MAIT Team
| MAIT Team | |
| Episode # | 215 |
| Air Date | Jan 13, 1979 |
| Briefing | How the accident happened (drawn on chalkboard) |
Brief Plot
Plot
Sindy is involved in a major accident and Ponch and Jon respond. Our heroes arrive at the same time as the emergency vehicles. It isn't until later that someone notices Sindy's cruiser. Eleven people died. Luckily Sindy's alive but unconsious. She was the only survivor and witness.
Ponch and Jon become part of the MAIT team to investigate the accident. Several witnesses claim to have heard a siren just before the crash.
The next day, pictures and measurements are taken at the scene of the accident. Everything seems to be pointing to Sindy as the cause. Trouble arises when a Senator joins the investigation. While Ponch and Jon do a (safe) re-creation for the Senator, Getraer is following up clues and ends up chasing a truck which lost a part at the scene of the accident. When Getraer slips and tips over, Ponch and Jon take up the chase. When they catch the guy, Ponch makes the arrest. It turns out he ran because he thought they were getting him for excess parking tickets.
When Sindy regains consciousness, she remembers nothing. Ponch suggests they recreate the accident.
The next day, they have a truck and multiple old cars to play with. On their second run through, they get it almost exact. When Ponch and Jon get blinded by the reflection of the sun, Ponch realizes why the truck drove on the wrong side. They recreate it once again with the reflective sheets on top of the hill which were being delivered at the time of the accident. Jon is blinded and drives on the wrong side. The accident almost happens again.
When Ponch and Jon visit Sindy in the hospital, they bring her an 8-track player. When Ponch realizes he forgot the batteries, he runs out to get some.
Great Quote
- "Didn't you guys have any witnesses?"
- "None that were any help."
- -Sindy (in the hospital) and Jon (referring to the dead accident victims)
Also starring
Guest Stars
- Eric Braeden as Senator Larwin
- Michael Bell as Margolis
- Carmen Argenziano as Borlov
- Michael Christian as Ken Thomas
- Dan Ferrone as Anderson
- Robert Lone as Welch
- Scott Mulhern as Doctor
- Russell Shannon as Citizen #1
- Lorraine Barkley as Citizen #2
- Wonderful Smith as DMV Supervisor
- Peg Stewart as Mrs. Harris
- Lee Terri as Barbara Daniels
- Wade Wallace as Construction Worker
- Ingred Wang as Cheng
Crew
- Produced by: Rick Rosner
- Teleplay by: William D. Gordon & James Doherty and George Zateslo
- Story by: George Zateslo
- Directed by: John Florea
- With Appreciation to: Glen B. Craig, Commissioner, California Highway Patrol
- Motorcycles Furnished by: Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A.
- Automobiles furnished by: Ford Motor Company
- Filmed in METROCOLOR / Titles and Opticals MGM
- Rosner Television in association with MGM Television
Fun Facts
Mistakes
- When Sindy is playing dead just before the theme, she's hanging out of her cruiser. Aren't all officers supposed to wear safety belts?
- After Ponch arrives at the accident scene and drives between the wrecked cars, he gets off his motorcycle, takes off his helmet, and puts it on his motorcycle. Watch his helmet fall off the motorcycle.
- How do they know exactly where the reflective sheets were aimed? Even the slightest deviation at that distance would have made it reflect at something other than Jon's truck.
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| Preceded by: "Repo Man" |
MAIT Team 215 |
Followed by: "Pressure Point" |