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Dared to be different.
Detective Cheng is commissioned by Interpol to destroy the Empire of Chaiba, a worldwide criminal organization based in Southeast Asia. He initiates an undercover operation to infiltrate the organization.
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Detective Cheng is commissioned by Interpol to destroy the Empire of Chaiba, a worldwide criminal organization based in Southeast Asia. He initiates an undercover operation to infiltrate the organization.
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Episode 1
Sgt. Billy Humm starts feeling the pressure after he's involved in a few too many on-duty shootings, even though they were judged "good."
Guest stars Cliff Gorman, Dane Clark, Peter Mark Richman, Dick Butkus, Milton Selzer, Donna Mills, Paul Picerni, Robert Sampson
Episode 2
Ed Peebles has 30 years on the force, and after his longtime partner retires he loses his direction, both on the job and in his personal life.
Guest stars Lola Albright, Chuck Connors, Mark Stevens, Woodrow Parfrey, Sylvester Stallone, Alexandra Hay, Alan Fudge, Celia Milius
Episode 3
A drug addict unintentionally acquires a gun during an apartment burglary.
Guest stars Cleavon Little, Michael Brandon, Denise Nicholas, Mel Stewart, Raymond Vitte, Dina Ousley, Ayn Ruymen
Episode 4
Margaret Case moves from Juvenile to Narcotics, but her undercover work puts stress on her marriage to another cop.
Guest stars Shelly Novack, Scott Brady, Burr DeBenning, Alex Cord, Cesare Danova, Frank Farmer
Episode 5
On the trail of loan-company robbers, Tillis is forced to rely upon shifty informer Freddy. But the ""snitch"" is playing both ends down the middle and he's also stolen the expensive miniature voice transmitter entrusted to his care.
Directed by Don MedfordWritten by Larry BrodyGuest stars Godfrey Cambridge, James Gregory, Robert Hooks, Paul Benjamin, Raymond St. Jacques, Tracy Reed, Raymond Vitte, Don Diamond
Episode 6
Officers John Kowalski and Dick Elmore investigate a fatal hit-and-run accident that appears to be intentional.
Guest stars Tige Andrews, David Groh, Theresa Merritt, Vanessa Brown, Don Meredith, Virginia Mayo, Ralph Meeker, Milton Frome
Episode 7
Veteran officer JR Peters is paired in a patrol car with his younger brother Clay, a rookie, along with their sibling rivalry.
Directed by Don MedfordGuest stars Sal Mineo, Alex Rocco, Scott Brady, Royal Dano, Edward Albert, George Maharis
Episode 8
On his first day out of the academy, Officer David Singer fails to fire his weapon when a juvenile delinquent he is pursuing pulls a gun on him, with tragic consequences later.
Directed by Michael O'HerlihyGuest stars Edd Byrnes, Andrew Stevens, Clu Gulager, Danny Bonaduce, Glenn Corbett, Audrey Totter, Kurt Russell, Heather Angel
Episode 9
Detective Brennar fatally sends a 4y.o boy away from the neighborhood. On the home-front, this detective is experiencing a broader sending away of loved-ones only to reap inner confusion and heartache.
Directed by Alexander SingerGuest stars Joan Blondell, John Kerr, Elisha Cook Jr., Robert Brown, Moosie Drier, Diane Baker, Robert Forster, June Lockhart
Episode 10
Pairs of vice detectives spend a day trying to bust a violent pimp, a bookie, and a man who wants to hire a hit man to kill his wife.
Directed by Lee H. KatzinGuest stars Ron Leibman, Shelly Novack, David Doyle, Marty Ingels, Paul Burke, Hari Rhodes, Janis Paige, Ron Masak
Episode 11
Vince Della Maggiori has to investigate when a patrolman shoots a man in his hotel room, and the stories he is given don't add up.
