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The Thin Blue Line Season 1 Episodes

Season 1 Episode Guide

7 Episodes 1995 - 1995

Episode 1

The Queen's Birthday Present

Mon, Nov 13, 199529 mins

Sergeant Patricia Dawkins is making a big deal of her tenth wedding anniversary with Inspector Raymond Fowler. She practically ignores the coinciding official birthday of the monarch. Alas with him it's exactly other way around, patriotically renewing the royal monogram EII, forgetting about a commoners gift. Meanwhile CID is too stupid to work the police computer, a vital tool to fight the burglary crime wave.

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Episode 2

Fire and Terror

29 mins

While Grim brags about CDI's part in a 'terrorism containment' arrest, Fowler stresses over daily details, even the immaculate uniforms. Goody is desperately envious when Habib falls at first sight for macho fireman Gary. Commander Crow comes to commend Grim's action, but Fowler's findings change his perspective. Gary also surprises.

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Episode 3

Honey Trap

29 mins

Grim is planning a honey trap, trying to pressure the famous criminal Terry the Tank into confessing. Despite advising heavily against the idea, Fowler agrees to let Habib participate in the trap. Suspecting that something is going on between Habib and Fowler, Sergeant Dawkins takes action.

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Episode 4

Rag Week

29 mins

Gasford's Inspector Fowler carefully briefs his uniformed staff on how to handle 'rag week', when student hazing causes 'plain and excessive' excesses of prank nonsense, this year masked. His CID colleague Grim is nostalgic for 'common crime'. Fowler's bitchy lover nags for him to handle a standing bank order during lunch break. However, his stickler lecture to P.C. Goodie makes that fail, so she goes. Next the bank is robbed by masked men who take her hostage. Only Fowler acts forcefully.

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Episode 5

Night Shift

29 mins

Fowler reluctantly agrees to let his son Bill stay with him and Patricia for a few days. When they hear Bill and his girlfriend making love Patricia has a crisis and demands that she and Raymond start visiting a sex therapist. Meanwhile, Grim initiates an all-out operation against organized crime.

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Episode 6

Kids Today

29 mins

Gasford is hosting a sub-regional police district conference and is invited to suggest a project to deal with delinquent youth. Grim just plans to raid teenage squatters. Fowler decides to take some risk teenagers on a camping trip. When racist punker Geoffrey (15) verbally abuses Habib, Kevin can't control himself, and faces an official abuse charge.

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Episode 7

Yuletide Spirit

29 mins

Christmas comes to Gasforth and Goody intends to try again with Habib by giving her some sexy underwear for Christmas. He also buys Fowler a puncture repair kit. Unfortunately, he mixes up the packages and gives Habib the puncture repair kit and Fowler the underwear. When Patricia finds the underwear in Fowler's office, she becomes overjoyed, believing he bought them for her. Meanwhile, the Gasforth Amateur Drama Soceity are performing "Peter Pan" and Fowler hopes for the role of Captain Hook instead of the crocodile as every other year. To everyones' surprise, Grim gets to play Hook.

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