Silent Partner

Silent Partner
Episode #	519
Air Date	February 28, 1982
Briefing	Bumbling Car Thieves, Senior Citizens, Medical Health Problems, Dealing With Deaf People.

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Brief Plot

On a beautiful quiet Sunday afternoon when a couple of ex-convicts Hogan and Dewayne decide to steal a brand new 1981 Cadillac Seville in sable black that belongs to an elderly man Earl Sorenson who decides to take law into his own hands, eventually causing a serious car accident, and Grossie accidentally breaks his jaw after wiping out on his motorcycle. Earl now has a slight concussion, he refuses to cooperate with a sobriety test in which is often given to drunk drivers, and he attempts to commit aggravated assault by trying to ram Jon into the crotch with the car door of his 1974 Ford Gran Torino in two tone green. Jon finally loses his patients by trying to arrest Earl for aggravated assault, and Bonnie manages to intervene between the both of them by stepping into the situation in order to explain to him about people with disabilities. Earl now wants to make a complaint against Jon for police brutality, false arrest, and not listening to him about his recently stolen Cadillac. Ponch decides to date Earl's home health care worker Kim Travis, he eventually get 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 a disabilities.

Plot

Hogan and Dewayne are pulling over in the front of Earl's driveway on Motor Avenue.

Earl is actually taking law into his own hands by leaving his garage on Motor Avenue.

On a beautiful quiet Sunday afternoon when a couple of ex-convicts Hogan and Dewayne are driving around in a recently abandon un-maintain 1959 Edsel Ranger in Indian Turquoise, they have finally decided to exit the San Diego Freeway, there now cruising around in the suburb of Washington Culver where the neighborhood kids are actually playing at Carlson Park, they finally managed to spot a brand new 1981 Cadillac Seville in sable black in which is actually parked on a driveway in front of garage that belongs to an elderly married couple Earl and Margaret Sorenson who have just recently gotten back from church, and happen to be preparing for a backyard barbecue party inside their house as part of a fiftieth wedding anniversary celebration with their friends today. Dewayne finally gets out of the Edsel in which he starts casually walking over towards the driveway, he successfully manages to pick the passengers door lock open of Cadillac, he is actually unaware that Earl has gone outside while carrying a glass of Korbel Brandy, and tray of hamburgers in order to start preparing them on a vintage Caloric gas barbecue grill. Hogan is actually still inside the Edsel now keeping a lookout for the owner, including the cops while Dewayne finally hotwires the Cadillac underneath the dashboard, and there unaware that Earl is drinking a glass of brandy while starting to prepare to grill the hamburgers for their afternoon barbecue. Earl is actually unaware of his other medical problems, he now witnesses Dewayne stealing his Cadillac right off of his driveway, including Hogan driving away in an Edsel, he isn't very fond of cops since loosing his hearing permanently in a accidental explosion at a construction site about eighteen years ago, and since the death of his eldest son about seven years ago. Earl decides take the law into his own hands by going into his own garage, he get's into his wife's 1974 Ford Gran Torino in two tone green, and he attempts to chase down suspects Hogan and Dewayne by himself in a high speed pursuit for about a forth of a mile by honking his horn.

Ponch and Jon finally arrive on the spot of the accident scene in which involves Grossie.

Grossie is being help by a paramedic outside of the ambulance in front of Ponch and Baricza.

Grossie is actually force to cut his lunch break short in order to deal with a robbery at Chippendales, he decides to grab a quick at the mini mart down the street, he is coming out eating a powder sugared doughnut, including drinking a cup of coffee, he witnesses Earl breaking the law by speeding in a Torino while trying to chase down his own suspects Hogan and Dewayne for stealing a Cadillac, he finishes throwing away his trash, he finally gets on his motorcycle in order to start a hot pursuit of the suspects vehicle, and he calls into the dispatcher for backup units while keeping up with elderly suspect for about a sixth of a mile. The pursuit finally manages to comes to complete end when Dewayne driving the recently stolen Cadillac causes a serious accident in which involves multiple cars at a busy intersection, Earl accidentally gives himself a slight concussion after hitting his head on the steering wheel of the Torino, Grossie now wipes his motorcycle completely out on the ground accidentally fracturing his jaw in the process of a facial, including head, and neck injury.

Hogan later decides to turn around in the Edsel

hits his head after

Bonnie decides to substitutes as Earl's translator in office at central with Getraer.

,

on his motorcycle

knocking himself out cold

to get after

he is forced to his break short by , and

is now in hot pursuit of inside a Torino, and he finally . while inside of the both of them down . an ex-convict Hogan driving an Edsel, including Dewayne driving around in recently stolen Cadillac, and honking the horn while finally gets attention of Grossie and he finally manages to start. on the, he manages.

Dewayne abandoning a Datsun 280ZX on top of parking garage at Pacific Federal Building.

Guest Stars

• Bill Boyett as Mr. Hogan
• Royce D. Applegate as DeWayne
• Dawn Jeffory as Kim Travis
• Paul Linke as Grossman
• Lou Wagner as Harlan

Introducing

• Saul Brandt as Earl Sorenson

Co-Starring

• Brodie Greer as Baricza
• Michael Dorn as Turner
• Arthur Malet as Junkman
• John Hostetter as Manager
• Frances Ripplinger as Margaret (Sorenson)
• Johnny Crear as Rolls Owner
• Stuart Mabray as Driver
• Randi Oakes as Bonnie Clark

Crew

• Executive Producer: Cy Chermak
• Produced By: Paul Rabwin
• Story Supervisor: William D. Gordon
• Written By: Bruce Shelly
• Directed by: Gordon Hessler
• Executive Consultant: Rick Rosner
• Story Editors: L. Ford Neale & John Huff
• Executive Producer: Randall Torno
• Developed for television by: Paul Playdon
• Music by: Alan Silvestri
• Theme by: John Parker
• Music Supervisor: Harry V. Lojewski
• Director of Photography: Jack Swan A.S.C.
• Art Director: Stephen Myles Berger
• Editor: Joe Morrisey
• Unit Production Manager: Donald Gold
• First Assistant Director: Steven P. Saeta
• Second Assistant Director: Leslie L. Jackson
• Script Supervisor: Jack Gannon
• Set Decorator: W. Joseph Kroesser
• 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., Walter T. Schenck
• Hair Stylist: Don Lynch
• Assistant Editor: Diana Marie Hering
• Sound Editor: Edward M. Osborne
• Music Editor: Jan Gershkoff
• Casting: Cathy Henderson, Barbara Hanley
• With Appreciation to Glen B. Craig, Commissioner California Highway Patrol
• Motorcycles Furnished by: Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A.
• We Gratefully Acknowledge The Assistance of Barbara Reade And The National Center On Deafness
• Filmed in METROCOLOR / Titles and Opticals MGM
• Rosner Television in association with MGM Television

Fun Facts

The Pacific Federal building, demolished around 1997

• Royce D. Applegate (DeWayne) previously appeared as Roger in Ponch's Angels in season 4.
• DeWayne steals the Nissan from opposite the Chinese Theatre. He dumps it nearby in the car park of (what is now) the Liberty Hotel. The car park, 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. View in Google Maps
• 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'. View in Google Maps
• The Sorenson's house is actually located at 10406 Park Avenue, Washington, Culver City, California, 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. View in Google Maps

Mistakes

• When Grossman sees the chase go by, he has to walk to his bike and get his helmet on, yet he joins the chase only about 100 yards back.

Preceded by: "In the Best of Families"

Silent Partner 519

Followed by: "Flare Up"