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Bakersfield P.D.: Season 1

17 episodes Premiered Sep 14, 1993
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Season 1 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
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Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S1·E1 Mytharc

Pilot

Sep 14, 1993

Washington, D.C. cop Paul gets a rude welcome to Bakersfield when his new partner commandeers his car.

S1·E2 Core

The Imposter

Sep 21, 1993

Paul and Wade search for a con artist -- not helped by a police sketch artist who'd rather be drawing celebrities -- while the rest of the force prepare for their annual psychiatri

S1·E3 Core

Unsolved Mysteries of Love

Sep 28, 1993

Wade falls madly in love with the girlfriend of a burglary suspects; Chief Stiles is reluctant to participate in the annual blood drive.

S1·E4 Core

The Snake Charmer

Oct 5, 1993

Sgt. Hampton's out of town, so an indecisive Capt. Stiles decides to make Paul his right-hand man -- and decision -maker.

S1·E5 Core

The Poker Game

Oct 12, 1993

When Paul finally gets invited to the gang's regular poker night, he winds up the big winner -- or does he?

S1·E6 Core

The Bust

Oct 19, 1993

Paul tells Wade the very personal reason he had for moving his family to Bakersfield, and it doesn't take much detective work for the other officers to learn the secret.

S1·E7 Core

The Ex-Partner

Oct 26, 1993

Wade is jealous when Paul's former partner comes to town, and Capt. Stiles ponder the future amid rumours that Sgt. Hampton may retire.

S1·E8 Core

Bakersfield Madam

Nov 2, 1993

During a sting, Capt. Stiles hides in a restroom rather than deal with a madam's black book containing the names of several influential johns.

S1·E9 Core

Cable Does Not Pay

Nov 9, 1993

Capt. Stiles and Sgt. Hampton are taken hostage by an unhappy cable employee; Wade tries to get Paul to loosen up.

S1·E10 Core

The Gift

Nov 16, 1993

Wade is overwhelmed when one of his crimeshow heroes ( Joe Santos of The Rockford Files) visits the station to r eport the theft of his car radio, and persuades him to participate

S1·E11 Core

The President's Coming

Nov 23, 1993

Most of the department is left out of the loop when Secret Service agents arrive to protect the Presidential motorcade as it passes through town.

S1·E12 Core

A Bullet for Stiles

Nov 30, 1993

A thief is released from prison and comes to Bakersfield to exact revenge on Capt. Stiles, the man who caught him 10 years earlier.

S1·E13 Core

Lucky 13

Dec 21, 1993

Inadequacy strikes Stiles; Wade and Paul fall for a missing cow's owner; suspended Denny is forced to sell underwear from his car.

S1·E14 Core

Arms and the Men

Jul 7, 1994

The city is up in arms, so to speak, when a severed limb is found in the civic water supply.

S1·E16 Mytharc

The Psychic and the C-Cup

Jul 28, 1994

Paul and Wade seek a missing psychic; a secretary has cosmetic surgery.

S1·E17 Mytharc

Last One Into the Water

Aug 18, 1994

The captain wants a spa in the men's locker room; Wade surprised Paul by revealing a caring side to his nature; Denny gets a surprise after he picks a fight with the fire departmen

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