Whirlybirds

Other (ended 1960)
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  • Season 3
    • Ep 33
      Four Little Indians
      1/18/60
      10
      A man has escaped from prison with one mission in mind, to kill the people who were responsible for his conviction. That list includes P.T. and Chuck.
    • Ep 32
      Dead Wrong
      11/9/59
      0.0
      A man walks into a restaurant and is served by a waitress, who is astonished that he looks identical to her boyfriend, a wanted felon.

      She comes up with a plan to turn the look-a-like stranger in to the police, in place of her bank robbing lover.
    • Ep 31
      Man, You Kill Me
      11/2/59
      8.5
      P.T. and Chuck get what looks like will be a fun job, to chauffeur by air a jazz musician to his nightclub date. Only the fun ends when the musician is found murdered.
    • Ep 30
      Shoot Out
      10/26/59
      0.0
      Chuck and P.T. are given a strange request by a rancher soon to die. After his death, he would like his ashes spread from the air over the beautiful countryside of his ranch.

    • Ep 29
      Hot Cargo
      10/19/59
      0.0
      Whirlybird pilots Chuck and P.T. are hired by a man who want to take aerial photos of the governor making a speech at a local fair. They do not know that the man plans to kill the governor for his condemnation of the man's son.
    • Ep 28
      File 777
      10/12/59
      0.0
      A tough guy named Grimes tries to force P.T. and Chuck to reveal the location of one of the Whirlybirds Inc. customers, Sydney Evans.

      The pilots refuse to give out any information but that night after closing, Grimes breaks into the hanger looking for Evans' file.
    • Ep 27
      Mr. Jinx
      10/5/59
      9.0
      The pilots fly a newspaper reporter to a remote prison so that he can talk to whom he believes is an innocent man. After they return to their office they learn the prisoner was a stowaway in the copter and fled. Assuming the reporter conspired and helped the convict escape, the warden calls the police setting off a series of tumultuous events.moreless
    • Ep 26
      Star Witness
      9/28/59
      0.0
      The Whirlybirds - Star Witness
    • Ep 25
      Pink Is For Death
      9/21/59
      7.0
      Whirlybird pilots Chuck and P.T. are called into action when the police can't find the man who knows the antidote to a deadly poison a young man drank thinking it was soda pop.
    • Ep 24
      The Story of Mary Scott
      9/14/59
      0.0
      After a young girl commits suicide, a police lieutenant enlists the help of Whirlybirds, Inc. to help him discover why.
    • Ep 23
      Rita Ames Is Missing
      9/7/59
      0.0
      P.T. and Chuck get hired to fly a young film star to meet her fiancé at a secret location.
    • Ep 22
      The Deacon
      8/31/59
      9.0
      Chuck and P.T. are hired to fly a church deacon to a speaking engagement, only to wonder about his real purpose after meeting up with some thugs at the air field who threaten the man.
    • Ep 21
      Wanted - Alive
      8/24/59
      8.5
      Whirlybird pilots Chuck and P.T. are called into action searching the desert when a plane goes overdue.
    • Ep 20
      This Sitting Duck
      8/17/59
      0.0
      Chuck and P.T. come across a crime in progress while in flight. A man is clearly seen choking a woman in the vicinity of a remote farm but neither he or the woman can be located after the pilots land.
    • Ep 19
      The Black Maria
      8/10/59
      8.5
      Even though she is gravely ill, the wife of an escaped criminal joins him after he forces her from her hospital bed while evading the police.
    • Ep 18
      Bankrupt Alibi
      8/3/59
      9.0
      A man who is a well known and upstanding citizen gets his son to confess to a hit-and-run accident he committed so that he can preserve his reputation with the town.
    • Ep 17
      The Deadly Game
      7/27/59
      9.0
      What at first appears to be just a fun scavenger hunt, Chuck and P.T. soon discover that the clues provided lead to danger and death.
    • Ep 16
      In Ways Mysterious
      7/20/59
      9.5
      The Whirlybirds team helps a minister re-find his faith when their helicopter becomes an answer to his prayers.
