Police Surgeon

- Season 4

(1974)

Jean, a veteran policewoman, manages to escape from a rapist/murderer. She is ordered to take medical leave but Dr. Locke refuses to sign off, believing it's better for her to return to duty. Jean becomes focused on finding the man before he strikes again.

Dr. Locke, against Gordon's advice, meets gangster Rick at his prison release and escape attempts on their lives. Rick wants revenge on his mob boss Rusman who's also his girlfriend Gina's father. Simon must stop his elaborate assassination plot.

Singer Ann Raymond has organized crime connections and is also an informant for the DA 's office. A car bomb reveals she's involved with ambitious politician Paul Scott. Dr. Locke tells her that her activities could be a death warrant.

Policewoman Molly Sims increasingly cuts corners, including giving suspects the benefit of the doubt. Dr.Locke tries to convince her that it won't end well and Lenny, a hoodlum, intends to make her regret the break she gave him.

Dr. Locke discovers Greg, a college classmate, has turned radical because he feels his future was derailed because his skin color. Simon thinks he can reason with the group but Les is willing to commit murder even if it means betraying Greg.

Barney Davis wants to be a good cop but his brother Irv owes the mob and they decide to call in favors. When Barney is beaten Locke and Gordon become suspicious and decide to look closer at the officer's record.

High stakes gamblers use ex-football star Larry to bring inexperienced players into the game. A man objecting ends up dead bringing Locke and Gordon to the scene. Larry defends his way of life refusing to assist the police.

Jimmy, a small time hood, is used by his gangster boss to take the fall for a crime. His romance with Polly has him initially agree but his later cooperation with Locke and Gordon could cost him his life.

Southern beauty Mary Bell and her conman gambler husband Jason arrive in the city fleeing from a serious crime. Dr. Locke encounters a injured Jason, taking him to the hospital but is more disturbed by his wife's delusional behavior.

When a professional wrestler kills his opponent in the ring Lt. Gordon and the police become involved. But Simon is suspicious that there might be a medical reason for the homicide,

Policewoman Jean is excellent on bunko duty exposing scams on the elderly. But she takes chances which concerns Locke and Gordon. A killer Walter tracks down a woman who can expose him so it's up to Jean to stop him.

Sam is a counselor for troubled boys but an outing ends in death for Ted. Focus is on a vagrant but he is also killed. Simon believes Sam wants to be a friend to his wards rather then help them. And is shielding a murderer.

Siblings Rosalind and David Almont are arguing about his fiance Karen when he falls down the stairs. Locke and Gordon suspect a murder attempt putting the proud Rosalind under suspicion with David's behavior very unexpected.

Simon is along on a narcotics raid bringing the doctor into the courtroom. Attorney Diana goes after him which complicates things romantically with Lt. Gordon. Then a jailbreak by the drug dealers proves deadly.

College roommates Paul and George need cash so they start committing armed robbery. During one Paul is shot plus recognized by his policeman father who keeps quiet. Paul's wound worsens and George becomes desperate.

Valentina Thorpe, recently released from a sanitarium, meets with Howard her father's business partner who she believes murdered him. Everyone doubts her but then Simon decides to look closer at the situation.

Dekker is just released from a mental facility and wants revenge on the doctor for putting him there. He kidnaps a small girl Nicole to ensure that Simon meets with him but a case of double cross complicates things.

Tad is a troubled young man who believes he accidentally killed his mother at age 8. Shielded from his strange actions by Aunt Anna and lawyer George Gillian, Dr. Locke asks to inject Tad with truth serum to learn what actually happened.

When Dr. Harmon is murdered Locke is not surprised to find student Brian Lewis near the vicinity. The young man is studying a series of killings, pointing out each of the victims was criminal. Simon tries to put the clues together.

Lt. Jack Gordon has a romantic interest in attorney Val Rainer but after a date her ex husband Will shows up and is shot by Val's brother Richie. Dr. Locke learns Richie has a history of violent confrontations and Val has shielded him.

For an important trial Dr. Locke accompanies witness Blinn in an ambulance. While Gordon waits with prosecutor Stacey, mobster Trock manages to switch vehicles so he can take out Blinn before his testimony. Things get tricky for Locke and his patient.

During a theft of hospital supplies a shooting occurs and Dr. Locke arrives at the scene to treat the victims. He sees Lynn, a nurse who is also a former girlfriend. She appears to be part of organized robbery ring of the medical institutions.

Businessman Harry Lyon's son is kidnapped by an ex-employee who tells him to keep quiet. But Dr. Locke and the police find out with Lyon's criminal practices come to light, angering his wife Sheila plus endangering his boy.

An ex-cop has become an alcoholic derelict. When one of his drinking friends is violently kidnapped by thugs in an ambulance from a local hospital, he convinces Simon to go under cover there to find out why. He finds a murderous insurance scam run by some corrupt doctors.

Luddy runs a half-way house for fellow ex-cons trying to make it back in society. Mistreated in the past by police, he's reluctant to help them even when they reveal that some of the residents are active criminals responsible for an old man's murder.

A second rate lounge singer playing second rate lounges wants desperately for his agent to book him in more important venues in the United States, but he never gets one. When the agent is found murdered in his dressing room, it looks like his spaced out drug addict girl friend did it, but she can't remember anything.