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Season 2

32 Episodes

1960

E01

A Death of Princes

10/12/1960

Detective walks from icing surrendering shooter Gimpy, so his commander asks Adam to volunteer to spy him. Adam struggles with taking the assignment on gun-happy comrade Bane, whose jacket includes 2 other recent kills, but many medals.

E02

The Pedigree Sheet

10/19/1960

The investigation of a car wreck reveals two dead men (one killed by a bullet) and a survivor - a petulant, uncooperative young girl.

E03

A Succession of Heartbeats

10/26/1960

A millionaire playboy is murdered in his luxury apartment-along with a married woman. A "black book" filled with ladies telephone numbers doesn't include all of his conquests, including a woman who later confesses to the murders.

E04

Down the Long Night

11/2/1960

Norman Garry is harassed by former neighbor Max Evar. Evar,an "expert on horror", lost his family due to a fire he holds Garry responsible for. Garry asks the NYPD for help and Det. Flint becomes interested in the case. The discovery that Evar was recently released from a mental hospital heightens the drama.

E05

To Walk In Silence

11/9/1960

A blue blood Wall Street investment manager witnesses a shooting. Afraid for his reputation,he stubbornly refuses to aid the NYPD in their investigation. After other possible witnesses have been killed and his daughter is kidnapped a difficult decision awaits him - shall he cooperate even with his daughter's life at risk?

E06

Killer with A Kiss

11/16/1960

A young man working at Bellevue Hospital, at the Mental Ward, has a neurosis himself. He harbors a deep seated hatred of his deceased military hero father, whom he blames for his mother's death. This has culminated in a twisted pattern of revenge. He lures uniformed policemen by faking emergencies and then murders them.

E07

Debt of Honor

11/23/1960

Murder during a poker game heist, doesn't faze the second biggest loser at the table. It's just hours before his betrothed arrives from Sicily via arranged marriage, but slick gambler Mori is blasé about that too. Detective Flint takes his actress girlfriend Libby dancing in the streets at Mori's wedding party, to find out who the robbers are, before they get killed the old way.

E08

The Human Trap

11/30/1960

A wealthy playboy is dead from an icepick wound. He died in the upscale apartment of a woman whose ex-husband is a notorious gambling czar. The lady freely admits she killed the playboy - in defending her daughter from his advances. Lt. Parker and Det. Flint have the same feeling - "something about her story stinks"

E09

The Man Who Bit the Diamond In Half

12/14/1960

Dying crook Wicklow heists a museum's entire diamond exhibit. A gemologist sneers that the rocks are well-known to be plastic duplicates. Why pull an elaborate Rififi and kill a guard for such paste, the detectives wonder

E10

Bullets Cost Too Much

1/4/1961

A series of armed robberies made by four masked men eventually lead to a bar killing and public "second guessing" of Adam's handling of the situation. At the same time a resident doctor has his brother pressure him to help treat one of the hold-up men who has been shot. Adam and the NYPD doggedly pursue the case

E11

Murder Is a Face I Know

1/11/1961

Hitman's arrest destroys his double life as a small businessman who earned his new community's respect. Hurting the most is his son, a university basketball ace who worships his father, and can't believe that he's such a stony, experienced assassin.

E12

Landscape with Dead Figures

1/18/1961

A talented artist who does not know his identity is a prisoner in a sanitarium. His long-term captivity ends due to the mention of an artist's name in the newspaper and a fluke opportunity to escape.He makes his way to Manhattan to see an auction of work by the man named in the paper-a man who died 20 years ago.

E13

A Hole in the City

2/1/1961

Armored car robbers vanish across from Yankee Stadium, so Lt. Busti dragnets the neighborhood, house-to-house. Brutal gang mastermind Nunda has much more to worry about, because he's barged into his aunt's flat, and she brings back all his hideous Bronx past which kept him away so long.

E14

The Well-Dressed Termite

2/8/1961

A shady businessman's junior partner takes it upon himself to order the death of a blackmailer. The junior partner has also schemed to reunite his boss and estranged wife. These "favors" lead to a fatal chain of events which no one, including the junior partner, could possibly have predicted.

E15

The Day It Rained Mink

2/15/1961

Four people, involved in the Manhattan fur trade, join together to steal fur coats valued at over $1,000,000 from a fashion show held at the Governor Clinton Hotel. The thieves have various motives for committing the crime. The ringleader's plan to leave his long-time wife for a tempestuous model complicates matters.

