Police Woman
Task Force: Cop Killer (1)
TV Flash files “Task Force: Cop Killer (1)” as a desk essential hour — Police Woman (1974–1978) on NBC, season 2, episode 23, aired 1976-03-02, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E23: listed hour 45 of 92 in the Police Woman guide, hour 23 of 24 in season 2. It aired 1976-03-02 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Mother Love” (S02E22). Next is “Task Force: Cop Killer (2)” (S02E24).
Essential hour: “Task Force: Cop Killer (1)”. Task Force: Cop Killer (1) is event-title police work. Pepper still the lead, not a decoration on a squad: female-led crime television proving the badge could survive a two-parter.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Pepper joins the motorcycle division and become romantically involved with handsome Rick Matteo.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Task Force: Cop Killer (1) sit in the Police Woman guide?
S02E23 is listed hour 45 of 92 — hour 23 of 24 in season 2, season 2 episode 23.
When did Police Woman S02E23 air?
Task Force: Cop Killer (1) aired 1976-03-02 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…