S5E6
Badge Heavy
Adam-12 · 1972-10-25 · 30 min
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what happens
Officer Charlie Burnside pulls a prank on Officer Albert Porter, a friend of Reed's. Porter, who does not find the prank funny, informs Reed that Burnside is frequently "badge-heavy" (rough) with his suspects. After dealing with an inept would-be robber, Malloy and Reed observe Burnside choking a suspect. Reed reports the incident, but nothing is done by the Captain because the victim would not admit Burnside was the aggressor. Burnside turns cocky on Reed saying he has "an ace in the hole" and that Reed was mad about the prank he pulled on Porter, but it is later revealed that Burnside got to one of the robbers, placing him under investigation. At the end of watch, Burnside tries intimidating Reed, then tries brushing his intimidation off as a joke when he realizes the other officers are against him; when they all walk out, Burnside resigns.
nobody has mapped this one
We draw an episode's shape from public discussion of it, and there isn't enough about this one to draw anything honest. Forty-five seconds with the dial and it has a curve.
rate S5E6 →who made it
- directed
- Robert M. Leeds
- written
- Stephen J. Cannell
guest cast
Billed for this episode only — the turn people remember an episode for.
- FFred Stromsoe as Officer Jerry Woods
Jack Bailey as George Nash
Quinn K. Redeker as Officer Charlie Burnside- AArt Balinger as Captain Grant
- PPaul Factor as Man
- FFrank McCoy as Suspect
Steve Franken as Officer Albert Porter