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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. Background image for Survival on Charter #220
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #1 - Survival on Charter #220

    S7:E2

    Squad 51 C-shift paramedics rescue a stuntman from a tower. Gage and Desoto respond to treat the injured child of a fireman's widow. A small plane and a chartered jetliner collide in midair, landing in a residential neighborhood, trapping Johnny and Roy. Station 18 leads a massive response from Battalion 14 and the Compton city fire department. Dr. Morton heads up a triage team from Rampart. Multiple rescues include passengers from both planes and people in the subdivision. Dr. Early performs brain surgery on the injured child. An elderly man's dog leads Chief McConnike to its owner.

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  2. Background image for The Most Deadly Passage
    6.6/10(226 votes)

    #2 - The Most Deadly Passage

    S7:E3

    Roy and Johnny are sent to Seattle to study the techniques used there. A skydiver jumps off the Space Needle, a worker is trapped at the top of the Kingdome, and a fuel pumper loads a ferry with gasoline instead of diesel fuel, which sets the ferry on fire in the middle of the Elliot Bay.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    6.9/10(237 votes)

    #3 - 905-Wild

    S4:E22

    The title refers to the code word for "wild animal loose, threatening". The show opens with Johnny and Roy on a pre-dawn call to a small grocery store for a man down, bleeding. Searching the back of the store, Johnny is confronted with a Bengal tiger! A big brush fire threatens a suburban canyon area with lots of domesticated animals and things get dicey all around for the fire department and the Animal Control guys. Rampart becomes a veterinary surgical center for a while.

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    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown
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    7.3/10(156 votes)

    #4 - The Convention

    S7:E6

    San Francisco firefighters and paramedics rescue a man trapped on the rigging of a schooner. A paramedic convention brings Gage and DeSoto back to San Francisco, where they assist a choking victim in a restaurant, then deliver a baby while two female paramedics treat a sniper's shooting victims. While attending a picnic, SF firefighters and paramedics are called back to work for a mutual aid response in Marin County; Gage and DeSoto tag along and rescue the victims of a lab explosion.

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    7.4/10(77 votes)

    #5 - Greatest Rescues of Emergency

    S7:E4

    When Johnny and Roy are promoted to Captain, they reminisce about their years working together. Flash-back sequences include the rescue of airplane passengers after a crash-landing, a potential suicide threatening to leap from a crane tower, and a girl whose toe is stuck in a faucet

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    7.6/10(129 votes)

    #6 - 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.

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    Director:Georg Fenady
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing...?
    7.6/10(85 votes)

    #7 - What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing...?

    S7:E5

    Gage and DeSoto travel to San Francisco, where they observe some topnotch women paramedics in action during major rescue missions. An injured worker is stranded on the Golden Gate bridge. Ambulance squads treat a heart attack victim at a dance bar and an epileptic at a coffee shop. A bad driver causes a traffic accident involving an ambulance carrying the heart patient, resulting in his death and five other injuries. Johnny dates a nurse interested in a long-term relationship. Careless workers and deadly chemicals combine to spark an explosive fire at a pier on the Embarcadero.

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    7.7/10(159 votes)

    #8 - Dealer's Wild

    S1:E5

    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.

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    7.8/10(184 votes)

    #9 - Botulism

    S1:E2

    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.

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    7.8/10(161 votes)

    #10 - 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.

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    Writer:Unknown
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    7.8/10(126 votes)

    #11 - 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.

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    7.9/10(161 votes)

    #12 - Cook's Tour

    S1:E3

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
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    7.9/10(145 votes)

    #13 - Nurse's Wild

    S1:E6

    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.

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    7.9/10(130 votes)

    #14 - 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.

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    Writer:Unknown
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    7.9/10(156 votes)

    #15 - 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.

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    Director:Georg Fenady
    Writer:Unknown
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    7.9/10(113 votes)

    #16 - Insomnia

    S3:E8

    A boat has an explosion aboard en route to the marina. John obsesses about the lack of night runs and can't sleep. A man and his son are injured when they swerve to avoid a dog. Doctors race against time to save a marijuana smoker dying of an unidentifiable malady. A worker is pinned in a loading dock by a semi. A man child fall into a gravel pit.

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    Writer:Unknown
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    7.9/10(122 votes)

    #17 - Floor Brigade

    S3:E20

    John and Roy think about going into the floor cleaning business on the side. A hermit is trapped in his cave home. Dr. Morton treats a famous singer. John is injured on a high rescue, and the station battles a chemical warehouse fire.

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    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for The Screenwriter
    7.9/10(134 votes)

    #18 - The Screenwriter

    S4:E1

    A screenwriter spends a day taping Roy and Johnny's work which includes a motorcycle accident, a chemical worker suffering from exposure to gasses, and an explosion and fire at a toy factory. Roy and Johnny also assist in the delivery of a deaf couple’s baby.

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    Director:Georg Fenady
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for The Steel Inferno
    7.9/10(177 votes)

    #19 - The Steel Inferno

    S7:E1

    A careless worker sparks an explosive fire in a high-rise building. Station 110 leads a full alarm response, assisted by Squad 51. A triage team from Rampart Hospital, led by Dr. Brackett, sets up in a nearby garage. Several workmen and two women - including the fiancée of a paramedic - remain trapped on the 16th floor. A Coast Guard helicopter assists in rooftop evacuation; Dixie and Dr. Early take charge of the many patients at Rampart. A paramedic is injured attempting a rescue, while Gage and DeSoto extricate themselves from a broken elevator. An explosion on the 21st floor injures a fire captain, necessitating a dangerous rescue down an elevator shaft.

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    8.0/10(157 votes)

    #20 - Mascot

    S1:E1

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
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    8.0/10(128 votes)

    #21 - 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.

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    8.0/10(122 votes)

    #22 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for School Days
    8.0/10(127 votes)

    #23 - 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.

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    Writer:Unknown
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    8.0/10(131 votes)

    #24 - Audit

    S2:E21

    John is audited by the IRS. A man hit on the head wants to be treated by a doctor, not the paramedics. A child is rescued from a locked car. A pregnant girl has difficulty breathing. A professional medical con man shows up at Rampart. A construction worker is trapped when part of the building his crew is working on collapses, and he wants Roy to remove his leg before the rest of the building falls.

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    Director:Georg Fenady
    Writer:Unknown
  26. Background image for Heavyweight
    8.0/10(127 votes)

    #25 - Heavyweight

    S3:E5

    At a structure fire, the paramedics rescue a pregnant woman and Johnny injures his shoulder. After going into labor, the guilt-ridden mother is determined to abandon her deformed baby. Dr. Morton treats Johnny and gives him a bad time about his physical condition, sending Johnny on a fitness kick. Dr. Early treats an electrocuted child whose mother is on drugs. The son of a stabbing victim is more determined to shoot the assailant than get his father to the hospital. Roy and Johnny rescue a hanglider pilot trapped in a tree.

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    Writer:Unknown

Worst Episodes Summary

"Survival on Charter #220" is the worst rated episode of "Emergency!". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Christian I. Nyby II and written by Hannah Louise Shearer, Harold Jack Bloom, Michael Donovan, it aired on 3/25/1978. This episode scored 6.6 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Most Deadly Passage".