Silent Partner

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## Briefing

On a beautiful quiet late Sunday morning when a set of ex-convicted felons happen to be driving around in un-maintained Edsel Ranger that was recently abandoned by a different owner, while visiting the neighborhood of Lucerne-Higuera which happens to be part of the suburbs of Culver City, Hogan who be an ex-businessman finally finds a beautiful brand-new Cadillac Seville, and he gets Dewayne who happens to be his dimwitted assistant to break into the car by picking the lock open on the passenger's side door. When Earl Sorenson who happens to be an elderly architect that also to be disabled because of deafness witnesses Dewayne steal his Cadillac straight from his driveway, including Hogan driving away in an Edsel, he decides to take law into his own hands rather than call the police department by going into the family garage in order to grab his Ford Gran Torino, and he causes Grossie to accidentally break his jaw after wiping out on his patrol bike during a set of serious car accidents. When Jon almost arrests Earl for aggravated assault with a driver's side door after refusing to cooperate with a sobriety test, Bonnie manages to intervene by stepping into the situation in order to explain to him about people with disabilities, Baricza manages to direct traffic at the accident site, and Ponch decides to help the paramedics by putting Grossie into the ambulance for an immediate medical treatment at the emergency room of South California Hospital in order to have Orthognathic Surgery. When Ponch meets Kim Travis who happens to be beautiful female social worker that happens to be in charge of people with disabilities inside the lobby at central, Earl refuses to corporate with Getraer while inside the sergeant's office, especially with Bonnie translating the sign language parts over filing a police report on his recently stolen Cadillac Seville, and he now wants to make a complaint against Jon for police brutality. Ponch decides to date Earl's beautiful social worker Kim Travis, he eventually gets involved with managing people with medical problems, he manages to solve the case for the auto theft division, and he gets new equipment brought into the CHP in order to help people with disabilities.

## Report

On a beautiful quiet late Sunday morning after taking an aerial route of the Santa Monica Freeway, where it eventually leads to the neighborhood of Lucerne-Higuera which happens to be part of the suburbs of Culver City that contains Carlson Park, where an ex-businessman Hogan happens to be driving around in an un-maintained just recently abandoned Edsel Ranger when he finally manages to find a beautiful brand-new Cadillac Seville that is actually parked on a driveway in front of the garage that is located on Motor Avenue as part of the property at 10406 Park Avenue, including his dimwitted assistant DeWayne finally agrees do the auto theft job by getting out of their car, and starts walking over towards the driveway. When Dewayne successfully manages to pick the passenger's side door lock open on the Seville, while being unaware that an elderly architect Earl Sorenson is actually going outside the backdoor of his house carrying a tray of hamburgers along with a glass of brandy, and Hogan is actually keeping a lookout while his dimwitted assistant to finally finished hotwiring the car underneath the dashboard. When Earl witnesses Dewayne stealing his Seville right off the driveway while drinking a glass of brandy starting to prepare the hamburgers on a Sears barbecue grill, he now decides to take the law into his own hands rather than call the police today by going into the family garage in order to get his Ford Gran Torino, and he manages to chase down the suspects through the residential streets until going through the intersection of Braddock Drive/Overland Avenue. Since Grossie's lunchbreak is actually very short after he just finished up taking down a police report at Overland Mini Mart and Liquor, he now witnesses Earl breaking the law by trying to chase down the suspects Edsel after stealing a Seville, he finishes up his powder sugared doughnut while throwing away a Styrofoam cup of coffee into the outside trashcan of the convenience store, he finally gets onto his patrol bike in order to start a high-speed pursuit of an elderly suspect that happens to be driving around in a Gran Torino, and he calls into the dispatcher for backup units using his citizens band radio while keeping up with the speeders going down Braddock Drive through Huron Avenue. While Dewayne is now driving around in a recently stolen Seville when he accidentally causes an International Harvester D-Series to spill a workload full of garbage on Culver Blvd while flipping over onto the driver's side after going over the roof of Pontiac GTO, involving the male drivers of Chevrolet Impala, including Ford LTD Country Squire to bail out of both their automobiles after setting up a roadblock in the intersection of Huron Avenue/Culver Blvd, Earl manages to avoid getting into the multiple car collision by slamming on the brakes of his Gran Torino, and Grossie starts grinding his teeth while overcompensating trying to make an emergency stop that causes him to roll over onto his face accidentally fracturing his jawbone after wiping out his patrol bike on the pavement while breaking a pair of aviator style sunglasses. When Hogan decides to turn around in the Edsel to order Dewayne to leave the scene of the crime to avoid getting caught for stealing a Seville, Earl now manages to make a complete stop slam by accidentally bumping his head on the steering wheel of his Gran Torino now realizing that a set of ex-convicted felons are getting away with auto theft today especially when backup units finally respond by arriving on their patrol bikes about three minutes later, Ponch immediately responds by running towards crime scene by flipping over a recently passed out Grossie that is now suffering from head trauma because of a bruise on the right side of the jawbone while removing his protective gear realizing that their colleague needs immediate medical attention, and Jon orders a field sobriety test after smelling the brandy after accidentally causing glare in their suspects eyes because of his aviator style sunglasses. When Earl refuses to cooperate with a sobriety test by deciding to commit assault with a driver's side door of his Gran Torino, Jon immediately loses his patience after backing away in order to avoid getting hit in the crotch, and Bonnie now comes running out of her patrol car by managing to stop her colleague completing an arrest on two different possible charges after realizing that their suspect is actually deaf.

