Bakersfield P.D. (1993)
Bakersfield P.D. is a short-lived American television comedy series that aired on the Fox network in 1993-94. The show was based in the police department of the city of Bakersfield, California. It was shot with naturalistic lighting and without a laugh track. Fox canceled the show after one season, citing low ratings. The cable channel Trio reran the show under its "Brilliant But Cancelled" umbrella.
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Episode 1 - Pilot
Release Date: 1993-09-14Washington, D.C. cop Paul gets a rude welcome to Bakersfield when his new partner commandeers his car.
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Episode 2 - The Imposter
Release Date: 1993-09-21Paul and Wade search for a con artist -- not helped by a police sketch artist who'd rather be drawing celebrities -- while the rest of the force prepare for their annual psychiatric evaluation.
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Episode 3 - Unsolved Mysteries of Love
Release Date: 1993-09-28Wade falls madly in love with the girlfriend of a burglary suspects; Chief Stiles is reluctant to participate in the annual blood drive.
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Episode 4 - The Snake Charmer
Release Date: 1993-10-05Sgt. Hampton's out of town, so an indecisive Capt. Stiles decides to make Paul his right-hand man -- and decision -maker.
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Episode 5 - The Poker Game
Release Date: 1993-10-12When Paul finally gets invited to the gang's regular poker night, he winds up the big winner -- or does he?
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Episode 6 - The Bust
Release Date: 1993-10-19Paul tells Wade the very personal reason he had for moving his family to Bakersfield, and it doesn't take much detective work for the other officers to learn the secret.
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Episode 7 - The Ex-Partner
Release Date: 1993-10-26Wade is jealous when Paul's former partner comes to town, and Capt. Stiles ponder the future amid rumours that Sgt. Hampton may retire.
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Episode 8 - Bakersfield Madam
Release Date: 1993-11-02During a sting, Capt. Stiles hides in a restroom rather than deal with a madam's black book containing the names of several influential johns.
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Episode 9 - Cable Does Not Pay
Release Date: 1993-11-09Capt. Stiles and Sgt. Hampton are taken hostage by an unhappy cable employee; Wade tries to get Paul to loosen up.
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Episode 10 - The Gift
Release Date: 1993-11-16Wade is overwhelmed when one of his crimeshow heroes ( Joe Santos of The Rockford Files) visits the station to r eport the theft of his car radio, and persuades him to participate in the real-life investigation; meanwhile, Paul feels the strain of his long distance marriage.
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Episode 11 - The President's Coming
Release Date: 1993-11-23Most of the department is left out of the loop when Secret Service agents arrive to protect the Presidential motorcade as it passes through town.
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Episode 12 - A Bullet for Stiles
Release Date: 1993-11-30A thief is released from prison and comes to Bakersfield to exact revenge on Capt. Stiles, the man who caught him 10 years earlier.
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Episode 13 - Lucky 13
Release Date: 1993-12-21Inadequacy strikes Stiles; Wade and Paul fall for a missing cow's owner; suspended Denny is forced to sell underwear from his car.
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Episode 14 - Arms and the Men
Release Date: 1994-07-07The city is up in arms, so to speak, when a severed limb is found in the civic water supply.
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Episode 15 - There Goes the Neighborhood
Release Date: 1994-07-21Paul wants to buy a house in Denny's neighborhood, to Denny's discomfort.
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Episode 16 - The Psychic and the C-Cup
Release Date: 1994-07-28Paul and Wade seek a missing psychic; a secretary has cosmetic surgery.
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Episode 17 - Last One Into the Water
Release Date: 1994-08-18The captain wants a spa in the men's locker room; Wade surprised Paul by revealing a caring side to his nature; Denny gets a surprise after he picks a fight with the fire department.