Season 1

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  7.9/1078 votes

  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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  8.1/1065 votes

  Slow Boy (2)

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/20/1973

  A tough cop in charge of a special felony squad goes after the vicious son of a Mafia chief who is pulling a string of strong-arm robberies.

  Director: William A. Graham

  Writer: E. Jack Neuman

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  8.1/1063 votes

  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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  7.0/1051 votes

  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: Unknown

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  8.0/1058 votes

  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: Unknown

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  7.5/1069 votes

  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: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.8/1064 votes

  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: Unknown

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  7.4/1047 votes

  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: Unknown

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  7.8/1051 votes

  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: Unknown

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  7.6/1049 votes

  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: Unknown

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  7.9/1054 votes

  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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  8.0/1047 votes

  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: Unknown

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  8.1/1046 votes

  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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  7.7/1051 votes

  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: Unknown

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  7.8/1071 votes

  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: Unknown

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  8.2/1055 votes

  Cop in the Middle

  Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/29/1974

  A cop on the take devises a plan to save himself from disgrace.

  Director: Gary Nelson

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.9/1037 votes

  The Ripper

  Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/12/1974

  Two officers from Robbery-Homicide attempt to track down a killer of homosexuals who mutilates the bodies of his victims.

  Director: Gary Nelson

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.0/1062 votes

  Country Boy

  Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/19/1974

  A young recruit from a rural community attempts to defy his background by completing the tough Police Academy training to become a cop.

  Director: Barry Crane

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.1/1051 votes

  The Hunters

  Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/26/1974

  Two detectives become emotionally involved in a case when a friend is the victim of a robber/rapist/murderer.

  Director: Richard Benedict

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.6/1040 votes

  Wyatt Earp Syndrome

  Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 3/5/1974

  As an officer tracks down a rapist, his marriage dissolves in favor of his badge.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.3/1082 votes

  Fingerprint

  Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 3/12/1974

  A police veteran in the Latent Prints Division is discouraged with his job until some unexpected combat gives him a new perspective.

  Director: Barry Crane

  Writer: Unknown

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  N/A/100 votes

  Chief

  Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 3/19/1974

  A police chief must overcome an assissination plot and political games in order to speak at a local meeting of police-haters.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  N/A/100 votes

  The Gamble

  Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/26/1974

  The transfer of desk officer Lisa Beaumont to the vice squad leads to a series of explosive developments.

  Director: Richard Benedict

  Writer: Unknown