    • Ep 15
      Two Of A Kind
      9.3
      Martin and Moore are faced with a difficult situation when two men who have an amazingly mirror resemblance of each other hire them. One of the men is a serial killer on the lam and the other is a timid, unemployed husband making it nearly impossible for the police and the pilots to know who is who.moreless
    • Ep 14
      The Unknown Solider
      7/6/59
      0.0
      Chuck and P.T. are called into action to assist a woman who, just before she is about to remarry, gets contacted by her long thought dead husband, demanding money.
    • Ep 13
      The Perfect Crime
      6/29/59
      0.0
      Chuck and P.T. find themselves in the middle of a town bent on hanging an old man who has confessed to committing every crime that's recently happened. They decide to do what they can to protect him.
    • Ep 12
      The Fugitive
      6/22/59
      0.0
      Chuck and P.T. get the pleasant job of flying a husband and wife to a vacation celebration for their wedding anniversary. Only waiting to help them celebrate are police officers, who promptly take the man into custody.
    • Ep 11
      Without A Net
      6/15/59
      0.0
      It's all about nerves when a former circus comedian who used to walk and perform his antics on the high wire comes out of retirement.
    • Ep 10
      The Big Lie
      6/8/59
      0.0
      A young man, who tends to tell lies concerning celebrities, gets in trouble when he runs away from an orphanage and some criminals give him a ride. Chuck and P.T. come to the boy's aid.
    • Ep 9
      The Challenge
      6/1/59
      9.5
      After Dr. Clark Evans loses a young patient in surgery, he becomes a recluse in the mountains, until he receives a note informing him that his niece has the same affliction. The doctor doubts the message so it's up to Chuck and P.T. to convince him to come back with them.moreless
    • Ep 8
      Obsession
      5/25/59
      9.0
      Chuck and P.T. are hired to fly a sedated mental patient to a sanitarium for tests and evaluation. Only they realize in flight, that the "patient" is actually the doctor, who has been overpowered and drugged, leaving the real patient on the loose to commit murder.
    • Ep 7
      His Brother's Keeper
      5/18/59
      9.5
      During a daring daylight robbery of a courier carrying a million dollars in diamonds at the home base airport of the Whirlybirds, the off duty police lieutenant serving as his bodyguard is shot. The lieutenant's brother hires Chuck and P.T. to locate the man, leading the pilots to a shocking surprise.moreless
    • Ep 6
      Experiment X-74
      5/11/59
      9.0
      The Whirlybirds are sent out to find an experimental Air Force jet. ''''While conducting the search, Chuck runs into a group of foreign spys who take him captured.
    • Ep 5
      Time Limit
      0.0
    • Ep 4
      Til Death Do Us Part
      0.0
    • Ep 3
      Christmas in June
      8.5

      A little girl named Barbara comes to the Whirlybirds and asks to go to the North Pole to ask Santa Claus to bring her father home. It is only June but she wants to go early because this could take Santa some time to get done. Chuck and PT visit her mother and find out that the man had been in prison but had not come home although he had been paroled a year earlier.

      ''

      The Whirlybirds do find Barbara's father and they rescue Barbara just as she decides to walk to the North Pole. As the family is reunited, Chuck says, "Christmas came in June."

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    • Ep 2
      A Matter Of Trust
      4/6/59
      0.0
      Mrs. Dudley had been a friend of Chuck and P.T. for many years and they were more than happy to give her a ride up to her summer home in the mountains.

      It was only after the trip that they found out the bank where she had worked at was robbed the previous evening.moreless
    • Ep 1
      Guilty Of Old Age
      4/13/59
      0.0
      P.T. and Chuck get drawn into the middle of a Police Department's modernization process concerning previous and new procedures of dealing with violent juvenile offenders.
  • Season 2
    • Ep 39
      Rest In Peace
      1/26/59
      9.5
      Chuck and P.T. are invited to a secret business meeting, only to end up witnessing a murder.
    • Ep 38
      C.O.D.
      1/19/59
      0.0
      A wife is flown to greet her husband when he is released from prison after serving time for robbery.''''Unfortunately, when he gets back to his home, three other criminals are there waiting for him.
    • Ep 37
      Road Block
      1/12/59
      0.0
      While delivering a company's payroll, Chuck and P.T. are radioed by the police and asked to join in the pursuit of a robbery suspect.
    • Ep 36
      Always A Gentleman
      1/5/59
      0.0
      While in pursuit of an escaped prisoner, P.T. and Chuck suddenly find out that they have flown into a U.S. Army target range.
