Season One

    Emergency! pilot movie (2 hours) Airdate: 1.15.72

    (The Wedsworth-Townsend Act)

Vitals: Roy Desoto and Johnny Gage are among the first L.A. firefighters to be trained as paramedics. They fight for the right, through legislature, to be allowed to practice, one of their opponents Dr. Kelly Brackett eventually sees their benefit, after the boys save a hurt Dixie, and he helps the legislation pass .

Of Note: This episode was later divided into a 2 part episode where Roy and Johnny tell the story in a flashback. Directed by Jack Webb. We see the elusive wife of Roy, Joanne, and the intriguing Brackett/McCall steamy early days.

Critique: Easy to see the potential of this show through the pilot, good character chemistry from day one. A+

1     Mascot                          1x2     Airdate: 1.22.72

Vitals: Johnny agrees to baby-sits a victims dog until she gets out of Rampart.

Rescues: . at a party with unbelieving drunken party guests.  A cliffside helicopter rescue of a hunter. 

Rampart: A girl's mother is the cause of her Hyperventilating.

Critique: A little stiff.     B-

 

2    Botulism                       1x3      Airdate: 1.29.72

Vitals:  Johnny tries to get a practical joker at his own game.

Rescues: A back injury on a smokestack, 2 botulism victims one with a broken leg, a boy trapped in a collapsing building.

Rampart:Dr.Brackett puts his reputation on the line when he makes a diagnosis of Botulism

Critique: Good stuff, an even storyline between Rampart and 51 pays off.     A

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3    Cook’s Tour                 1x4      Airdate: 2.12.72

Vitals: Roy gets serious about dinner after the guys complain about his cooking.

Rescues: Johnny delivers a baby in trouble, a man gets an electric shock from a washer, a man trapped on a high crane.

Rampart: A boy has his hand stuck inside a vase.

Critique: The cooking topic is a little weak it is a wonder they later repeated it so often.     B

 

 

4    Brushfire                       1x5     Airdate: 2.19.72

Vitals: A raging brushfire speeds through the cannon as Engine 51 fights the fire the squad is on evacuation and injuries.

Rescues: An elderly woman with ankle problems, a horse stampede victim, a looter (Tony Dow) crashes his motorcycle, a fireman is trapped under a tree, a woman gives birth as the fire spreads to her house.

Rampart: A boy arrives with an injured arm and Johnny and Roy agree to search for it.

Critique: Exciting stuff! Lots of rescues make for a quick pace.      A

 

 

5     Dealer’s Wild                1x6      Airdate: 2.26.72

Vitals: After continually losing at cards Johnny invents his own card game.

Rescues: A heart attack in a plane leaves the victim's teen son to land the plane with Roy's help.  A gas tanker overturns and the victim's diagnosis leaves the doc's wondering.  A man attempts suicide 3 different ways. Teen girl's overdose with uninterested spectators makes trouble for the boys.

Rampart: Dr. Brackett struggles with the injustice of why those who want to die, live, and those who do want to live, die.

Critique: The teen pilot is good as well as Bracket, too bad they couldn't lose that lame card game story-line.    B+

 

 

6     Nurse’s Wild                 1x7      Airdate: 3.4.72

Vitals: Johnny chases a student nurse.

Rescues: A store owner regrets shooting a robber who was trying to support his family.  The boys have to get around a vicious dog to treat a dieting woman who has overdone diuretics.  A man is rescued from a chemical plant after being trapped by fallen pipes.

Rampart: Dr. Early diagnosis a man's case of DT's.  Dr. Morton misdiagnosis a spider bite as an overdose.

Critique: The nurse thing didn't seem to go anywhere.  C

 

7     Publicity Hound          1x8     Airdate:3.11.72

Vitals: Johnny gets jealous with another paramedic seeks and gets undue publicity.

Rescues: Man caught in the rigging of a ship. A horse trapped in a pit, and a child in a well.

Rampart: Dr. Brackett quarrels with a parent in denial of his epileptic son.

Critique: A solid episode but the lack of seeing the Rampart initial dispute weakens that storyline.  B-

 

 

8     Weird Wednesday     1x9      Airdate: 3.18.72

Vitals: A series of bizarre rescues leave Johnny dreading every call.

Rescues: A boy in a freezer.  A female parachutist lands in a tree.   A woman bitten . A son feels guilty over pushing his father to jog .  A drunk over an embankment where Johnny twists a knee.

Rampart: A man with hiccups. A hooker delivers her John with chest pains .  An elderly woman with a broken ankle moves her party to Rampart.

Critique: A ton of interesting rescues.      B

 

 

9     Dilemma                           1x10     Airdate: 3.25.72

Vitals: Johnny tries to pass off a girl he thinks is a freak because she is pursuing him.

Rescues: An elevator gets stuck and then falls with a female victim inside and a man with a broken leg.  A man has a methane gas leak at his dump.  2 men are overcome by a solvent at a railroad.

Rampart: A student nurse is intimidated by Dr. Bracket.

Critique: A typical season 1 episode    B-