Police Squad!
Marginally a "straight" police drama in the Jack Webb/Quinn Martin school, Police Squad occurs in a strange universe where everything is taken literally (when a name "rings a bell" we hear bells go off every time someone mentions it), non sequiturs occur (a mime tries to spell out a ransom note, and Officer Nordberg guesses "Theme From a Summer Place") and sight gags abound (while looking for a corpse, someone wants to know the time and the dead man's hand drops out of a tree).
- 1982-1982
- 1 season
- ABC
- Comedy, Suspense
- TV-PG
Marginally a "straight" police drama in the Jack Webb/Quinn Martin school, Police Squad occurs in a strange universe where everything is taken literally (when a name "rings a bell" we hear bells go off every time someone mentions it), non sequiturs occur (a mime tries to spell out a ransom note, and Officer Nordberg guesses "Theme From a Summer Place") and sight gags abound (while looking for a corpse, someone wants to know the time and the dead man's hand drops out of a tree).
Season 1 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 1982
Episode 1
A Substantial Gift (The Broken Promise)
Thu, Mar 4, 1982 24 mins
Sally, a bank clerk, urgently needs money to pay her orthodontist's bill. Out of desperation she steals the money from the bank, shooting the teller and a customer and making it look like the customer held up the store. Detective Frank Drebin of Police Squad is on the case.
Episode 2
Ring of Fear (A Dangerous Assignment)
Thu, Mar 11, 1982 24 mins
In order to infiltrate a criminal gang that bribes boxers Frank makes a contract with one of them, Buddy. This leads to a kidnapping of his girlfriend and Frank has to find her before Buddy forfeits.
Episode 3
The Butler Did It (A Bird in the Hand)
Thu, Mar 18, 1982 24 mins
The daughter of a textile tycoon is kidnapped and Frank must find her before it's too late to pay the ransom.
Episode 4
Revenge and Remorse (The Guilty Alibi)
Thu, Mar 25, 1982 24 mins
A judge is blown up as a session starts. Frank's investigation soon leads to a man who was convicted by him in the past.
Episode 5
Rendezvous at Big Gulch (Terror in the Neighborhood)
Thu, Jul 1, 1982 24 mins
When a woman reports being blackmailed by some thugs, Police Squad get even more reports of the same kind from other shop owners. To gain a better perspective, Frank and Norberg open up a key store in the most troubled area.
Episode 6
Testimony of Evil (Dead Men Don't Laugh)
Thu, Jul 8, 1982 24 mins
When a drug courier is found dead after a car accident, Frank and the team traces his work to the nightclub "Mr V's".
