List of Police Story episodes

This is a list of episodes for the television series Police Story.

Original series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
	1	22	September 25, 1973	March 26, 1974
	2	22	September 10, 1974	May 6, 1975
	3	22	September 9, 1975	March 12, 1976
	4	22	September 21, 1976	April 5, 1977
	5	7	September 27, 1977	May 28, 1978

Original series episodes

Season 1 (1973–74)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Runtime	Original release date
1	Pilot	"Slow Boy"	E. Jack Neuman	William A. Graham	120 min	March 20, 1973 (1973-03-20)
2	1	"Dangerous Games"	John Badham	Robert L. Collins	60 min	October 2, 1973 (1973-10-02)
3	2	"Requiem for an Informer"	Marvin Chomsky	Sy Salkowitz	60 min	October 9, 1973 (1973-10-09)
4	3	"The Ten Year Honeymoon"	Marvin Chomsky	E. Arthur Kean	60 min	October 23, 1973 (1973-10-23)
5	4	"The Violent Homecoming"	Virgil Vogel	Mark Rodgers	60 min	October 30, 1973 (1973-10-30)
6	5	"The Ho Chi Minh Trail"	Richard Benedict	Michael Donovan	60 min	November 6, 1973 (1973-11-06)
7	6	"Collision Course"	David Friedkin	Stanford Whitmore	60 min	November 20, 1973 (1973-11-20)
8	7	"Death on Credit"	Edward M. Abroms	Sy Salkowitz	60 min	November 27, 1973 (1973-11-27)
9	8	"The Big Walk"	Robert Day	Don Ingalls	60 min	December 4, 1973 (1973-12-04)
10	9	"Man on a Rack"	John Llewellyn Moxey	Adrian Spies	60 min	December 11, 1973 (1973-12-11)
11	10	"Line of Fire"	Barry Crane	E. Arthur Kean	60 min	December 18, 1973 (1973-12-18)
12	11	"Chain of Command"	Leo Penn	S : David Friedkin; S/T : Morton Fine	60 min	January 8, 1974 (1974-01-08)
13	12	"Countdown: Part 1"	Richard Benedict	Mark Rodgers	60 min	January 15, 1974 (1974-01-15)
14	13	"Countdown: Part 2"	Richard Benedict	Mark Rodgers	60 min	January 22, 1974 (1974-01-22)
15	14	"Cop in the Middle"	Gary Nelson	Sy Salkowitz	60 min	January 29, 1974 (1974-01-29)
16	15	"The Ripper"	Gary Nelson	Don Ingalls	60 min	February 12, 1974 (1974-02-12)
17	16	"Country Boy"	Barry Crane	Michael Donovan	60 min	February 19, 1974 (1974-02-19)
18	17	"The Hunters" "Big John Morrison"	Richard Benedict	Sy Salkowitz	90 min	February 26, 1974 (1974-02-26)
19	18	"Wyatt Earp Syndrome"	Robert L. Collins	Robert L. Collins	60 min	March 5, 1974 (1974-03-05)
20	19	"Fingerprint"	Barry Crane	Sy Salkowitz	60 min	March 12, 1974 (1974-03-12)
21	20	"Chief"	Virgil Vogel	Robert L. Collins	60 min	March 19, 1974 (1974-03-19)
22	21	"The Gamble"	Richard Benedict	Robert L. Collins	60 min	March 26, 1974 (1974-03-26)

Season 2 (1974–75)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Runtime	Original release date
23	1	"A Dangerous Age"	Virgil Vogel	E. Arthur Kean	60 min	September 10, 1974 (1974-09-10)
24	2	"Requiem for C.Z. Smith"	Paul Krasny	Robert L. Collins	60 min	September 17, 1974 (1974-09-17)
25	3	"Robbery: 48 Hours"	Virgil Vogel	Robert L. Collins	60 min	September 24, 1974 (1974-09-24)
26	4	"Fathers and Sons"	Gary Nelson	Leonardo Bercovici	60 min	October 1, 1974 (1974-10-01)
27	5	"World Full of Hurt"	Barry Crane	Sean Baine	60 min	October 8, 1974 (1974-10-08)
28	6	"Glamour Boy"	Virgil Vogel	Sy Salkowitz	60 min	October 29, 1974 (1974-10-29)
29	7	"Across the Line"	Nicholas Colasanto	Mark Rodgers & E. Jack Neuman	60 min	November 12, 1974 (1974-11-12)
30	8	"Wolf"	Barry Shear	E. Arthur Kean	60 min	November 19, 1974 (1974-11-19)
31	9	"Love, Mabel"	Robert L. Collins	S : Shel Willens; S/T : Jerrold L. Ludwig	60 min	November 26, 1974 (1974-11-26)
32	10	"Explosion"	Alex March	Sy Salkowitz	60 min	December 3, 1974 (1974-12-03)
33	11	"Captain Hook"	Richard Benedict	Frank Telford	60 min	December 17, 1974 (1974-12-17)
34	12	"Incident in the Kill Zone"	Alexander Singer	E. Arthur Kean	60 min	January 7, 1975 (1975-01-07)
35	13	"Headhunter"	Alexander Singer	Jerrold L. Ludwig	60 min	January 14, 1975 (1975-01-14)
36	14	"Year of the Dragon: Part 1"	Virgil Vogel	Mark Rodgers	60 min	January 21, 1975 (1975-01-21)
37	15	"Year of the Dragon: Part 2"	Virgil Vogel	Mark Rodgers	60 min	January 28, 1975 (1975-01-28)
38	16	"To Steal a Million"	Barry Crane	Calvin Clements Jr.	60 min	February 4, 1975 (1975-02-04)
39	17	"Sniper"	Alex March	Larry Brody & Sy Salkowitz	60 min	February 11, 1975 (1975-02-11)
40	18	"The Execution"	Alexander Singer	Sean Baine	60 min	February 18, 1975 (1975-02-18)
41	19	"The Man in the Shadows"	Richard Benedict	Jerrold L. Ludwig	60 min	February 25, 1975 (1975-02-25)
42	20	"War Games"	Richard Benedict	David Moessinger	60 min	March 4, 1975 (1975-03-04)
43	21	"The Witness"	Edward M. Abroms	Ken Pettus & Sy Salkowitz	60 min	March 11, 1975 (1975-03-11)
44	22	"The Return of Joe Forrester"	Virgil Vogel	Mark Rodgers	90 min	May 6, 1975 (1975-05-06)