E16

Button in the Haystack

2/22/1961

Ex-con panics when his own loan shark gets killed at his gas station. He tosses his own gun onto a passing truck, doubting the police will buy his story. Idealistic young Det. Adam Flint believes he's chasing justice for a reformed businessman, but everyone one else in the bureau feels he's chasing a phantom.

E17

Shoes for Vinnie Winford

3/1/1961

A rich-kid,Mama's boy is ignored by the Board of Directors when made President of his deceased father's corporation. The young "Napoleon" however already has a business where he is paid strict attention to. He secretly owns a Burlesque house and physically abuses the women at his whim-until the NYPD seeks to find a missing "dancer".

E18

The Deadly Guinea Pig

3/8/1961

An investigation into the shooting deaths of an NYPD uniformed patrolman and a citizen leads to a tangled web of ex-Nazi's and concentration camp survivors.

E19

Vengeance Is a Wheel

3/15/1961

Security guard's murder during a burglary mobilizes his huge, close-knit Sicilian family. One of the watchman's sons wants the 65th Precinct's detectives to track the dockside killers who stole a rare oil used for perfume, all other kin vote to take revenge by themselves. They start with the French perfumer, who lost his whole season's rose oil supply.

The Fault in Our Stars

E20

The Fault in Our Stars

3/22/1961

An actor, down on his luck, resorts to murder in order to raise the cash needed to pay his rent.

E21

Tombstone for a Derelict

4/5/1961

Four young men decide to make known their concern about the problems of the world. They use a unique method to get everyone's attention - they randomly murder derelicts and leave clues that will lead back to themselves. The four believe strongly in their cause and will sacrifice their lives. Are they sane or hopelessly mad?

A Memory of Crying

E22

A Memory of Crying

4/12/1961

A man bereft of any human emotions goes off the deep end when his young wife dies in childbirth.

E23

New York to L.A.

4/19/1961

Det. Flint and Lt. Busti head to Los Angeles to extradite two sociopath brothers to face robbery and murder charges back in New York.

E24

A Very Cautious Boy

4/26/1961

A gangland syndicate headed by lawyer Roy Baxter has been collecting protection money from Joe and Mama Ganoulian, owners of a local restaurant. The Ganoulians hire protection called Lee Staunton to free them from the extortionists.

E25

An Economy of Death

5/3/1961

An old couple are swindled and lied to by a fellow Hungarian refugee who claimed to have contact with their granddaughter behind the Iron Curtain. After being exposed, the man names a community activist now living in NYC who committed a worse crime-a crime which led to the death of 100 families in 1956 Hungary.

E26

C3H5(NO3)3

5/10/1961

After quarreling with his wife Martha, chemistry professor James Fallon goes out and drowns his troubles in drink.

Make-Believe Man

E27

Make-Believe Man

5/17/1961

Officer Gode informs the detectives that one of his homeless men, a Frank Manfred, has disappeared and that some of the other Bowery citizens say he was kidnapped. The detectives are skeptical but follow up. Manfred has become the pawn in a South American Revolution. He is being used by Carlos Ruldan to impersonate a revolutionary leader named Colonel Bryar whom the people loved. When men with South American ties begin turning up dead the detectives believe there may be something to this kidnapping story.

E28

To Dream Without Sleep

5/24/1961

A lonely woman falls in love with a man she meets through an escort service. Assuming they will marry, she becomes hysterical and accidentally stabs him upon finding out that he is already married. Desperate and in a panic, she tries to figure out what to do while at the same time the NYPD tracks her down.

E29

A Kettle of Precious Fish

5/31/1961

A well organized team of extortionists kidnap a group of businessmen on a chartered fishing boat. Ransom amounts and instructions are phoned to the victims' wives. The NYPD becomes involved in the case when the charter boat captain is found tied up and drugged-but alive. Meanwhile, the businessmen plan a revolt.

E30

Sweet Prince of Delancey Street

6/7/1961

Factory worker Peter Wilkins is fired from his job. In a moment of drunken anger, he threatens reprisal on the company.

E31

The Day the Island Almost Sank

6/14/1961

The NYPD is shorthanded, overworked and sleep deprived due to various conventions being held at the same time in Manhattan. When a visiting conventioneer is found brutally murdered Lt. Parker has no choice but to send an exhausted Sgt. Arcaro out to investigate.An unlikely person emerges as a prime suspect.