When Turner finally arrives at the accident scene on Culver Blvd while finishing up his doughnut inside his patrol car early on that same afternoon, Baricza is now laying down the road flares while redirecting traffic, and Ponch has just finished helping the paramedics load Grossie onto the stretcher now into the ambulance in order to go to the emergency room at Southern California Hospital. Bonnie is actually using her sign language skills in order to communicate with Earl about his Cadillac being recently stolen in which soon starts an argument with Jon that involves today's auto theft situation, Baricza now decides to follow the ambulance to emergency room at Southern California Hospital in order get a full medical report on Grossie, and Ponch eventually comes running over in order to intervene by stepping into an argumentized situation by having their deaf victim in order to complete a breathalyzer test for an accurate reading of his blood alcohol level back at central with full cooperation instead of believing the two different sides of story. When a beautiful sexy social worker named Kim Travis finally arrives at central's front desk later on that same afternoon, she meets with Ponch since he happens to be carrying a file folder containing a record of Earl's complete history of criminal offenses because of his medical problems that dates back to seven years ago, he decides to escort her into Sergeant's office where she is now sitting in a desk chair observing Bonnie using her sign language skills in order to communicate with their deaf victim who is actually refusing to cooperate with Getraer about filing a report with the auto theft division over his Cadillac being recently stolen during preparing a set of hamburgers on a barbeque later that morning, Jon is now worried about a possible lawsuit that will brought against him for police brutality on a people with disabilities, and he is starting to realizes the situation of Grossie's recent motorcycle accident involving the aftermath of today's multiple car collision that was actually caused by Hogan and Dewayne once today's meeting is finally finished.

Hogan and Dewayne are now having a secret meeting at their hideout about wanting to finish filling out there auto theft contract,

since they are actually responsible for causing the multiple car collision in a residential intersection today that involves Grossie accidentally fracturing his jaw, the silent partner was driving Earl's Cadillac at the time of the accident, and the boss is now holding a silver trophy.

Early Monday morning after arriving at UCLA Medical Center, Jon is now worried about Earl filing a complaint against him over police brutality against an elderly deaf man, Ponch wants to handle the situation involving Grossie's motorcycle accident yesterday morning over a stolen Cadillac, and they now go inside the hospital room in which there actually surprised to find out that their colleague is now wearing a neck brace while recovering from Orthognathic Surgery.

