The Watch Commander

The Watch Commander
Episode #	311
Air Date	November 17, 1979
Briefing	?

Title screen

Guest Stars

• Granville Van Dusen as Lieutenant Bates
• Don Mitchell as Tyrone
• Lois Areno as Marie
• Curtis Credel as Mel
• Paul Linke as Grossman
• Lou Wagner as Harlan

Co-starring

• Brodie Greer as Baricza
• Michael Dorn as Turner
• Gary Grubbs as Mechanic
• K.C. Winkler as First Girl
• Michelle Pfeiffer as Jobina
• Myron Healy as Owner
• Patti Davis as Receptionist
• Peggy Skomal as Girl #2
• Randi Oakes as Bonnie Clark

Crew

• Produced by: Cy Chermak
• Written by: Frank Telford
• Directed by: Don Weis
• Executive Consultant: Rick Rosner
• Story Editors: William D. Gordon & James Doherty
• Associate Producer: Paul Rabwin
• Developed for television by: Paul Playdon
• Music by: Alan Silvestri
• Theme by: John Parker
• Music Supervisor: Harry V. Lojewski
• Director of Photography: Robert F. Sparks
• Art Director: Les Gobruegge
• Editor: Quinnie Martin, Jr.
• Unit Production Manager: Ron Grow
• Assistant Director: Lindsley Parsons III
• 2nd Assistant Director: Paul Chavez
• Script Supervisor: Jack Gannon
• Set Decorator: W. Joseph Kroesser
• Production Consultant: Dave McDannel
• Technical Advisor: Bill Kuethen
• Stunt Co-ordinator: Paul Nuckles
• Rerecorded at: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios
• Sound: Harlan Riggs, M. Curtis Price, C.A.S.
• Wardrobe Supervisor: Shelly Levine
• Makeup: Richard Cobos, S.M.A, Walter Schenck
• Hairdresser: Don Lynch
• Casting: Michael O. Hanks
• Locations by: Cinemobile Systems
• 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

Mistakes

• Apparently, this episode should have aired before the Drive, Lady, Drive two parter. Ponch is still on light duty due to his wrist injury.
• The lieutenant is not as much of a stickler for rules and regulations as he may think. His patrol unit is missing both driver's side hubcaps and his nameplate and badge are crooked through the entire episode.
• You might think that the lieutenant would have a Safety Award pin...
• When Jon and Grossman stop the two unmarked trucks, Jon tells dispatch that they are following two white Fords. One happens to be a blue International.
• When getting chewed out buy the lieutenant about losing the thieves, he mentions that the bad guy Jon saw was black, yet the composite of him was a white guy.
• When Bates whispers something to Getraer after the briefing, Getraer is not wearing his gunbelt. Seconds later, when Ponch approaches him, he has it back on.

Preceded by: "Drive, Lady, Drive: Part 2"

The Watch Commander 311

Followed by: "Destruction Derby"