Take and Put

E32

Take and Put

6/21/1961

A once wealthy family is now penniless. To "keep up appearances" and somewhat live as they became accustomed to,they invent a rather novel solution. They rob their friends,pawn the items, use the cash to buy and sell stocks (that their unerring housekeeper selects), redeem the stolen items and return them to their owners.

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Season 1

39 Episodes

1958

Meridian

E01

Meridian

9/30/1958

Detective Halloran's first day as a detective brings him face-to-face with a cop killer and his accomplice who're holding hostages at the New York Coliseum..

Nickel Ride

E02

Nickel Ride

10/7/1958·30m

The detectives visit the aging captain of the Staten Island Ferry at the same time that armed robbers are executing a daring heist of an armored car traveling on the ferry.

Line of Duty

E03

Line of Duty

10/14/1958

Det. Halloran easily kills a fleeing robber who's about to shoot him, but Halloran's lingering feelings of guilt make getting through the aftermath with the man's family anguish. Halloran's wife and Lieutenant support him throughout his search for meaning.

Sidewalk Fisherman

E04

Sidewalk Fisherman

10/21/1958·30m

Gio, who lives by fishing coins out of sidewalk grates, longs to adopt an orphaned boy who he spins yarns for, as if Gio actually was a courageous deep-sea fisherman. By working 16 hours a day, old Gio saves money to adopt the boy, but in doing so violates the territorial rights of a local gang, who try to kill Gio.

The Violent Circle

E05

The Violent Circle

10/28/1958·30m

Detective Halloran goes undercover as a patient in a hospital mental ward in an attempt to identify the murderer of patient who was a witness in a gang killing.

E06

Stakeout

11/4/1958

A young detective works to redeem himself after lying about the circumstances of his partner's shooting death during a stakeout.

E07

No More Rumbles

11/11/1958·30m

A young gang member is assigned to perform a revenge shooting after a member of his own gang is killed.

E08

Belvedere Tower

11/18/1958

A thief assaults milkmen and steals their uniforms in order to gain access to and rob from wealthy people's apartment buildings.

E09

The Bird Guard

11/25/1958·30m

A tiny island in Long Island Sound, ""Execution Rock,"" becomes a refuge for a frightened girl hiding from criminals.

E10

The Other Face of Goodness

12/2/1958·30m

New York City detectives frantically hunt a killer who strangles married disabled women with a coat hanger, in their own homes.

E11

Lady Bug, Lady Bug

12/9/1958·30m

A wealthy industrialist refuses to give in to an extortionist's demands even after the extortionist brutally assaults a neighbor girl and threatens the life of the man's alienated son.

E12

Susquehanna 4-7598

12/16/1958·30m

A naïve young woman, Carol Thomas, fresh to New York, gets a mysterious phone call on her new line from a woman who sounds to be in the process of being murdered. Carol is unable to get prompt action from the police, so she ill-advisedly decides to play detective herself.

E13

And a Merry Christmas to the Force on Patrol

12/23/1958·30m

The precinct investigates a brazen Christmas Eve robbery and shooting by the notorious Marco Butcher and his brother.

E14

The Explosive Heart

12/30/1958·30m

The detectives fight against time to unravel a plan to murder a Commander aboard his yacht.

E15

The Manhole

1/6/1959

When an elderly sewer worker learns that his son is the leader of a street gang, he begs him vainly to reform, and then tells police about his association. When the gang uses the sewers to escape after a jewel robbery, the old man follows them into the underground passages.

E16

Even Crows Sing Good

1/13/1959·30m

In a vicious downpour, a killer prods a terrified man forward using a huge spear-gun. The man with the spear-gun is a meek New Yorker living with his mother, who disapproves of her son's fiancée.

E17

Burst of Passion

1/20/1959·30m

Detective Halloran helps hunt down a man whom he knows, and who has always been a well-liked solid citizen before suddenly snapping and going on a killing spree throughout the city.

E18

Goodbye, My Lady Love

1/27/1959·30m

Matty, a down-and-out alcoholic in the Bowery, is accused of robbing and murdering a man, then using the stolen money to buy a horse-drawn cart.

E19

The Shield

2/3/1959

Lt. Muldoon counsels the son of a patrolman who is trying to join the force, despite his mother's wishes that he not follow in his father's footsteps.

E20

One to Get Lost

2/10/1959·30m

George Blake regrets having strayed from his wife, and terminates the affair just moments before the woman is murdered by another jealous man. Blake is the prime suspect, and works to clear his name and find the killer.

