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240-Robert is an American drama series that ran on ABC from 1979 to 1981. The series title is a reference to the call-sign designation for the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department's search and rescue/paramedic teams.

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    240-Robert Season 1 Episode 11 - Earthquake
    5.7/10(13 votes)

    #1 - Earthquake

    S1:E11

    An earthquake rocks the county, spelling disaster and almost certain death for Trap and Thib when they become sealed in an underwater cave with two stunning but frightened models, as the water rises and a voracious moray eel goes on the prowl.

    Director:Christian I. Nyby II
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. 240-Robert Season 1 Episode 8 - Time Bomb
    5.9/10(11 votes)

    #2 - Time Bomb

    S1:E8

    Trap wants to transfer because Morgan is about to become the unit's first woman sergeant, but Trap and Thib must first cope with a lion running wild in the streets, and then face underwater death when given just seconds to disarm a time-bomb set to blow up an oil tanker.

    Director:Christian I. Nyby II
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. 240-Robert Season 1 Episode 10 - Poison Air
    5.9/10(11 votes)

    #3 - Poison Air

    S1:E10

    After the spectacular rescue of a panic-stricken woman stranded in a hot air balloon, Trap suits up for a pleasure dive with Morgan, unaware that a vengeful youth has spiked his air tanks with poison gas, and Thib undertakes a desperate off-shore race against time to save his buddy.

    Director:Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
    Writer:Anthony Yerkovich

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  4. 240-Robert Season 1 Episode 9 - Double Trouble
    6.0/10(11 votes)

    #4 - Double Trouble

    S1:E9

    Trap and Thib receive some unusual support from sun worshipers at a nude beach as they attempt to rescue one of the nudists trapped in an awkward position, and Morgan is forced into a deadly situation when she must crash-land her chopper with two young boys aboard.

    Director:John Florea
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. 240-Robert Season 1 Episode 3 - Bathysphere
    6.1/10(13 votes)

    #5 - Bathysphere

    S1:E3

    The 240 rescue team are forced to act quickly when a speedboat cuts short the test of an experimental diving bell by severing the air lines and imprisoning the two students 120 feet below the surface. In another development, a woman rescued by Thibideaux is an important person in the recording industry and vows to make him a star.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. 240-Robert Season 1 Episode 13 - Oil and Water
    6.1/10(12 votes)

    #6 - Oil and Water

    S1:E13

    A man in a hang glider entangled in power lines brings Thib perilously close to a high-voltage death and Trap starts playing detective when he learns about Morgan's new love life.

    Director:Bruce Kessler
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. 240-Robert Season 2 Episode 1 - A Cool Welcome
    6.1/10(12 votes)

    #7 - A Cool Welcome

    S2:E1

    Trap gets a brash new young partner, named Cueva, and the unit also gets a new helicopter pilot named Harper.

    Director:Reza Badiyi
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. 240-Robert Season 1 Episode 4 - Models
    6.2/10(13 votes)

    #8 - Models

    S1:E4

    The 240-Robert rescue team faces a harrowing experience when they try to rescue two window washers clinging from a broken scaffold 40 stories up on a skyscraper, while beautiful members of a modeling agency inside the building watch with astonishment.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. 240-Robert Season 1 Episode 5 - Acting Sergeant
    6.3/10(12 votes)

    #9 - Acting Sergeant

    S1:E5

    An isolated mountain cabin becomes a makeshift operating room when Thib is forced to perform emergency surgery on an injured student after the 240 rescue team are stranded by fierce weather and rugged terrain.

    Director:Sutton Roley
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. 240-Robert Season 1 Episode 7 - Out of Sight
    6.3/10(13 votes)

    #10 - Out of Sight

    S1:E7

    Thib's career seems to be over when he loses his sight after a high-speed crash, and two doped-up kids in a car turn a gas station into a deadly inferno.

    Director:Christian I. Nyby II
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. 240-Robert Season 1 Episode 2 - Stuntman
    6.4/10(13 votes)

    #11 - Stuntman

    S1:E2

    The 240 rescue team have to take drastic action after a famous retired stunt man makes a daring comeback attempt by trying the most death-defying feat of his career.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Lew Hunter

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  12. 240-Robert Season 1 Episode 12 - The Applicant
    6.5/10(16 votes)

    #12 - The Applicant

    S1:E12

    In a spectacular rescue high atop a collapsing Ferris wheel, Trap and Thib receive some daring support from a stunning policewoman, but then they're confronted by terrifying jaws of death when they must save a brash new member of the unit who panics in shark-infested waters.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Robert Specht

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  13. 240-Robert Season 2 Episode 2 - First Loss
    6.6/10(10 votes)

    #13 - First Loss

    S2:E2

    Cueva is stranded on a mountainside with a heart attack patient after the chopper he's riding in crashes; while the 240 Robert teams search for them before it's too late.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. 240-Robert Season 1 Episode 1 - The Apology
    6.7/10(22 votes)

    #14 - The Apology

    S1:E1

    In this special preview movie the rescue team of the Sheriff's Aero Bureau and Emergency Services Detail save the occupants of a plane that has crashed into the ocean and a woman trapped on a mountain.

    Director:Phil Bondelli
    Writer:Charlene Bralver

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  15. 240-Robert Season 1 Episode 6 - Bank Job
    6.9/10(19 votes)

    #15 - Bank Job

    S1:E6

    A routine dive by Trap and Thib in a reservoir to recover stolen bank money takes a perilous turn when an attendant trips a valve, drawing Trap toward a huge drain that could crush him to death.

    Director:Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. 240-Robert Season 2 Episode 3 - Hostages
    7.1/10(17 votes)

    #16 - Hostages

    S2:E3

    Trap and Sandy are stuck inside a bank when a robbery becomes a standoff with police.

    Director:James Sheldon
    Writer:Herman Groves

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Earthquake" is the worst rated episode of "240-Robert". It scored 5.7/10 based on 13 votes. Directed by Christian I. Nyby II and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/19/1979. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Time Bomb".