Rendezvous at Big Gulch (Terror in the Neighborhood)
| "Rendezvous at Big Gulch (Terror in the Neighborhood)" |
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| Police Squad! episode | |
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Frank inside the keystore
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| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 5 |
| Directed by | Reza Badiyi |
| Story by | Pat Proft |
| Teleplay by |
Nancy Steen Neil Thompson |
| Original air date | July 1, 1982 |
| Guest appearance(s) | |
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Florence Henderson (special guest star) |
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Florence Henderson (special guest star)
Al Ruscio as Dutch Gunderson
Robert Costanzo as Leo
John Ashton as Rocky
Connie Needham as Jill
Rebecca Holden as Stella
Rendezvous at Big Gulch (Terror in the Neighborhood) is the fifth episode broadcast (but actually the third episode produced) of the short-lived TV series Police Squad!. The episode was directed by Reza Badiyi and written by Nancy Steen and Neil Thompson. As usual, the episode was produced by Robert K. Weiss.
The episode refers to Mommie Dearest (released by Paramount Pictures, whose television division produced Police Squad!), a Joan Crawford lookalike pays off the mob at the "Mommie Dearest Day Care Center".
Dutch Genderson is a clear spoof on the James Bond character Ernst Stavro Blofeld. He is introduced sitting in a chair stroking a cat, and his face is not initially revealed. Even his bending low upon his announcement, "When I'm through with him, he'll be dead!" is meant as a (more subtle) joke, since up to You Only Live Twice Blofeld's face is never seen in the movies.
Two gangsters, later revealed as Rocky and Leo, collect protection money from several local shops. A ballet teacher, Jill, cannot pay because of bad business and is beaten. Frank Drebin, the detective, interviews the woman but she seems reluctant to cooperate, saying she did not get a good look.
Frank and Ed discover the gangsters are working all across the country. Wanting to catch them in the act, Frank opens up a locksmith store along with fellow detective Norberg (a store that actually says on the window "A.N. Abandoned Locksmith Shop.").
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