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* ArmorPiercingResponse: A clerk tells Friday that whenever a cop is shot, the police come out in full force to protect one of their own. Friday responses that if the criminals have no issue shooting an armed cop, they would have no issue killing an unarmed civilian.

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* ArmorPiercingResponse: A clerk tells Friday that whenever a cop is shot, the police come out in full force to protect one of their own. Friday responses responds that if the criminals have no issue shooting an armed cop, they would have no issue killing an unarmed civilian.



* PillowPistol: Virgil Hicks tells Friday that Roger Kensington sleeps with a Sawed-off shotgun. When Friday and Gannon break into their apartment, Kensington is indeed sleeping with it.

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* PillowPistol: Virgil Hicks tells Friday that Roger Kensington sleeps with a Sawed-off sawed-off shotgun. When Friday and Gannon break into their apartment, Kensington is indeed sleeping with it.
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-->'''Friday''': ''[brandishing a shotgun]'' Flinch, and you'll be chasing your head down Fifth Street!]]

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-->'''Friday''': ''[brandishing a shotgun]'' Flinch, and you'll be chasing your head down Fifth Street!]]Street!
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* BatmanGambit: Nobody saw Officer Roberts get shot. Officer Roberts doesn't even remember anything about the shooting. [[spoiler:Friday figures that Roger Kensington and Harry Johnson do not know that. When Officer Roberts appears in front of the two in full uniform, Harry confesses to the crime but pinning the blame on Roger.]]

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* BatmanGambit: Nobody saw Officer Roberts get shot. Officer Roberts doesn't even remember anything about the shooting. [[spoiler:Friday Friday figures that Roger Kensington and Harry Johnson do not know that. When Officer Roberts appears in front of the two in full uniform, Harry confesses to the crime but pinning the blame on Roger.]]



* PillowPistol: Virgil Hicks tells Friday that Roger Kensington sleeps with a Sawed-off shotgun. [[spoiler:When Friday and Gannon break into their apartment, Kensington is indeed sleeping with it.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Friday''': ''[brandishing a shotgun]'' Flinch, and you'll be chasing your head down Fifth Street!]]

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* PillowPistol: Virgil Hicks tells Friday that Roger Kensington sleeps with a Sawed-off shotgun. [[spoiler:When When Friday and Gannon break into their apartment, Kensington is indeed sleeping with it.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Friday''':
it.
-->'''Friday''':
''[brandishing a shotgun]'' Flinch, and you'll be chasing your head down Fifth Street!]]
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* PillowPistol: Roger Kensington sleeps with a Sawed-off shotgun. [[spoiler:When Friday and Gannon break into their apartment, Kensington is sleeping with it.]]

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* PillowPistol: Virgil Hicks tells Friday that Roger Kensington sleeps with a Sawed-off shotgun. [[spoiler:When Friday and Gannon break into their apartment, Kensington is indeed sleeping with it.]]
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* TheInformant: Virgil Hicks is Friday's informant. He only agrees to meet Joe on the 50 yard line at Los Angeles Memorial Colosseum, which Joe finds ridiculous.

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* TheInformant: Virgil Hicks is Friday's informant. He only agrees to meet Joe on the 50 yard line at Los Angeles Memorial Colosseum, Coliseum, which Joe finds ridiculous.
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* SuperIdentikit: Carl Wilson gives a detailed description of the two suspects. When the mug shots are pulled, they are almost a perfect match.

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* SuperIdentikit: Carl Wilson gives a detailed description of the two suspects. When the mug shots are pulled, they are almost a perfect match.match.
* TimeSkip: The case skips ahead 6 months after Officer Roberts is shot then about 3 months to when Friday's informant calls him. Another 2 months happens between the suspects being identified and captured.
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-->[[spoiler:'''Friday''': [brandishing a shotgun] Flinch, and you'll be chasing your head down Fifth Street!]]

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-->[[spoiler:'''Friday''': [brandishing ''[brandishing a shotgun] shotgun]'' Flinch, and you'll be chasing your head down Fifth Street!]]
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* PillowPistol: Roger Kensington sleeps with a Sawed-off shotgun. [[spoiler:When Friday and Gannon break into their apartment, Kensington is sleeping with it.
-->'''Friday''': [brandishing a shotgun] Flinch, and you'll be chasing your head down Fifth Street!]]

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* PillowPistol: Roger Kensington sleeps with a Sawed-off shotgun. [[spoiler:When Friday and Gannon break into their apartment, Kensington is sleeping with it.
-->'''Friday''':
it.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Friday''':
[brandishing a shotgun] Flinch, and you'll be chasing your head down Fifth Street!]]
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First Aired - March 30, 1967

Sergeant Joe Friday and Officer Bill Gannon are working in the Homicide Division. During a routine traffic stop, an officer is shot. Friday and Gannon are trying to find the driver and passenger, and learn they had robbed a liquor store down the street. However, the police officer cannot remember anything about the shooting event to help convict the two men.


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* ArmorPiercingResponse: A clerk tells Friday that whenever a cop is shot, the police come out in full force to protect one of their own. Friday responses that if the criminals have no issue shooting an armed cop, they would have no issue killing an unarmed civilian.
-->'''Friday''': Do you think they would hesitate to shoot an unarmed citizen?
* BatmanGambit: Nobody saw Officer Roberts get shot. Officer Roberts doesn't even remember anything about the shooting. [[spoiler:Friday figures that Roger Kensington and Harry Johnson do not know that. When Officer Roberts appears in front of the two in full uniform, Harry confesses to the crime but pinning the blame on Roger.]]
* CopKiller: The two suspects have no issues shooting a cop.
* TheInformant: Virgil Hicks is Friday's informant. He only agrees to meet Joe on the 50 yard line at Los Angeles Memorial Colosseum, which Joe finds ridiculous.
* LethalChef: Bill's wife cooked him New England Boiled Dinner the previous night. One thing she does is put curry powder in the dinner, something even Joe notes is very unusual. It gives Bill a bad stomach ache along with a headache.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Officer Dave Roberts doesn't remember anything about the shooting. In fact, he doesn't even know who the president is.
* PillowPistol: Roger Kensington sleeps with a Sawed-off shotgun. [[spoiler:When Friday and Gannon break into their apartment, Kensington is sleeping with it.
-->'''Friday''': [brandishing a shotgun] Flinch, and you'll be chasing your head down Fifth Street!]]
* SuperIdentikit: Carl Wilson gives a detailed description of the two suspects. When the mug shots are pulled, they are almost a perfect match.

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