Ring of Fear (A Dangerous Assignment)

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Police Squad! episode
“Ring of Fear
(A Dangerous Assignment)”

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Episode no. Season 1
Episode 2
Written by Tino Insana[1]
Robert Wuhl[1]
Directed by Joe Dante[1]
Special Guest Star(s) George Stanford Brown
Guest stars Rudy Solari
Patrick St. Esprit
Tessa Richarde
Floyd Levine
Irwin Keyes
Grand L. Bush
Original airdate March 11, 1982 (1982-March-11)[2]
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Ring of Fear (A Dangerous Assignment) is the second episode of the tv series Police Squad!, it was directed by Joe Dante and written by Tino Insana and Robert Wuhl[1]. It was produced by Robert K. Weiss.

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[edit] Plot

The episode starts with a boxing match, which is won by a boxer who we later meet as Mike Schultz, he was supposed to lose the game, but he won. So Mr. Martin (the big boss) sends a killer to kill Mike. Frank decides to go undercover and find a good boxer, and straight him up. At the local gym (Jim's gym) Frank meets Buddy Brigs, the boxer who was supposed to win the fight the night of the murder. Frank wants to manage Buddy, but he's going to need Buddy's contract for that, so he goes and play poker with Buddy's manager Saul Cooper (who was also Mike Schultz's manager). He introduces himself as Bob Kelly. It doesn't take long before Frank (or Bob) wins (with a full house), and gets Buddy Brigs contract.

[edit] Act II: Bruté?

Act II: Bruté?
Act II: Bruté?

When at the lab, Ted shows Frank and Hocken the facial hair that was found on the crime scene, it belongs to Luca Burneth, the man who killed Mike Schultz. Frank's next step is to train Buddy Brigs. At Buddy's place we meet Buddy's girlfriend, Mary, Buddy and Mary's relationship is going downwards, Mary calls Buddy a bum who could have been a contender (you could have been something, you could have been a contender, instead of a bum, which is what you are. A spoof to the famous quote from On the Waterfront.) Buddy and Frank decide to meet at Morey's Bar in the evening, to arrange a fight with "The Champ". When in the bar Frank meets Mr. Martin (the man who had sent Luca to kill Mike). Frank tries to offend "The Champ" but this doesn't work, but when Buddy says: "forget it", "The Champ" gets pissed off and Buddy knocks him down, the fight is on! The evening of the fight, Mr. Martin walks into Buddy's dressing room and tells him that he has kidnapped Mary. He shows him Mary's toaster to proof he's not bluffing. Frank needs to find Mary before the fight is over, Frank needs answers, and he knows where he can get them. Johnny the Snitch. Johnny tells Frank that Mary is being held hostage by Luca Berneth at Jim's Gym. When Frank arrives here Mary has just untied the rope that was tied to her arms, and tries to escape, but Luca wakes up and takes her into the steam room. A big fight of which we can't see anything starts. When we see Frank and Mary driving in a car later it's clear that they have won the fight. They arrive just in time, and Buddy defeats "The Champ". Just when Mr. Martin tries to leave the arena Ed and Frank arrive and arrest him.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d Ring of Fear (A Dangerous Assignment) at Tv.com. Retrieved on January 13, 2008.
  2. ^ Ring of Fear (A Dangerous Assignment) at the TVIV. Retrieved on January 13, 2008.

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