6 Season
137 Episode
Gimme a Break! - Season 1 Episode 7 Your Prisoner is Dead
As he is on an erand at the drug store, the chief witnesses a robber hold up the place. When the robber turns his gun on him, the chief shoots him in self-defense. However, when he finds out that his prisoner has died, he thinks seriously of retiring from the police force since he has never shot a person before. In the end, Nell convinces him to go back to work, when she makes him realize that he really is a pretty good cop.
- Year: 1987
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Comedy, Family
- Studio: NBC
- Keyword: suburb, housekeeper, single father, sitcom, domestic worker
- Director: Morton Lachman, Sy Rosen
- Cast: Nell Carter, Lara Jill Miller, John Hoyt, Joey Lawrence, Telma Hopkins, Matthew Lawrence