History Series / TheFelonySquad

** In "Image of Evil", Hal Jessup (John S. Ragin) threatens to reveal his boss's blackmail scheme unless he's made a full partner in the scheme, which is a PR firm that blackmails its clients. Unfortunately, Jessup brings all of this up as he's flying with his boss (Creator/Kevin[[=McCarthy=])in the private jet. He winds up falling out of the plane without a parachute to his death.

** In "Image of Evil", Hal Jessup (John S. Ragin) threatens to reveal his boss's blackmail scheme unless he's made a full partner in the scheme, which is a PR firm that blackmails its clients. Unfortunately, Jessup brings all of this up as he's flying with his boss in the private jet. He winds up falling out of the plane without a parachute to his death.

When the series debuted in the Fall of 1966, Jeanne Crain and Michael Cole were not in the cast. Duff's character, Sgt. Sam Stone, was made into a widower whose wife and son were killed in a car accident. Jim Briggs, played by Dennis Cole, went from being a uniformed cop to a detective. The other major character in the series was Jim's dad, Sgt. Dan Briggs, played by Ben Alexander, who was the desk sergeant at the Westwood Precinct where Sam and Jim were based. The recurring role of their boss, Captain Frank Nye, was played by Frank Maxwell. Maxwell departed the show after one season for a role on another ABC series, ''The Second Hundred Years'', and was replaced by Captain Ed Franks (Barney Phillips). When ''The Second Hundred Years'' was canceled, Maxwell returned to the series for the abbreviated third season.

* CoolCar: Chris Merritt (Bradford Dillman) drives a snazzy sports car that's used in the theft and murder in "The 30-Gram Kill".

** Lt. Mike Reineck (John Anderson), Sam's ex-partner, in "The Deadly Partner". He kills two criminals who were involved in a robbery he helped plan and sets a third up to be killed in a shoot-out with Sam and Jim.
** Sheriff Calvin Cable (Pat Hingle) in "Killing, Country Style"...the corrupt small-town Sheriff shows up, looking to eliminate a witness against his boss, Mob leader Gus Mills (Scott Brady).

** "No Sad Songs For Charlie". Sam says this to Jim after they witnessed the boat explosion that allegedly killed their former colleague Charlie Murdock.

* OneWordTitle: "Breakout", "Target!" and "Hostage".* PistolWhipping: In "The Desperate Silence", Vincent Ludi (Chris Robinson), enraged that a fence (Woodrow Parfrey) won't handle the hot jewels he and his partner have stolen, whacks the fence over the back of the head with a gun several times, killing him.

* OneWordTitle: "Target!" and "Hostage".
* PistolWhipping: In "The Desperate Silence", Vincent Ludi (Chris Robinson), enraged that a fence (Woodrow Parfrey) won't handle the hot jewels he and his partner have stolen, whacks the fence over the back of the head with a gun several times, killing him.

When the series debuted in the Fall of 1966, Jeanne Crain and Michael Cole were not in the cast. Duff's character, Sgt. Sam Stone, was made into a widower whose wife and son were killed in a car accident. Jim Briggs, played by Dennis Cole, went from being a uniformed cop to a detective. The other major character in the series was Jim's dad, Sgt. Dan Briggs, played by Ben Alexander, who was the desk sergeant at the Westwood Precinct where Sam and Jim were based. The recurring role of their boss, Captain Frank Nye, was played by Frank Maxwell. Maxwell departed the show after one season for a role on another ABC series, ''The Second Hundred Years'', and was replaced by Captain Ed Franks (Barney Phillips). When The Second Hundred Years was canceled, Maxwell returned to the series for the abbreviated third season.

When the series debuted in the Fall of 1966, Jeanne Crain and Michael Cole were not in the cast. Duff's character, Sgt. Sam Stone, was made into a widower whose wife and son were killed in a car accident. Jim Briggs, played by Dennis Cole, went from being a uniformed cop to a detective. The other major character in the series was Jim's dad, Sgt. Dan Briggs, played by Ben Alexander, who was the desk sergeant at the Westwood Precinct where Sam and Jim were based. The recurring role of their boss, Captain Frank Nye, was played by Frank Maxwell. Maxwell departed the show after one season for a role on another ABC series, The Second Hundred Years, and was replaced by Captain Ed Franks (Barney Phillips). When The Second Hundred Years was canceled, Maxwell returned to the series for the abbreviated third season.

* AmoralAttorney: Leslie Gorman (Darren [=McGavin=]) in the premiere episode, "The Streets Are Paved With Quicksand". He first tries to bribe Jim after he and Sam break up a fight between Gorman and a parking lot valet. Then when Jim arrests him, he fakes an injury so he can file phony PoliceBrutality charges against the young cop.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: In "Man On Fire", arsonist B.G. Travis, alias 'the Bug', sets fire to a freighter full of plastic goods, despite being taken off the job by Rindells, the rival business owner who hired him to destroy his competitor. Sam and Jim, as well as Rindells, arrive at the freighter. In his attempt to avoid being arrested or killed, Travis falls into the fire he has started and is burned alive.