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[[Image:S5Ep27Title.jpg|thumb|Title screen]]
==Brief Plot==
 
We are introduced to a secret LAPD unit dedicated to the preservation of human life through the use of martial arts.


==Plot==
==Plot==
[[Ponch]] and [[Jon]] spot a speeding drunk and pull it over under an overpass. Jon finds confidential military secrets which fall out of the car.
[[Ponch]] and [[Jon]] spot a speeding drunk and pull him over under an overpass. Jon finds confidential military secrets which fall out of the car.


Later, a young officer named [[Rick Nichols]] (who looks remarkably like next season's [[Bobby Nelson]]) reports to [[Lt. John LeGarre]] for assignment with a martial arts group named "[[Force Seven (team)|Force Seven]]". Shortly, the Force Seven group gets an assignment to recover a stolen missile.
Later, a young officer named [[Rick Nichols]] (who looks remarkably like next season's [[Bobby Nelson]]) reports to [[Lt. John LeGarre]] for assignment with a martial arts group named "Force Seven". Shortly, the Force Seven group gets an assignment to recover a stolen missile.


Before we know it, the Force Seven team is sneaking into a warehouse looking for clues. When Rick makes some noise, they're discovered and have to escape. That night, they try again...and are discovered again. They fight the employees and win. After the victory, an old friend of LeGarre, named [[Nakura]], appears and captures them. After the Force Seven members escape, Nakura sets his plan into action and arms his stolen missile.
Before we know it, the Force Seven team is sneaking into a warehouse looking for clues. When Rick makes some noise, they're discovered and have to escape. That night, they try again ... and are discovered again. They fight the employees and win. After the victory, an old friend of LeGarre, named [[Nakura]], appears and captures them. After the Force Seven members escape, Nakura sets his plan into action and arms his stolen missile.


Nakura sends a taped message to the mayor and threatens to use the missile unless his demands are met. By examining the stars in the background of the videotape, Force Seven figures out where Nakura is hiding his missile.
Nakura sends a taped message to the mayor and threatens to use the missile unless his demands are met. By examining the stars in the background of the videotape, Force Seven figures out where Nakura is hiding his missile.
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==Guest Stars==
==Guest Stars==
* [[Fred Dryer]] as [[Lt. John LeGarre]]
* [[Fred Dryer]] as Lt. John LeGarre
* [[Tom Reilly]] [[Bobby Nelson]] from ''[["CHiPs"]]'' as [[Rick Nichols]]
* [[Tom Reilly]] as Rick Nichols
* [[Donna Kei Benz]] as Cindy Davis
* [[Donna Kei Benz]] as Cindy Davis
* [[Tony Longo]] as "Sly" Angeletti
* [[Tony Longo]] as "Sly" Angeletti
* [[John Rhys Davies]] from ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' and ''Sliders'' as [[Nakura]]
* [[John Rhys Davies]] as Nakura
 
==Co-Starring==
* [[Steve Franken]] as Alan Drummond
* [[Steve Franken]] as Alan Drummond
* [[Edward Davis]] as Chief
* [[Edward Davis]] as Chief
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==Crew==
==Crew==
* Executive Producer: [[Cy Chermak]]
* Producer: [[Paul Rabwin]]
* Written by: [[Stephen Downing]]
* Written by: [[Stephen Downing]]
* Directed by: [[Lee H. Katzin]]
* Directed by: [[Lee H. Katzin]]
* Executive Consultant: [[Rick Rosner]]
* Associate Producer: [[Tim King]]
* Developed for television by: [[Paul Playdon]]
* Music by: [[Alan Silvestri]]
* Theme by: [[John Parker]]
* Music Supervisor: [[Harry V. Lojewski]]
* Director of Photography: [[Sy Hoffberg]] A.S.C.
* Art Director: [[George B. Chan]]
* Editors: [[Dick Lane]] and [[Gregg McLaughlin]] A.C.E.
* Unit Production Manager: [[Donald Gold]]
* First Assistant Director: [[Steven P. Saeta]]
* Second Assistant Director: [[Leslie L. Jackson]]
* Set Decorator: [[Bob Gould]]
* Script Supervisor: [[Jack Gannon]]
* Production Consultant: [[Dave McDannel]]
* 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., [[James L. McCoy]]
* Hair Stylist: [[Don Lynch]]
* Assistant Editors: [[Sam Moore]], [[Gary Guarnier]]
* Sound Editor: [[Lennie Geschke]]
* Music Editor: [[Jan Gershkoff]]
* Casting: [[Ramsay King & Associates]], [[Simon Ayer]]
* Choreographer and Martial Arts Technical Consultant: [[Dan Inosanto]]
* Choreographer and Martial Arts Technical Consultant: [[Dan Inosanto]]
* With Appreciation to [[Glen B. Craig]], [[Commissioner]] [[California Highway Patrol]]
* Motorcycles Furnished by: [[Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A.]]
* Filmed in [[METROCOLOR]] / Titles and Opticals [[MGM]]
* [[Rosner Television]] in association with MGM Television


