Silent Partner

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

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 senior citizen Earl Sorenson who decides to take law into his own hands, eventually causing a set of serious car crashes, and motorcycle accident where Grossie accidentally breaks his jaw. 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 ederly 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. 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 the death of his son about seven years ago. Earl decides to take the laws into his own hands by going into his own garage in order to get his wife's 1974 Ford Gran Torino in two tone green, and he attempts to chase them down himself in a high speed pursuit for about five blocks by honking his horn.

Grossie is actually coming out of a mini mart while eating a doughnut, he witnesses an ex-convict Hogan driving an Edsel, including Dewayne driving around in recently stolen Cadillac, and Earl breaking the law by trying to chase the both of them down in a Torino.

honking the horn while speeding


finally gets attention of Grossie

and he finally manages to start. on the, he manages.

Grossie is being help by a paramedic outside of the ambulance in front of Ponch and Baricza
Bonnie decides to substitutes as Earl's translator in office at central with Getraer.
Dewayne abandoning a Datsun 280ZX on top of parking garage at Pacific Federal Building.

Guest Stars

Introducing

Co-Starring

Crew

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"
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