Joe Forrester Episode Guide

1 :01x01 - Stake Out

First aired: Sep/09/1975
Writer: Dallas L. Barnes
Director: Alf Kjellin
Guest star: Scoey Mitchell (Sergeant Steele), Geoffrey Deuel (Dancer), Arch Whiting (Unknown), Jim Backus (Mandel), Madge Sinclair (Sheila), Ray Vitte (Gates), Paul Cavonis (Unknown), Bill Henderson (Unknown)

Joe Forrester tracks a pair of armed robbers, one black and one white, posing as police detectives.

2 :01x02 - The Witness

First aired: Sep/16/1975
Writer: Sean Baine
Director: Alexander Singer
Guest star: John Karlen (Mason), Mark Jenkins (Unknown), Nathan Jung (Unknown), Michael Gregory (Cordero), Borah Silver (Unknown), Art Aragon (Unknown), Sheila Larken (Unknown), Dewey Martin (Inspector Mason)

Joe saves a female hostage (Sheila Larken) during a bank robbery. She trusts Joe and relates him some shady details from her past. Forrester has his hands full when a giant with mind of a small child decides to 'capture' two officers by sitting on the roof of their car and holding the doors closed.

3 :01x03 - The Bus Station

First aired: Sep/23/1975
Writer: Frank Telford
Director: Alvin Ganzer
Guest star: Barbara Peacock (Carol Hennings), Lynne Holmes (Jobina), Claudio Martinez (Manuel), Jack Ging (Stacey William), Maureen McCormick (Irene), Tony Ballen (Unknown), James A. Watson, Jr. (Eddie Dell), Ed Call (Unknown), Amanda McBroom (Unknown)

Joe foils a charming pimp's designs on a young runaway at a bus terminal which is the setting for operations by a variety of criminals, including armed robbers.

4 :01x04 - Welcome to the Gardens

First aired: Sep/30/1975
Writer: S. S. Schweitzer
Director: Barry Shear
Guest star: Hector Elias (Oso), Guillermo San Juan (Rudy), Lazaro Perez (Nando Salazar), Valentine Villarreal (Jesus), Richard Yniguez (Dan Palomar), Jon Linton (Unknown), Mary Maldonado (Ginger)

Cop-on-the-beat Joe Forrester becomes involved with a Chicano gang war in a slum area. Joe Forrester and his young, college-trained partner Dan Palomar volunteer for a special foot-patrol in the heart of a Chicano barrio that is ruled by fear.

5 :01x05 - Weekend (1) (a.k.a. Deadly Weekend)

First aired: Nov/04/1975
Writer: Mark Rodgers
Director: Michael O'Herlihy
Guest star: David Toma (Unknown), Jane Actman (Linda Miller), James Louis Watkins (Russell), Gina Alvarado (Unknown), Jim McMullan (Chuck Miller), Thomas Evans (Unknown), Dick Butkus (Unkown), Stanley Clay (Unknown)

A probable rumble and a knife-wielding robber are but two of Joe's concerns.

6 :01x06 - Weekend (2) (a.k.a. Deadly Weekend)

First aired: Nov/11/1975
Writer: Mark Rodgers
Director: Michael O'Herlihy
Guest star: Marged Wakeley (Unknown), Jane Actman (Linda Miller), Stanley Clay (Unknown), Eddie Hice (Unknown), Jim McMullan (Chuck Miller), Gina Alvarado (Unknown), Dick Butkus (Unknown), David Toma (Unknown), Thomas Evans (Unknown), James Louis Watkins (Russell)

Forrester hunts for a friend's killer and prevents a teen-age gang fight; a depressed Georgia gets some bad news.

7 :01x07 - Powder Blue

First aired: Nov/18/1975
Writer: Frank Telford
Director: Alvin Ganzer
Guest star: Phillip Richard Allen (Unknown), Ned Wilson (Unknown), Marjorie Battles (Trish), Marlyn Mason (B.J. Connors), Clifford David (David Connors), Bruce Gordon (Unknown)

Joe comes under attack from the husband of his new plainclothes partner. On loan to the detective bureau, Forrester is assigned to work with a female officer, until her jealous husband officially accuses Joe of making improper advances toward her.

