Script #42808; Episode #5.4; Airdate:
10/4/1975
Writer: Robert Hamilton
Director: Kevin Tighe
Guest Cast: Lloyd Haynes, Jessica Rains, John Laurence, Hal Bokar,
Kristine MarieGreco, Vernon Weddle
Story: Johnny overtimes at Station 8 where a lack of equipment costs a
heart attack victim his life. A child falls from a swing. Chet is injured in an explosion.
Roy is injured in a fireworks warehouse fire.
Goofs: (1) Roy does pupils/B.P. line
twice in the scene w/Chet (2) When they show the gurney-cam (the victim's point
of view) of the heart attack being wheeled down the hall at Rampart, you can
hear Roy say "full arrest number four", which was apparently taken from a
different episode. (3) Johnny working overtime at station 8. We can assume that's on one
of his days off. But when he's back on his normal shift at 51 and gets a couple of calls
with 8's, the same crew from 8's respond. Shouldn't they be off on the day that Johnny's
working at 51? (4) The exterior shot
of the warehouse explosion is clearly the same exterior explosion from the episode
The Screenwriter. "Kids Toy Factory" is clearly seen on the sign
above the door. (5) When Johnny is over-timing at 8's, Stoney asks
him if he'd like some coffee. As they enter the room where the coffeemaker is,
you can see through the windows that the squad is parked in the bay, but we just
saw the squad leave for a run only a few seconds before that. (6) When Roy and
Johnny are under the squad working on it and Johnny comes up with the idea to do
something for Chet while he's in the hospital. Johnny wheels himself out from
under the squad so hard that he nearly goes under the engine! ("Whoa!") He
catches himself in time, though, and you can see Marco start to reach out to
stop him. (7) In The Promotion, they spend the whole show establishing the
fact that Roy can't get promoted to Engineer and be a paramedic. But in
Equipment,
Johnny asks the new Captain Stone if he's going to keep up his certification. Stoney says
yes, and even has the paramedic patch on his uniform still. Then in Greatest Rescues,
Johnny and Roy bum about not being able to keep their certifications after they get
promoted to Captain. (8) Only engine and squad 8 are featured. However truck 8
is NEVER shown at all despite having been introduced way back in the first
season (and used a fair amount of the time through the series). Also engine 208
is not shown in the station as well which was shown in the episodes Nuisance and
The Steel Inferno. -Jason