Kim now surprises Grossie inside hospital room his with a vase full of flowers in which she places on the nightstand, she does understand Jon about the situation involving Earl during the multiple car collision yesterday morning over a stolen Cadillac, Ponch manages to intervene by stepping into the situation involving their differences in opinion about the accidental crime scene, but their colleague now wants complete silence, and she finally decides to leave in order to see her other clients on her case load. Ponch now decides to cut his visit with Grossie very short leaving Jon behind, he catches up with Kim in the hallway, he manages to finally allows her to teach him advanced sign language in order to help him solve the case about the stolen Cadillac, and he finally returns back to hospital room in order to finish his visit with their colleague. In the meantime while across the street from Mann's Chinese Theater, Hogan is now keeping a lookout for the owner of a Datsun 280ZX while hiding inside the Edsel, Dewayne is now hotwiring the car but accidentally honks the horn, he bangs his head on the headliner, and he manages breaks the drivers seat. Dewayne isn't paying much attention while driving the Datsun waving goodbye to Hogan, since he can't actually drive a manual transmission, and he starts panicking while scaring the pedestrians in the Hollywood footprints section, he now attracts the attention of Ponch and Jon while speeding through shopping center lot parking lot, and he accidentally scrapes the front spoiler of the recently stolen car. Dewayne now starts a very short hot pursuit, Ponch and Jon will keep up with him until reaching the roof of the parking garage at the Holiday Inn, he now decides to abandon the recently stolen Datsun in order to start running towards the edge of the building, he manages to avoid arrest by jumping off the top of the building onto a Ford Louisville that is turning at the intersection, and he now leaves them to deal with the actual owner of a recently abandon car.

Later on that morning Bonnie finally arrives at the Brook Burn Construction site, where Earl is now going over his architectural plans with the construction workers, she has recently decided to deliver him a complaint form, she manages to communicate with him by using her sign language skills, she finds out why he isn't very fond of cops because his eldest son Donnie was murdered about six years ago, she actually wants to help him improve his communicating skills, and she now realizes that this is actually more than just a complaint brought against Jon for police brutality involving a stolen Cadillac yesterday morning. Early that evening Ponch finally arrives at Kim's condo complex in his Firebird, while he is actually hoping to take her on a date tonight, he now starts walks over in order to ring her doorbell, and he begins to think that she actually forgotten to keep up with the ordinary household repairs. While Kim has just finished getting ready by doing her hair into a bun, she notices that her doorbell ringing because her lamp starts flickering in a sequential code, she is actually surprised to see Ponch after finally opening up her door, she invites him to come into her condo, she finally notices that her telephone is now ringing because her lamp starts flickering in a different sequential code, she now decides to show him a brand new Krown Research Porta Printer Plus which is actually designed to help deaf people communicate at home or work, and she hooks up her telephone into the device in order to write to her disable friend Ellie for a few minutes. Later that evening Ponch starts getting bored while learning about Kim's social worker lifestyle of having to deal with the disable people while taking a drive down West Centinela Avenue in her Mazda RX-7, now enjoying a classic Italian film in black and white with subtitles at the Cary Grant Theater, and they are having a good time together while at the movies. Early Tuesday morning Grossie is actually back on duty at central after being discharged from UCLA Medical Center yesterday afternoon, he is having miserable time while recovering from Orthognathic Surgery because of a recent motorcycle accident on Sunday morning, he is now reading an article in the Los Angeles Times inside the shared office, Harlan finally decides to report for duty by giving him a last minute gift box of Country Cottage Assorted Chocolates, and he gets the temptation out of watching his colleague eating a piece of dark chocolate in front of his own eyes. A few minutes later Bonnie finally decides to report for duty, she now takes part of the celebration in order welcome back Grossie when Harlan decides to offer her a piece of dark chocolate, Ponch finally shows up by trying to impress her with a little romance because he happens be interested in Kim after watching a classic Italian film last night at the Cary Grant Theater, and he now offers to help them finish up the box of assorted chocolates. Later on that morning while Hogan and Dewayne are driving around in their Edsel, they happen to find a beautiful Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow II that was recently abandon on the side of the Harbor Freeway, and the driver now finally removes the gas note from the passengers side of the windshield.

