Plot

A woman feeds chickens in her living room; a "tall blonde" thief is apprehended; a diner robbery foiled; Reed's TV set is fixed and a very diminutive Andrew Stevens mans the phones in this busy title.

Reed's scout friend with a merit badge in electronics comes in to pick up Reed's TV to repair it but unexpectedly takes it apart at the station. The other officers are skeptical he can repair it. On patrol they receive a call about motorcycle racing on the streets. It is a juvenile on a souped up minibike who forces them to pursue him. He is living with an aunt after his parents were killed and has no friends. A neighbor calls and reports he overheard his neighbors arguing and saw the wife digging in her backyard the night before and the husband is now missing. The woman is raising chickens in the house and one named after her husband who has left died and she buried the chicken. A radio call reports a tall blonde woman with a big purse held up a store. Reed spots her at a bus stop minus wig and high-heeled shoes. Picketing at a store is resolved when the lead picketer learns she met the store manager on a computer date the previous night. He said he was a test pilot and she stalks off ending the issue. Malloy and Reed take a report on a robbery at a restaurant where two men were shot. They quickly recognize that the people making the report are the actual robbers. Reed's TV is fixed but the scout had to call a TV repairman for some minor help.—Anonymous

Before the start of shift, Reed is meeting sixteen year old Rod Foreman, an explorer scout with a badge in electronics, at the station as Rod has agreed to fix his television. This task becomes the centerpiece of Malloy and Reed's conversation during their shift. While Reed trusts Rod despite never having seen his work, Malloy wonders why Reed would want to have his old set repaired anyway and questions whether a sixteen year old, even one with a scout electronics badge, has sufficient know how to do such a job. Their first call has them in pursuit of a hot rodding small engine motorcyclist. When they are eventually able to corner him, they find the story of a boy searching for his place in a new environment. Next, they speak to elderly Alex Mardigian, who is afraid that his neighbor, Mrs. Wilson, has killed her husband Charlie and buried him in her back yard since the Wilson's chronic arguing all of a sudden stopped. Upon questioning Mrs. Wilson, they do find that Charlie is buried in the back yard, but it becomes obvious once they head into the Wilson house that Mr. Mardigian's assumption isn't entirely correct. Then they are called to investigate a jewelry store robbery, the suspect a tall blonde female. Before they reach the jewelry store, Reed decides to play a hunch and question the short brunette woman sitting at the nearby bus stop, she who may know more than she lets on. Their next call is to find out the story of a picket line formed in front of a supermarket. The lead female picketer, who is protesting the high cost of living, and the store manager, may find a way to stop the dispute, but not quite in the way either had anticipated. Next, they are called to a robbery in progress at a diner. Upon their arrival, they find one dead man, but they also find that witnesses inside the diner are acting somewhat strangely, which may give them some indication of what is really happening. By the time that Malloy and Reed get back to the station, Reed will find that the television repair caused Mac some issue. Reed will also be one step closer to finding out if he will be able to watch King Kong (1933) on television this evening.—Huggo