Police Story

Classic anthology series that details the personal lives of the men and women of the Los Angeles Police Department. The stories ranged from highly dramatic to extremely funny. There were no real regulars, but Don Meredith and Tony LoBianco were often seen throughout the show's run as Detectives Bert Jameson and Tony Calabrese.

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama

Cast:Scott Brady , Mel Scott , Don Meredith , Joe Santos , Richard Drout Miller , Dane Clark , Shelly Novack , Tony Lo Bianco , Laraine Stephens , Howard Duff , Ron Masak , Phillip Pine , Paul Henry Itkin , Milt Kogan , Peter Colt , Eddie Egan , Glenn Corbett , Robert Forster

0Season 1

S1.E0 ∙ Slow Boy

Tue, Mar 20, 1973

A tough cop in charge of a special felony squad goes after the vicious son of a Mafia chief who is pulling a string of strong-arm robberies.

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ Dangerous Games

Tue, Oct 2, 1973

Charlie Czonka goes undercover as pimp CZ Smith to break up a prostitution ring.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ Requiem for an Informer

Tue, Oct 9, 1973

Detectives Calabrese and Jameson use a junkie as an informant to find a violent gang of bank robbers.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ The Ten Year Honeymoon

Tue, Oct 23, 1973

The ten-year honeymoon concerned a pair of - policemen. But even the best things in life come to an end. Divorce threatens when Shaner, one of the two men, starts developing a strange, unpredictable behavior.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ The Violent Homecoming

Tue, Oct 30, 1973

Sgt. Gaitan, a former Latino gang member, works to tamp down tensions between two gangs after the younger brother of one member is gunned down on the street.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ The Ho Chi Minh Trail

Tue, Nov 6, 1973

Police Academy Cadet Mark Randolph is recruited, days before his graduation, by the narcotics squad to go undercover and infiltrate a drug operation.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ Collision Course

Tue, Nov 20, 1973

Veteran officer Vince LaSorda has a rookie officer in his patrol car, and he doesn't like it one bit - the rookie is a woman.

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ Death on Credit

Tue, Nov 27, 1973

Det. Rick Cavelli goes undercover to investigate a theft ring that specializes in department stores and is involved in at least two murders.

8Season 1

S1.E8 ∙ The Big Walk

Tue, Dec 4, 1973

Veteran beat cop Jack Bonner shows rookie Freddie Archer the ropes while walking the beat, and is accused in court of sexual molestation by a young woman on trial for driving while intoxicated.

9Season 1

S1.E9 ∙ Man on a Rack

Tue, Dec 11, 1973

Koster, a detective with "the reputation as a man who cuts corners," arrives at the scene of a store robbery, sees an armed man running away, confronts him, and shoots him. But the man was an off-duty cop who was chasing the crook.

10Season 1

S1.E10 ∙ Line of Fire

Tue, Dec 18, 1973

Dave Hauser is selected for the SWAT team and learns from his and other team members' mistakes.

11Season 1

S1.E11 ∙ Chain of Command

Tue, Jan 8, 1974

Capt. Steve Calvino has to fight his superiors to get extra manpower to hunt down a cop-killer who may have racial motivations.

12Season 1

S1.E12 ∙ Countdown: Part 1

Tue, Jan 15, 1974

Sgt. Joe LaFrieda becomes the target of a Chicago mob family after he fatally shoots a younger son who was burglarizing a bottling plant.

13Season 1

S1.E13 ∙ Countdown: Part 2

Wed, Jan 23, 1974

In the second part of this two part episode, the mob family from Chicago hires an outside killer to go after the police sergeant they blame for the death of one of theirs, while the police search for other connections in the area.

14Season 1

S1.E14 ∙ Cop in the Middle

Tue, Jan 29, 1974

Rollins is a detective on the take--he gives a mobster warnings of upcoming busts on his bookmaking parlors. But things escalate dangerously when the mobster wants a much larger favor than Rollins is willing to give.

15Season 1

S1.E15 ∙ The Ripper

Tue, Feb 12, 1974

Detectives Hallett and Baker hunt a serial killer who is attacking and mutilating gay men.

16Season 1

S1.E16 ∙ Country Boy

Tue, Feb 19, 1974

Cadets Crawford, Ryan, and Keegan struggle to get through the Police Academy.

17Season 1

S1.E17 ∙ The Hunters

Tue, Feb 26, 1974

Detectives Calabrese and Jameson become emotionally involved in a robbery/homicide/rape crime spree when a friend becomes a victim. Originally aired on Oct 23, 1973. This title was changed from "The Hunters" to "Big John Morrison".

18Season 1

S1.E18 ∙ Wyatt Earp Syndrome

Tue, Mar 5, 1974

Officer Nations is feeling the strain, in both his job and his personal life, of trying to solve all the world's ills from his patrol car.

