It's Stagy.
First Aired - March 16, 1967
Sergeant Joe Friday and Officer Bill Gannon are working in the burglary division. Emile Hartman, a fur salesman has called about a large amount of high quality furs that were stolen from his store vault. While looking into leads, an insurance salesman contacts them about a group of people who called wanting to sell high quality furs. Friday and Gannon go undercover to catch the thieves.
Just the Tropes, ma'am:
- Bluff the Imposter: Sinclair, the crook sent to meet with the buyers, tries to pull this on Friday to make sure he's not a cop. Friday tells him to knock off the "cute" stuff and get to the point.
- Destroy the Evidence: The thieves try to do this on the coats by removing the labels which show Emile Hartman's name. However, one of the thieves points out that the synthetic material wouldn't catch fire.
- Doting Parent: Mrs. Hilliard wants to get a mink coat for her daughter's birthday.
- Fashion Show: Emile does this for his customers by using his models to come out and display the fur. He also does this when giving Friday and Gannon a crash course on quality of furs.
- Fell Off the Back of a Truck: The buyers use this excuse as to why they have the furs when Friday and Gannon go undercover. However, before going under cover, Emile points that anyone who will deal with them will have to spend a lot of money to dye, restyle and recut the furs to offload them.
- The Mole: Emile originally thought he was going to be the mole within the group of thieves until Friday and Gannon pointed out that they would be posing as the buyers.
- No Hero Discount: Emile wants to give Friday, Gannon and Policewoman Miller a free coat for recovering all of his fur. However, everyone points out to him that police are not allowed to accept gifts for their job. Very much Truth in Television.
- Police Are Useless: More so Emile's security guard and alarm system. The thieves broke into the building through the only window that didn't have an alarm. The security guard was caught by luck and told to close his eyes so he didn't get a good look at the thieves.
- Pretty in Mink: Mrs. Hilliard, a customer of Emile's, wants their daughter to wear a mink coat. However, Emile's inventory was recently stolen. She keeps saying how her daughter will look wonderful in mink. Emile also says this to Policewoman Miller after Friday and Gannon recover all of the furs. Saying how lovely her uniform looks in the coat.
- Shown Their Work: In universe, Emile notes that the thieves knew what to steal as they only took the most expensive coats. Emile also gives Gannon and Friday a crash course on the fur business to also appear that they know their work, allowing them to know the jargon that is used.