8 :01x08 - Target: Mexican Syndicate

First aired: Nov/25/1975
Writer: Irving Pearlberg
Director: Richard Benedict
Guest star: Rosemary Forsyth (Marian Medina), Milt Kogan (Unknown), Armand Alzamora (Mannie Escobar), Ray Danton (Frank Medina), Erik Estrada (Pete Cruz), Lloyd Battista (Luna), Tomas Trujillo (Unknown), Paul Michale (Unknown), Art Aragon (Unknown)

Joe Forrester impersonates a cop on the take to infiltrate a narcotics ring. Joe woos the kingpin's sister-in-law

9 :01x09 - No Probable Cause

First aired: Dec/02/1975
Writer: Norman Jolley, Frank Telford
Director: Alexander Singer
Guest star: Scott Walker (Milo), Dick Durock (Knuckles), Jason Wingreen (Unknown), David Toma (Unknown), Paul Stevens (Dewey Reed), June Lockhart (Judge), Iggie Wolfington (Unknown), Richard Basehart (Al Morgan)

A drug pusher, a persistent drunk and a shakedown artist produce considerable frustration for Joe. Morgan, the drunken former war hero, redeems himself in aiding a drug bust.

10 :01x10 - The Best Laid Schemes

First aired: Dec/09/1975
Writer: Dallas L. Barnes
Director: Alf Kjellin
Guest star: Gary Brockette (Unknown), Jeff Conaway (Cliff), Paul Mantee (Unknown), Priscilla Pointer (Unknown), Kathleen Quinlan (Bethanny), Joe Turkel (Unknown), John Lisbon Wood (J.D.), George Dzundza (Unknown)

Bernie is held hostage by escaping supermarket robbers.

11 :01x11 - The End of Summer

First aired: Dec/16/1975
Writer: Sean Baine
Director: Barry Crane
Guest star: Ron Blake (Unknown), Rita Wilson (Unknown), Ralph Wilcox (Unknown), John David Carson (Unknown), Albert Hll (Unknown), Barry Brown (Unknown), Ben Frommer (Unknown), Ben Frank (Unknown), Edmund Gilbert (Unknown), Dale Tarter (Unknown)

Joe keeps watch on a mildly impaired janitor who may have killed a college couple.

12 :01x12 - The Fashion Mart

First aired: Dec/23/1975
Writer: Albert Aley, Mark Rodgers
Director: Alex March
Guest star: Veronica Hamel (Gloria Richards), James Ingersoll (Unknown), Richard Kelton (Unknown), Robert Gentry (Fred Mason), Vincent Baggetta (Unknown), Alex Nicol (Lawrence Goldman), Brooke Mills (Karen Stone), Suzy Parker (Anne Leigh), Randolph Powell (Unknown)

Joe feels that the deaths of a fashion executive and a model seem to be connected. Forrester investigates the connection between two possible homicides...a fashion executive and a model who fall, in separate incidents, from the same building.

13 :01x13 - Fire Power

First aired: Jan/06/1976
Director: Reza Badiyi
Guest star: Rick Garcia (Unknown), Stack Pierce (Unknown), Deidre Hall (Unknown), Barra Grant (Nancy), James Naughton (Harry Enders), Claire Touchstone (Unknown), Edward Winter (Unknown)

Joe tracks down robbers armed with a minimachine gun, and helps a newly married officer learn to accept his mulatto stepdaughter.

14 :01x14 - An Act of Violence

First aired: Jan/13/1976
Writer: Dallas L. Barnes
Director: Alf Kjellin
Guest star: Arthur Peterson (Unknown), Joshua Shelley (Unknown), Marlyn Mason (B.J. Connors), Jess Nadelman (Beck), Kaz Garas (David Benton), Peter Hobbs (Unknown), Renne Jarrett (Connie Stanton), Jay Fletcher (Seldeen), Bryan O'Byrne (Unknown)

Joe protects a cocktail waitress who is afraid to testify against a rapist.

