Joseph Wambaugh
Director
Police Story (1973)
Season 2
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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Network: NBC
Country: United States
Languages:
English,
French
S2E1 - A Dangerous Age
Arch Tatum is close to retirement and is teamed up with a head-strong young trainee who throws a curve for the long time vet.
Sept. 10, 1974, midnight
S2E2 - Requiem for C.Z. Smith
Charlie Czonka resurrects his alter ego, pimp CZ Smith, to catch a murderer who mutilates prostitutes.
Sept. 17, 1974, midnight
S2E3 - Robbery: 48 Hours
Lt. Bruckner leads the Robbery Squad through a two-day run of holdups, big and small.
Sept. 24, 1974, midnight
S2E4 - Fathers and Sons
Members of the Serbian community are being gunned down and the police have few leads. Sgt. Wilson decides to use officer Joe Basic, an ethnic Slav, in an undercover situation. Joe learns his father Andrea is a possible target.
Oct. 1, 1974, midnight
S2E5 - A World Full of Hurt
Juvenile officers Craig and Prescott deal with runaways, delinquents, and Prescott's own troubled home life.
Oct. 8, 1974, midnight
S2E6 - Glamour Boy
Detectives Tony Calabrese and Bert Jameson try to hold onto a charming bank robber, which proves to be more difficult than actually catching him.
Oct. 29, 1974, midnight
S2E7 - Across the Line
Joe Benton is taken off the surveillance squad after being involved in too many stakeouts that ended violently, so Sgt. Barrett drafts him for his narcotics squad investigating the "Mexican Connection."
Nov. 12, 1974, midnight
S2E8 - Wolf
Sgt. Wolf Bozeman, a gung ho street cop who lives through his job, tries to cope with the prospect of losing that job due to his deteriorating health.
Nov. 19, 1974, midnight
S2E9 - Love, Mabel
Detectives investigate a series of murders of homeless men along the piers.
Nov. 26, 1974, midnight
S2E10 - Explosion
Detectives Bert Jameson and Tony Calabrese try to catch an extortionist who leaves remote-control bombs at his targets.
Dec. 3, 1974, midnight
S2E11 - Capt. Hook
A police officer fights the brass to keep his spot as a beat cop after he loses his right hand to a package bomb.
Dec. 17, 1974, midnight
S2E12 - Incident in the Kill Zone
Sergeant King Sherman endangers the public and the SWAT team he commands while preparing for his Lieutenant exams. His wife convinces him he'll pass his orals if he shows confidence in his leadership skills by projecting total authority.
Jan. 7, 1975, midnight
S2E13 - Headhunter
IA Det. Sgt. Stiles investigates an indecent exposure charge against a veteran officer, resulting in the officer's dismissal. Months later, the exposure complainant confesses to a years-old murder, and subsequently raises doubt on his original testimony.
Jan. 14, 1975, midnight
S2E14 - Year of the Dragon (1)
Det. John Darrin uses his experience in Chinatown to find the gang members who robbed a restaurant and killed one of the employees.
Jan. 21, 1975, midnight
S2E15 - Year of the Dragon (2)
Det. John Darrin has to keep his primary witness to the restaurant shooting alive, while searching for his Chinese gang snitch, who has been snatched by a rival gang.
Jan. 28, 1975, midnight
S2E16 - To Steal a Million
Detectives Grosser and Hyland know a big hotel heist is about to happen. They know who's involved, but they don't know which hotel or how to catch the thieves red-handed.
Feb. 4, 1975, midnight
S2E17 - Sniper
Detectives Calabrese and Thorpe try to catch a sniper before he, or she, strikes again.
Feb. 11, 1975, midnight
S2E18 - The Execution
Detectives attempt to solve a double execution-style shooting, which one victim manages to survive.
Feb. 18, 1975, midnight
S2E19 - The Man in the Shadows
While breaking in new partner Ron Cruz, narcotics Det. Frank Dolan is drawn by a drug-related murder into pursuing a drug kingpin from out-of-town, who may be attempting to muscle his way into the local market.
Feb. 25, 1975, midnight
S2E20 - War Games
Detectives Gordy and Ballard go undercover in a white-supremacist gun club to bust a paranoid gun collector who specializes in illegal military munitions.
March 4, 1975, midnight
S2E21 - The Witness
Det. Bert Jameson has a new partner, Lew Reeves, and Lew's vicious cold complicates their efforts to solve armed pharmacy robberies and to catch the chopper rider who holds up taverns.
March 11, 1975, midnight
S2E22 - The Return of Joe Forrester
Detective Joe Forrester must go back to the rough area that was his old beat to try and catch a serial rapist.
May 6, 1975, 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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