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Original Airdate: 16-Feb-1978
Plot: While Ponch and Jon try to get fast food, someone calls in a non-existent accident. Ponch, Jon, Baricza, and fire trucks respond to find nothing. ...but as the near the site of the fake accident, a woman skids in the water and makes Jon fall off his motorcycle. He's only scraped. After everything clears out, the officers meet back at Central to go over tactics to catch the guy phoning in the fake accidents. Later, the guy calls in a fake brush fire. The next day, the phone company has tracing equipment ready. When a possible false alarm of a helicopter crash comes in, everyone responds. They find out it's real when Ponch and Jon arrive first on the scene. After getting everyone to safety, the two officers grab a box of rare blood before the helicopter explodes. They then race to Valley General Hospital with the blood for the little boy. They get there just in time. While they're there, Jon has his scraped elbow x-rayed. Ponch helps to hook him up with the radiologist. Back at Central, Ponch informs him that he and his girlfriend Ruth will be joining him and the radiologist for dinner. At dinner, Ponch and Jon have no idea what they're ordering since everything's in French. It makes for a humorous scene. The next day, Ponch and Jon come across a car in the middle o of the road. After Ponch moves it, he sees a snake grab his ankle and realizes the door won't open. He honks the horn to get Jon's attention. Jon pulls him out as the kid comes along to get his snake. Later, that guy calls in a false alarm about a Greyhound bus accident. The call is traced and Ponch and Jon go after the caller. The guy threatens to jump off a bridge, but Ponch grabs him at the last second. That night, Ponch and Jon double date at a nice restaurant again. Ponch orders cheeseburgers and fries for everyone.
Briefing: The new task force
Guest Stars: Kathryn Holcomb (as Karen), Brad David (as Walt), Charlene Dallas (as Ruth), Melinda Fee (as Sarah), Robbie Rist (Oliver from The Brady Bunch as Jeff), David Staller (as Caller), Gregg Palmer (as Walter), Alyscia Maxwell (as Kathy), Ellen Travolta (as Helen)
Written by: Jim Carlson & Terrence McDonnell
Directed by: John Florea
Mistakes:
- Grossie doesn't know his directions. Grossie reports there's nothing southbound. Getraer tells him to go north. After the theme, the first words we hear are "Not even a fender-bender south of us". I guess he went the wrong way, huh?
- When the guy calls in the brush fire, it's night time around the phone but daytime everywhere else. The same happens for the guy's final call.
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