1x1 - Pilot

April 17, 1975

Alex Bronkov has been police officer in Ocean city for 20 years. Although his wife died in a car accident and therapy for his paralyzed daughter is expensive, he remained incorruptible. When a former friend asks him to help him out of a heroin deal, it turns out to be a trap. His partner is shot, and Bronk suspended. But he won't give up and starts to fight alone against the drug connection and corrupt municipality.

1x3 - Wheel of Death

September 28, 1975

A young assistant city attorney is murdered while investigating an illegal alien smuggling ring. Later 12 Mexican national farm workers are found dead in a submerged truck. Bronk's investigation leads to a sadistic daredevil motorcycle racer, Quillery, but Bronk can't prove anything. With the help of a Mexican cop, Bronk infiltrates Quillery's operation disguised as an alien farmhand, setting the stage for a final confrontation with the warped killer.

1x4 - The Gauntlet

October 5, 1975

Romance develops when Bronk is assigned to protect Kate, who plans to turn state's evidence against her ex-boyfriend, syndicate boss Ben Capote. As the mob closes in, a fast game of hide-and-seek begins with Bronk beginning to suspect a set-up.

1x5 - Echo of Danger

October 12, 1975

The slaying of a fugitive forger in Los Angeles is linked to a wealthy widow in Ocean City and Bronk digs back to a World War II romance to unravel the mystery.

1x6 - Terror

October 19, 1975

Bronk investigates a 15-year-old unsolved kidnapping case after a teenage girl keeps having nightmares stemming from a harrowing childhood experience.

1x7 - The Fifth Victim

October 26, 1975

Ocean City is terrorized by a killer who has strangled several women, mostly prostitutes. Bronk flushes out the strangler, who dies in a fall following a rooftop chase. However, Bronk is convinced there is another murderer, who used the strangler's killing spree as a screen. He digs deeper and uncovers a strange mystery involving a case of altered identity.

1x8 - Short Fuse

November 2, 1975

Charles Bisantz, a fleeing mob ""bag man,"" puts an unsuspecting ringer, Nathan Lewis, aboard an Ocean City commuter flight with a bomb. Because of delay in taking off, the plane explodes earlier than the killer had planned and he is forced to steal Lewis' body and dump it in a quarry. Lewis' widow becomes a willing decoy in an effort to trap the elusive Bisantz.

1x9 - Line of Fire

November 9, 1975

Veteran Patrolman Frank Bossick, a widower and longtime friend of Bronkov, joins him in hunting down Frank's son Ron, who helped rob a supermarket and kill a box boy with the getaway car.

1x10 - Bargain in Blood

November 16, 1975

Bronk risks his life to thwart a crazed bomber to prevent District Attorney Richard Yarrow from making a deal with accused murderer Jimmy Grebo, who knows the bomber's identity.

1x11 - The Pickoff

November 23, 1975

Three people die and the lives of other civic leaders, including Mayor Santori and wealthy Arnold Cutler, are jeopardized as terrorists set fire to an Ocean City hotel during a hospital benefit party. Bronk captures the ringleader, but his girl associates kidnap Cutler's son and offer Bronk a deal. The Cutlers reject the offer and Bronk and his partner set out to thwart the gang's deadly intentions.

1x12 - Crackback

November 30, 1975

Phil Barrow, a would-be bank robber, is slain and his accomplice girlfriend, Cara, is captured. She links Barrow to the auto accident that killed Bronk's wife and crippled his daughter, Ellie. Bronk has always felt the so-called accident was the result of a contract on him and the mayor and district attorney feel this killer hunt is more emotional than objective. In his overzealous attempt to avenge his wife's death, Bronk jeopardizes his career and his life.

1x13 - Deception

December 7, 1975

1x14 - Betrayal

December 14, 1975

Bronk discovers a web of intrigue within a Mafia ""family"" after his partner, Sgt. John Webber, is accused of slaying slumlord Paul Tedesco. With the help of Paul's bereaved widow, Bronk sniffs out the truth to clear Webber.

1x15 - There's Gonna Be a War

December 21, 1975

Two civil rights activists are killed by men pretending to be police and Bronk has to move swiftly to avert a race riot.

1x16 - Next of Kin

January 4, 1976

While investigating the senseless murder of a young woman, Bronk realizes he is the next intended victim of the killer.

1x17 - The Deadlier Sex

January 18, 1976

Sara Mitchell is the first policewoman assigned to patrol duty in Bronk's department. After arresting an apparently drugged young woman on her first night on patrol duty, Sara is accused of attacking her prisoner and finds her new career in danger when no one can disprove the charges. Bronk believes she is innocent and sets out to clear her of the charges.

1x18 - Jackson Blue

January 25, 1976

A family is ripped apart by a young mother's death and Bronk has to break the news that the ""accident"" was murder.

1x19 - Long Time Dying

February 1, 1976

The deadly vendetta of a disturbed young woman leaves a city prosecutor murdered, and Bronk is frustrated in his attempt to piece together the motive for her revenge. A bizarre message left for him leaves no doubt the murderess is relieving a twisted grudge, but the message leaves only more questions as to when she will kill again and who. Bronk works to unravel the mystery before she can strike again.

1x20 - Target: Unknown

February 8, 1976

The Minister of Finance of a tiny Caribbean nation is marked for assassination by a wealthy businessman and suspected go-between for the underworld.

1x21 - Jailbreak

February 15, 1976

Bronk is taken hostage during a violent jailbreak attempt by prisoners who have nothing to lose, including one who has his own murderous grudge against him.

1x22 - Vengeance

February 22, 1976

New York City Detective Patrick O'Flanagan comes to Ocean City to extradite a mercenary terrorist-bomber and will stop at nothing to get his man. When the terrorist escapes, O'Flanagan goes looking for him and Bronk is faced with a desperate double manhunt.

1x23 - The Ordeal

March 7, 1976

Bronk is targeted by diamond smugglers who believe he learned the location of some gems from a dying man who double-crossed them.

1x24 - Death with Honor

March 21, 1976

When a longtime police officer is killed in a shootout with a bank robber, Bronk discovers the officer's sad plight and clears the name of the rookie patrolman who served as his partner.

1x25 - The Vigilante

March 28, 1976

Bronk investigates the death of a veteran cop who was killed in a shoot-out.