Seasons and episodes
6
Season 6 October 29, 1988
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6 - 1Cop Killer October 29, 1988 -
6 - 2Gladiator School November 05, 1988 -
6 - 3The Watch Commander November 12, 1988 -
6 - 4Burnout November 26, 1988 -
6 - 5Monster Manor December 03, 1988
5
Season 5 September 27, 1977
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5 - 1Trigger Point September 27, 1977 -
5 - 2Stigma November 09, 1977 -
5 - 3River of Promises January 14, 1978 -
5 - 4Day of Terror, Night of Fear March 04, 1978 -
5 - 5The Broken Badge March 19, 1978 -
5 - 6No Margin for Error April 30, 1978 -
5 - 7A Chance to Live May 28, 1978 -
5 - 8A Cry for Justice May 23, 1979 -
5 - 9Confessions of a Lady Cop April 02, 1980 -
5 - 10The Freeway Killings May 03, 1987
4
Season 4 September 21, 1976
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4 - 1Payment Deferred September 21, 1976 -
4 - 2Bought and Paid For October 05, 1976 -
4 - 3Two Frogs on a Mongoose October 12, 1976 -
4 - 4The Other Side of the Badge October 26, 1976 -
4 - 5Three Days to Thirty November 09, 1976 -
4 - 6Trash Detail, Front and Center November 16, 1976 -
4 - 7Thanksgiving November 23, 1976 -
4 - 8Monster Manor November 30, 1976 -
4 - 9Oxford Gray December 07, 1976 -
4 - 10The Jar (1) December 14, 1976 -
4 - 11The Jar (2) December 21, 1976 -
4 - 12Trial Board January 04, 1977 -
4 - 13Spitfire January 11, 1977 -
4 - 14Nightmare on a Sunday Morning January 18, 1977 -
4 - 15The Malflores January 25, 1977 -
4 - 16The Blue Fog February 01, 1977 -
4 - 17Hard Rock Brown February 15, 1977 -
4 - 18End of the Line February 22, 1977 -
4 - 19One of Our Cops Is Crazy March 01, 1977 -
4 - 20Ice Time March 08, 1977 -
4 - 21The Six Foot Stretch March 22, 1977 -
4 - 22Prime Rib April 05, 1977
3
Season 3 September 09, 1975
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3 - 1Officer Needs Help September 09, 1975 -
3 - 2The Cutting Edge September 16, 1975 -
3 - 3A Community of Victims September 23, 1975 -
3 - 4The Losing Game September 30, 1975 -
3 - 5The Cut Man Caper October 28, 1975 -
3 - 6Face for a Shadow November 07, 1975 -
3 - 7The Test of Brotherhood November 14, 1975 -
3 - 8Empty Weapon November 21, 1975 -
3 - 9Little Boy Lost November 28, 1975 -
3 - 10Vice: Twenty-Four Hours December 05, 1975 -
3 - 11Breaking Point December 12, 1975 -
3 - 12Company Man December 19, 1975 -
3 - 13Spanish Class January 02, 1976 -
3 - 14Odyssey of Death (1) January 09, 1976 -
3 - 15Odyssey of Death (2) January 16, 1976 -
3 - 16The Other Side of the Fence January 23, 1976 -
3 - 17 -
3 - 18Firebird February 06, 1976 -
3 - 19The Long Ball February 13, 1976 -
3 - 20Eamon Kinsella Royce February 20, 1976 -
3 - 21Officer Dooly March 05, 1976 -
3 - 22Open City March 12, 1976
2
Season 2 September 10, 1974
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2 - 1A Dangerous Age September 10, 1974 -
2 - 2Requiem for C.Z. Smith September 17, 1974 -
2 - 3Robbery: 48 Hours September 24, 1974 -
2 - 4Fathers and Sons October 01, 1974 -
2 - 5A World Full of Hurt October 08, 1974 -
2 - 6Glamour Boy October 29, 1974 -
2 - 7Across the Line November 12, 1974 -
2 - 8Wolf November 19, 1974 -
2 - 9Love, Mabel November 26, 1974 -
2 - 10Explosion December 03, 1974 -
2 - 11Capt. Hook December 17, 1974 -
2 - 12Incident in the Kill Zone January 07, 1975 -
2 - 13Headhunter January 14, 1975 -
2 - 14Year of the Dragon (1) January 21, 1975 -
2 - 15Year of the Dragon (2) January 28, 1975 -
2 - 16To Steal a Million February 04, 1975 -
2 - 17Sniper February 11, 1975 -
2 - 18The Execution February 18, 1975 -
2 - 19The Man in the Shadows February 25, 1975 -
2 - 20War Games March 04, 1975 -
2 - 21The Witness March 11, 1975 -
2 - 22The Return of Joe Forrester May 06, 1975
1
Season 1 March 20, 1973
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1 - 1Slow Boy (1) March 20, 1973 -
1 - 2Slow Boy (2) March 20, 1973 -
1 - 3Dangerous Games October 02, 1973 -
1 - 4Requiem for an Informer October 09, 1973 -
1 - 5The Ten Year Honeymoon October 23, 1973 -
1 - 6The Violent Homecoming October 30, 1973 -
1 - 7The Ho Chi Minh Trail November 06, 1973 -
1 - 8Collision Course November 20, 1973 -
1 - 9Death on Credit November 27, 1973 -
1 - 10The Big Walk December 04, 1973 -
1 - 11Man on the Rack December 11, 1973 -
1 - 12Line of Fire December 18, 1973 -
1 - 13Chain of Command January 08, 1974 -
1 - 14Countdown (1) January 15, 1974 -
1 - 15Countdown (2) January 22, 1974 -
1 - 16Cop in the Middle January 29, 1974 -
1 - 17The Ripper February 12, 1974 -
1 - 18Country Boy February 19, 1974 -
1 - 19The Hunters February 26, 1974 -
1 - 20Wyatt Earp Syndrome March 05, 1974 -
1 - 21Fingerprint March 12, 1974 -
1 - 22Chief March 19, 1974 -
1 - 23The Gamble March 26, 1974
Overview
Police Story is an anthology television crime drama. The show was the brainchild of author and former policeman Joseph Wambaugh and represented a major step forward in the realistic depiction of police work and violence on network TV. Although it was an anthology, there were certain things that all episodes had in common; for instance, the main character in each episode was a police officer. The setting was always Los Angeles and the characters always worked for some branch of the LAPD. Notwithstanding the anthology format, there were recurring characters. Scott Brady appeared in more than a dozen episodes as "Vinnie," a former cop who, upon retirement, had opened a bar catering to police officers, and who acted as a sort of Greek chorus during the run of the series, commenting on the characters and plots.
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