Episodes
A Dangerous Age
September 10, 1974
Arch Tatum is close to retirement and is teamed up with a head-strong young trainee who throws a curve for the long time vet.
Requiem for C.Z. Smith
September 17, 1974
Charlie Czonka resurrects his alter ego, pimp CZ Smith, to catch a murderer who mutilates prostitutes.
Robbery: 48 Hours
September 24, 1974
Lt. Bruckner leads the Robbery Squad through a two-day run of holdups, big and small.
Fathers and Sons
October 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.
A World Full of Hurt
October 8, 1974
Juvenile officers Craig and Prescott deal with runaways, delinquents, and Prescott's own troubled home life.
Glamour Boy
October 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.
Across the Line
November 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."
Wolf
November 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.
Love, Mabel
November 26, 1974
Detectives investigate a series of murders of homeless men along the piers.
Explosion
December 3, 1974
Detectives Bert Jameson and Tony Calabrese try to catch an extortionist who leaves remote-control bombs at his targets.
Capt. Hook
December 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.
Incident in the Kill Zone
January 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.
Headhunter
January 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.
Year of the Dragon (1)
January 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.
Year of the Dragon (2)
January 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.
To Steal a Million
February 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.
Sniper
February 11, 1975
Detectives Calabrese and Thorpe try to catch a sniper before he, or she, strikes again.
The Execution
February 18, 1975
Detectives attempt to solve a double execution-style shooting, which one victim manages to survive.
The Man in the Shadows
February 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.
War Games
March 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.
The Witness
March 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.
The Return of Joe Forrester
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.
