Episode 1
Aired Sep 30, 1958
Meridian
Shortly after being assigned to work together, Muldoon and Halloran are called to the lavish New York Coliseum, where two young thugs who've just shot a policeman during a robbery have taken two sporting-goods clerks as hostages.
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Episode 2
Aired Oct 7, 1958
Nickel Ride
Muldoon and Halloran board the Staten Island Ferry to persuade an old friend to retire; when a gang holds up an armored car carrying bank deposits, the gang's leader shoots a fireman in the engine room, where the two policemen are held at gunpoint.
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Episode 3
Aired Oct 14, 1958
Line of Duty
After killing his first man in the line of duty, Halloran is overcome with remorse, made worse when his victim's mother hysterically calls him a murderer.
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Episode 4
Aired Oct 21, 1958
Sidewalk Fisherman
An elderly friend of Muldoon's makes his living by retrieving coins dropped through subway gratings; after having saved enough to adopt an eight-year-old orphan, he's turned down because he has no permanent residence.
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Episode 5
Aired Oct 28, 1958
Violent Circle
After witnessing a gangland murder, a man is so shocked that he is committed to a mental hospital; when he's murdered to ensure that he won't testify in the case, Halloran is admitted to the hospital as a patient to find the murderer.
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Episode 6
Aired Nov 4, 1958
Stakeout
When a detective friend of Muldoon's is killed on duty, his partner reports that he was shot while running away; not believing his friend to be a coward, Muldoon gets the partner assigned to him during a stakeout designed to trap the killers,.
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Episode 7
Aired Nov 11, 1958
No More Rumbles
When a teenage gang member is killed during a street war, the detectives go to the factory where one of the gang members works to persuade him to identify the killer.
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Episode 8
Aired Nov 18, 1958
Belvedere Tower
A robber attacks milkmen and dons their uniforms to gain entry to the homes of wealthy people away for the summer; after killing a policeman who discovers him, he takes refuge in a weather station in Central Park, armed with a shotgun.
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Episode 9
Aired Nov 25, 1958
The Bird Guard
After a man is murdered by gangsters, Halloran tries to protect the victim's girlfriend, who's the next target; he and the girl end up surrounded by four mobsters in a lighthouse on a small island.
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Episode 10
Aired Dec 2, 1958
The Other Face of Goodness
After reading accounts of a frantic search for the killer of several young pregnant women, a college student confesses to the murders; released after police conclude his innocence, his mind cracks when he hears that the real killer has been found.
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Episode 11
Aired Dec 9, 1958
Lady Bug, Lady Bug
An extortionist forces a man to collect $250,000 from residents of fashionable Sutton Place, but the man decides to go to the police; in doing so, he puts his son's life on the line.
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Episode 12
Aired Dec 16, 1958
Susquehanna 4-7598
Police are skeptical of a woman's story that she answered her phone and heard a lady being murdered; a reporter prints her story and she's contacted by a young man whom she begins to date.
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Episode 13
Aired Dec 23, 1958
And a Merry Christmas to the Force on Patrol
When an officer is stabbed in a Christmas Eve liquor store stakeout, Halloran is called in to hunt for one of the robbers; the other thief refuses to disclose their hideout until he hears that his partner, his younger brother, was wounded.
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Episode 14
Aired Dec 30, 1958
The Explosive Heart
Waking up in a hospital after almost being beaten to death by her husband, a woman tells police that he has planted a bomb on her father's yacht.
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Episode 15
Aired Jan 6, 1959
The Manhole
When an elderly sewer worker learns that his son is the leader of a street gang, he begs him to reform in vain before telling the police; when the gang use the sewers to escape after a robbery, the old man follows them into the underground passages.
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Episode 16
Aired Jan 13, 1959
Even Crows Sing Good
A woman who's been prevented from marrying her boyfriend because they're poor, wins $1,600 and tells her fiancé she inherited the money.
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Episode 17
Aired Jan 20, 1959
Burst of Passion
One of the most respectable people in Halloran's neighborhood suddenly starts shooting shopkeepers and their customers; Halloran remembers that the man has taken some children on a picnic to Coney Island and tails him there to beg him to surrender.
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Episode 18
Aired Jan 27, 1959
Goodbye, My Lady Love
Matty, a derelict who dreams of returning to his hometown on a white stallion, buys a horse after some $100 bills land in his lap.
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Episode 19
Aired Feb 3, 1959
The Shield
Against the wishes of Muldoon, the son of a patrolman takes over his father's beat after the father gets stabbed.
