Episodes
Each episode had two different titles. The first title was shown on the screen, while an announcer reads the second one instead. The episode number corresponds to the number of crashes made by Frank's car.
| Nº | Title | Directed By | Written By | Air date | Code |
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| 1 | "A Substantial Gift (The Broken Promise)" | David Zucker Jim Abrahams Jerry Zucker |
David Zucker Jim Abrahams Jerry Zucker |
4 March 1982 | 1PS01 |
| Special guest star: Lorne Greene Sally Decker (Kathryn Leigh Scott), a teller at the local bank, murders her boss, so she can steal money from the bank and pay her orthodontist the money she owed. She kills a customer and frames him for the murder. The Police Squad department is called in to investigate the case; Frank is suspicious about the customer's guilt. |
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| 2 | "Ring of Fear (A Dangerous Assignment)" | Joe Dante | Tino Insana Robert Wuhl |
11 March 1982 | 1PS02 |
| Special guest star: Georg Stanford Brown In order to expose corrupt boxing manager Mr. Martin (Rudy Solari), Frank goes undercover as manager Bob Kelly. Frank makes a deal with boxer Buddy Briggs, whom he trains for a title fight against the current champion "The Champ" (Grand L. Bush). However, Martin has kidnapped Briggs' girlfriend, and will only release her if Briggs deliberately loses the fight. In a race against the clock, Frank has to find Buddy's girlfriend before Buddy gets knocked out. |
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| 3 | "The Butler Did It (A Bird in the Hand)" | Georg Stanford Brown | Pat Proft | 18 March 1982 | 1PS05 |
| Special guest stars: Robert Goulet, Cathy Murphy Frank, Ed, and Norberg investigate the kidnapping of Terri Burton (Lilibet Stern), the daughter of a wealthy businessman, who has been kidnapped during her 18th birthday party. The kidnappers demand $1,000,000 ransom money. The only witness to the kidnapping is Burton's boyfriend Kingsley Addison (Ken Michelman), who had plans to marry Burton. |
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| 4 | "Revenge and Remorse (The Guilty Alibi)" | Paul Krasny | Nancy Steen | 25 March 1982 | 1PS04 |
| Special guest star: William Shatner The Police Squad department is sent to investigate a bombing at the courthouse. The main suspect is Eddie Casales (Spencer Milligan), a bomber who was sent to jail by the victims killed in the explosion. Following the attack on the courthouse, the assistant DA who prosecuted Casales is killed with a bomb hidden in is car. All evidence points to Casales, but Frank thinks it is a setup. |
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| 5 | "Rendezvous at Big Gulch (Terror in the Neighborhood)" | Reza Badiyi | Nancy Steen Neil Thompson |
1 July 1982 | 1PS03 |
| Special guest star: Florence Henderson After a small group of mobsters blackmail various store-owners, Frank and Norberg go undercover and set up a key-making and locksmith store. The mobsters offer Frank "protection" in exchange for money, but Frank declines. While they attack the store with guns, Frank and Norberg's Locksmith store remains, enraging the mobsters' boss. |
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| 6 | "Testimony of Evil (Dead Men Don't Laugh)" | Joe Dante | Tino Insana Robert Wuhl |
8 July 1982 | 1PS06 |
| Special guest star: William Conrad Frank investigates a body of a struggling comedian found at the bottom of a cliff in a car crash. Although the comedian's death appears to be a suicide, Frank soon learns that this comedian was an informant on a drug ring he infiltrated at his nightclub. In order to catch the person responsible, Frank takes the place of the deceased at the nightclub he worked. |
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