Police Woman

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Sergeant “Pepper"” Anderson, an undercover cop for the Criminal Conspiracy Unit of the Los Angeles Police Department, poses undercover from mob girl to prostitute.

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1 episode

S0 E1 · Pilot Police Story: The Gamble

Pilot episode, called Police Story: The Gamble. Sergeant Lisa Beaumont (Angie Dickinson) works undercover to expose, & to bust illegal gambling houses. The pilot for this show aired on an episode of "Police Story" (1973) entitled "The Gamble". However, Angie Dickinson's character's name in that episode was Lisa Beaumont and Bert Convy played the role of her commanding officer. Convy was later replaced by Earl Holliman.

Season 1

22 episodes

S1 E1 · The End Game

Pepper and Crowley pose as bank employees to nail a particularly vicious gang of bank robbers.

S1 E2 · The Beautiful Die Young

Pepper and Crowley investigate a modeling school that takes advantage of young runaways girls, turning them into white slaves in Japan, or making them participate in pornographic movies.

S1 E3 · Warning: All Wives...

Pepper and Bill go undercover to catch a rapist/killer who is targeting the wives of patients at a hospital. The first suspect is the amorous parking attendant. However, Pepper is later abducted by the real killer, the nephew of a pair of nurses at the hospital, who kills as a way of getting back at his mother who abandoned him as a child.

S1 E4 · Seven Eleven

Pepper goes undercover and impersonates an airline stewardess who is a link in a complex heroin smuggling chain.

S1 E5 · Anatomy of Two Rapes

In this episode two rapes are investigated. The first victim is a woman who is raped the day before her daughter is supposed to get married. The second victim is an alcoholic who was raped and murdered and her body dumped in a vacant lot. It is later revealed that the first victim made up the story in order to stop the wedding. The second rape is solved when a teenager who was teased by the victim admits to killing her.

S1 E6 · It's Only a Game

Squad veterans question whether their newest member really wants the job or is being pushed into it by his father, a retired detective.

S1 E7 · Fish

Pepper goes undercover in a woman's prison to gain the confidence of a fellow prisoner who has information that could put away a mobster.

S1 E8 · Flowers of Evil

"Flowers of Evil" is a 1974 episode of the American police procedural television series Police Woman. The episode features Sgt. Suzanne "Pepper" Anderson going undercover at a nursing home to investigate a murder. She uncovers a trio of lesbians who are robbing and murdering their elderly residents. The episode, the 8th of the first season, originally aired on November 8, 1974. Gay and lesbian organizations protested "Flowers of Evil", which producers said was based on a real case, for its portrayal of the killers as lesbians and for the stereotypical presentation of lesbianism. The episode aired a month after a similarly controversial episode of Marcus Welby, M.D. on ABC garnered national protests. Mindful of that recent controversy, NBC delayed the episode and ordered some changes but they were not enough to allay gay and lesbian concern over network television's negative portrayal of homosexuality. After negotiations, NBC agreed not to rerun the episode.

S1 E9 · The Stalking of Joey Marr

Pepper must transfer the son of a murdered gang chief from Mexico to testify against a killer.

S1 E10 · Requiem for Bored Wives

Bob Crane plays a freewheeling disc jockey who finds his wife murdered in her bed.

S1 E11 · Smack

Pepper goes undercover as a high school teacher to hunt down a group of drug pushers.

S1 E12 · The Cradle Robbers

A search for a missing granddaughter of Sergeant Crowley's old friend leads Pepper to an adoption racket in which children are bought and sold.

S1 E13 · Shoefly

Internal Affairs gives Pepper and Crowley 72 hours to find the cop who switched barrels on a murder weapon before the accused killer got to court.

S1 E14 · Target Black

Pepper serves as bodyguard for a visiting campus speaker who, being black and Marxist, is a magnet for threats from hate groups.

S1 E15 · Sidewinder

Four Korean War vets armed with M-16s and a bazooka prepare to pull off Operation: Sidewinder, a heist of an armored car carrying a multi-million dollar payload. One of the men's penchant for prostitutes puts Pepper in the action undercover.

S1 E16 · Blast

The deaths of a prominent politician and a nightclub dancer in a car explosion send Pepper to work as a go-go dancer for the club's owner, a one-time poor boy with a powerful yen for the finer things in life.

S1 E17 · No Place to Hide

A clue is found linking a series of seemingly random murders: Each victim had testified against the mob and was now enjoying a new life in the Witness Protection Program. Pepper goes undercover as a secretary to uncover the leaker.

S1 E18 · Nothing Left to Lose

Larue Collins a police informer is pursued relentlessly by the mob. The song 'Me and Bobby McGee' is the theme used for this episode, which most describe as the best Police Woman episode.

S1 E19 · The Company

Three gangland killings signal that someone is taking over established vice activities. A gambling operator is feeling the heat, and Pepper is there to help.

