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The New Breed Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
36 Episodes 1961 - 1962
Episode 1
No Fat Cops
Tue, Oct 3, 196160 mins
An elite unit of the Los Angeles Police Department attempts to rescue a young girl and bring her kidnappers to justice.
Episode 2
Prime Target
Tue, Oct 10, 196160 mins
Noreen Crawford confides in her parish priest about her husband Frank's pathological aversion to religion which he blames for their disintegrating marriage. Meanwhile Lt. Adams and his team are on the hunt for a sniper who targets churches and religious iconography.
Episode 3
Death of a Ghost
Tue, Oct 17, 196160 mins
Lt. Adams' professionalism is challenged when he doggedly investigates a hit and run case in which Lois McHenry is severely injured. Meanwhile Arthur Grissom, the panicked driver, contemplates surrendering to the police, but is badgered into keeping quiet by his wife.
Episode 4
To None a Deadly Drug
Tue, Oct 24, 196160 mins
Karl Lippert has two problems, on the lam after a robbery that resulted in murder, he's brought his wife with him, and the police are trying to locate her because she is taking medicine that has accidentally been switched with a deadly poison.
Episode 5
The Compulsion to Confess
Tue, Oct 31, 196160 mins
Key men at an electronics firm are being murdered, but no motive can be discerned. Lt. Adams enlists the help of psychiatrist Buel Reed, who explains the killer may actually want to be caught, and can be, if only the clues present can be understood.
Episode 6
Till Death Do Us Part
Tue, Nov 7, 196160 mins
After a woman's body is found in a fish pond on an industrialist's estate, Adams and his men investigate and discover a complex case involving blackmail and a pair of suspicious suicides.
Episode 7
The Butcher
Tue, Nov 14, 196160 mins
A woman is found injured outside of a hospital and manages to say Norma before dying. When Mal Sayer reports his wife missing, Abbott learns that she knew someone named Norma.
Episode 8
Wave Goodbye to Grandpa
Tue, Nov 21, 196160 mins
At an old folks home, a woman working undercover for the police is murdered, and the owners of the home are the prime suspects, as they have scammed their residents in the past. When they try to run away, it seems all but certain they're guilty, but Adams believes the killer is one of the home's residents.
Episode 9
Sweet Bloom of Death
Tue, Nov 28, 196160 mins
A rash of dog poisonings in the community culminates in tragedy when a little boy accidentally consumes some of the tainted food. Lt. Adams and the Metropolitan squad have only a matter of hours to find the culprit, identify the poison, and get an antidote.
Episode 10
The Valley of the 3 Charlies
Tue, Dec 5, 196160 mins
Lt. Adams and the Metropolitan squad face a triple threat of criminals and their crimes in one day. They're in pursuit of a kidnapper who has snatched a young girl, a robber, and an elusive murderer. Their investigation ultimately leads them out of the city and into the mountains above Malibu as they attempt to bring the killer to justice.
Episode 11
Lady Killer
Tue, Dec 12, 196160 mins
The Metropolitan Squad pursues a man who killed a housewife. The killer tricked the housewife to letting him in her house, making her believe he was a friend of her husband. The killer selects his victims after picking up information from people who have given a ride while he hitchhikes. Now, a woman who was assaulted by the killer earlier comes forward as new clues emerge about his M.O. Adams and his men race to find the killer before he can strike again.
Episode 12
Blood Money
Tue, Dec 19, 196160 mins
Down on her luck dancer Connie Weems is hospitalized as an attempted suicide case. When the Metropolitan squad launches an investigation into her suicide attempt, the case leads them to Dr. Cameron Hill, a greedy charlatan who has been posing as a doctor and illegally treating Connie.
Episode 13
I Remember Murder
Tue, Dec 26, 196160 mins
The Metropolitan squad is called to a Hollywood soundstage to investigate an apparently accidental shooting. When it becomes apparent that the accident was in fact a murder, Lt. Adams makes a connection to a similar case at the same movie studio.
Episode 14
The All-American Boy
Tue, Jan 2, 196260 mins
A liquor store stakeout takes a dangerous turn when Lt. Adams is forced to exchange gunfire with a suspect who turns out to be Johnny Crafts, a well-liked high school student excelling in sports and academics. Public opinion turns sharply against Adams when tests indicate that Johnny didn't fire a gun and there's no bullet to be found.
Episode 15
Cross the Little Line
Tue, Jan 9, 196260 mins
A drug-addicted girl has a Mexican boyfriend that wants to somehow get her off heroin, and away from the vicious pusher who runs a shabby office in a run down neighborhood. Adams and his squad have a plan to bust the traffickers that involves them both, but The problem for the man is that since he's in America illegally, he fears involvement with the police.
Episode 16
To Sell Another Human Being
Tue, Jan 16, 196260 mins
The Metropolitan squad is called to the home of Bert and Carol Willits after their nurse reports a missing baby; however, the Willits deny a kidnapping has taken place. Unknown to the police, the Willits have obtained the infant through unscrupulous attorney Mark Hobbins, who represents an illegal adoption ring, and he suspects the Willits' baby has been taken by Ellen Redding, the natural mother.
Episode 17
Care Is No Cure
Tue, Jan 23, 196260 mins
The Met Squad is saddled with the almost impossible task of tracking down a Native American man who unknowingly is a typhoid carrier.
Episode 18
Policemen Die Alone: Part I
Tue, Jan 30, 196260 mins
Underworld kingpin Frank Luchek sends professional hit-man Deacon Lee to kill rival gangster Benny Kohler for encroaching on his business. In the murder attempt, Lt. Adams' partner is accidentally killed, and Adams faces disciplinary action from the department.
