one of the robbers. Their investigation leads them to a large illegal weapons operation.
Jan. 11, 1977, midnight
S4E14 - Nightmare on a Sunday Morning
Holly Green, a 19-year-old waitress is brutally beaten and raped by a pair of creeps, she then reluctantly helps bring her assailants to trial.
Jan. 18, 1977, midnight
S4E15 - The Malflores
Officers Webber and Cheruco discover a violent new gang on the streets, the Malflores, comprised entirely of Latinas.
Jan. 25, 1977, midnight
S4E16 - The Blue Fog
Veteran Detective Jack McGraw is given the unsavory task of investigating Vice detectives suspected of taking bribes from the Chinese crime family running an illegal gambling operation.
Feb. 1, 1977, midnight
S4E17 - Hard Rock Brown
LAPD Narcotics detectives work with a Mexican counterpart to try to break up the operation run by the Alvarez brothers, which is flooding the market with Mexican heroin known as "hard rock brown."
Feb. 15, 1977, midnight
S4E18 - End of the Line
Detectives Gerard and Panelli try to catch a pair of armed robbers who hit a supermarket, and are joined by a one-armed former detective, who is now an investigator for the store's insurance company.
Feb. 22, 1977, midnight
S4E19 - One of Our Cops Is Crazy
Sgt. Paul Cazenovia uses highly unconventional, albeit successful, methods in his undercover narcotics unit, but his lieutenant thinks he is crazy. It doesn't help that Paul refuses to stay behind his desk while he's under suspension.
March 1, 1977, midnight
S4E20 - Ice Time
Vice Detective Dave Tackleberry takes on a second job (to pay for his teenage daughter's figure skating development) at the same time he and his partner Det. Wurster try to bust a pimp specializing in underage girls.
March 8, 1977, midnight
S4E21 - The Six Foot Stretch
Detectives DeHart and Ward go up against another team of officers Riggs and Salter in tracking down a criminal. A psychotic man is targeting elderly women and time is of the essence.
March 22, 1977, midnight
S4E22 - Prime Rib
Marty Lacayo and Glenn Talbot are street narcs, meaning they are given the task of busting nickel-and-dime users and hustlers. Shep, one of their users, gives them a tasty lead on a big distributor, but they are forbidden by Lt. Hagedorn from pursuing him.
April 5, 1977, 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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