    • Ep 35
      Act Of Fate
      12/29/58
      0.0
      The Whirlybirds crew gets hired to fly a reporter to a location to interview a man for the "Mr. Average American" story. Only when they get there, they find the subject of the interview anything but average.
    • Ep 34
      Dead On Arrival
      12/22/58
      0.0
      P.T. and Chuck are hired to fly a passenger, who appears to sleep the whole way, to a destination, only to find when they get there, the sleeper is actually dead.
    • Ep 33
      27 Pieces Of Gold
      12/15/58
      0.0
      The husband of a young wife is off searching for treasure, and she has not heard from him in a while. So she hires Chuck and P.T. to find him, not knowing the assignment means danger.
    • Ep 32
      The Midnight Show
      12/8/58
      0.0
      A ventriloquist hires Chuck and P.T. to fly himself and his gorgeous partner to the location of a benefit show, only when they get there, it's not where a show is to take place, but the cliff side where his former assistant mysteriously plunged to her death.
    • Ep 31
      The Story Of Sister Bridgit
      8.5
      Just after Chuck and P.T. finish one hard job, they have to hit the sky again, this time to pick up a nun called Sister Bridgit, who needs to see one of her former charges, now carrying a gun.
    • Ep 30
      Address Unknown
      11/24/58
      0.0
      The Whirlybirds' assignment is a sweet one: get a Korean war hero and his girl back together.
    • Ep 29
      The Glamor Girl
      11/17/58
      8.5
      Chuck and P.T. get hired by a Hollywood actress for a film shoot that is to take place way up in the mountains involving a car chase, explosions, and the star doing a dangerous stunt.
    • Ep 28
      Baby Face
      11/10/58
      0.0
      While flying over the desert, Chuck and P.T. land their Bell 47 to help out a couple who appear to be eloping. But this pair are anything but newlyweds. The pilots soon discover the hard way they landed in the middle of an escape attempt by two fleeing a murder rap.moreless
    • Ep 27
      Hide Out
      11/3/58
      0.0
      Not knowing what they are about to get into, Chuck and P.T. inadvertently use their helicopter to shuttle a young man right to the doorstep of a killer.
    • Ep 26
      Uncle Pete
      6/23/58
      0.0
      P.T. and Chuck take a job crop-dusting a ranch, only when they get there, they discover that the foreman has been nearly beaten to death, and all his money stolen. It's now a race against time to get the injured man help and then find the attacker.
    • Ep 25
      Robert Dixon, M.D.
      10/20/58
      8.0
      After his physician father suffers from cardiac arrest, the son, also a doctor, enlists the help of P.T., Chuck, and their Bell 47 helicopter to deliver him to his father's unknown appointment.
    • Ep 24
      Summit Meeting
      7/14/58
      0.0
      The Intelligence division of the United States Army enlist the help of the Whirlybird Helicopter service to transport a special scientist to a remote rocket testing facility, since using an Army transport would be too visible. Only the secret is out.
    • Ep 23
      Two Came Back
      7/7/58
      0.0
      Chuck and P.T. take to the skies in their helicopter after a young man goes missing while on a biology hike in the woods.
    • Ep 22
      Time To Kill
      6/30/58
      0.0
      An investment broker who caused many to lose money comes up with a scheme to help pay back those who lost because of him: hire someone to kill him and then have the insurance money given to his customers.
    • Ep 21
      Fear
      6/16/58
      0.0
      When a fire gets out of control, three young men from a juvenile detention facility volunteer to help, only to get trapped in a canyon where Chuck and P.T. must come to their rescue. But their fear doesn't end there.
    • Ep 20
      Dog Gone
      2/17/58
      7.8
      Few things can come before a much anticipated fishing trip. But for a high level businessman, finding his daughter's run away dog is much more important so he persuades Chuck and P.T. to postpone their trip to the river and help in the search. Only there's now an added catch to the whole problem.moreless
    • Ep 19
      If I Were King
      6/9/58
      0.0
      P.T. and Chuck are hired to take a man to a secret rendezvous, after he's already traveled 12,000 miles, only to have an assassin take aim at their passenger.
    • Ep 18
      Copters And Robbers
      6/2/58
      0.0
      A young woman runs away from her new husband, only to have second thoughts. So she gets the Whirlybird team to fly her back to her love, only to find that he's been murdered.
