The Best Episodes of Emergency! Season 1

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.0/10(174 votes)

   #1 - Mascot

   S1:E11/22/1972

   A woman involved in a car accident is concerned about her dog so John agrees to take care it, which complicates his life. At the hospital, doctors treat a girl who has difficulty breathing and a man who appears to be drunk. When a man has chest pains at a party, his guests think he is joking. The paramedics rescue an injured hunter.

   Director:Lawrence Dobkin

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Lawrence Dobkin

   Writer:Unknown
2. 

   7.9/10(201 votes)

   #2 - Botulism

   S1:E21/29/1972

   John plots his revenge after being the repeated target of practical jokes. A man breaks his back falling off a tower. A woman fakes an illness. Dr. Early's stethoscope becomes lodged in his ear. A man brought into the hospital from a movie set is the first indication of an outbreak of botulism. A boy is trapped in a condemned building.

   Director:Herschel Daugherty

   Writer:Michael Donovan

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   Director:Herschel Daugherty

   Writer:Michael Donovan
3. 

   8.0/10(179 votes)

   #3 - Cook's Tour

   S1:E32/12/1972

   John delivers a cyanotic baby. The firemen give Roy a bad time about his cooking. A boy gets his hand stuck in a vase; John rescues a kid in handcuffs. A man repairing a washer gets an electric shock. The paramedics rescue a man trapped on a crane.

   Director:Christian Nyby

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Christian Nyby

   Writer:Unknown
4. 

   8.5/10(210 votes)

   #4 - Brushfire

   S1:E42/19/1972

   Station 51 is called up to fight a wildfire. John and Roy rescue an elderly woman and her sister, treat an injured fireman, deliver a baby, catch a looter, and find a boy's lost dog.

   Director:Hollingsworth Morse

   Writer:Robert C. Dennis

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   Director:Hollingsworth Morse

   Writer:Robert C. Dennis
5. 

   7.8/10(176 votes)

   #5 - Dealer's Wild

   S1:E52/26/1972

   John keeps losing at cards and being stuck with doing the dishes at the station, so he creates his own card game. Roy talks down a boy in a plane after the pilot (his father) has a heart attack. The paramedics respond to an attempted suicide, an overturned truck and a teenage overdose victim.

   Director:Lawrence Dobkin

   Writer:Carey Wilber

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   Director:Lawrence Dobkin

   Writer:Carey Wilber
6. 

   8.0/10(162 votes)

   #6 - Nurse's Wild

   S1:E63/4/1972

   A store owner shoots an armed robber and is filled with remorse. Sparks fly between Johnny and a nurse. Dr. Early treats an alcoholic. A dog delays the rescue of an unconscious woman. Dr. Morton assumes an unconscious hippie is on drugs. The firemen rescue a man trapped at a chemical plant.

   Director:Herschel Daugherty

   Writer:Fred Freiberger

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   Director:Herschel Daugherty

   Writer:Fred Freiberger
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   7.9/10(146 votes)

   #7 - Publicity Hound

   S1:E73/11/1972

   John is envious of the publicity given to another paramedic. After Roy and John rescue a man trapped in ship's rigging, John gets seasick. Dr. Brackett clashes with a tycoon over a diagnosis. The paramedics rescue a horse from a ditch and a child stuck in a well.

   Director:Christian Nyby

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Christian Nyby

   Writer:Unknown
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   8.2/10(193 votes)

   #8 - Weird Wednesday

   S1:E83/18/1972

   John is convinced that weird things will happen on their shift: a parachutist lands in a tree, an obese man collapses while jogging, an 80-year old woman breaks her ankle while dancing, a man can't stop the hiccups, a boy tries to cryogenically freeze himself, an golfer is bitten by a snake, a prostitute brings in a customer suffering from chest pains, and John is injured during the rescue of a drunk driver.

   Director:Lawrence Dobkin

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Lawrence Dobkin

   Writer:Unknown
9. 

   8.2/10(156 votes)

   #9 - Dilemma

   S1:E93/25/1972

   An elevator gets stuck between floors, and then the brake drum fails; inside, a man has a heart attack. A nursing student is in awe of Dr. Brackett; a fireman buff develops a crush on John, who tries to get rid of her. A man is injured in his junkyard. An industrial accident takes place at a railroad yard.

   Director:Christian Nyby

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Christian Nyby

   Writer:Unknown
10. 

    7.9/10(179 votes)

    #10 - Hang-up

    S1:E104/8/1972

    John misses the end of an Adam-12 episode. A jewel thief is trapped in an air-conditioning duct. Two battered men continue their brawl in the hospital. A man ruins his cast by going surfing. Dr. Brackett treats a woman with a neurological disorder. Radioactivity impedes the rescue of a lab worker.

    Director:Lawrence Dobkin

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Lawrence Dobkin

    Writer:Unknown
11. 

    8.3/10(167 votes)

    #11 - Crash

    S1:E114/15/1972

    John and Roy bring in a football player who was tackled too hard. A burglar has a heart attack. John wants Roy to apologize for calling him ""some kind of nut."" Dr. Early treats a hypochondriac. A babysitter brings in a child who has swallowed some pills. Roy and John rescue the occupants of a light plane that crashed in a tree.

    Director:Christian Nyby

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Christian Nyby

    Writer:Unknown