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Episode 20
Aired Feb 10, 1959
One to Get Lost
A man is sought by police after his wife's murder because his cigarette case was found in her apartment; however, he believes the real murderer is an elevator operator whom he sets out with a gun to find.
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Episode 21
Aired Feb 17, 1959
Hey, Teach!
When a teacher is found dead on the sidewalk below his third story classroom, Halloran poses as his replacement in the delinquent-ridden school, hoping to crack the case.
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Episode 22
Aired Feb 24, 1959
Ticker Tape
When police receive a phone call from a psychotic man announcing he's going to plant a bomb during a parade honoring an Olympic hero, Muldoon and Halloran are assigned to detect and stop him during the procession.
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Episode 23
Aired Mar 3, 1959
Fire Island
A bootlegger operating a still on "Fire Island" in the dead of winter hires a killer to protect the operation.
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Episode 24
Aired Mar 10, 1959
Ten Cent Dreams
A poor Puerto Rican couple find $10 and bet it on the numbers, winning $6,000; upon depositing it at the bank, they find the cash is counterfeit, causing the scared husband to flee.
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Episode 25
Aired Mar 17, 1959
The Bumper
When Muldoon and Arcaro transport a witness to jail, a hitman known as "The Bumper" forces the detective's car into an oil truck; in the flaming explosion, Muldoon is burnt to death.
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Episode 26
Aired Mar 24, 1959
A Running of Bulls
Halloran and Parker are assigned to guard a dictator's young son during his New York visit, unaware that the boy's own bodyguard has entered into a pact with two men to kill the boy at the same time as his father is being killed back home.
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Episode 27
Aired Mar 31, 1959
Fallen Star
An alcoholic former All-American star who has become a hustler for two card sharks is befriended by a boy who has long worshiped him.
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Episode 28
Aired Apr 7, 1959
Beyond the Truth
Halloran investigates when a woman convinces him that her husband's imprisonment for manslaughter by drunk driving was unjust; he finds evidence that the man's friend was actually driving, but the innocent man refuses to rehash the case.
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Episode 29
Aired Apr 14, 1959
Baker's Dozen
Gangland's most notorious killer guns down a mob boss who's about to testify to the Senate; while making his escape, he takes Halloran prisoner.
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Episode 30
Aired Apr 21, 1959
The Rebirth
A cleaning woman, tired of her hard life scrubbing floors, holds up a bank with nitroglycerine in an attempt to buy happiness.
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Episode 31
Aired Apr 28, 1959
Four Sweet Corners
Upon his Army discharge, a young man returns to his poverty-stricken neighborhood and finds his younger sister has been arrested for shoplifting.
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Episode 32
Aired May 5, 1959
The Sandman
A punch-drunk ex-prize fighter is convinced to help mobsters get rid of a dead body in the East River and in doing so kills a policeman who tries to stop him.
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Episode 33
Aired May 12, 1959
Turn of Events
When a private eye is found murdered, the police discover that he was mixed up in all sorts of criminal activity, but his wife insists he was a good man.
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Episode 34
Aired May 19, 1959
A Little Piece of the Action
A gangster who went straight years ago to raise his daughter seizes his last chance to make a haul in order to send her to college.
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Episode 35
Aired May 26, 1959
The Bloodhounds
To find a little girl who's suspected to have been kidnapped, Arcaro uses two lost bloodhounds, knowing that Parker, who hates dogs, would disapprove.
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Episode 36
Aired Jun 2, 1959
The Scorpion Sting
A theatrical agent's ruthless drive for success led him away from every ideal he prized in his youth; years later, he now receives death threats from one of his many enemies.
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Episode 37
Aired Jun 9, 1959
Saw My Baby There
A dealer in stolen goods, upset that his son-in-law wants to go straight, shoots the boy; unaware that he's still alive, the dealer identifies a dead body as the boy, raising suspicions when the body is later identified as someone else.
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Episode 38
Aired Jun 16, 1959
The Canvas Bullet
An ex-boxer, needing money for his wife to enter his prize roses in a flower show, goes to his former manager, who gets an alcoholic ex-doctor to ensure that he can fight again safely.
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Episode 39
Aired Jun 23, 1959
A Wood of Thorne
With an innocent man about to die in less than half an hour because of false testimony given by a gangster's girlfriend, Halloran risks his job by going to her apartment and pleading with her to call the governor.
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