    • Ep 17
      Blind Victory
      5/26/58
      0.0
      A killer is trying to evade police and Chuck and P.T. have joined the search when a car accident happens below them. They transport a beautiful woman to the hospital, not knowing that she is connected with the murderer, and now is in danger of losing her eyesight if a corneal transplant donor is not located.moreless
    • Ep 16
      Blind Date
      5/19/58
      0.0
      A newspaper has run a promotional contest and Julie Cavanaugh is the winner of a free vacation. As part of the promotion, Julie poses for a photographer as Chuck and P.T. prepare for takeoff. Only Julie is shot at, not by the photographer, but by an assailant in a speeding car.moreless
    • Ep 15
      An Apple For The Teacher
      5/12/58
      7.5
      Chuck gets the rare honor of taking his former high school teacher on her first helicopter ride to vacation at a resort hotel. After dropping her off, he happens to remember that this day is the first day of school and running back into the hotel, finds that no one by her name is listed as staying there.moreless
    • Ep 14
      Infra-Red
      9.5
    • Ep 13
      Buy Me A Miracle
      0.0
    • Ep 12
      Time Out Of Mind
      0.0
    • Ep 11
      Father And Son
      8.5
      A dad hires the Whirlybirds team to fly him and his sick son to see the Grand Canyon from the air, and then to spend a special time at a football game. But during the trip, Chuck and P.T. find out that the man is a crime boss running from road blocks and police searches on the ground, who pulls a gun and forces them to stay in the air until the boy becomes very ill.moreless
    • Ep 10
      Seven Orchids
      8.5
      A postage-due package arrives at the office of Whirlybirds, Inc. with a five hundred dollar bill torn in half, broken glass and seven orchids inside. The pilots decide to locate the sender, leading them to discover a sinister plan against a wealthy family at an abandoned farm.
    • Ep 9
      Mister Q
      8.5
      While in the air, Chuck and P.T. spot a boy take a hard fall on a horse and land to assist. Realizing the horse is badly injured, they fetch the boy's dad and a vet, but the news is not good. When the boy learns his animal friend must be put down, he runs away, and the Whirlybirds once again are called into action to find the young man.moreless
    • Ep 8
      The Unwanted
      7.0
      In what starts out as a simple family argument causing a young man to leave home, soon escalates to a kidnapping/held for ransom crisis, causing the Whirlybirds team to help police look for the missing boy.''''
    • Ep 7
      The Killer
      9.3
      Chuck and P.T. become detectives when a woman makes a claim that the promising young boxer they are flying around killed her husband, leaving her a widow.
    • Ep 6
      Search For The Unknown Man
      10
      After receiving a letter requesting their help, Chuck and P.T. fly to the remote desert mining town in Nevada it was mailed from to investigate. They arrive to discover a town controlled by a mobster and his henchmen, all covering up a kidnapping.
    • Ep 5
      The Brothers
      3/3/58
      8.0
      A seven-year-old boy is missing and presummed to be searching for his brother, who ran away from home after a fight with their dad.''''Chuck and P.T. take to the air in the search for the missing boys.
    • Ep 4
      The Runaway
      2/24/58
      8.0
      P.T. and Chuck are called into action by doctors who are trying to find an illegal alien who has a highly contagious disease and is fleeing from help, thinking he'll be sent back to Mexico if found. Meanwhile, he is infecting all he comes in contact with.''''
    • Ep 3
      Hit And Run
      2/17/58
      0.0
      P.T. and Chuck are making aerial inspections when they witness a hit-and-run accident take place below. After notifying the police and then transporting the victim to a local hospital, they fly back and use their helicopter to recover the crashed vehicle from a ravine, only to have it disappear before the police arrive.moreless
    • Ep 2
      The Ashley Case
      2/10/58
      7.5
      A man convicted of murdering his wife is appealing that finding, when P.T. and Chuck suddenly find the license plate to the man's missing wife's car, indicating that the car and her body could be at the bottom of one of a number of local lakes.
    • Ep 1
      Seven Were Trapped
      2/3/58
      0.0
      P.T. and Chuck just happen to radio for a check on the weather, when they are told of a mine that has collapsed and trapped a group of people. Not knowing the extent of the cave-in, when they arrive it appears that it's a lot worse than first thought.
