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Police Story
Detective Cheng is commissioned by Interpol to destroy the Empire of Chaiba, a worldwide criminal organization based in Southeast Asia. He initiates an undercover operation to infiltrate the organization.
- Created by:
- Joseph Wambaugh, E. Jack Neuman
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- United States of America
- Network:
- NBC
Episode guide
Seasons
Season 3
Episodes
E01
Episode 1
Officer Needs Help
1975-09-09 · 60mSgt. Billy Humm starts feeling the pressure after he's involved in a few too many on-duty shootings, even though they were judged "good."
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E02
Episode 2
★ 10.0The Cutting Edge
1975-09-16 · 60mEd 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.
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E03
Episode 3
A Community of Victims
1975-09-23 · 60mA drug addict unintentionally acquires a gun during an apartment burglary.
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E04
Episode 4
The Losing Game
1975-09-30 · 60mMargaret Case moves from Juvenile to Narcotics, but her undercover work puts stress on her marriage to another cop.
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E05
Episode 5
The Cut Man Caper
1975-10-28 · 113mOn the trail of loan-company robbers, Tillis is forced to rely upon shifty informer Freddy. But the ""snitch"" is playing both ends down the middle and he's also stolen the expensive miniature voice transmitter entrusted to his care.
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E06
Episode 6
Face for a Shadow
1975-11-07 · 60mOfficers John Kowalski and Dick Elmore investigate a fatal hit-and-run accident that appears to be intentional.
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E07
Episode 7
The Test of Brotherhood
1975-11-14 · 60mVeteran officer JR Peters is paired in a patrol car with his younger brother Clay, a rookie, along with their sibling rivalry.
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E08
Episode 8
Empty Weapon
1975-11-21 · 60mOn 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.
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E09
Episode 9
Little Boy Lost
1975-11-28 · 60mDetective 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.
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E10
Episode 10
Vice: Twenty-Four Hours
1975-12-05 · 60mPairs 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.
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E11
Episode 11
Breaking Point
1975-12-12 · 60mVince 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.
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E12
Episode 12
Company Man
1975-12-19 · 60mMarried 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.
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E13
Episode 13
Spanish Class
1976-01-02 · 60mYoung 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.
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E14
Episode 14
Odyssey of Death (1)
1976-01-09 · 60mDetectives 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.
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E15
Episode 15
Odyssey of Death (2)
1976-01-16 · 60mDetectives close in on the multi-generational hill-country family responsible for a series of armed robberies, rapes, and murders.
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E16
Episode 16
The Other Side of the Fence
1976-01-23 · 60mDetectives Benson and Fisk set up a sting to catch a pair of murderous jewel thieves.
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E17
Episode 17
Fifty Cents, First Half Hour -- One Dollar and Seventy-Five Cents All Day
1976-01-30 · 60mWhile 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.
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E18
Episode 18
Firebird
1976-02-06 · 60mA 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.
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E19
Episode 19
The Long Ball
1976-02-13 · 60mEveryone 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.
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E20
Episode 20
Eamon Kinsella Royce
1976-02-20 · 60mDetective Eamon Kinsella Royce juggles his police responsibilities and his second job . . . as an insurance investigator.
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E21
Episode 21
Officer Dooly
1976-03-05 · 60mDespite 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.
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E22
Episode 22
Open City
1976-03-12 · 60mVice 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.
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