All episodes Season 4 S04E02 1975-09-18 60 min 1970s ABC

The Streets of San Francisco

The Glass Dart Board

TV Flash files “The Glass Dart Board” as hour 75 of 120 in the TV Flash guide — The Streets of San Francisco (1972–1977) on ABC, season 4, episode 2, aired 1975-09-18, 60 min.

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This leaf is S04E02: listed hour 75 of 120 in the The Streets of San Francisco guide, hour 2 of 23 in season 4. It aired 1975-09-18 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Poisoned Snow” (S04E01). Next is “No Place to Hide” (S04E03).

The Streets of San Francisco — The Glass Dart Board (S04E02)

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A sniper is randomly shooting people in a high-rise building and threatens to continue doing it until he is paid a million dollars. Stone and Keller try to identify and stop the assailant, but Stone believes the methods of the acting captain in charge of the investigation are wrong for the situation.

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Where does The Glass Dart Board sit in the The Streets of San Francisco guide?

S04E02 is listed hour 75 of 120 — hour 2 of 23 in season 4, season 4 episode 2.

When did The Streets of San Francisco S04E02 air?

The Glass Dart Board aired 1975-09-18 and is listed at 60 minutes.

Malden and Douglas, or the later partner?

Start with Malden and Douglas — the mentor pairing that launched a movie star. Hatch arrives after Douglas leaves; the city remains.

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Karl Malden's veteran cop drags a young Michael Douglas up those hills, and the city itself does half the blocking. Location-heavy Quinn Martin crime, cable-car glamour, mentor grit. Partnership chemistry that actually launched a movie star, filmed on streets that never look like a backlot.

ABC put Quinn Martin on actual pavement and let San Francisco do half the blocking. The Streets of San Francisco (1972–1977), from Edward Hume, ran five seasons, 120 episodes: Karl Malden's veteran Mike Stone dragging a young Michael Douglas's Steve Keller up those hills. Heavy on-location shooting made the city a character; the theme and photography refused the backlot. Richard Hatch later arrived as Insp. Dan Robbins after Douglas left toward a producing and film career. Mentor/protégé casting that actually…

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