  • Season 1
    • Ep 39
      Panic At Green Ridge
      1/27/58
      0.0
      When a woman, who is vacationing at a mountain cabin with her family, comes down with a case of appendicitis, her husband tries to get help, only to crash the car on his way down the mountain.
    • Ep 38
      Iron Mountain
      1/20/58
      9.5
      P.T. and Chuck must fly a federal agent into a remote area to deal with an old recluse who refuses to sell his mountainous land for mining.
    • Ep 37
      Airborne Gold
      1/13/58
      8.0
      Chuck and P.T. get hired to help a melon farmer oversee his land, which is spread over both sides of the U.S./Mexican border. But little do they know is that the farmer has been hiding gold in their chopper and smuggling it to the other side of the border.
    • Ep 36
      Take A Little, Leave A Little
      2/10/58
      9.0
      The delivery of payroll funds to a construction site are delayed by a storm so Chuck and P.T. must store the money in the office safe until it's discoverd that some of it has gone missing.
    • Ep 35
      The Secret Cove
      11/11/57
      0.0
      The wife of a rich sportsman, who has disappeared in his yacht, hires Chuck and P.T. to find the boat, and hopefully him.
    • Ep 34
      Sky Hook
      11/5/57
      0.0
      A storm has sent a small boat into the rocks near a lighthouse. The injured men have no means of rescue except for Chuck and P.T. and their helicopter.
    • Ep 33
      Incident In Del Rio
      10/28/57
      0.0
      A ranch owner hires Chuck and P.T. to help identify something that flies over his ranch at night, making high pitched sounds and scaring his workers.
    • Ep 32
      I'll Get Even
      10/21/57
      0.0
      Chuck and P.T. help a special agent search a chemical plant for a bomb, after a disgruntled employee makes an anonymous phone call with the threat.
    • Ep 31
      The Rustlers
      10/14/57
      8.5
      Cattle rustlers use a unique method of stealing cows from ranchers.
    • Ep 30
      Fury Canyon
      10/7/57
      9.5
      A newspaper reporter enlists the help of P.T. and Chuck to search for a family that has mysteriously disappeared from their trailer in the desert.
    • Ep 29
      Cycle Of Terror
      8/19/57
      9.0
      Chuck and P.T. try to stop a sniper on a motorcycle from terrorizing a town.
    • Ep 28
      Aerial Circus
      8/12/57
      8.5
      A brother and sister circus aerial team learn how to fly a helicopter as part of their act. But they soon raise the suspicions of P.T. and Chuck when they return a chopper with damaged pontoons just after an armored car is robbed.
    • Ep 27
      Journey To The Past
      8/5/57
      8.0
      A wealthy man hires Chuck and P.T. to transport him to the site of some pre-Aztec ruins as found on a map received from a stranger.

      ''''Nancy Hale joins the cast as Helen Carter, replacing Sandra Spence as The Whirlybirds' secretary. She'll remain throughout the run of the show.
    • Ep 26
      Crisis
      7/29/57
      0.0
      P.T. and Chuck fly a woman to a relative's house way up in the mountains, only to be told to set down far from where the sister lives. They then learn that their fare has gone missing and must now find her.
    • Ep 25
      Hobson's Choice
      7/23/57
      0.0
      A reclusive man rescues a famous actress on a movie location while P.T. captures the act on film. But after the photograph appears in a newspaper, the man is outraged by the violation of his right to secrecy and attempts to shoot P.T.
    • Ep 24
      Hide And Seek
      7/15/57
      0.0
      A nine year old boy, who has hidden in a trunk, loses consciousness and is trapped as the car is prepared to be crushed for scrap.
    • Ep 23
      Lady Luck
      7/8/57
      0.0
      P.T. and Chuck are hired to ferry a man to Las Vegas. But the man decides to leave suddenly, with a group of cheated gamblers close behind.
    • Ep 22
      Illegal Entry
      7/1/57
      0.0
      Chuck and P.T. respond to a distress signal from a yacht but suspect something else is going on when the passenger they fly to a hospital is covered from head to toe in concealing bandages.
    • Ep 21
      The Black Pearl
      6/24/57
      0.0
      Chuck and P.T. get hired to take a diver out to an undiscovered oyster bed he has found. They are promised a portion of the pearls if they can get to the site ahead of the diver's former partner.