E21

Hey, Teach!

2/17/1959·30m

Halloran goes undercover as the home room teacher for a "modified-curriculum" high school class after their previous home room teacher fell out of the window to his death.

E22

Ticker Tape

2/24/1959·30m

The detectives work to stymie a bomb threat during a ticker-tape parade for an Olympic champion.

E23

Fire Island

3/3/1959·30m

The detectives hunt down bootleggers on Fire Island after they shoot a revenue agent.

E24

Ten Cent Dreams

3/10/1959·30m

A young immigrant hits a big score playing the numbers racket, but runs into complications collecting his winnings.

E25

The Bumper

3/17/1959

After Lt. Muldoon is killed in a car wreck deliberately caused by a mob hit man, the detectives pull out all the stops in their search for the killer.

E26

A Running of Bulls

3/24/1959

The detectives are assigned to protect visiting Latin Americans dignitaries, including the adolescent son of a dictator and his bodyguard, a former bullfighter who is involved in a plot to kill the young man.

E27

Fallen Star

3/31/1959

A young hotel bellhop is mixed up with a gang of card sharps preying upon the convention crowd, and who are responsible for the killing of one of their victims.

E28

Beyond Truth

4/7/1959

A recurring nightmare haunts a murderer - that he's been framed. But when his loving wife begs the 65th Precinct's skeptical detectives to re-investigate, Arnold Fleischman refuses to co-operate with the police.

E29

Baker's Dozen

4/14/1959

A former top mob assassin is lured out of retirement by the opportunity to kill a kingpin for his 13th hit.

E30

The Rebirth

4/21/1959

A cleaning woman, tired of her hardscrabble life, robs a bank in an attempt to buy happiness.

E31

Four Sweet Corners

4/28/1959

A soldier returns home to find that his baby sister has become part of a shoplifting ring that has attracted the detectives' attention.

E32

The Sandman

5/5/1959

Halloran goes undercover at a construction yard to see if he can find a connection between a mob-hit victim and the mobster who likely ordered the hit.

E33

Turn of Events

5/12/1959·30m

A sleazy private detective, well known to Detective Parker, is murdered while on a case to find a mysterious young lady who worked in a dance club.

E34

A Little Piece of the Action

5/19/1959

A payroll robbery gang hires a washed-up wheel man for a job that goes bad.

E35

The Bloodhounds

5/26/1959

The detectives babysit a couple of bloodhounds belonging to a man involved in an auto accident, putting the dogs to good use while searching for a missing girl.

E36

The Scorpion Sting

6/2/1959

The detectives investigate the source of numerous death threats that have been sent to a high-powered Madison Avenue agent having many real and perceived enemies.

E37

Saw My Baby There

6/9/1959

A pregnant woman's father is trying to kill her husband in order to cover up a stolen goods racket in which the two have been involved.

E38

The Canvas Bullet

6/16/1959

A washed-up boxer needs fast money and desperately wants to get back into the ring to earn it despite knowing his health is at risk.

E39

A Wood of Thorns

6/23/1959

To spare a condemned killer, Halloran forces his way into a kept woman's apartment the night of the execution.

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Season 3

33 Episodes

1961

E01

Take Off Your Hat When a Funeral Passes

9/27/1961

After a military style armored car robbery has left six people dead, including two NYPD cops, the gang's leader is identified. Lt. Parker insists that a reluctant Det. Flint seek leads to the ringleader's whereabouts from a troubled ex-partner of the criminal. The ex-partner is consumed with guilt over having been an informant once before.

E02

Dead on the Field of Honor

10/4/1961

A 35 year old man, raised by his cultured Southern grandmother to be a "man of honor", has not had fortune shine upon him. He becomes unbalanced and begins to use a dueling pistol to right wrongs in his "field of honor" - Central Park. The bizarre shootings are thoroughly looked into by the NYPD as the man's mental state worsens.

E03

The Corpse Ran Down Mulberry Street

10/11/1961

After a car wreck between a truck and a hearse, a "corpse" gets up and walks away. The casket used was really a "submarine" - a means to smuggle an illegal immigrant into the U.S. The Undertaker tied to the incoming delivery did not know his "fixer" friend was also having something else illegally brought into the country.

The Fingers of Henri Tourelle

E04

The Fingers of Henri Tourelle

10/18/1961

A business owner is killed by gunshot in his office. The person who fired the shot couldn't have left the premises before the police arrived to investigate, but the responsible gunman proves elusive.

