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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.

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Emergency! Season 1 Episode 7 - Publicity Hound
    0.0/10(152 votes)

    #1 - Publicity Hound

    S1:E7

    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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  2. Emergency! Season 1 Episode 8 - Weird Wednesday
    0.0/10(199 votes)

    #2 - Weird Wednesday

    S1:E8

    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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  3. Emergency! Season 1 Episode 9 - Dilemma
    0.0/10(162 votes)

    #3 - Dilemma

    S1:E9

    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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  4. Emergency! Season 1 Episode 10 - Hang-up
    0.0/10(186 votes)

    #4 - Hang-up

    S1:E10

    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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  5. Emergency! Season 1 Episode 11 - Crash
    0.0/10(174 votes)

    #5 - Crash

    S1:E11

    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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  6. Emergency! Season 2 Episode 1 - Decision a.k.a. Problem
    0.0/10(177 votes)

    #6 - Decision a.k.a. Problem

    S2:E1

    Roy and John rescue a man whose engine has fallen on him during his car repair work. When their two-way radio is broken, Roy treats the man without proper medical supervision, causing the man's doctor to attack the paramedic program. Also: a bull gores a motorcyclist, a doctor on a consult at the hospital dies of a heart attack, Roy rescues a child from a house fire.

    Directors:Christian Nyby, Christian I. Nyby II
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Emergency! Season 2 Episode 2 - Kids
    0.0/10(204 votes)

    #7 - Kids

    S2:E2

    The station adopts a stray dog, which they name Boot. The firemen rescue a boy from a hole; he turns out to be an abused child. Roy and John rescue another boy whose head is stuck in a basement window. Dr. Early extracts a child's arm from a steering wheel. At a brush fire, Boot helps locate an injured hiker, then leaves with a hook and ladder truck.

    Director:Georg Fenady
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Emergency! Season 2 Episode 3 - Show Biz
    0.0/10(175 votes)

    #8 - Show Biz

    S2:E3

    A photo shoot at the station gets John excited. A country doctor helps Roy and John when they can't reach Rampart on a call. The paramedics rescue a man drowning in a swimming pool and two stuntmen trapped on a waterfall at a movie studio.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Emergency! Season 2 Episode 4 - Virus
    0.0/10(245 votes)

    #9 - Virus

    S2:E4

    A sick lady with a monkey provides the key to a mysterious, highly contagious, and deadly virus that strikes both Dr. Brackett and John. Meanwhile, the firemen rescue a boy from a treehouse and a man from a scaffold.

    Director:Lawrence Dobkin
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Emergency! Season 2 Episode 5 - Peace Pipe
    0.0/10(177 votes)

    #10 - Peace Pipe

    S2:E5

    A drunk driver rams a parked car, trapping a child inside. Chet pesters John about his Native American heritage. A kid gets his finger stuck in a gumball machine. A woman's new girdle causes breathing difficulties. A worker's error leads to fuel being mixed with the water supply, causing explosive results. A sniper makes a scaffold rescue dangerous.

    Director:Christian Nyby
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Emergency! Season 2 Episode 6 - Saddled
    0.0/10(206 votes)

    #11 - Saddled

    S2:E6

    Dixie injures her toe. John decides he can make a lot of money by riding in rodeos. The squad goes to a hole-in-the-wall restaurant when a soda bottle explodes in a girl's face; later, they return for a gas explosion. After falling from a tree, a young boy lapses into a coma. The firemen rescue several children and a nun from a bus crash.

    Director:Georg Fenady
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Emergency! Season 2 Episode 7 - Fuzz Lady
    0.0/10(170 votes)

    #12 - Fuzz Lady

    S2:E7

    John falls for a lady deputy when called to treat a mugger. Items are stolen from Rampart. The firemen rescue an elderly man from a house fire. Boot returns to Station 51. A grandfather is injured by a model rocket. The paramedics rescue a boat thief trapped on a crane.

    Director:Christian Nyby
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Emergency! Season 2 Episode 8 - Trainee
    0.0/10(179 votes)

    #13 - Trainee

    S2:E8

    A former Vietnam medic is now a paramedic trainee and constantly thinks he knows more than the doctors at Rampart. Roy, John, and the trainee interrupt a purse-snatching, rescue a man who fell down a cliff, help a woman overdosed on prescription drugs, and save a man with an insulin reaction.

    Director:Dennis Donnelly
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Emergency! Season 2 Episode 9 - Women
    0.0/10(179 votes)

    #14 - Women

    S2:E9

    A woman journalist covers the Squad's rescues. A man trapped is in a truck under live power lines. Doctors treat a boy poisoned by wild hemlock and a girl addicted to drugs. The paramedics rescue a man trapped in a sofabed, a man wihose arm is stuck in a garbage disposal, and a man trapped in a bombed building.

    Director:Georg Fenady
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Emergency! Season 2 Episode 10 - Dinner Date
    0.0/10(171 votes)

    #15 - Dinner Date

    S2:E10

    A woman almost hits a kid on a bike, who starts choking; she later has an epileptic fit. A man is shot by his father-in-law when he learns his daughter is married and pregnant. Roy tries to set John up with his wife's cousin. Three drug addicts are treated in the hospital: a woman with a gangrenous hand, a poison victim and a man showing signs of tetanus. In the field: an alcoholic, an obese man with a pacemaker, and a child whose arm is caught in a swimming pool drain.

