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The Best Episodes of Bronk

Every episode of Bronk ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Bronk!

Bronk is an American television series starring Jack Palance as Detective Lieutenant Alex Bronkov. The series is set in the fictional Ocean City, California. 24 episodes...
Genres:DramaCrime
Network:CBS

Best Episodes Summary

"Short Fuse" is the best rated episode of "Bronk". It scored 8.2/10 based on 13 votes. Directed by Corey Allen and written by N/A, it aired on 11/2/1975. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Deception".

  • Short Fuse
    8.2/1013 votes
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    #1 - Short Fuse

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/2/1975

    Charles Bisantz, a fleeing mob ""bag man,"" puts an unsuspecting ringer, Nathan Lewis, aboard an Ocean City commuter flight with a bomb. Because of delay in taking off, the plane explodes earlier than the killer had planned and he is forced to steal Lewis' body and dump it in a quarry. Lewis' widow becomes a willing decoy in an effort to trap the elusive Bisantz.

    Director: Corey Allen

    Writer: N/A

  • Deception
    8.2/1012 votes
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    #2 - Deception

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/7/1975

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    Director: Corey Allen

    Writer: N/A

  • Jackson Blue
    8.0/1012 votes
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    #3 - Jackson Blue

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/25/1976

    A family is ripped apart by a young mother's death and Bronk has to break the news that the ""accident"" was murder.

    Director: Sutton Roley

    Writer: Michael Mann

  • Echo of Danger
    7.9/1012 votes
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    #4 - Echo of Danger

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/12/1975

    The slaying of a fugitive forger in Los Angeles is linked to a wealthy widow in Ocean City and Bronk digs back to a World War II romance to unravel the mystery.

    Director: Reza Badiyi

    Writer: Jack Turley

  • Death with Honor
    7.8/1015 votes
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    #5 - Death with Honor

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/21/1976

    When a longtime police officer is killed in a shootout with a bank robber, Bronk discovers the officer's sad plight and clears the name of the rookie patrolman who served as his partner.

    Director: Allen Baron

    Writer: Michael Mann

  • There's Gonna Be a War
    7.6/1011 votes
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    #6 - There's Gonna Be a War

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 12/21/1975

    Two civil rights activists are killed by men pretending to be police and Bronk has to move swiftly to avert a race riot.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Next of Kin
    7.6/1013 votes
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    #7 - Next of Kin

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/4/1976

    While investigating the senseless murder of a young woman, Bronk realizes he is the next intended victim of the killer.

    Director: Sutton Roley

    Writer: Earl W. Wallace

  • Pilot
    7.5/1014 votes
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    #8 - Pilot

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/17/1975

    Alex Bronkov has been police officer in Ocean city for 20 years. Although his wife died in a car accident and therapy for his paralyzed daughter is expensive, he remained incorruptible. When a former friend asks him to help him out of a heroin deal, it turns out to be a trap. His partner is shot, and Bronk suspended. But he won't give up and starts to fight alone against the drug connection and corrupt municipality.

    Director: Richard Donner

    Writer: N/A

  • Wheel of Death
    7.2/109 votes
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    #9 - Wheel of Death

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/28/1975

    A young assistant city attorney is murdered while investigating an illegal alien smuggling ring. Later 12 Mexican national farm workers are found dead in a submerged truck. Bronk's investigation leads to a sadistic daredevil motorcycle racer, Quillery, but Bronk can't prove anything. With the help of a Mexican cop, Bronk infiltrates Quillery's operation disguised as an alien farmhand, setting the stage for a final confrontation with the warped killer.

    Director: Sutton Roley

    Writer: N/A

  • Terror
    7.2/1010 votes
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    #10 - Terror

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/19/1975

    Bronk investigates a 15-year-old unsolved kidnapping case after a teenage girl keeps having nightmares stemming from a harrowing childhood experience.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Target: Unknown
    7.2/1012 votes
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    #11 - Target: Unknown

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/8/1976

    The Minister of Finance of a tiny Caribbean nation is marked for assassination by a wealthy businessman and suspected go-between for the underworld.