E05

A Wednesday Night Story

11/1/1961

An unhappy couple involve their Swedish nanny in their marital discord.

E06

The Tragic Success of Alfred Tiloff

11/8/1961

Kidnappers target a millionaire to pay the ransom for their victim, a young girl from a poor family. The criminals are a husband who's failed at everything he's tried and a still-ambitious wife who'll leave him if he won't go along with her scheme. The child's mother is afraid to go to the police, but a nosy neighbor pieces together the story for the detectives. The husband is torn about the crime, because he loves children, but his wife is bitter from having to parent her younger siblings.

Which Is Joseph Creeley?

E07

Which Is Joseph Creeley?

11/15/1961·60m

A man sentenced to die for the coldblooded murder of another man, is given an operation to remove a tumor from his brain. When the tumor is removed, he becomes a docile individual with no memory of the murder he committed. He is retried. Will he be found not guilty this time?

E08

Show Me the Way to Go Home

11/22/1961

A young man with emotional problems becomes violent when his mother wants him to be mentally evaluated at Bellevue. After assaulting her boyfriend, the NYPD attempts to find him - and his missing knife. Meanwhile, he is attracted to a charitable girl who is trying to help a confused old woman to find her way home.

E09

The Hot Minerva

11/29/1961·60m

The 65th Precinct's detectives take a crash course in the art underworld to recover an ancient statue of the goddess Athena. Who'd steal the hot Minerva, when they can never display it ? The gang of thieves are led by an odd couple who model themselves after Blackbeard and Captain Kidd, but look more like Wall Street CPAs. The museum's curator is not much help, because she's perfectly willing to pay a ransom for the statue she worships, no questions asked.

Requiem for a Sunday Afternoon

E10

Requiem for a Sunday Afternoon

12/6/1961

Shoemaker Anthony Scarzi, the much older husband of Josephine Ametto Scarzi, his wife of two years, struggles with her unfaithfulness and her desire to annul their marriage.

Ooftus Goofus

E11

Ooftus Goofus

12/13/1961

George Bick is a 40 year old who never grew up. Fed up with his anonymous life and his henpecking wife, he decides to make the world notice him. He becomes the prankster known as "Ooftus Doofus"

E12

Bridge Party

12/27/1961

A determined and utterly logical retiree wants an agreement to raise a drawbridge honored by a railroad - no matter what. When the railroad makes a series of trumped up charges against the man, Lt. Parker finds his tolerance of aggravation is at the breaking point. Det. Arcaro losing a prisoner on an elevator was bad enough.

The Face of the Enemy

E13

The Face of the Enemy

1/3/1962

Highly-decorated veteran, Cornelius 'Neil' Daggett, has deteriorated from hero to alcoholic bum since the end of the war, having alienated his wife and family. He desperately wants to again become a hero to them, but his efforts turn into tragedy.

E14

Portrait of a Painter

1/10/1962

A mentally-disturbed young painter confesses to murdering his wife, who was found on the floor of his studio. But the detectives seek to establish, with the help of the painter's psychiatrist, the full set of details that the painter cannot seem to recollect, which could prove either his guilt or innocence.

E15

The Night the Saints Lost Their Halos

1/17/1962

A middle-aged neighborhood doctor faces a moral dilemma after a young man, Joey, who is like a son to her, and his friend Phillip break into a fire-damaged haberdashery, and Phillip gets shot and wounded.

The Contract

E16

The Contract

1/24/1962

Both the fiancé and the guardian of a beautiful dead young woman claim to have murdered her, and it's up to the detectives to discover who's telling the truth.

E17

One of the Most Important Men in the Whole World

1/31/1962

A widowed gangster is being challenged for custody of his son by his sister in-law. To show the court that he is a positive influence the gangster needs to convince his son's teacher to change a failing grade to an "A". The teacher is stubborn and the gangster offers the tempting bribe of a chorus girl.

E18

A Case Study of Two Savages

2/7/1962

Two newlyweds from Arkansas, honeymoon in New York City. Their happy time is interrupted by the husband's continual penchant for murder and robbery as a means of getting what he wants for himself and his bride.

Let Me Die Before I Wake

E19

Let Me Die Before I Wake

2/14/1962

A psychologically-troubled moving company owner discovers some troubling truths about his family after a young girl is injured by a hit-and-run truck driver who was really targeting him.