S1 E20 · Ice

Posing as a couple of jewel fences, Pepper and Crowley travel to Masiaca, Mexico as part of a complex plan to nab a gang of diamond thieves.

S1 E21 · Bloody Nose

While working undercover as a waitress in a seedy roadside diner connected to a series of truckload heists, Pepper finds herself entangled in the ugly spousal abuse dispute between a young married couple in her apartment complex.

S1 E22 · The Loner

Pepper is strangely fascinated by a ruggedly individualistic ex-cop who works as a bodyguard and is antagonizing both the police and the gangster who's after his client.

Season 2

24 episodes

S2 E1 · Pawns of Power

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S2 E2 · The Score

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S2 E3 · Paradise Mall

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S2 E4 · Pattern for Evil

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S2 E5 · The Chasers

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S2 E6 · Cold Wind

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S2 E7 · Above and Beyond

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S2 E8 · Farewell, Mary Jane

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S2 E9 · Blaze of Glory

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S2 E10 · Glitter With A Bullet

While investigating the death of a well-known musician, Pepper becomes involved with a confused young rock star and his ruthless manager. (60 mins)

S2 E11 · The Purge

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S2 E12 · Don't Feed the Pigeons

When an old lady is killed for her possessions, Sgt Pepper and the crew find that a group is using ""the oldest trick in the book"" to foil grannies out of their money.

S2 E13 · The Hit

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S2 E14 · Silence

When a woman goes missing, her mute sister tries to find her, accusing the missing woman's husband of foul play.

S2 E15 · Once a Snitch

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S2 E16 · The Melting Point of Ice

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S2 E17 · The Pawn Shop

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S2 E18 · Angela

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S2 E19 · Wednesday's Child

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S2 E20 · Generation of Evil

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S2 E21 · Double Image

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S2 E22 · Mother Love

A young woman who is mentally disturbed kidnaps the child she gave up at birth.

S2 E23 · Task Force: Cop Killer (1)

While training with a motorcycle task force to prove women can be effective motorcycle cops, Pepper falls for a smooth talker.

S2 E24 · Task Force: Cop Killer (2)

While her new love hovers near death, Pepper sets out to discover who brutally ran him down.

Season 3

24 episodes

S3 E1 · The Trick Book (1)

An influential banker informs the police that he is being blackmailed by Madame Hilary La Salle, operator of a very classy brothel. Apparently she has been keeping a little black book - her 'trick book' - containing details of all her clients.

S3 E2 · The Trick Book (2)

When Madame DeSalle is found murdered, and the 'trick book' goes missing, Pepper Anderson and Bill Crowley are called in to investigate.

S3 E3 · Tender Soldier

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S3 E4 · Trial by Prejudice

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S3 E5 · Sarah Who?

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S3 E6 · Broken Angels

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S3 E7 · Brain Wash

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S3 E8 · The Lifeline Agency

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S3 E9 · Tennis Bum

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S3 E10 · Bait

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S3 E11 · The Death of a Dream

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S3 E12 · Father to the Man

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S3 E13 · Night of the Full Moon

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S3 E14 · Incident Near a Black and White

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S3 E15 · Barney

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S3 E16 · Banker's Hours

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S3 E17 · Disco Killer

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S3 E18 · Shadow of a Doubt

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S3 E19 · The Killer Cowboys

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S3 E20 · Shark

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S3 E21 · Solitaire

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S3 E22 · Bondage

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S3 E23 · Silky Chamberlain

Con men relieve Crowley's gullible uncle of his life's savings.

S3 E24 · Deadline: Death

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Season 4

22 episodes

S4 E1 · Do You Still Beat Your Wife?

Pepper (Angie Dickinson) aids a battered wife (Dee Wallace) who refuses to press charges against her husband (Don Reid). Miriam Stein: Pat Carroll. Emma Fayette: Lesley Woods. Crowley: Earl Holliman. Royster: Charles Dierkop. Styles: Ed Bernard. Dr. Harper: Dr. Joyce Brothers.

S4 E2 · Guns

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S4 E3 · Means to an End

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S4 E4 · The Inside Connection

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S4 E5 · Screams

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S4 E6 · The Buttercup Killer

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S4 E7 · Merry Christmas, Waldo

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S4 E8 · Death Game

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S4 E9 · Ambition

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S4 E10 · Blind Terror

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S4 E11 · Tigress

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S4 E12 · Sunset

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S4 E13 · The Young and the Fair

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S4 E14 · The Human Rights of Tiki Kim

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S4 E15 · Sixth Sense

Crowley (Earl Holliman) discovers a woman near death in a car trunk, but the driver--her assailant--is freed on a technicality.

S4 E16 · Sons

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S4 E17 · Murder with Pretty People

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S4 E18 · Battered Teachers

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S4 E19 · A Shadow on the Sea

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S4 E20 · Sweet Kathleen

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S4 E21 · Flip of a Coin

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S4 E22 · Good Old Uncle Ben

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