Emergency!
Inheritance Tax
Season 3, Episode 9 · Aired 1973-11-17
Synopsis
Roy and John receive a letter from the estate of an elderly woman they had rescued 18 months previously that they received an inheritance from her will. The firefighters rescue a child trapped in a car under downed power lines, then attempt to treat a stockbroker with heart issues despite his insistence that his absence will cost him thousands of dollars. Dr. Early helps two young boys needing a bandage. The paramedics treat a teenager who ate 19 hamburgers in a failed attempt to win a competitive eating contest (the winner ate 20), and a burn victim after an explosive fire at a paint factory.
In the series
This episode is part of Emergency! (1972–1979) on NBC.
Squad 51 rolling — paramedics as heroes before medical dramas went steadicam.
Key cast
- Robert Fuller as Dr. Kelly Brackett
- Julie London as Dixie McCall
- Randolph Mantooth as Firefighter John Gage
- Kevin Tighe as Firefighter Roy DeSoto
- Bobby Troup as Dr. Joe Early