15 :01x15 - The Answer

First aired: Feb/02/1976
Writer: Stanford Whitmore, Rick Kelbaugh, Mark Rodgers
Director: Jerry London
Guest star: Ted Gehring (Unknown), Sal Mineo (unknown), Bernie Casey (unknown), Julie Bridges (unknown), Shera Danese (unknown), Scott Hylands (unknown), Gus Corrado (unknown), Dave Turner (unknown)

A young vice-squad officer seems more married to his job than to his wife.

16 :01x16 - Squeeze Play

First aired: Feb/09/1976
Writer: Walter Dallenbach
Director: Barry Crane
Guest star: Al Ruscio (Griff), Edmund Gilbert (Unknown), Lee Delano (Unknown), Marc Alaimo (Unknown), Alex Cord (Informer), Kipp Whitman (Stone), Paul Winchell (Unknown), Karen Machon (Darlene), Bryon Mabe (Unknown), Art Aragon (Unknown)

A gambling-addicted parole violator (Alex Cord) turns informer to prove he wants to go straight.

17 :01x17 - A Game of Lose

First aired: Feb/16/1976
Writer: Robert Dellinger
Director: Alf Kjellin
Guest star: Martin Garner (Unknown), Jack O'Leary (Marty Schine), Sondra Wilson (Pam), Joe Santos (Parolee), George Sperdakos (Unknown), Jeffrey Druce (Unknown), Victor Argo (Unknown), Roger Crey (Unknown), Sondra Locke (Unknown)

A job-frustrated parolee (Joe Santos) returns to robbing banks and cracking safes.

18 :01x18 - The Invaders (a.k.a Hard Core)

First aired: Feb/23/1976
Writer: Calvin Clements, Jr.
Director: Alf Kjellin
Guest star: Bob Crane (Alban), James Whitmore III (Pete Smith), Albert Paulsen (Hugo Jurczak), Jack Knight (Unknown), Ted Gehring (Unknown), Eva Soreny (Unknown), Barbara Rhoades (Unknown), Art Aragon (Oscar)

Residents feel powerless when the syndicate moves into the neighborhood forcing respectable merchants to peddle pornography.

19 :01x19 - Girl on a String

First aired: Mar/01/1976
Writer: Sean Baine
Director: Alvin Ganzer
Guest star: Janaire Skidmore (Unknown), John Milford (Unknown), Phillip Pine (Unknown), Michael Bell (Unknown), Ned Romero (Sandoval), Kevin Hagen (Unknown), Kiel Martin (Unknown), Jock Gaynor (Unknown), Joan Van Ark (Angie)

Joe moves against crime spilling into his district from a neighboring city controlled by corrupt officials while a prostitute goes under cover to trap a big-time pimp..

20 :01x20 - The Promised Land

First aired: Mar/08/1976
Writer: Dallas L. Barnes
Director: Russ Mayberry
Guest star: Peter De Anda (D.C. Marsh), John Lawlor (Jason Roberts), Claude Jones (Cunnigham), Christian Marckett (Marc Roberts), Janet Margolin (Marcia Roberts)

A destitute husband and father is drawn into the world of crime.

21 :01x21 - Pressure Point

First aired: Mar/22/1976
Writer: Jack Miller
Director: Jerry London
Guest star: Don McGovern (Unknown), Art Aragon (Oscar), Richard Venture (Unknown), H.P. Murphy (Unknown), Richard Jaeckel (Sullivan), Robert Sampson (Unknown), Andrew Parks (Veteran), Claire Brennen (Unknown), Katherine Helmond (Mrs. Pyrnelle)

Joe tries to find psychiatric help for a disturbed Vietnam war veteran (Andrew Parks), who nearly killed his father.

22 :01x22 - The Boy Next Door

First aired: May/03/1976
Writer: Dallas L. Barnes
Director: Jerry London
Guest star: Michael Warren (Detective Marshall), Chip Hayes (Unknown), Jonelle Allen (Unknown), Stephen Pearlman (Unknown), James Keach (Unknown), Lynn Redding (Sergeant Storm), Kem Dibbs (Unknown)

A burglary-homicide suspect (James Keach) released on bail begins to harass a neighbor (Jonelle Allen) who may have seen too much.