240-ROBERT
240-ROBERT
| "Mark Harmon, John Bennett Perry (father of Mathew Perry), and I learned how to do everything the ESD guys do so we could look authentic on 240-Robert. In other words, we had to go into basic training. Because so much of ESD work is rescue, we became certified in scuba diving (well I did), became proficient with hand guns, repelled off some serious mountains, carried and hiked into some tough spots with heavy gear, and learned how to really drive. The ESD guys on set were amazing, as were our stunt guys!" Joanna |
The short-lived "240-Robert" presented the exploits of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office "Emergency Services Detail." The ESD were two deputies (John Bennett Perry and Mark Harmon) in a specially equipped four-wheel drive Ford Bronco and another deputy (Joanna Cassidy) in a helicopter. They usually encountered two or three rescue-type situations during an episode. The title "240-Robert", by the way, was the call sign/unit designation for the Ford Bronco (240-Robert-2) and the helicopter (240-Robert-Air).
Cast:
Thomas Babson - Deputy Terry Caster
Jeffrey Bannister - Deputy Price
Stephen W. Burns - Deputy Brett Cueva
Joanna Cassidy - Deputy Morgan Wainwright
Steven Ford - Deputy Burgess
Margie Foster - Dispatcher, Kam Francis
Brian Frishman - Deputy
Jeff Galucci - Deputy DeVito
Mark Harmon - Deputy Dwayne Thibideaux or "Thib"
Pamela Hensley - Deputy Sandy Harper
Brant van Hoffman - Deputy Bottendott
Taylor Lacher - Captain Berman
Rene Levant - Deputy Hamilton
Tori Lysdahl - Deputy Michelle
Burt Marshall - Deputy Hamilton (pilot episode only)
Joe Al Nicassio - Deputy Gary Roverino
John Bennett Perry - Deputy Theodore Roosevelt Applegate III or "Trap"
Peter J. Pitchess - Sheriff
Andrew Robinson - Wilson
Lew Saunders - Deputy C.B. Harris
Steve Tannen - Deputy Frank Kestenbaum
Michael Toland - Deputy "Phone Number" Fedderson
Jay Varela - Lieutenant Vetter
Mac Wilkins - Deputy "Big Bird"
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Episode List:
| Season 1
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| 1. The Apology |
| gs: Pamela Ferdin (Nikki) Karen Lamm (Donna) Christian Zika (Jimmy Kline) Janice Lynde (Mrs. Kline) Chip Lucia (Vince) Irene Tedrow (Sissie I) Marie Earle (Sissie II) |
In this special preview movie the rescue team of the Sheriff's Aero Bureau and Emergency Services Detail save the occupants of a plane that has crashed into the ocean and a woman trapped on a mountain. |
b: 28-Aug-1979 w: John Furia Jr. s: Rick Rosner d: Paul Krasny |
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| 2. Stuntman |
| gs: Bill Williams (Harry Phillips) Bettye Ackerman (Eileen Phillips) |
The 240 rescue team have to take drastic action after a famous retired stunt man makes a daring comeback attempt by trying the most death-defying feat of his career. |
b: 03-Sep-1979 w: Lew Hunter s: Rudy Dochtermann and Lew Hunter d: Ric Rondell |
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| 3. Bathysphere |
| gs: Joey Aresco (Roger) |
The 240 rescue team are forced to act quickly when a speedboat cuts short the test of an experimental diving bell by severing the air lines and imprisoning the two students 120 feet below the surface. In another development, a woman rescued by Thibideaux is an important person in the recording industry and vows to make him a star. |
b: 10-Sep-1979 w: James Schmerer d: Phil Bondelli |
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| 4. Models |
| gs: Kay Stevens (Valerie Barnes) William Mims (Whitey) Dana Gladstone (Turk) Penelope Willis (Gwen) Lee Bryant (Mother) |
The 240-Robert rescue team faces a harrowing experience when they try to rescue two window washers clinging from a broken scaffold 40 stories up on a skyscraper, while beautiful members of a modeling agency inside the building watch with astonishment. |
b: 17-Sep-1979 w: John Huff , L. Ford Neale and John Huff d: Phil Bondelli |
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| 5. Acting Sergeant |
| gs: Dennis Kort (Sidney) Stanley Kamel (Prisoner) |
An isolated mountain cabin becomes a makeshift operating room when Thib is forced to perform emergency surgery on an injured student after the 240 rescue team are stranded by fierce weather and rugged terrain. |
b: 24-Sep-1979 w: Simon Muntner s: Rudy Dochtermann and Simon Muntner d: Sutton Roley |
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| 6. Bank Job |
| gs: Claudia Jennings (Barbara Rice) Gerald McRaney (Nick) Art Kassul (Guard) Rick Casorla (Rooney) |
A routine dive by Trap and Thib in a reservoir to recover stolen bank money takes a perilous turn when an attendant trips a valve, drawing Trap toward a huge drain that could crush him to death. |
b: 01-Oct-1979 s: Rudy Dochtermann d: Sigmund Neufeld Jr |
