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The Best Episodes of Police Story Season 4

Every episode of Police Story Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Police Story Season 4!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Police Story Season 4 Episode 1 - Payment Deferred
    7.9/10(30 votes)

    #1 - Payment Deferred

    S4:E1

    Detective Joe Barley enlists Holly, his "retired" snitch and recovering addict, to help him find the man who shot his partner.

    Director:Corey Allen
    Writer:Leonardo Bercovici

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  2. Police Story Season 4 Episode 2 - Bought and Paid For
    8.3/10(35 votes)

    #2 - Bought and Paid For

    S4:E2

    Detectives Belmont and Melino want the three men involved when a patrolman, the son of a Lieutenant, is killed when he interrupts a bank robbery. The one they need is the psychopath who recruits amateurs in his capers.

    Director:Alf Kjellin
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Police Story Season 4 Episode 3 - Two Frogs on a Mongoose
    7.0/10(22 votes)

    #3 - Two Frogs on a Mongoose

    S4:E3

    Manny and Deke are on the narcotics squad, investigating a double shooting at a dry cleaning shop, when they get a tip that the shop owner is in business dealing drugs with a man called Mongoose.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Police Story Season 4 Episode 4 - The Other Side of the Badge
    7.7/10(17 votes)

    #4 - The Other Side of the Badge

    S4:E4

    Jack Mitchell is in control and keeps his cool when patrolling with his rookie partner, but his home life with his wife and her teenage daughter is not so tidy.

    Director:Gary Nelson
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Police Story Season 4 Episode 5 - Three Days to Thirty
    7.7/10(33 votes)

    #5 - Three Days to Thirty

    S4:E5

    While working out his last three days before retirement, Frank Moran is assigned a hot case.

    Director:Barry Crane
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Police Story Season 4 Episode 6 - Trash Detail, Front and Center
    7.3/10(35 votes)

    #6 - Trash Detail, Front and Center

    S4:E6

    Lew Randle, head of the Special Investigations Team, comes back after vacation and is immediately engulfed in the investigations of several armed robberies. He has to buck department politics to take down the violent trio responsible.

    Director:Seymour Robbie
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Police Story Season 4 Episode 7 - Thanksgiving
    7.9/10(45 votes)

    #7 - Thanksgiving

    S4:E7

    K-Joe and Bunny investigate the sniper shooting of a young girl riding in a car on the freeway.

    Director:Jerry London
    Writer:Michael Mann

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  8. Police Story Season 4 Episode 8 - Monster Manor
    8.4/10(32 votes)

    #8 - Monster Manor

    S4:E8

    Gene (Santos) has a falling out with his wife and moves into a temporary bachelor's apartment, which becomes a party hangout for his buddies and attracts a lot of unwanted attention from others.

    Director:Barry Shear
    Writer:John Sacret Young

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  9. Police Story Season 4 Episode 9 - Oxford Gray
    7.9/10(25 votes)

    #9 - Oxford Gray

    S4:E9

    Sgt. Kyles and Inv. McLiam try to break up the criminal activities of a local entrepreneur and philanthropist by bringing back his past as a violent revolutionary in Detroit and playing on his paranoia.

    Director:Vince Edwards
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Police Story Season 4 Episode 10 - The Jar (1)
    8.2/10(21 votes)

    #10 - The Jar (1)

    S4:E10

    Two detectives are called before the grand jury after a man is shot and killed when they attempt to arrest him.

    Director:Michael O'Herlihy
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Police Story Season 4 Episode 11 - The Jar (2)
    8.4/10(20 votes)

    #11 - The Jar (2)

    S4:E11

    Hagen and Triplett are reassigned to an out-of-the-way detail to keep them out of the public eye pending their manslaughter trial.

    Director:Michael O'Herlihy
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Police Story Season 4 Episode 12 - Trial Board
    7.7/10(26 votes)

    #12 - Trial Board

    S4:E12

    An undercover Vice detective is accused by one of his fellow Vice detectives of stealing cash during a drug bust.

