Your Prisoner is Dead

December 10, 1981
30 min
Season 1 - Episode 7: Your Prisoner is Dead

Season 1 - Episode 7: Your Prisoner is Dead

Gimme a Break! - Backdrop

Overview

As he is on an erand at the drug store, the chief witnesses a robber hold up the place. When the robber turns his gun on him, the chief shoots him in self-defense. However, when he finds out that his prisoner has died, he thinks seriously of retiring from the police force since he has never shot a person before. In the end, Nell convinces him to go back to work, when she makes him realize that he really is a pretty good cop.

Episode Information

TV Show

Gimme a Break!

Season

Season 1

Episode Number

7

Air Date

December 10, 1981

Runtime

30 minutes

Guest Stars

Jay Johnson

Jay Johnson

Howard Platt

Howard Platt

Crew

W

Will Mackenzie

Director

E

Erik Tarloff

Writer