Season 3 (1975–76)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Runtime	Original release date
45	1	"Officer Needs Help"	Paul Wendkos	Ed Waters	60 min	September 9, 1975 (1975-09-09)
46	2	"The Cutting Edge"	Michael O'Herlihy	E. Arthur Kean	60 min	September 16, 1975 (1975-09-16)
47	3	"A Community of Victims"	Robert L. Collins	Robert L. Collins	60 min	September 23, 1975 (1975-09-23)
48	4	"Losing Game"	Alex March	Mark Rodgers	60 min	September 30, 1975 (1975-09-30)
49	5	"The Cut Man Caper"	Don Medford	Larry Brody	120 min	October 28, 1975 (1975-10-28)
50	6	"Face for a Shadow"	Alex March	Don Ingalls	60 min	November 7, 1975 (1975-11-07)
51	7	"Test of Brotherhood"	Don Medford	Rick Kelbaugh	60 min	November 14, 1975 (1975-11-14)
52	8	"The Empty Weapon"	Michael O'Herlihy	Sean Baine	60 min	November 21, 1975 (1975-11-21)
53	9	"Little Boy Lost"	Alexander Singer	Jerrold L. Ludwig	60 min	November 28, 1975 (1975-11-28)
54	10	"Vice: 24 Hours"	Lee H. Katzin	Don Ingalls	60 min	December 5, 1975 (1975-12-05)
55	11	"Breaking Point"	Robert L. Collins	Robert L. Collins & Christian Wise	60 min	December 12, 1975 (1975-12-12)
56	12	"Company Man"	Alexander Singer	Jerrold L. Ludwig	60 min	December 19, 1975 (1975-12-19)
57	13	"Spanish Class"	Gary Nelson	Mark Rodgers	60 min	January 2, 1976 (1976-01-02)
58	14	"Odyssey of Death: Part 1"	Don Medford	Harold Medford	60 min	January 9, 1976 (1976-01-09)
59	15	"Odyssey of Death: Part 2"	Don Medford	Harold Medford	60 min	January 16, 1976 (1976-01-16)
60	16	"The Other Side of the Fence"	Alexander Singer	S : Joshua Hanke; T : Tim Maschler	60 min	January 23, 1976 (1976-01-23)
61	17	"50¢ First Half Hour, $1.75 All Day"	Barry Crane	Millard Kaufman	60 min	January 30, 1976 (1976-01-30)
62	18	"Firebird"	Lee H. Katzin	E. Arthur Kean	60 min	February 6, 1976 (1976-02-06)
63	19	"The Long Ball"	Alexander Singer	Eric Bercovici	60 min	February 13, 1976 (1976-02-13)
64	20	"Eamon Kinsella Royce"	Tony Lo Bianco	Michael Mann	60 min	February 20, 1976 (1976-02-20)
65	21	"Officer Dooly"	E. Arthur Kean	E. Arthur Kean	60 min	March 5, 1976 (1976-03-05)
66	22	"Open City"	Barry Crane	Sean Baine	60 min	March 12, 1976 (1976-03-12)