To Walk Like a Lion

E20

To Walk Like a Lion

2/28/1962

An embezzler who stole to finance his mother's medical care runs into trouble while trying to end his scheme and return the leftover money.

E21

Today the Man Who Kills Ants Is Coming

3/7/1962

A mentally-stressed police officer suffers a debilitating breakdown over his family's poor financial condition, catalyzed by missing button on his uniform.

E22

A Run for the Money

3/14/1962

A middle aged hired killer, who committed his first murder for pay at age 14,is hunted both by organized crime which has put out a contract on his life and the police. Needing a bankroll for leaving the country, the killer hires an "arm". The expert craps player he has chosen to win him money is as unpredictable as the roll of the dice.

E23

The One Marked Hot Gives Cold

3/21/1962

A man steals records from the orphanage where he grew up, hoping to find his father. At the same time, the age of his young female companion gets him in trouble with the police.

E24

Without Stick or Sword

3/28/1962

A Burmese Buddhist sailor (William Shatner) seeks revenge upon a ship's captain (Martin Balsam) who refused to pick up the sailor's younger brothers at sea, leaving them to perish.

E25

Lament for a Dead Indian

4/11/1962·60m

A man recently released from prison comes to NYC to get his friend to join him in running a farm. He is warned that his "partner" is bad news by Flint and Arcaro. The friend is not interested in leaving NYC and is heavily involved in the rackets-including murder. The man tragically tries to help his friend.

E26

The Sweetly Smiling Face of Truth

4/25/1962

A Broadway agent dies in an actress' apartment and the detectives must discern who among those present is telling the truth: the actress, the married actor with whom she is having an affair, or the actor's chauffeur.

E27

...And If Any Are Frozen, Warm Them...

5/9/1962

Detective Flint strives to stop his aging Romanian friend from using his big wedding party as cover for a bank robbery.

E28

Strike a Statue

5/16/1962

A renowned sculptor "immortalizing a moment in time" of a reviled European dictator is warned to stop working on the project. The men warning him, formerly supporters of the dictator but presently seeking his overthrow, are violent. The sculptor refuses to cease working as to him Art is not involved in politics.

E29

The Multiplicity of Herbert Konish

5/23/1962

Mild-mannered Herbert Konish is living multiple simultaneous and separate lives, stumping the detectives who are trying to figure out exactly who he is and what crimes he may have committed.

E30

The King of Venus Will Take Care of You

5/20/1962

A man wanted by the police for robbery and murder is trapped in a tenement neighborhood.He crosses from building to building via rooftops and eventually hides in a water tank enclosure.The "king" of the neighborhood,a young fatherless boy,may or may not help him to escape from the police dragnet.

E31

The Rydecker Case

6/6/1962

Adam and an inexperienced D.A. attempt to prosecute the well-connected fiancé of a wealthy New York scion. Adam wonders just who is on trial and gets an education in Justice.

E32

Memory of a Red Trolley Car

6/13/1962·60m

A chemistry professor develops mental confusion symptoms after being exposed to a dangerous chemical spill, and the detectives race against the clock to find him before his condition deteriorates fatally.

E33

Goodbye Mama, Hello Auntie Maud

6/20/1962

Chauffeur snuffs his employer with roses, by forcing them in her face as the allergic dowager lies ill. Her agoraphobic daughter is ecstatic that now she'll never have to leave the mansion she loves, but torn over losing her harsh mother. Lt. Parker, a family friend, comforts the young heiress, but she immediately finds more succor in the arms of Harry, the handsome devil in the driver's seat. Flint pushes an objective view of the case on Lt. Parker.

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Season 4

34 Episodes

1962

Hold for Gloria Christmas

E01

Hold for Gloria Christmas

9/19/1962·60m

Poet Duncan Kleist breaks out of a hospital alcholic ward to retrieve some verses he traded for drinks. But Stanley, the bartender who now has the poems, tells Duncan he will have to buy them back.

Idylls of a Running Back

E02

Idylls of a Running Back

9/26/1962

Pro football star shot by younger woman when he opens his hotel room door. The press assumes Elvin "Colossus of" Rhodes was cheating on his wife, but Rhodes insists he doesn't even know the quiet, plain waitress. The paper trail fits the woman's claim they were lovers - separate hotel rooms as the player was on the road, gift receipts etc. check out, as Rhodes' life unravels.

Daughter, Am I in My Father's House?

E03

Daughter, Am I in My Father's House?