    Director:Dennis Donnelly
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Emergency! Season 2 Episode 11 - Musical Mania
    0.0/10(173 votes)

    #16 - Musical Mania

    S2:E11

    After Chet cracks a joke about John playing the Squad horn, John takes up the bagpipes, trombone, and guitar. Paramedics help a gardener suffering from tetanus. The father of a boy suffering from lead poisoning is reluctant to have it treated. The firemen rescue the driver of an ice cream truck. A schoolgirl dies from an overdose. A glider pilot crash lands. A man working under his house is trapped.

    Director:Christian I. Nyby II
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Emergency! Season 2 Episode 12 - Helpful
    0.0/10(149 votes)

    #17 - Helpful

    S2:E12

    Roy has an argument with his wife and Johnny tries to help. The firemen rescue a man from precarious auto wreck. A brilliant doctor's erratic behavior causes concern at the hospital. Doctors diagnose a woman's heart condition. Paramedics rescue a dog from a roof and two children lost in a rapidly flooding storm drain.

    Director:Lawrence Dobkin
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Emergency! Season 2 Episode 13 - Drivers
    0.0/10(140 votes)

    #18 - Drivers

    S2:E13

    John gets bugged by other people's bad driving habits. A college quarterback experiences back pain. Roy and John's former paramedic instructor dies, while Roy and John themselves teach a CPR class. A boy gets stuck inside a tree. A structure fire at a hotel is complicated by a cardiac victim on the third floor.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Emergency! Season 2 Episode 14 - School Days
    0.0/10(144 votes)

    #19 - School Days

    S2:E14

    A new trainee appears to be lacking in confidence; a bookcase falls on an elderly gentleman searching for a book; a baseball player is injured; an ambulance is hit by a car; a boy's chemistry set explodes in his face; students play a practical joke on a sleeping man; a man is injured at a junkyard.

    Director:Christian Nyby
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Emergency! Season 2 Episode 15 - The Professor
    0.0/10(143 votes)

    #20 - The Professor

    S2:E15

    A man shows signs of schizophrenia for no apparent reason and the Secret Service won't give any clues. Roy has an admirer, yet John accuses him of having no charisma. The paramedics respond to a false alarm on a fireboat, and end up saving the victim of a plane crash; they also deliver a premature baby and rescue a man threatening to jump off a tall building.

    Director:Christian I. Nyby II
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Emergency! Season 2 Episode 16 - Syndrome
    0.0/10(155 votes)

    #21 - Syndrome

    S2:E16

    John tries to convince Roy he has tonsillitis. An old flame of Dixie's, who is now a famous actor, is admitted to Rampart. Two kids are trapped on top of a gas tank; a girl's college lacrosse game turns violent; Boot has surgery to remove a tick; Dr. Early deals with a hypochondriac. Chet is injured during a rescue and is roomed with Roy, who has had his tonsils removed.

    Director:Dennis Donnelly
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Emergency! Season 2 Episode 17 - Honest
    0.0/10(142 votes)

    #22 - Honest

    S2:E17

    A gas explosion results from a white lie, prompting Johnny to go on an honesty kick. At the hospital, doctors work to save a boy who is inexplicably choking to death. In the field, the paramedics rescue a teenage boy injured in a dive off a roof, and a baby and his blind grandfather trapped in a burning house.

    Director:Christian I. Nyby II
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Emergency! Season 2 Episode 18 - Seance
    0.0/10(151 votes)

    #23 - Seance

    S2:E18

    A woman keeps calling the Squad because she's convinced the bad things that happen to her husband are the result of her recently deceased sister. A youth suffering side effects from tranquilizers is treated in the ER. The paramedics rescue a man pinned under a stack of heavy cartons and a driver trapped underwater in his car.

    Director:Georg Fenady
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Emergency! Season 2 Episode 19 - Boot
    0.0/10(146 votes)

    #24 - Boot

    S2:E19

    The firemen are puzzled by Boot's strange behavior. Meanwhile, paramedics rescue a woman whose sports car is pinned under a gas truck and investigate a series of unusual incidents in the home of a woman attempting to cook a meal for her boyfriend and his mother. An unconscious man is brought in to the hospital suffering from internal bleeding. Dr. Early deals with the victim of a curse. An explosion in a hospital lab endangers a number of workers and important records.

    Director:Christian I. Nyby II
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Emergency! Season 2 Episode 20 - Rip-Off
    0.0/10(145 votes)

    #25 - Rip-Off

    S2:E20

    Roy and John are accused of stealing money from a victim. A premature delivery and a blinded man result from a car crash. A perilous rescue involves a plane that might explode.

    Director:Georg Fenady
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Publicity Hound" is the worst rated episode of "Emergency!". It scored /10 based on 152 votes. Directed by Christian Nyby and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/11/1972. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Weird Wednesday".