Season 4 (1976–77)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Runtime	Original release date
67	1	"Payment Deferred"	Corey Allen	Eric Bercovici & Leonardo Bercovici	60 min	September 21, 1976 (1976-09-21)
68	2	"Bought and Paid For"	Alf Kjellin	Sean Baine	60 min	October 5, 1976 (1976-10-05)
69	3	"Two Frogs on a Mongoose"	Bob Kelljan	Rick Kelbaugh	60 min	October 12, 1976 (1976-10-12)
70	4	"The Other Side of the Badge"	Gary Nelson	Eric Bercovici	60 min	October 26, 1976 (1976-10-26)
71	5	"Three Days to Thirty"	Barry Crane	Shel Willens	60 min	November 9, 1976 (1976-11-09)
72	6	"Trash Detail, Front and Center"	Seymour Robbie	Rick Kelbaugh	60 min	November 16, 1976 (1976-11-16)
73	7	"Thanksgiving"	Jerry London	Michael Mann	60 min	November 23, 1976 (1976-11-23)
74	8	"Monster Manor"	Barry Shear	John Sacret Young	60 min	November 30, 1976 (1976-11-30)
75	9	"Oxford Gray"	Vince Edwards	Kendelle J. Blair & David Korn	60 min	December 7, 1976 (1976-12-07)
76	10	"The Jar: Part 1"	Michael O'Herlihy	Shel Willens	60 min	December 14, 1976 (1976-12-14)
77	11	"The Jar: Part 2"	Michael O'Herlihy	Shel Willens	60 min	December 21, 1976 (1976-12-21)
78	12	"Trial Board"	Corey Allen	Michael Mann	60 min	January 4, 1977 (1977-01-04)
79	13	"Spitfire"	Seymour Robbie	Ed Waters	60 min	January 11, 1977 (1977-01-11)
80	14	"Nightmare on a Sunday Morning"	Bob Kelljan	S : David Korn; T : Liam O'Brien & Ed Waters	60 min	January 18, 1977 (1977-01-18)
81	15	"The Malflores"	Alexander Singer	John Sacret Young	60 min	January 25, 1977 (1977-01-25)
82	16	"The Blue Fog"	Michael O'Herlihy	Shel Willens	60 min	February 1, 1977 (1977-02-01)
83	17	"Hard Rock Brown"	Alf Kjellin	Michael Donovan	60 min	February 15, 1977 (1977-02-15)
84	18	"End of the Line"	Michael O'Herlihy	Sean Baine	60 min	February 22, 1977 (1977-02-22)
85	19	"One of Our Cops Is Crazy"	E. Arthur Kean	E. Arthur Kean	60 min	March 1, 1977 (1977-03-01)
86	20	"Ice Time"	Robert Scheerer	John Sacret Young	60 min	March 8, 1977 (1977-03-08)
87	21	"The Six Foot Stretch"	Michael O'Herlihy	E. Arthur Kean	60 min	March 24, 1977 (1977-03-24)
88	22	"Prime Rib"	Don McDougall	Ed Waters	60 min	April 5, 1977 (1977-04-05)

Season 5 (1977–78)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Runtime	Original release date
89	1	"Trigger Point"	Jerry London	Mark Rodgers	120 min	September 27, 1977 (1977-09-27)
90	2	"Stigma"	Barry Shear	Rick Kelbaugh	120 min	November 9, 1977 (1977-11-09)
91	3	"River of Promises"	Lee H. Katzin	Michael Mann	120 min	January 14, 1978 (1978-01-14)
92	4	"Day of Terror... Night of Fear"	E. Arthur Kean	E. Arthur Kean	120 min	March 4, 1978 (1978-03-04)
93	5	"The Broken Badge"	Lee H. Katzin	Adrian Leeds	120 min	March 19, 1978 (1978-03-19)
94	6	"No Margin for Error"	Virgil Vogel	Mark Rodgers	120 min	April 30, 1978 (1978-04-30)
95	7	"A Chance to Live"	Corey Allen	S : Richard Fielder; T : Larry Brody	120 min	May 28, 1978 (1978-05-28)

Specials (1979–87)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Runtime	Original release date
96	1	"A Cry for Justice"	Bob Kelljan	Calvin Clements Jr.	120 min	May 23, 1979 (1979-05-23)
97	2	"Confessions of a Lady Cop"	Lee H. Katzin	Mark Rodgers	120 min	April 28, 1980 (1980-04-28)
98	3	"The Freeway Killings"	William A. Graham	Mark Rodgers	240 min	May 3, 1987 (1987-05-03)

Revival series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
1	5		October 29, 1988 (1988-10-29)	December 3, 1988 (1988-12-03)

Revival series episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	U.S. viewers (millions)	Rating/share (households)
R1	"The Cop Killers"	Larry Shaw	Rick Kelbaugh	October 29, 1988 (1988-10-29)	13.7[1]	9.0/16[1]
Remake of "Stigma"
R2	"Gladiator School"	James Darren	Adrian Leeds	November 5, 1988 (1988-11-05)	11.9[2]	8.1/15[2]
Remake of "The Broken Badge"
R3	"The Watch Commander"	Gary Nelson	Mark Rodgers	November 12, 1988 (1988-11-12)	13.6[3]	8.9/16[3]
Remake of "Trigger Point"
R4	"Burnout"	Michael Switzer	Mark Rodgers	November 26, 1988 (1988-11-26)	11.8[4]	8.2/15[4]
Remake of "Confessions of a Lady Cop"
R5	"Monster Manor"	Aaron Lipstadt	John Sacret Young	December 3, 1988 (1988-12-03)	10.1[5]	6.6/12[5]
Remake of "Monster Manor"