7.9/10134 votes#1 - Mascot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/22/1972
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: N/A
7.8/10163 votes#2 - Botulism
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/29/1972
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
7.8/10142 votes#3 - Cook's Tour
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/12/1972
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: N/A
8.3/10163 votes#4 - Brushfire
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/19/1972
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
7.7/10143 votes#5 - Dealer's Wild
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/26/1972
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
7.8/10125 votes#6 - Nurse's Wild
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/4/1972
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
7.9/10114 votes#7 - Publicity Hound
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 3/11/1972
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: N/A
8.2/10155 votes#8 - Weird Wednesday
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/18/1972
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: N/A
8.1/10122 votes#9 - Dilemma
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/25/1972
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: N/A
7.7/10137 votes#10 - Hang-up
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 4/8/1972
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: N/A
8.3/10131 votes#11 - Crash
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 4/15/1972
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: N/A
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The crew of Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 51, particularly the paramedic team, and Rampart Hospital respond to emergencies in their operating area.
Genres:Action & AdventureDramaDocumentary
Network:NBC
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Mascot" is the best rated episode of "Emergency!" season 1. It scored 7.9/10 based on 134 votes. Directed by Lawrence Dobkin and written by N/A, it aired on 1/22/1972. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Botulism".