Police Woman
Silence
TV Flash files “Silence” as hour 36 of 92 in the TV Flash guide — Police Woman (1974–1978) on NBC, season 2, episode 14, aired 1975-12-16, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E14: listed hour 36 of 92 in the Police Woman guide, hour 14 of 24 in season 2. It aired 1975-12-16 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Hit” (S02E13). Next is “Incident Near a Black and White” (S02E15).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
An emotionally disturbed woman undergoes plastic surgery and takes on her mute sister's identity in order to frame her husband for her own murder.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Silence sit in the Police Woman guide?
S02E14 is listed hour 36 of 92 — hour 14 of 24 in season 2, season 2 episode 14.
When did Police Woman S02E14 air?
Silence aired 1975-12-16 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Do I need Police Story first?
Optional. The series grew from a Police Story episode, then Dickinson's Pepper is the NBC hour. The parent anthology is context, not a gate.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Angie Dickinson's Pepper Anderson goes undercover in wigs, glamour, and a badge networks had mostly reserved for men. First lasting female-led police drama, plus the 1970s argument about whether the camera was empowering or just leering. Dickinson holds the case and the gaze at once.
So about the group chat that cannot decide if Pepper Anderson is empowerment or a leer: Sgt. Suzanne Pepper Anderson goes undercover for the LAPD's criminal conspiracy unit in wigs, glamour, and a badge networks had mostly reserved for men. (I said spoiler-free. The gaze debate is extra-textual weather that never left the reruns. The hour is still a case.) NBC's Police Woman (1974–1978), from Robert L. Collins, grew from a Police Story episode and ran four seasons, 92 hours, with Angie Dickinson as the face of…
Filed against
- Angie Dickinson as Sgt. Suzanne 'Pepper' Anderson
Angie Dickinson’s Sgt. Suzanne “Pepper” Anderson went undercover in wigs, glamour, and a badge networks had mostly reserved for men — Police Woman as the first lasting female-led police drama, plus the 1970s argument about whether the…
- Earl Holliman as Lt. Bill Crowley
Earl Holliman partnered Angie Dickinson as Lt. Bill Crowley on Police Woman — the 1970s badge that had mostly been reserved for men, now sharing the undercover wigs and the gaze. First lasting female-led police drama needed a lieutenant…
- Charles Dierkop as Det. Pete Royster
Charles Dierkop played Det. Pete Royster on Police Woman — Angie Dickinson's Pepper Anderson undercover in wigs, glamour, and a badge networks had mostly reserved for men. First lasting female-led police drama, plus the 1970s argument…
- Ed Bernard as Det. Joe Styles
Ed Bernard worked the squad as Det. Joe Styles on Police Woman — Angie Dickinson's undercover hour, 1970s glamour-badge politics, and ensemble muscle that made Pepper's cases look like a precinct. TV Flash files him as catalog cop-shop…