19Season 1

S1.E19 ∙ Fingerprint

Tue, Mar 12, 1974

Charlie Ryan feels he is in a rut as a Forensics and Fingerprint detective.

20Season 1

S1.E20 ∙ Chief

Tue, Mar 19, 1974

A day in the life of the chief of police finds him in the middle of a political power play between the mayor and one of his subordinates, and a possible threat on his life.

21Season 1

S1.E21 ∙ The Gamble

Tue, Mar 26, 1974

Police Woman Lisa Beaumont joins Sgt. Crowley's vice squad. Their target is an illegal gambling operation. The operation is run by Carl Vitale and Lisa goes undercover to get inside the ring to win Vitale's trust. The police soon learn they could bust something much bigger than just Vitale when they discover he runs several private casinos all over town.

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ A Dangerous Age

Tue, Sep 10, 1974

Arch Tatum is feeling the full weight of his 24 years on the force as he faces the contempt of his rookie partner, Bentley, who wants him to retire and make way for the next generation.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ Requiem for C.Z. Smith

Tue, Sep 17, 1974

Charlie Czonka resurrects his alter ego, pimp CZ Smith, to catch a murderer who mutilates prostitutes.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ Robbery: 48 Hours

Tue, Sep 24, 1974

Lt. Bruckner leads the Robbery Squad through a two-day run of holdups, big and small.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ Fathers and Sons

Tue, Oct 1, 1974

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.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ World Full of Hurt

Tue, Oct 8, 1974

Juvenile officers Craig and Prescott deal with runaways, delinquents, and Prescott's own troubled home life.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ Glamour Boy

Tue, Oct 29, 1974

Detectives Tony Calabrese and Bert Jameson try to hold onto a charming bank robber, which proves to be more difficult than actually catching him.

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ Across the Line

Tue, Nov 12, 1974

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."

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ Wolf

Tue, Nov 19, 1974

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.

9Season 2

S2.E9 ∙ Love, Mabel

Tue, Nov 26, 1974

Detectives investigate a series of murders of homeless men along the piers.

10Season 2

S2.E10 ∙ Explosion

Tue, Dec 3, 1974

Detectives Bert Jameson and Tony Calabrese try to catch an extortionist who leaves remote-control bombs at his targets.

11Season 2

S2.E11 ∙ Captain Hook

Tue, Dec 17, 1974

A police officer fights the brass to keep his spot as a beat cop after he loses his right hand to a package bomb.

12Season 2

S2.E12 ∙ Incident in the Kill Zone

Tue, Jan 7, 1975

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.

13Season 2

S2.E13 ∙ Headhunter

Tue, Jan 14, 1975

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.

14Season 2

S2.E14 ∙ Year of the Dragon: Part 1

Tue, Jan 21, 1975

Det. John Darrin uses his experience in Chinatown to find the gang members who robbed a restaurant and killed one of the employees.

15Season 2

S2.E15 ∙ Year of the Dragon: Part 2

Tue, Jan 28, 1975

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.

16Season 2

S2.E16 ∙ To Steal a Million

Tue, Feb 4, 1975

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.

17Season 2

S2.E17 ∙ Sniper

Tue, Feb 11, 1975

Detectives Calabrese and Thorpe try to catch a sniper before he, or she, strikes again.

18Season 2

S2.E18 ∙ The Execution

Tue, Feb 18, 1975

Detectives attempt to solve a double execution-style shooting, which one victim manages to survive.

19Season 2

S2.E19 ∙ The Man in the Shadows

Tue, Feb 25, 1975

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.

20Season 2

S2.E20 ∙ War Games

Tue, Mar 4, 1975

Detectives Gordy and Ballard go undercover in a white-supremacist gun club to bust a paranoid gun collector who specializes in illegal military munitions.

21Season 2

S2.E21 ∙ The Witness

Tue, Mar 11, 1975

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.

22Season 2

S2.E22 ∙ The Return of Joe Forrester

Tue, May 6, 1975

Detective Joe Forrester must go back to the rough area that was his old beat to try and catch a serial rapist.

1Season 3

S3.E1 ∙ Officer Needs Help

Tue, Sep 9, 1975

Sgt. Billy Humm starts feeling the pressure after he's involved in a few too many on-duty shootings, even though they were judged "good."

2Season 3

S3.E2 ∙ The Cutting Edge

Tue, Sep 16, 1975

Ed Peebles has 30 years on the force, and after his longtime partner retires he loses his direction, both on the job and in his personal life.

3Season 3

S3.E3 ∙ A Community of Victims

Tue, Sep 23, 1975

A drug addict unintentionally acquires a gun during an apartment burglary.

