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The Apology

Episode Number: 1    Season Num: 1    First Aired: Tuesday August 28, 1979    Prod Code: n/a
In this special preview movie the rescue team of the Sheriff's Aero Bureau and Emergency Services Detail save the occupants of a plane that has crashed into the ocean and a woman trapped on a mountain.

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Writer: Rick Rosner, John Furia Jr.
Director: Paul Krasny
Star: Taylor Lacher (Captain Berman),  Burt Marshall (Deputy Hamilton (pilot episode only)),  Lew Saunders (Deputy C.B. Harris),  Jeffrey Bannister (Deputy Price),  Steven Ford (Deputy Burgess),  John Bennett Perry (Deputy Theodore Roosevelt Applegate III or "Trap"),  Andrew Robinson (Wilson),  Pamela Hensley (Deputy Sandy Harper),  Jay Varela (Lieutenant Vetter),  Tori Lysdahl (Deputy Michelle),  Michael Toland (Deputy "Phone Number" Fedderson),  Brant van Hoffman (Deputy Bottendott),  Mark Harmon (Deputy Dwayne Thibideaux or "Thib"),  Thomas Babson (Deputy Terry Caster),  Rene Levant (Deputy Hamilton),  Steve Tannen (Deputy Frank Kestenbaum),  Joe Al Nicassio (Deputy Gary Roverino),  Peter J. Pitchess (Sheriff),  Margie Foster (Dispatcher, Kam Francis),  Jeff Galucci (Deputy DeVito),  Brian Frishman (Deputy),  Mac Wilkins (Deputy "Big Bird"),  Stephen W. Burns (Deputy Brett Cueva),  Joanna Cassidy (Deputy Morgan Wainwright)
Guest Star: Sandie Newton (Candy),  Susan MacDonald (Sandy),  Robert F. Hoy (Walter),  Yale Summers (Mr. Kline),  Marie Earle (Sissie II),  Irene Tedrow (Sissie I),  Chip Lucia (Vince),  Janice Lynde (Mrs. Kline),  Christian Zika (Jimmy Kline),  Karen Lamm (Donna),  Pamela Ferdin (Nikki)

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Original Air Date (in US): 28th August 1979 (edit)
This episode was 90 minutes in length (including commercials). (edit)
Jimmy (lost boy) - blind, 6 years old, with dog named: "Sometimes." (edit)
240-Robert-2 (Trap & Thib's Ford Bronco radio call sign) (edit)
Bobby is Morgan's 7 year old son who is mentioned but not seen in this episode. (edit)

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According to Jimmy, he named his dog "Sometimes" because..."He does what ya tell him...sometimes." (edit)

Trivia

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Lt. Coleman, although never seen, was based on the real life lieutenant of the E.S.D. (Emergency Services Detail) at the time (Lt. Jim Coleman). He is actually a world-renowned expert on special weapons and tactic and served as the founder for the N.T.O.A. (National Tactical Officer's Association). (edit)
Mac Wilkins (Deputy "Big Bird") was an Olympic star in the shot put event in real-life! (edit)

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The Apology
"Pilot episode"
A good introduction to a very specialized Rescue Unit in Los Angeles, California.
Continue » Posted Jun 5, 2006 5:37 am PST
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