    Director: Sutton Roley

    Writer: N/A

  • The Fifth Victim
    7.1/1011 votes
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    #12 - The Fifth Victim

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/26/1975

    Ocean City is terrorized by a killer who has strangled several women, mostly prostitutes. Bronk flushes out the strangler, who dies in a fall following a rooftop chase. However, Bronk is convinced there is another murderer, who used the strangler's killing spree as a screen. He digs deeper and uncovers a strange mystery involving a case of altered identity.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Betrayal
    7.1/1012 votes
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    #13 - Betrayal

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/14/1975

    Bronk discovers a web of intrigue within a Mafia ""family"" after his partner, Sgt. John Webber, is accused of slaying slumlord Paul Tedesco. With the help of Paul's bereaved widow, Bronk sniffs out the truth to clear Webber.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Gauntlet
    7.0/1011 votes
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    #14 - The Gauntlet

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/5/1975

    Romance develops when Bronk is assigned to protect Kate, who plans to turn state's evidence against her ex-boyfriend, syndicate boss Ben Capote. As the mob closes in, a fast game of hide-and-seek begins with Bronk beginning to suspect a set-up.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Line of Fire
    7.0/1010 votes
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    #15 - Line of Fire

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/9/1975

    Veteran Patrolman Frank Bossick, a widower and longtime friend of Bronkov, joins him in hunting down Frank's son Ron, who helped rob a supermarket and kill a box boy with the getaway car.

    Director: Don Weis

    Writer: N/A

  • The Pickoff
    7.0/1010 votes
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    #16 - The Pickoff

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/23/1975

    Three people die and the lives of other civic leaders, including Mayor Santori and wealthy Arnold Cutler, are jeopardized as terrorists set fire to an Ocean City hotel during a hospital benefit party. Bronk captures the ringleader, but his girl associates kidnap Cutler's son and offer Bronk a deal. The Cutlers reject the offer and Bronk and his partner set out to thwart the gang's deadly intentions.

    Director: Sutton Roley

    Writer: N/A

  • The Ordeal
    7.0/1012 votes
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    #17 - The Ordeal

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/7/1976

    Bronk is targeted by diamond smugglers who believe he learned the location of some gems from a dying man who double-crossed them.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Oliver Crawford

  • Vengeance
    6.7/1010 votes
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    #18 - Vengeance

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2/22/1976

    New York City Detective Patrick O'Flanagan comes to Ocean City to extradite a mercenary terrorist-bomber and will stop at nothing to get his man. When the terrorist escapes, O'Flanagan goes looking for him and Bronk is faced with a desperate double manhunt.

    Director: Sutton Roley

    Writer: N/A

  • Bargain in Blood
    6.6/1010 votes
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    #19 - Bargain in Blood

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/16/1975

    Bronk risks his life to thwart a crazed bomber to prevent District Attorney Richard Yarrow from making a deal with accused murderer Jimmy Grebo, who knows the bomber's identity.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Open Contract
    6.5/1012 votes
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    #20 - Open Contract

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/21/1975

    A known mob gunman is arrested, bailed out, then murdered. Bronk realizes a ""hit man"" is double-crossing his associates and using the police to lead him to his intended victim, Mitchell. Mitchell's ex-mistress, Marni, tries to help Brink find him. But Bronk suspects a triple-cross and jeopardizes his own life to thwart the killer.

    Director: Richard Donner

    Writer: N/A

  • Jailbreak
    6.4/109 votes
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    #21 - Jailbreak

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/15/1976

    Bronk is taken hostage during a violent jailbreak attempt by prisoners who have nothing to lose, including one who has his own murderous grudge against him.

    Director: Allen Baron

    Writer: N/A

  • The Deadlier Sex
    6.3/1017 votes
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    #22 - The Deadlier Sex

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/18/1976

    Sara Mitchell is the first policewoman assigned to patrol duty in Bronk's department. After arresting an apparently drugged young woman on her first night on patrol duty, Sara is accused of attacking her prisoner and finds her new career in danger when no one can disprove the charges. Bronk believes she is innocent and sets out to clear her of the charges.

    Director: Alex March

    Writer: N/A

  • Long Time Dying
    6.0/109 votes
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    #23 - Long Time Dying

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/1/1976

    The deadly vendetta of a disturbed young woman leaves a city prosecutor murdered, and Bronk is frustrated in his attempt to piece together the motive for her revenge. A bizarre message left for him leaves no doubt the murderess is relieving a twisted grudge, but the message leaves only more questions as to when she will kill again and who. Bronk works to unravel the mystery before she can strike again.

    Director: Reza Badiyi

    Writer: N/A

  • Crackback
    NaN/100 votes
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    #24 - Crackback

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 11/30/1975

    Phil Barrow, a would-be bank robber, is slain and his accomplice girlfriend, Cara, is captured. She links Barrow to the auto accident that killed Bronk's wife and crippled his daughter, Ellie. Bronk has always felt the so-called accident was the result of a contract on him and the mayor and district attorney feel this killer hunt is more emotional than objective. In his overzealous attempt to avenge his wife's death, Bronk jeopardizes his career and his life.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Vigilante
    NaN/100 votes
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    #25 - The Vigilante

    Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/28/1976

    Bronk investigates the death of a veteran cop who was killed in a shoot-out.

    Director: Sutton Roley

    Writer: N/A