4Season 3

S3.E4 ∙ Losing Game

Tue, Sep 30, 1975

Margaret Case moves from Juvenile to Narcotics, but her undercover work puts stress on her marriage to another cop.

5Season 3

S3.E5 ∙ The Cut Man Caper

Tue, Oct 28, 1975

Two ex-thief-turned-police officers use their inside knowledge & wit of the local drug trade to make arrests. Even management can show humour to offset the pressures of maintaining budget & ensuring the proper use of resources.

6Season 3

S3.E6 ∙ Face for a Shadow

Fri, Nov 7, 1975

Officers John Kowalski and Dick Elmore investigate a fatal hit-and-run accident that appears to be intentional.

7Season 3

S3.E7 ∙ Test of Brotherhood

Fri, Nov 14, 1975

Veteran officer JR Peters is paired in a patrol car with his younger brother Clay, a rookie, along with their sibling rivalry.

8Season 3

S3.E8 ∙ The Empty Weapon

Fri, Nov 21, 1975

On his first day out of the academy, Officer David Singer fails to fire his weapon when a juvenile delinquent he is pursuing pulls a gun on him, with tragic consequences later.

9Season 3

S3.E9 ∙ Little Boy Lost

Fri, Nov 28, 1975

Detective Brennar fatally sends a 4y.o boy away from the neighborhood. On the home-front, this detective is experiencing a broader sending away of loved-ones only to reap inner confusion and heartache.

10Season 3

S3.E10 ∙ Vice: 24 Hours

Fri, Dec 5, 1975

Pairs of vice detectives spend a day trying to bust a violent pimp, a bookie, and a man who wants to hire a hit man to kill his wife.

11Season 3

S3.E11 ∙ Breaking Point

Fri, Dec 12, 1975

Vince Della Maggiori has to investigate when a patrolman shoots a man in his hotel room, and the stories he is given don't add up.

12Season 3

S3.E12 ∙ Company Man

Fri, Dec 19, 1975

Married Det. Dave Hansen, under pressure from Internal Affairs, must decide whether to continue working for "the company" (LAPD), or stop seeing his school-teacher girlfriend.

13Season 3

S3.E13 ∙ Spanish Class

Fri, Jan 2, 1976

Young officer Taylor transfers from the Valley into the Hispanic district for "the action" and the pay bump, and is schooled in the art of patrolling a multilingual beat by veteran officer Fernandez.

14Season 3

S3.E14 ∙ Odyssey of Death: Part 1

Fri, Jan 9, 1976

Detectives Stoddard and Bagney look for a man involved in an armed grocery store robbery after he shoots and maims Officer Phillips, a personal friend of Stoddard.

15Season 3

S3.E15 ∙ Odyssey of Death: Part 2

Fri, Jan 16, 1976

Detectives close in on the multi-generational hill-country family responsible for a series of armed robberies, rapes, and murders.

16Season 3

S3.E16 ∙ The Other Side of the Fence

Fri, Jan 23, 1976

Detectives Benson and Fisk set up a sting to catch a pair of murderous jewel thieves.

17Season 3

S3.E17 ∙ 50 Cents-First Half Hour, $1.75 All Day

Fri, Jan 30, 1976

While trying to box in an armed bandit who specializes in stealing cars and robbing attendants at parking lots, Detectives Hacker and Barnes are assigned a homicide case.

18Season 3

S3.E18 ∙ Firebird

Fri, Feb 6, 1976

A daredevil officer is severely burned in a helicopter crash during a SWAT team training exercise, and he fights his injuries and police brass to return to his old life.

19Season 3

S3.E19 ∙ The Long Ball

Fri, Feb 13, 1976

Everyone around Sgt. Pickett knows he drinks too much. But he doesn't admit it to himself, until the department suspends him and his wife leaves.

20Season 3

S3.E20 ∙ Eamon Kinsella Royce

Fri, Feb 20, 1976

Detective Eamon Kinsella Royce juggles his police responsibilities and his second job . . . as an insurance investigator.

21Season 3

S3.E21 ∙ Officer Dooly

Fri, Mar 5, 1976

Despite his best intentions, Dooly is a poor guy who can't seem to do anything right, at least not in his commanding officer's eyes.

22Season 3

S3.E22 ∙ Open City

Fri, Mar 12, 1976

Vice Detectives Daley and Gentry are on a camping trip when they hear a woman scream in the distance, and a few minutes later, gunshots. Thus begins their investigation into Mob involvement in the pornography industry and snuff films.

1Season 4

S4.E1 ∙ Payment Deferred

Tue, Sep 21, 1976

Detective Joe Barley enlists Holly, his "retired" snitch and recovering addict, to help him find the man who shot his partner.

2Season 4

S4.E2 ∙ Bought and Paid For

Tue, Oct 5, 1976

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.

