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#1 - 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: N/A
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#2 - 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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#3 - 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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#4 - 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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#5 - Big John Morrison
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: N/A
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#6 - 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 - 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: N/A
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#8 - 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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#9 - 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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#10 - 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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#11 - 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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#12 - 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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#13 - 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: N/A
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#14 - 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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#15 - 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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#16 - 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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#17 - 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: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#18 - 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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#19 - 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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#20 - 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: N/A
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#21 - 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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#22 - 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: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#23 - 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: N/A
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Cop in the Middle" is the best rated episode of "Police Story" season 1. It scored 8.2/10 based on 51 votes. Directed by Gary Nelson and written by N/A, it aired on 1/29/1974. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Slow Boy (2)".