    Director:Corey Allen
    Writer:Michael Mann

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  13. Police Story Season 4 Episode 13 - Spitfire
    7.1/10(15 votes)

    #13 - Spitfire

    S4:E13

    Detectives try to track down the two remaining robbers who participated in a tire store holdup that resulted in the deaths of an employee and one of the robbers. Their investigation leads them to a large illegal weapons operation.

    Director:Seymour Robbie
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Police Story Season 4 Episode 14 - Nightmare on a Sunday Morning
    7.8/10(31 votes)

    #14 - Nightmare on a Sunday Morning

    S4:E14

    Holly Green, a 19-year-old waitress is brutally beaten and raped by a pair of creeps, she then reluctantly helps bring her assailants to trial.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Liam O'Brien

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  15. Police Story Season 4 Episode 15 - The Malflores
    8.1/10(30 votes)

    #15 - The Malflores

    S4:E15

    Officers Webber and Cheruco discover a violent new gang on the streets, the Malflores, comprised entirely of Latinas.

    Director:Alexander Singer
    Writer:John Sacret Young

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  16. Police Story Season 4 Episode 16 - The Blue Fog
    7.2/10(22 votes)

    #16 - The Blue Fog

    S4:E16

    Veteran Detective Jack McGraw is given the unsavory task of investigating Vice detectives suspected of taking bribes from the Chinese crime family running an illegal gambling operation.

    Director:Michael O'Herlihy
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Police Story Season 4 Episode 17 - Hard Rock Brown
    7.1/10(15 votes)

    #17 - Hard Rock Brown

    S4:E17

    LAPD Narcotics detectives work with a Mexican counterpart to try to break up the operation run by the Alvarez brothers, which is flooding the market with Mexican heroin known as "hard rock brown."

    Director:Alf Kjellin
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Police Story Season 4 Episode 18 - End of the Line
    8.1/10(18 votes)

    #18 - End of the Line

    S4:E18

    Detectives Gerard and Panelli try to catch a pair of armed robbers who hit a supermarket, and are joined by a one-armed former detective, who is now an investigator for the store's insurance company.

    Director:Michael O'Herlihy
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Police Story Season 4 Episode 19 - One of Our Cops Is Crazy
    7.8/10(30 votes)

    #19 - One of Our Cops Is Crazy

    S4:E19

    Sgt. Paul Cazenovia uses highly unconventional, albeit successful, methods in his undercover narcotics unit, but his lieutenant thinks he is crazy. It doesn't help that Paul refuses to stay behind his desk while he's under suspension.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Police Story Season 4 Episode 20 - Ice Time
    6.4/10(33 votes)

    #20 - Ice Time

    S4:E20

    Vice Detective Dave Tackleberry takes on a second job (to pay for his teenage daughter's figure skating development) at the same time he and his partner Det. Wurster try to bust a pimp specializing in underage girls.

    Director:Robert Scheerer
    Writer:John Sacret Young

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  21. Police Story Season 4 Episode 21 - The Six Foot Stretch
    8.0/10(26 votes)

    #21 - The Six Foot Stretch

    S4:E21

    Detectives DeHart and Ward go up against another team of officers Riggs and Salter in tracking down a criminal. A psychotic man is targeting elderly women and time is of the essence.

    Director:Michael O'Herlihy
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Police Story Season 4 Episode 22 - Prime Rib
    7.6/10(30 votes)

    #22 - Prime Rib

    S4:E22

    Marty Lacayo and Glenn Talbot are street narcs, meaning they are given the task of busting nickel-and-dime users and hustlers. Shep, one of their users, gives them a tasty lead on a big distributor, but they are forbidden by Lt. Hagedorn from pursuing him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"Payment Deferred" is the best rated episode of "Police Story" season 4. It scored 7.9/10 based on 30 votes. Directed by Corey Allen and written by Leonardo Bercovici, it aired on 9/21/1976. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Bought and Paid For".