3Season 4

S4.E3 ∙ Two Frogs on a Mongoose

Tue, Oct 12, 1976

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.

4Season 4

S4.E4 ∙ The Other Side of the Badge

Tue, Oct 26, 1976

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.

5Season 4

S4.E5 ∙ Three Days to Thirty

Tue, Nov 9, 1976

While working out his last three days before retirement, Frank Moran is assigned a hot case.

6Season 4

S4.E6 ∙ Trash Detail, Front and Center

Tue, Nov 16, 1976

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.

7Season 4

S4.E7 ∙ Thanksgiving

Tue, Nov 23, 1976

K-Joe and Bunny investigate the sniper shooting of a young girl riding in a car on the freeway.

8Season 4

S4.E8 ∙ Monster Manor

Tue, Nov 30, 1976

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.

9Season 4

S4.E9 ∙ Oxford Gray

Tue, Dec 7, 1976

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.

10Season 4

S4.E10 ∙ The Jar: Part 1

Tue, Dec 14, 1976

Two detectives are called before the grand jury after a man is shot and killed when they attempt to arrest him.

11Season 4

S4.E11 ∙ The Jar: Part 2

Tue, Dec 21, 1976

Hagen and Triplett are reassigned to an out-of-the-way detail to keep them out of the public eye pending their manslaughter trial.

12Season 4

S4.E12 ∙ Trial Board

Tue, Jan 4, 1977

An undercover Vice detective is accused by one of his fellow Vice detectives of stealing cash during a drug bust.

13Season 4

S4.E13 ∙ Spitfire

Tue, Jan 11, 1977

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.

14Season 4

S4.E14 ∙ Nightmare on a Sunday Morning

Tue, Jan 18, 1977

A young woman is snatched off a city street, driven out into the hills, and raped on a Sunday morning. Investigators Wells and Logan try to build a case against the two rapists by convincing the victim and a previous victim to testify.

15Season 4

S4.E15 ∙ The Malflores

Tue, Jan 25, 1977

Officers Webber and Cheruco discover a violent new gang on the streets, the Malflores, comprised entirely of Latinas.

16Season 4

S4.E16 ∙ The Blue Fog

Tue, Feb 1, 1977

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.

17Season 4

S4.E17 ∙ Hard Rock Brown

Tue, Feb 15, 1977

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."

18Season 4

S4.E18 ∙ End of the Line

Tue, Feb 22, 1977

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.

19Season 4

S4.E19 ∙ One of Our Cops Is Crazy

Tue, Mar 1, 1977

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.

20Season 4

S4.E20 ∙ Ice Time

Tue, Mar 8, 1977

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.

21Season 4

S4.E21 ∙ The Six Foot Stretch

Thu, Mar 24, 1977

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.

22Season 4

S4.E22 ∙ Prime Rib

Tue, Apr 5, 1977

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.

1Season 5

S5.E1 ∙ Trigger Point

Tue, Sep 27, 1977

Veteran Sergeant Wilson can't escape the burdens of being mother hen to, among others, a green lieutenant, an alcoholic superior, and an officer who's becoming dangerously paranoid.

2Season 5

S5.E2 ∙ Stigma

Wed, Nov 9, 1977

Manny Mandell, involved in a shootout with a fleeing felon in which his partner is fatally wounded, receives a Police Department medal as a result. The survivor's guilt is bad enough, but as a medal winner he finds the expectations overwhelming.

3Season 5

S5.E3 ∙ River of Promises

Sat, Jan 14, 1978

Policeman Miguel Rataza works in area where illegal Hispanics encounter difficulties. Going undercover regarding green card scams and protesting unsafe conditions he finds himself falling in love with Rosalie, an undocumented worker.

4Season 5

S5.E4 ∙ Day of Terror... Night of Fear

Sat, Mar 4, 1978

Officer Ron Tice engages hostage-taker Richey Neptune in protracted negotiations, a task complicated by the fact that one of the five hostages is the Deputy Chief's daughter-in-law.

5Season 5

S5.E5 ∙ The Broken Badge

Sun, Mar 19, 1978

IA Sergeants Bivins and Petrelli investigate the fatal shooting of a prostitute by a veteran beat cop with a history of bending the rules. The cop is then convicted and sent to the same prison that holds some of the men he sent there.

6Season 5

S5.E6 ∙ No Margin for Error

Sun, Apr 30, 1978

Three people are fatally shot by three different policemen, two beat cops and a detective. Deputy Chief Hayes must sort through the shooting team reports to find the truth of each situation, possibly at the risk of his own career.

7Season 5

S5.E7 ∙ A Chance to Live

Sun, May 28, 1978

Officer Dan Shay is recruited to operate undercover for the narcotics unit at a high school.