Twenty-year veteran Detective Sergeant Sam Stone is paired with rookie Briggs in a large Western metropolis.
The best episode of "Felony Squad" season 1 is "The Streets Are Paved With Quicksand", rated 7.7/10 from 22 user votes. It was directed by Michael Ritchie and written by N/A. "The Streets Are Paved With Quicksand" aired on 9/12/1966 and is rated 0.2 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "A Walk to Oblivion".
Detective Jim Briggs breaks up a parking lot quarrel between a valet and a hot-shot lawyer who offers money and is arrested for attempted bribery. When Gorman fakes an injury and accuses the detective of police brutality, Sgt. Stone puts his own badge on the line to help him.
Director: Michael Ritchie
Writer: N/A
A death-row inmate Joe Caslin points out the similarity between a current crime and his conviction, which in turn sets about a turn of events to save Joe.
Director: Michael Ritchie
Writer: N/A
An Internal Affairs investigation on fellow detective Bill Ehlers is done when he is suspected of stealing money recovered from a bank robbery. He refuses help from his fellow officers and sets out to find the robbers himself.
Director: Vincent McEveety
Writer: George Eckstein
Jim poses as an inside man at the baseball stadium's payroll window to nail a gang of thieves disguised as security guards.
Director: N/A
Writer: Donald S. Sanford
A deluded Korean War Veteran breaks out of an Army Hospital and stalks a beautiful housewife, whom he believes is a USO dancer he fell in love with during the war.
Director: Richard Donner
Writer: Hank Searls
An argument leads to a senseless murder in an all-night diner, putting the officers on a trail of two thrill-seeking punks who are now plotting an extortion scheme against a woman.
Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: Donald S. Sanford
Captain Nye is critically wounded in an elevator, Stone and Briggs must search for a well-dressed hit man before he makes a second attempt on the Captain's life.
Director: Seymour Robbie
Writer: N/A
During a spell of excruciatingly hot weather, Stone and Briggs turn up the heat to find two murderous muggers. Unbeknownst to Sam, they've forced their way into the home of Albie Froehlich, one of Sam's top snitches.
Director: Richard Donner
Writer: Adrian Spies
Bizarre death threats, an imagined murder, and sibling rivalry add up to a bizarre case which finds Sam and Jim trying to prevent a murder.
Director: Allen Reisner
Writer: N/A
Jim's girlfriend Cloris introduces him to a man she says is her brother. He's really her ex-husband convict who's shaking her down for money to get out of town. He steals Jim's gun and badge and uses them to commit murder.
Director: Jud Taylor
Writer: Donald S. Sanford
Stone's attempts to bust paramilitary leader Flagg are hampered by the man's embittered former second-in-command, who wants revenge for being thrown out of the group.
Director: László Benedek
Writer: N/A
Jim is framed for bribery and murder as a part of a plot to discredit his testimony against a drug dealer.
Director: Tom Gries
Writer: Alvin Boretz
Bull, a former football star is accused of murder, but Sam suspects that arrogant team owner is the real killer.
Director: Robert Butler
Writer: N/A
Jim is wounded and left for dead in the city's sewer system while chasing a burglary suspect, and Sam puts pressure on the crook, Layton, to try and find his injured partner.
Director: Walter Grauman
Writer: Donald S. Sanford
Stone and another cop are critically wounded, Briggs must pursue a murderous punk who's passing bad checks.
Director: Richard Donner
Writer: Adrian Spies
Sam persuades the beautiful girlfriend of a brutal extortionist to stop acting as his punching bag and turn evidence against him.
Director: Michael Ritchie
Writer: George Eckstein
After Jim shoots and kills an armed robber, the man's father retaliates by kidnapping Jim's father Dan.
Director: Herschel Daugherty
Writer: Donald S. Sanford
Sam refuses to believe it, but all the evidence in two murders points to his former partner, now a hot-shot Lieutenant.
Director: Lawrence Dobkin
Writer: Donald S. Sanford
Sam refuses to believe it was an accident after the beautiful young girlfriend of powerful millionaire Adam Langley is found dead in his swimming pool.
Director: Allen Reisner
Writer: N/A
Langley thwarts all attempts to investigate Betty Barnes's death, even going so far as to nearly kill Sam and Dan, so Sam comes up with a new plan which involves the tycoon's fear of germs.
Director: Allen Reisner
Writer: N/A
A man suspected in an attack on a woman years ago is suspected of committing a similar near-fatal assault on another woman, but Sam is skeptical.
Director: Lee H. Katzin
Writer: N/A
After syndicate leader Blaisie is taken into custody, his minions attempt a jailbreak with Dan as a hostage.
Director: Larry Peerce
Writer: N/A
Frightened victims of high society burglars give false information to Sam and Jim, hindering their investigation. When the crooks pursue the victim's daughter at Marineland, the Squad must race to the rescue.
Director: Allen Reisner
Writer: N/A
Sam is suspicious when deposed syndicate leader Harry Majeski offers to testify against his successor, Vic Durrant, and is then abducted from police custody during an ambush.
Director: Allen Reisner
Writer: N/A
Sam is subjected to public scorn when he apparently kills an innocent teen while pursuing a robbery suspect.
Director: Gene Nelson
Writer: Daniel B. Ullman