They Call Me Mr. Trunk

"They Call Me Mr. Trunk"
Sledge Hammer! episode
Episode no. Season 2
Episode 13
Directed by Seymour Robbie
Written by Mark Curtiss and Rod Ash
Production code 35
Original air date December 17, 1987
Guest stars

William Smithers, Edy Williams, Greg Travis, Norman Fell, Jim Bentley, Dallas Cole, Diane St. Marie

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"They Call Me Mr. Trunk" is the 35th episode of the television series Sledge Hammer! and the 13th episode of the series' second and final season. It originally aired on ABC in the United States on December 17, 1987. The episode is a parody of the 1971 film The Andromeda Strain, while the title is a play on the 1970 film They Call Me MISTER Tibbs![1]

Plot summary

The precinct is warned by the military of a spy who stole a chemical weapon and inadvertently exposed himself to it. Unfortunately, Hammer happens to bring the spy into the precinct, infecting everyone with the weapon's virus. The precinct is quarantined with everyone feeling the effects of the virus - except Captain Trunk, who appears to be immune to it.

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