Guest stars Tony Musante, Joseph Ruskin, Michael Anderson Jr., Rosemary DeCamp, Milton Selzer, Marsha Hunt, Howard Duff, George DiCenzo
Episode 12
Married Det. Dave Hansen, under pressure from Internal Affairs, must decide whether to continue working for "the company" (LAPD), or stop seeing his school-teacher girlfriend.
Guest stars Bruce Glover, Bernie Casey, Christopher Connelly, Howard Duff, Fionnula Flanagan, James T. Callahan, Jonelle Allen
Episode 13
Young officer Taylor transfers from the Valley into the Hispanic district for "the action" and the pay bump, and is schooled in the art of patrolling a multilingual beat by veteran officer Fernandez.
Directed by Gary NelsonGuest stars Joe Santos, Dane Clark, Desi Arnaz Jr., Sean Kenney
Episode 14
Detectives Stoddard and Bagney look for a man involved in an armed grocery store robbery after he shoots and maims Officer Phillips, a personal friend of Stoddard.
Directed by Don MedfordGuest stars Jim Backus, Christopher Norris, Ed Lauter, Robert Stack, Brock Peters, Terri Lynn Wood
Episode 15
Detectives close in on the multi-generational hill-country family responsible for a series of armed robberies, rapes, and murders.
Directed by Don MedfordGuest stars Jim Backus, Christopher Norris, Ed Lauter, Robert Stack, Brock Peters, Terri Lynn Wood, Gilbert De la Pena
Episode 16
Detectives Benson and Fisk set up a sting to catch a pair of murderous jewel thieves.
Directed by Alexander SingerGuest stars David Groh, Guy Stockwell, George Hamilton, Ellen Geer, Glenn Corbett, Walter Burke, Brooke Mills, Sean Kenney
Episode 17
While trying to box in an armed bandit who specializes in stealing cars and robbing attendants at parking lots, Detectives Hacker and Barnes are assigned a homicide case.
Directed by Barry CraneGuest stars Freda Payne, Rodney Allen Rippy, Howard Duff, Don 'Red' Barry, Anne Jeffreys, Louis Gossett Jr.
Episode 18
A daredevil officer is severely burned in a helicopter crash during a SWAT team training exercise, and he fights his injuries and police brass to return to his old life.
Directed by Lee H. KatzinGuest stars Tony Lo Bianco, Anne Seymour, Scott Brady, John Astin, Macdonald Carey
Episode 19
Everyone around Sgt. Pickett knows he drinks too much. But he doesn't admit it to himself, until the department suspends him and his wife leaves.
Directed by Alexander SingerGuest stars Claude Akins, Herb Edelman, Victor Mohica, John Agar, Peter Mark Richman, Pat Crowley, Buck Young, Ted Gehring
Episode 20
Detective Eamon Kinsella Royce juggles his police responsibilities and his second job . . . as an insurance investigator.
Directed by Tony Lo BiancoWritten by Michael MannGuest stars Luke Askew, John Kerr, Catherine Burns, Jackie Cooper, Harold Gould, Dabney Coleman, Dean Stockwell
Episode 21
Despite his best intentions, Dooly is a poor guy who can't seem to do anything right, at least not in his commanding officer's eyes.
Guest stars Kaye Ballard, Shelly Novack, Scott Brady, David Birney, Alex Cord, Paul Burke
Episode 22
Vice Detectives Daley and Gentry are on a camping trip when they hear a woman scream in the distance, and a few minutes later, gunshots. Thus begins their investigation into Mob involvement in the pornography industry and snuff films.
Directed by Barry CraneGuest stars Christopher Stone, Carl Betz, Christopher Norris, Jerry Douglas, George Murdock, Art Metrano
Episode information updated Sep 19, 2026
Tony Musante
Tony Lo Bianco
James Gregory
Shelly Novack
Tige Andrews
David Groh
John Kerr
Albert Salmi
NBCUnited States
Columbia Pictures TelevisionUnited States
Screen GemsUnited States