10/3/1962·60m

A teenage girl is teased and handled a little roughly by four prankish teenage boys at a movie theater. The girl's father downplays the incident when the NYPD investigates. The father, a WWII combat veteran, has a plan to "save his daughter from any public embarrassment". He will hunt the boys down and mete out justice.

And By the Sweat of Thy Brow...

E04

And By the Sweat of Thy Brow...

10/10/1962

A young man with a disfigured face lives in the shadows of the city committing petty crimes until a young woman and Detective Flint show him how his self-worth is tied to his actions, not his looks.

Kill Me While I'm Young So I Can Die Happy

E05

Kill Me While I'm Young So I Can Die Happy

10/17/1962·60m

A recently-retired policewoman who is facing her own mortality discovers, with the help of Detective Arcaro, how she has missed so many opportunities for happiness.

Five Cranks for Winter... Ten Cranks for Spring

E06

Five Cranks for Winter... Ten Cranks for Spring

10/24/1962

Former contender Johnny Meigs, eking out a living after a brain injury, pleads to go back in the ring, to get money to send his unknowing wife Kathy to compete in a floral show in Baltimore. Crooked boxing manager Gus Slate lines up an elderly, alcoholic physician to give Meigs a passing physical.

Go Fight City Hall

E07

Go Fight City Hall

10/31/1962·60m

A subway fare taker who tried to hide his drunken escapades by falsely reporting a crime, goes on a mini crime spree to try to make fools of the investigating detectives.

Torment Him Much and Hold Him Long

E08

Torment Him Much and Hold Him Long

11/7/1962

To remain straight, an ex-con informs on the would-be robbers of a bar where he works, instead of helping the stickup men, his former pals. But the hoods' connection to Link Toland, a seemingly respectable businessman with serious political juice, cranks the heat way up on the young informant, his family, the investigating detectives, and even the tavern owner.

Make It Fifty Dollars and Add Love to Nona

E09

Make It Fifty Dollars and Add Love to Nona

11/14/1962

An old, but vibrant, man is shuffled off to an "Elderly Citizen's" home by his wealthy son. Both to get his son's attention and amuse himself, the man begins to make threatening crank telephone calls. A fellow resident, a retired cop, overhears him doing this and begins to blackmail his "friend".

A Horse Has a Big Head -- Let Him Worry!

E10

A Horse Has a Big Head -- Let Him Worry!

11/21/1962

An almost-blind young man roams the streets of New York after separating from his class, while his teacher (Diahann Carroll) attempts to convince his parents that the boy can learn to ably use his limited sight and not become completely blind.

E11

Dust Devil on a Quiet Street

11/28/1962

An acting class prank gone tragically awry leads the detectives to look closely at a talented but emotionally-tortured student.

E12

The Virtues of Madame Douvay

12/5/1962

Dishwasher carved to death, while Adam & Libby slurp wine in a French bistro.

E13

King Stanislaus and the Knights of the Round Table

12/12/1962

Two longtime Polish friends in the meat business have some bad blood between them and fight to resolve their issues.

E14

Spectre of the Rose Street Gang

12/19/1962

Construction workers unearth the skeleton of a 14-year old boy, dead and buried for about 25 years. The only clue to his identity -- and fate -- is a cigarette lighter with the monogram JLY. Learning of this from the morning paper, perpetual ne'er-do-well Sam Langan recognizes both the dead boy and a chance to advance himself.

E15

Don't Knock It Till You've Tried It

12/26/1962

Two Las Vegas showgirls travel to New York for the purpose of abducting a married psychiatrist with whom one of the women had an affair. The apparent motivation is to force the man to leave his wife for the Las Vegas dancer.

E16

Her Life in Moving Pictures

1/2/1963

The detectives try to build a case against a womanizing con man who manipulates lonely maids in order to gain their confidence and burglarize the homes of their wealthy employers. Flint is bothered by having used one woman's private diary in order to locate the man, and she is more bitter with the police for this than she is with the suspect for using her.

E17

Robin Hood and Clarence Darrow, They Went Out with Bow and Arrow

1/9/1962

After a string of liquor store robberies and murders, a liquor store owner plans for retribution when his store is robbed and his friend, the clerk, is killed.

E18

The Apple Falls Not Far from the Tree

1/23/1963

A group of rich young men burglarize apartments in their own building, and to cover their tracks, escalate to violence.