==Fun Facts==
==Fun Facts==
* This episode was the second unsuccessful attempt ''"CHiPs"'' made at a spinoff. (The first was [[Mitchell & Woods]].) The series would have been called ''[[Force Seven: The Deadly Arrow]]''.
* This episode was the second unsuccessful attempt ''"CHiPs"'' made at a spinoff. (The first was [[Mitchell and Woods]].) The series would have been called ''Force Seven: The Deadly Arrow''.
* This is [[Larry Wilcox]]'s final appearance on ''"CHiPs"'' until ''[[CHiPs '99]]''...and his shortest.
* This is [[Larry Wilcox]]'s final appearance on ''"CHiPs"'' until ''[[CHiPs '99]]'' (if we do not count the cameo in "[[National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1]]").
* This is the only time Larry Wilcox and Tom Reilly are ever in the same episode of ''"CHiPs"''.
* This is the only time Larry Wilcox and Tom Reilly are in the same episode of ''"CHiPs"'' ever.
* Fred Dryer also played the title role in the cop drama ''Hunter.''
* Fred Dryer also played the title role in the cop drama ''Hunter.'' He was in the running to play the lead in ''Cheers'', but lost out to Ted Danson.
* John Rhys-Davies (Nakura) played Sallah in two ''Indiana Jones'' movies, Prof. Maximilian Arturo in ''Sliders'', and more recently Gimli in the ''Lord of the Rings'' trilogy.
* Nakura's HQ is the Greystone/Doheny Mansion in Beverly Hills. [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=34.092184,-118.401619&spn=0.001497,0.002064&t=h&deg=180&z=20 View in Google Maps]
* Larry Wilcox's would not return for [[Season 6]] because of contract dispute with NBC.
 
==Mistakes==
* Making this dreadful pilot and trying to pass it off as an episode of ''CHiPs''!
* Pursuit scene at the begininning starts with a pursuit from "[[Neighborhood Watch]]"
 
 
{{Succession box|
preceded =K-9-1|
number =527|
followed =Meet the New Guy}}

Latest revision as of 15:30, 20 February 2015

Force Seven
Episode # 527
Air Date May 23, 1982
Briefing None
Title screen

Brief Plot

We are introduced to a secret LAPD unit dedicated to the preservation of human life through the use of martial arts.

Plot

Ponch and Jon spot a speeding drunk and pull him over under an overpass. Jon finds confidential military secrets which fall out of the car.

Later, a young officer named Rick Nichols (who looks remarkably like next season's Bobby Nelson) reports to Lt. John LeGarre for assignment with a martial arts group named "Force Seven". Shortly, the Force Seven group gets an assignment to recover a stolen missile.

Before we know it, the Force Seven team is sneaking into a warehouse looking for clues. When Rick makes some noise, they're discovered and have to escape. That night, they try again ... and are discovered again. They fight the employees and win. After the victory, an old friend of LeGarre, named Nakura, appears and captures them. After the Force Seven members escape, Nakura sets his plan into action and arms his stolen missile.

Nakura sends a taped message to the mayor and threatens to use the missile unless his demands are met. By examining the stars in the background of the videotape, Force Seven figures out where Nakura is hiding his missile.

The next morning, the Force Seven team sneaks into Nakura's compound using some pretty nifty martial arts skills. With 15 seconds to spare, they get Nakura to tell them the abort code of 666.

After the commercial, Nakura realizes that the warhead's armed to go off in one minute. Rick uses his magic Super-Poly-Grip powers to disarm the warhead just before it detonates.

Later, at CHP Central, Getraer meets Ponch and Jon in the hallway and congratulates them for discovering the confidential papers which led the police to "the crazy" with the missile.

Guest Stars

Co-Starring

Crew

Fun Facts

  • This episode was the second unsuccessful attempt "CHiPs" made at a spinoff. (The first was Mitchell and Woods.) The series would have been called Force Seven: The Deadly Arrow.
  • This is Larry Wilcox's final appearance on "CHiPs" until CHiPs '99 (if we do not count the cameo in "National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1").
  • This is the only time Larry Wilcox and Tom Reilly are in the same episode of "CHiPs" ever.
  • Fred Dryer also played the title role in the cop drama Hunter. He was in the running to play the lead in Cheers, but lost out to Ted Danson.
  • John Rhys-Davies (Nakura) played Sallah in two Indiana Jones movies, Prof. Maximilian Arturo in Sliders, and more recently Gimli in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
  • Nakura's HQ is the Greystone/Doheny Mansion in Beverly Hills. View in Google Maps
  • Larry Wilcox's would not return for Season 6 because of contract dispute with NBC.

Mistakes

  • Making this dreadful pilot and trying to pass it off as an episode of CHiPs!
  • Pursuit scene at the begininning starts with a pursuit from "Neighborhood Watch"



Preceded by:
"K-9-1" 		Force Seven
527 		Followed by:
"Meet the New Guy"
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