Episode 19
Policemen Die Alone: Part II
Tue, Feb 6, 196260 mins
Following the murder of partner Sergeant Steiner, Lt. Adams doggedly pursues his theory that Frank Luchek was responsible for hiring the gunman who committed the crime, but he faces obstacles as Luchek has established himself as a respectable member of society.
Episode 20
Mr. Weltschmerz
Tue, Feb 13, 196260 mins
Elderly but young at heart Martin Enders is forced into retirement by the factory where he has worked for years. So devastated by its loss Enders makes it his goal in life to spare other retirees the same fate -by sending homemade package bombs on the eve of their retirement.
Episode 21
Wings for a Plush Horse
Tue, Feb 20, 196260 mins
Visiting Welsh writer Martin Dogelly becomes the victim of a series of death threats as his new play is set to open. Lt. Adams and the Metropolitan squad investigate and discover that Dogelly's threats might be close to home as his wife Margaret, the plays leading actors, and Dogelly's manager all have reason to want him dead.
Episode 22
How Proud the Guilty
Tue, Feb 27, 196260 mins
Lt. Adams finds that his latest case is one close to home. His thirteen year old daughter Kathy and her classmate Vinnie Kincaid have been caught with a pornographic book. Kathy swears it isn't hers, and Vinnie says Kathy sold it to him. The incident sets the Metropolitan squad on a trail leading to Louis Morley.
Episode 23
The Torch
Tue, Mar 6, 196260 mins
An outbreak of disastrous fires might be the random work of a pyromaniac, but Adams can't be sure until clues prove that valuable, insured merchandise was somehow spared. It's the work of a professional firebug, decimating stores and property to order for a well organized arson ring.
Episode 24
All the Dead Faces
Tue, Mar 13, 196260 mins
An old friend of Adams, Floyd Blaylock, who was his sergeant from the Korean War, is in town and making trouble. Though he is a decorated hero for saving Adams's life, he's deeply scarred from his experiences psychologically and seeks to assuage imagined guilt by committing dangerous acts.
Episode 25
The Deadlier Sex
Tue, Mar 20, 196260 mins
Several women are suspects when the body of a notorious bank robber is discovered behind the wheel of his getaway car.
Episode 26
Edge of Violence
Tue, Mar 27, 196260 mins
The mechanics of police procedures are explored as the Metropolitan squad investigates a series of murders. A vigilante gunman is killing the city's juvenile delinquents. The squad is tasked with identifying a motive and searching for the person responsible.
Episode 27
Echoes of Hate
Tue, Apr 3, 196260 mins
A German refugee runs a Hofbräu near the waterfront, but he's harassed by a Norwegian family of fishermen who accuse him of Nazi war guilt. Things come to a violent head when one of them is murdered-with a swastika-marked dagger in his back. Lt. Adams doubts such an obvious clue.
Episode 28
The Man with the Other Face
Tue, Apr 10, 196260 mins
Sergeant Cavelli's longtime friend Maria Daniels confides in him about her husband's jealous rages and is convinced he poses a serious threat to her. Although he doesn't take the threat seriously Cavelli and the squad endeavor to watch over Maria while off-duty and ultimately uncover evidence in the most providential of places.
Episode 29
Thousands and Thousands of Miles
Tue, Apr 17, 196260 mins
Young lovers Karen and Ronnie face strong opposition from Karen's father. When the two decide they have no choice but to elope, Karen steals from her family in order to finance their independence, and the Metropolitan squad becomes involved in the crime.
Episode 30
Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here
Tue, Apr 24, 196260 mins
Adams and his team are providing security at a convention, but the scope of their duties changes when a model who was there to provide 'entertainment' for the guests is killed in a fall from a balcony.
Episode 31
My Brother's Keeper
Tue, May 1, 196260 mins
Sergeant Cavelli is up against nemesis Bobby Madero, a young hood with a fiercely protective mother. Cavelli has tried to put Madero away for good, but always failed. When the reckless thug shoots a girl and leaves his brother to die in a wrecked car, Cavelli thinks he has him at last, but does he?
Episode 32
A Motive Named Walter
Tue, May 8, 196260 mins
Housewife Vivian Cowley shops compulsively for herself and her sixteen year old daughter. When her husband Walter tries to curtail her spending, Vivian decides to finance her purchases by forging checks using the names of customers who patronize Walter's grocery store.
Episode 33
Wherefore Art Thou, Romeo?
Tue, May 15, 196260 mins
An erudite murderer has been luring lonely spinsters to their deaths with tales of love and romantic destinations. He knows about traveling, he's left a string of such killings across the country-now he's in Los Angeles, where his latest victim-to-be is warned in time, yet she refuses to believe the police, no matter what.
Episode 34
Judgement at San Belito
Tue, May 22, 196260 mins
A look inside the disturbed mind of Peter Capples highlights this tale of mental illness. Capples has lost a succession of jobs and is slowly going mad from a persecution complex that physically distorts his view of others. At the center of his problems are the Condons, a vindictive couple who have targeted Capples in a smear campaign that includes accusations of child molestation.
Episode 35
So Dark the Night
Tue, May 29, 196260 mins
The Metropolitan squad investigates an attempted arson at a suburban home belonging to the Kingman family who appear to be the target of neighbors uneasy about their young son's developmental problems. As the investigation gets underway, it becomes apparent that Fred Kingman also has issues about his boy -he thinks the child should be sequestered away from the outside world.
Episode 36
Walk This Street Lightly
Tue, Jun 5, 196260 mins
Cunning criminal Virgil Payne, posing as a serious art collector, hatches a plan to steal a fortune in negotiable securities, and to discharge the heist he assembles a motley crew of ex convicts. Lt. Adams and the Metropolitan squad find themselves in a battle of wits as they attempt to capture Payne and his crew.