Felony Squad Season 1, Episode 6: Flame Out

1

The Streets Are Paved With Quicksand

Detective Jim Briggs breaks up a parking lot quarrel between a valet and a hot-shot lawyer who offers money and is arrested for attempted bribery. When Gorman fakes an injury and accuses the detective of police brutality, Sgt. Stone puts his own badge on the line to help him.

30 min

2

A Walk to Oblivion

A death-row inmate Joe Caslin points out the similarity between a current crime and his conviction, which in turn sets about a turn of events to save Joe.

30 min

3

The Broken Badge

An Internal Affairs investigation on fellow detective Bill Ehlers is done when he is suspected of stealing money recovered from a bank robbery. He refuses help from his fellow officers and sets out to find the robbers himself.

30 min

4

Strike Out

Jim poses as an inside man at the baseball stadium's payroll window to nail a gang of thieves disguised as security guards.

30 min

5

A Date With Terror

A deluded Korean War Veteran breaks out of an Army Hospital and stalks a beautiful housewife, whom he believes is a USO dancer he fell in love with during the war.

30 min

6

Flame Out

An argument leads to a senseless murder in an all-night diner, putting the officers on a trail of two thrill-seeking punks who are now plotting an extortion scheme against a woman.

30 min

7

The Immaculate Killer

Captain Nye is critically wounded in an elevator, Stone and Briggs must search for a well-dressed hit man before he makes a second attempt on the Captain's life.

30 min

8

Death of a Dream

During a spell of excruciatingly hot weather, Stone and Briggs turn up the heat to find two murderous muggers. Unbeknownst to Sam, they've forced their way into the home of Albie Froehlich, one of Sam's top snitches.

30 min

9

Prologue to Murder

Bizarre death threats, an imagined murder, and sibling rivalry add up to a bizarre case which finds Sam and Jim trying to prevent a murder.

30 min

10

Killer With a Badge

Jim's girlfriend Cloris introduces him to a man she says is her brother. He's really her ex-husband convict who's shaking her down for money to get out of town. He steals Jim's gun and badge and uses them to commit murder.

30 min

11

Between Two Fires

Stone's attempts to bust paramilitary leader Flagg are hampered by the man's embittered former second-in-command, who wants revenge for being thrown out of the group.

30 min

12

The Terror Trap

Jim is framed for bribery and murder as a part of a plot to discredit his testimony against a drug dealer.

30 min

13

The Killer Instinct

Bull, a former football star is accused of murder, but Sam suspects that arrogant team owner is the real killer.

30 min

14

Fear Below

Jim is wounded and left for dead in the city's sewer system while chasing a burglary suspect, and Sam puts pressure on the crook, Layton, to try and find his injured partner.

30 min

15

A Penny Game, a Two-Bit Murder

Stone and another cop are critically wounded, Briggs must pursue a murderous punk who's passing bad checks.

30 min

16

Miss Reilly's Revenge

Sam persuades the beautiful girlfriend of a brutal extortionist to stop acting as his punching bag and turn evidence against him.

30 min

17

A Death for a Death

After Jim shoots and kills an armed robber, the man's father retaliates by kidnapping Jim's father Dan.

30 min

18

The Deadly Partner

Sam refuses to believe it, but all the evidence in two murders points to his former partner, now a hot-shot Lieutenant.

30 min

19

The Night of the Shark (1)

Sam refuses to believe it was an accident after the beautiful young girlfriend of powerful millionaire Adam Langley is found dead in his swimming pool.

30 min

20

The Night of the Shark (2)

Langley thwarts all attempts to investigate Betty Barnes's death, even going so far as to nearly kill Sam and Dan, so Sam comes up with a new plan which involves the tycoon's fear of germs.

30 min

21

The Strangler

A man suspected in an attack on a woman years ago is suspected of committing a similar near-fatal assault on another woman, but Sam is skeptical.

30 min

22

Breakout

After syndicate leader Blaisie is taken into custody, his minions attempt a jailbreak with Dan as a hostage.

30 min

23

The Desperate Silence

Frightened victims of high society burglars give false information to Sam and Jim, hindering their investigation. When the crooks pursue the victim's daughter at Marineland, the Squad must race to the rescue.

30 min

24

Target!

Sam is suspicious when deposed syndicate leader Harry Majeski offers to testify against his successor, Vic Durrant, and is then abducted from police custody during an ambush.

30 min

25

Echo of a Killing

Sam is subjected to public scorn when he apparently kills an innocent teen while pursuing a robbery suspect.

30 min

26

Live Coward, Dead Hero

A war hero, who saved Sam's life in Korea, thinks the smugglers he's aiding are trafficking uncut diamonds. What they're really smuggling is pure heroin and Sam must work to extricate his friend from the scheme.

30 min

27

A Blueprint for Dying

Sam suspects that Martin Lynch, a suave security expert is behind murder and industrial espionage at an aircraft company.

30 min

28

The Fear Merchant

A frightened builder is killed in an explosion after talking to Stone and Briggs, and Sam tries to shake Maitland a building inspector in the pocket of racket boss Koster.

30 min

29

The Savage Streets

Stone and Briggs are hindered by frightened residents of a tough waterfront neighborhood, as well as a gang of thugs.

30 min

30

Debt of Fear

A murder witness identifies Dan as the killer and his bizarre behavior hinders Sam and Jim's attempts to clear him. Dan is trying to protect his crippled ex-partner Tony and Tony's daughter Ani, who are being blackmailed.

30 min