    • Ep 20
      Riptide
      6/17/57
      0.0
      Chuck and P.T. try to help a friend find his courage again, after the pilot has grounded himself following a bad crash.
    • Ep 19
      Homicide Haven
      6/10/57
      0.0
      As Chuck and P.T. fly across the desert, they discover a house that is well hidden, even from the air. When they find that a man is living there, his story of being a reclusive writer clashes with Chuck's feeling that he's seen his face somewhere.
    • Ep 18
      Superstition Mountain
      6/3/57
      0.0
      Chuck and P.T. are hired to fly in supplies to a remote gold mining operation. But a psychopathic killer is convenced that an ancient Apache Indian superstition will hide his crime and bring harm to the Whirlybirds.
    • Ep 17
      The Egg Code
      5/27/57
      0.0
      Thanks to the sharp eyes of P.T. and Chuck, the Army is now alert to a group that is spying on government installations.
    • Ep 16
      Missing Witness
      5/20/57
      9.0
      Chuck and P.T. come to the aid of a couple who, after deciding to testify in court against a crime syndicate boss, find themselves being chased by the ring.
    • Ep 15
      The Human Bomb
      5/13/57
      0.0
      A bank robber needs assistance and forces Chuck and P.T., at gunpoint, to help him.
    • Ep 14
      Operation Blue Hen
      5/6/57
      8.0
      Whirlybird pilots P.T. and Chuck take on a dangerous job when hired to fly a bomb into a canyon for testing.
    • Ep 13
      Top Of The Mountain
      4/29/57
      0.0
      A box supposedly full of much needed medicine is flown to a rich man's mountain top retreat.
    • Ep 12
      Prison Break
      4/22/57
      7.5
      A woman poses as a student pilot with the purpose of using a helicopter to orchestrate a prison break.
    • Ep 11
      Sky Net
      4/15/57
      0.0
      A hunter is flown into the mountains intent on tracking and killing a cougar.
    • Ep 10
      Lynch Mob
      4/8/57
      0.0
      Chuck and P.T. fly a reporter into the mountains for a story when they discover a lynch mob chasing a man who shot a Deputy Sheriff.
    • Ep 9
      Diamond Smugglers
      4/1/57
      0.0
      Whirlybird pilots Chuck and P.T. are accused of smuggling when their helicopter is spotted in Mexico the same day diamonds go missing and are allegedly moved across the U.S. border.
    • Ep 8
      Hostage
      3/4/57
      0.0
      A small plane is stolen by three escaped convicts with the intent on making a getaway. But the plane has little fuel and must return to the airfield, where the convicts take a hostage.
    • Ep 7
      Ghost Town Flight
      3/11/57
      8.5
      Three boys on a camping trip in the mountains explore a ghost town left abandoned after minning ended in California. Two of the boys accidentally fall into an old mine shaft. The youngest goes to find help. Chuck and P.T. see the boy from their helicopter and fly him to a hospital, then go back to try and find the others.moreless
    • Ep 6
      Mountain Flight
      3/25/57
      8.0
      A man hires Chuck and P.T. to fly him around for a weekend hunting trip. Only they soon discover the man's pry is human.
    • Ep 5
      Hot Wire
      3/18/57
      0.0
      Chuck and P.T. must brave some dangerous flying in a windstorm to deliver a respirator.
    • Ep 4
      Fire Flight
      2/25/57
      0.0
      When three climbers are caught on a mountain by a forest fire, Chuck and P.T. are called to help but have little time to find them.
    • Ep 3
      Boy On The Roof
      2/11/57
      0.0
      P.T. and Chuck work out a plan to save the life of a teenager. The boy is perched on a high building threatens to jump.
    • Ep 2
      Rampage
      2/18/57
      9.5
      Chuck and P.T attempt to capture a sick gorilla which has escaped from a circus and is terrorizing the local town.
    • Ep 1
      The Big U aka The Uranium Hunters
      2/4/57
      8.3
      After finishing up on an aerial photography assignment, Chuck and P.T. get hired to look for a store owner's missing father-in-law, who is a "weekend" uranium prospector. Upon landing in the area, the pilots are met first with verbal resistance and then gun fire.