Emergency!
Propinquity
Season 3, Episode 21 · Aired 1974-02-16
Synopsis
While the DeSoto house is being fumigated, Johnny offers to host his partner–a decision both soon regret. Johnny also calls Dixie at the hospital for a calibrator, which looks good. The paramedics rescue a woman trapped inside a burning car; but later, the ambulance transporting the woman and Roy is involved in a traffic accident caused by a drunk driver, and Johnny doubles back to assist. Dixie, Drs. Early and Morton treat Roy and Johnny with their separate bodily abrasions. A poker player suffering a heart attack refuses to be transported until Gage plays out his hand (he proves to have been bluffing), and the firefighters rescue several men injured in an explosion at an abandoned refinery.
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