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| 7. Out of Sight |
| gs: Harvey Lembeck (Morey Allen) Eric Server (Dr. Barr) Pepper Martin (Sgt. Cross) |
Thib's career seems to be over when he loses his sight after a high-speed crash, and two doped-up kids in a car turn a gas station into a deadly inferno. |
b: 15-Oct-1979 w: James Schmerer d: Christian I. Nyby II |
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| 8. Time Bomb |
| gs: Don 'Red' Barry (Lion Tamer) Socorro Swan (Pregnant Woman) Jay Varela (Lt. Vetter) Jeff Gallucci (Deputy DeVito) Peter Tomarken (Director) Stephen Pharr (Sergeant Deputy Wainwright) Greta Blackburn (Carmen) Ron Burke (Tommy) Claudia Bryar (Lady #1) Eda Reiss Merin (Lady #3) Marie Denn (Lady #2) Robert Dunlap (Erving) William Giorgio (Melvin) Rick Garcia (Lenny) Robert Corff (Bruce) |
Trap wants to transfer because Morgan is about to become the unit's first woman sergeant, but Trap and Thib must first cope with a lion running wild in the streets, and then face underwater death when given just seconds to disarm a time-bomb set to blow up an oil tanker. |
b: 22-Oct-1979 w: Patrick Mathews d: Christian I. Nyby II |
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| 9. Double Trouble |
| gs: Dick Clair (Mr. Edmonds) Dick Clair (Mr. Edmonds) Jenna McMahon (Mrs. Edmonds) Michael Adams (2) (Mikie) Casey Adams (2) (Casey) Gary Wood (Steve) |
Trap and Thib receive some unusual support from sun worshipers at a nude beach as they attempt to rescue one of the nudists trapped in an awkward position, and Morgan is forced into a deadly situation when she must crash-land her chopper with two young boys aboard. |
b: 29-Oct-1979 w: Simon Muntner d: John Florea |
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| 10. Poison Air |
| gs: Val Bisoclio (Carmine) Shelley Morrison (Angie) Alex Hyde-White (Michael) |
After the spectacular rescue of a panic-stricken woman stranded in a hot air balloon, Trap suits up for a pleasure dive with Morgan, unaware that a vengeful youth has spiked his air tanks with poison gas, and Thib undertakes a desperate off-shore race against time to save his buddy. |
b: 05-Nov-1979 w: Anthony Yerkovich s: Peter Dixon and Anthony Yerkovich d: Sigmund Neufeld Jr |
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| 11. Earthquake |
| gs: Janet Julian (Carol) Anne-Marie Martin (Lauri) Jay Varela (Lieutenant Vetter) |
An earthquake rocks the county, spelling disaster and almost certain death for Trap and Thib when they become sealed in an underwater cave with two stunning but frightened models, as the water rises and a voracious moray eel goes on the prowl. |
b: 19-Nov-1979 w: Charlene Bralver d: Christian I. Nyby II |
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| 12. The Applicant |
| gs: Tom Hallick (Lambert) Enrique Castillo (Pepe) Dinah Shore (Herself) Don Reid (Barry Rogers) Theresa Saldana (Rosie) |
In a spectacular rescue high atop a collapsing Ferris wheel, Trap and Thib receive some daring support from a stunning policewoman, but then they're confronted by terrifying jaws of death when they must save a brash new member of the unit who panics in shark-infested waters. |
b: 26-Nov-1979 w: Robert Specht d: Phil Bondelli |
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| 13. Oil and Water |
| gs: Peter Mark Richman (Marcus) Jayson Kane (Watson) |
A man in a hang glider entangled in power lines brings Thib perilously close to a high-voltage death and Trap starts playing detective when he learns about Morgan's new love life. |
b: 03-Dec-1979 w: Glen Olson & Rod Baker s: Rudy Dochtermann and Glen Olson & Rod Baker d: Bruce Kessler |
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| Season 2
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| 14. A Cool Welcome |
| gs: Kevyn Major Howard (Jeff Fremont) Paul Mantee (Range Officer) |
Trap gets a brash new young partner, named Cueva, and the unit also gets a new helicopter pilot named Harper. |
b: 07-Mar-1981 w: E. Nick Alexander & Alan Godfrey s: Rudy Dochtermann d: Reza Badiyi |
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| 15. First Loss |
| gs: Scott Brady (Morning Mike) |
Cueva is stranded on a mountainside with a heart attack patient after the chopper he's riding in crashes; while the 240 Robert teams search for them before it's too late. |
b: 14-Mar-1981 w: William F. Nolan d: John Peyser |
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| 16. Hostages |
| gs: Lisa Donaldson Bowman (Stephanie) Ivor Francis (Mr. Talmadge) Dan Kern (Everett) Michael Santiago (Lane) |
Trap and Sandy are stuck inside a bank when a robbery becomes a standoff with police. |
b: 21-Mar-1981 w: Herman Groves d: James Sheldon |
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