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The Best Episodes of Police Story

Genres:Action & AdventureCrimeDrama
Network:NBC

Every episode of Police Story ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Police Story!

Police Story is an anthology television crime drama. The show was the brainchild of author and former policeman Joseph Wambaugh and represented a major step...
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  • The Cutting Edge
    10.0/10(1)
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    #1 - The Cutting Edge

    Season 3 Episode 2

    Aired 9/16/1975

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    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Pressure Point
    8.6/10(67)
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    #2 - Pressure Point

    Season 5 Episode 1

    Aired 9/27/1977

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    Director: Jerry London

    Writer: N/A

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  • A Chance to Live
    8.2/10(57)
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    #3 - A Chance to Live

    Season 5 Episode 7

    Aired 5/28/1978

    The head of an undercover narcotics division assigns a young policeman to infiltrate a high-school drug ring.

    Director: Corey Allen

    Writer: Larry Brody

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  • The Broken Badge
    8.0/10(42)
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    #4 - The Broken Badge

    Season 5 Episode 5

    Aired 3/19/1978

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    Director: Lee H. Katzin

    Writer: N/A

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  • Stigma
    7.9/10(45)
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    #5 - Stigma

    Season 5 Episode 2

    Aired 11/9/1977

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    Director: Barry Shear

    Writer: N/A

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  • Day of Terror, Night of Fear
    7.8/10(37)
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    #6 - Day of Terror, Night of Fear

    Season 5 Episode 4

    Aired 3/4/1978

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    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • No Margin for Error
    7.8/10(52)
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    #7 - No Margin for Error

    Season 5 Episode 6

    Aired 4/30/1978

    A cop is consumed by guilt after innocent bystanders are killed in police shoot-outs.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Cop Killers
    7.7/10(52)
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    #8 - The Cop Killers

    Season 6 Episode 1

    Aired 10/29/1988

    A patrolman's guilt over the death of his partner leads him into a relationship with the dead man's widow.

    Director: Larry Shaw

    Writer: N/A

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  • Gladiator School
    7.7/10(17)
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    #9 - Gladiator School

    Season 6 Episode 2

    Aired 11/5/1988

    A cop becomes the object of inmate vengeance after a trumped-up murder charge puts him behind prison walls.

    Director: James Darren

    Writer: N/A

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  • River of Promises
    7.3/10(40)
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    #10 - River of Promises

    Season 5 Episode 3

    Aired 1/14/1978

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    Director: Lee H. Katzin

    Writer: Michael Mann

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  • Slow Boy (1)
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    #11 - Slow Boy (1)

    Season 1 Episode 1

    Aired 3/20/1973

    A special surveillance detail set up to catch criminals in the act finally nabs Slow Boy while he is robbing a supermarket. Complications arise when the robber takes a hostage before the police can detain him.

    Director: William A. Graham

    Writer: E. Jack Neuman

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  • Slow Boy (2)
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    #12 - Slow Boy (2)

    Season 1 Episode 2

    Aired 3/20/1973

    A special surveillance detail set up to catch criminals in the act finally nabs Slow Boy while he is robbing a supermarket. Complications arise when the robber takes a hostage before the police can detain him.

    Director: William A. Graham

    Writer: E. Jack Neuman

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  • Dangerous Games
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    #13 - Dangerous Games

    Season 1 Episode 3

    Aired 10/2/1973

    Undercover cop Charlie Czonka tries to catch the big man behind a ring of prostitution, dope and extortion

    Director: John Badham

    Writer: E. Jack Neuman, Robert L. Collins

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  • Requiem for an Informer
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    #14 - Requiem for an Informer

    Season 1 Episode 4

    Aired 10/9/1973

    A down-and-out addict becomes an informer for the bank robbery detail and wins the friendship of a cop.

    Director: Marvin J. Chomsky

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Ten Year Honeymoon
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    #15 - The Ten Year Honeymoon

    Season 1 Episode 5

    Aired 10/23/1973

    Two partners on the police force start getting on each other's nerves after ten years together when one begins acting strange.

    Director: Marvin J. Chomsky

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Violent Homecoming
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    #16 - The Violent Homecoming

    Season 1 Episode 6

    Aired 10/30/1973

    A Mexican-American police sergeant who's been assigned to his original neighborhood leads the Juvenile Division in an attempt to head off a gang war.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Ho Chi Minh Trail
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    #17 - The Ho Chi Minh Trail

    Season 1 Episode 7

    Aired 11/6/1973

    An undercover cop nearly loses his life trying to crack a big-time drug-selling operation.

    Director: Richard Benedict

    Writer: N/A

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  • Collision Course
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    #18 - Collision Course

    Season 1 Episode 8

    Aired 11/20/1973

    The question of whether or not policewomen should be assigned to ride in patrol cars is brought to the head in a gun battle with two killers.

    Director: David Friedkin

    Writer: N/A

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    #19 - Death on Credit

    Season 1 Episode 9

    Aired 11/27/1973

    Sergeant Rick Calvelli works undercover in order to crack a phony credit card ring that plays dangerously.

    Director: Edward M. Abroms

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Big Walk
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    #20 - The Big Walk

    Season 1 Episode 10

    Aired 12/4/1973

    A beat cop has his newly established authority challenged when a wealthy girl he arrests avoids retribution in court.

    Director: Robert Day

    Writer: N/A

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  • Man on the Rack
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    #21 - Man on the Rack

    Season 1 Episode 11

    Aired 12/11/1973

    An unauthodox cop accidentally kills a fellow officer and is put under investigation by Internal Affairs.

    Director: John Llewellyn Moxey

    Writer: Adrian Spies

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  • Line of Fire
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    #22 - Line of Fire

    Season 1 Episode 12

    Aired 12/18/1973

    A young police officer joins a special unit and must learn to cope with killing.

    Director: Barry Crane

    Writer: N/A

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    #23 - Chain of Command

    Season 1 Episode 13

    Aired 1/8/1974

    The possibility of a conspiracy to murder cops creates a war between a black community and the police.

    Director: Leo Penn

    Writer: Morton S. Fine

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    #24 - Countdown (1)

    Season 1 Episode 14

    Aired 1/15/1974

    When policeman Joe LaFrieda kills a member of an underworld family during a robbery attempt; a contract is put out on his life.

    Director: Richard Benedict

    Writer: N/A

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    #25 - Countdown (2)

    Season 1 Episode 15

    Aired 1/22/1974

    The police clash head-on with the Mob when a contract is taken out on Officer Joe LaFrieda's life.

    Director: Richard Benedict

    Writer: N/A

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Cutting Edge" is the best rated episode of "Police Story". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/16/1975. This episode scored 1.4 points higher than the second highest rated, "Pressure Point".