## Notes

* Royce D. Applegate (DeWayne) previously appeared as Roger Brown in the season four-episode Ponch's Angels.
* DeWayne steals the Nissan from opposite the Mann's Chinese Theatre is actually located at 6925 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, CA 90028, it later changed it's named to TCL Chinese Theatre, he dumps it nearby parking lot of Holiday Inn is actually located at 1770 Orchid Ave, Hollywood, CA 90028, and the building is now the Hollywood VIP Hotel.
* The parking lot, the Pacific Federal building, and a couple of the roads seen in this episode have now been subsumed by the Hollywood and Highland shopping center.
* The garage that repaired the Edsel was across the road from Rafi Automotive in Culver City. Rafi Automotive is now listed a block away and a business called Jack's Automotive is in its place.
* The final chase ends up at the San Fernando Valley Generating Station. It also appeared at the end of the Dukes of Hazzard episode 'Close Call for Daisy'.
* The Sorenson's house is actually located at 10406 Park Avenue, Washington, Culver City, California 90232, and garage is located on the corner of Motor Avenue. The house, including the garage, and the original octagon garage door windows still exists today. The house was originally had an all white exterior at the time of filming of episode back in early October of 1981. The house actually had a partial makeover back in 2011 in which had included the gutters, doors, and awnings were actually repainted in hunter green. The houses actually had a complete makeover back in 2015 in which had included the siding actually being repainted in light blue, including the window trim, doors, awnings, top porch roof molding actually repainted in dark blue, the railings on the front porch remained white, and the gutters were actually replaced by a professional.
* Grossie is seen coming out a convenience store while eating a powder sugar doughnut, drinking a cup of coffee, the business is actually called Mini Mart & Liquor is located at 4273 Overland Avenue, Culver City, CA 90230, and happens to be about five minutes away from Chippendales in which is actually located at 3739 Overland Avenue, Palms, Los Angeles, CA 90034.
* Earl Sorenson starts taking the law into his own hands by chasing Hogan and Dewayne in which actually starts from 10406 Park Ave, Culver City, CA 90232, the pursuit go until you manage to hit the intersection of Overland Avenue/Braddock Drive, Culver City, CA 90230, and happens to be about two minutes away.
* Grossie starts pursuing Earl Sorenson at the intersection of Overland Avenue/Braddock Drive, Culver City, CA 90230, the pursuit manages to end at the intersection of Culver Boulevard/Huron Avenue, and happens to be about three minutes away.
* The house at the intersection is actually located at 10998 Culver Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232.
* Grossie is transported to South California Hospital is actually located at 3828 Delmas Terrace, Culver City, CA 90232, and happens to be about four minutes away from the intersection located from Culver Boulevard/Huron Avenue.
* William Boyett who was best-known for playing law and order Sgt. MacDonald on Adam-12 now playing a car thief, this was his second and final appearance on the show, and he previously appeared as a Caltrans supervisor in the season four-episode The Great 5K Star Race and Boulder Wrap Party: Part 2.

### Mistakes

* Grossie accidentally calls in the intersection of Overland Avenue/Braddock Drive as Sepulveda/Jefferson.

### Codes Used

* 11-24 - Abandoned Vehicle
* 215 - Carjacking
* 459 - Burglary
* 487 - Grand Theft
* 23103 - Reckless Driving
* 10-20 - Location
* 11-25 - Traffic Hazard
* 502 - Dunk Driver (Deuce)
* 5150 - Emotionally Disturbed Person
* 11-31 - Calling for Help
* 11-41 - Ambulance Required
* 11-42 - Paramedics Required
* 11-78 - Ambulance Enroute
* 11-79 - Paramedics Enroute
* 11-80 - Accident, Serious Injury
* 11-84 - Direct Traffic
* 11-85 - Tow Truck Required
* 11-26 - Disable Vehicle
* 10-4 - Acknowledgment

## Cast

### Main Cast

* Larry Wilcox: Jon Baker
* Erik Estrada: Frank Poncherello
* Robert Pine: Joe Getraer

### Recurring

* Brodie Greer: Baricza
* Michael Dorn: Turner
* Paul Linke: Grossman
* Lou Wagner: Harlen Arliss
* Randi Oakes: Bonnie Clark

### Others

* William Boyett: Hogan (as Bill Boyett)
* Royce D. Applegate: DeWayne
* Dawn Jeffory: Kim Travis
* Saul Brandt: Earl Sorenson
* Arthur Malet: Junkman at Valley Auto Parts
* John Hostetter: Manager at Rafi's Automotive Center
* Frances Ripplinger: Margaret Sorenson
* Johnny Crear: Rolls Royce Owner
* Stuart Mabray: Conrad's Auto Service Truck Driver