E19

Beyond This Place There Be Dragons

1/30/1963·60m

An ex-con, hustling a living by being part fence, sports bettor and police informant among other things,has a contract out on his life. He scrambles to get enough money together to leave for Oklahoma and a reunion with his wife and son. Lt. Parker is sympathetic and tries to help his "stoolie" friend safely leave NYC.

E20

A Man Without a Skin

2/6/1963

A hot dog, newspaper headline-grabbing detective has himself assigned to the 65th Precinct to find the killer of his partner. Both Lt. Parker and Det. Flint soon find that this brash and rash detective gets under their skin. He challenges their bravery and considers them to be safety first "parade cops".

E21

Prime of Life

2/13/1963

Flint is ordered to prison to witness the execution of a murderer he helped capture.

E22

Bringing Far Places Together

2/20/1963

An immigrant from Puerto Rico finds that things are not better and in many ways worse since moving to NYC. The inability to speak English has lead to confusion, not being able to find a job, contempt for being an alien and misunderstanding by the police. Betrayal by one of his own people only makes it even worse.

E23

The Highest of Prizes

2/27/1963

A jury that seems hopelessly deadlocked debates the case of a man who murdered his wife in order to be with another woman, but there might not be enough physical evidence to sway all of the jurors.

E24

Alive and Still a Second Lieutenant

3/6/1963

A corporate man who accidentally killed a man in a fight over a parking space mentally and physically tortures himself while the detectives search for the killer.

E25

Stop the Parade, a Baby Is Crying!

3/20/1963

The reporting of a car theft by a good looking blonde seems odd for some reason to Detectives Flint and Arcaro. Later they and Lt. Parker are told she actually lent the car after a casual pickup. As more is learned about this woman her mental state becomes a concern. Is she a possible suicide case or a danger to others?

E26

On the Battlefront, Every Minute Is Important

3/27/1963

A psychotic who leads a burglary ring has an unfortunate habit of bursting into a murderous rage when things go wrong. When Adam investigates the scene of of the bloody break-ins, the head of an advertising agency offers him a lucrative position.

E27

Howard Running Bear Is a Turtle

4/3/1963·60m

American Indians employed in NYC as "high floor construction workers" are a close knit group that follow tribal customs. A loveless arranged marriage that has not worked out eventually leads to a fatal fight between a husband and the tribesman she really loves. Rather than telling the NYPD the truth, the tribe "honors" the dead man by saying nothing.

E28

No Naked Ladies in Front of Giovanni's House!

4/17/1963

An immature man is the landlord of a house who is given to act irrationally because of the memory of his overbearing, deceased father. When his fiancée is visiting from Italy, he panics at the thought of marrying her, and stages stunts like trying to set the house on fire and refusing his tenants' rent money.

E29

Carrier

4/24/1963

A young woman, a carrier of a deadly infectious disease, leaves a self-imposed exile of 14 years on Welfare Island (now called Roosevelt Island) for Manhattan and a "normal" life. The NYPD is notified and seeks to find her before the "Van Nortons Sawyers Fever" infects the populace and causes multiple deaths.

E30

Color Schemes Like Never Before

5/1/1963·60m

A man with no "point of view" is strongly attracted to an opinionated woman. After he witnesses the accidental death of a "client" of his brother and his business associates he is told to leave NYC. He resists due to his newly found love and is a danger to them. Will he tell the NYPD the true story or be killed first?

E31

The S.S. American Dream

5/8/1963

An emotional scrap dealer wants to purchase a ship bound for salvage, but he needs at least $3000. When his business partner refuses to help, the scrapper flies into a rage and murders him at a construction site. He then turns to an unscrupulous loan shark, but can only get some of the money and the deal runs out as his conscience bears down on him.

E32

One, Two, Three, Rita Rakahowski

5/15/1963

The tension between a stock worker and his boss in a cardboard packaging plant, over a co-worker they both are in love with, escalates into a major fight. The police are called, but then the boss refuses to press charges against the employee. But the situation only gets worse.

E33

Golden Lads and Girls

5/22/1963

A pair of married couples from different social and economic backgrounds find they do have something in common. The couples both are involved in physically abusive relationships and must go through the same legal system. The realization that they have similar problems despite their different stations in life is quite an eye opener.

E34

Barefoot on a Bed of Coals

5/29/1963

A man who failed to qualify for the NYPD takes to impersonating a uniformed patrolman.His motives have to do with wanting to serve the public and also wanting to attract more desirable women. When he becomes involved in stopping a robbery and uses his non-regulation firearm the real NYPD searches him out.