Hard Copy A Combination Plate Missing One Taco (Season 1, Episode 5)
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Hard Copy

A Combination Plate Missing One Taco (Season 1, Episode 5)

TV Episode | Drama

During an oppressive heat wave, a young man is brought into the precinct station after breaking out a store window to steal a fan. Meanwhile, Crime Side is no cooler, while the news area is being remodeled, and the reporters are pushed ...See moreDuring an oppressive heat wave, a young man is brought into the precinct station after breaking out a store window to steal a fan. Meanwhile, Crime Side is no cooler, while the news area is being remodeled, and the reporters are pushed into a side area. The distraught young man, suffering from dementia, makes a break for it, and manages to steal Lt. Guyla Cook's gun, which she left unguarded as she took a break to cool off. The station is evacuated, but in the construction site that is Crime Side, the message to leave doesn't get through to everyone. Eluding the police, the gunman wanders in to Crime Side, and finds William Boot, who is trying to beat his deadline. While the man threatens him, Boot quickly establishes a rapport with him, and gets him to explain his troubled life. Boot knows a good story when he hears it, and sees his Pulitzer beckoning. Boot draws the man out, and writes the story as they talk. Meanwhile, the other reporters are scurrying to find out all they can about the unknown man. What they find does not reassure them. Connecting with the girl friend that dumped the guy, they put her on television to tell her story. Blake, meanwhile, traces how the assailant got a gun in the police station, tapping into Guyla's tortured mood. Boot, who thinks he has gained his captor's confidence, recognizes he has the story of a lifetime, and prepares to send it as the TV is showing the gunman's girl friend trashing him on TV. Between the TV and Boot's haughty dismissal of his orders, the gunman snaps and shoots Boot. Realizing what he's done, he flees the room, and is killed by Packer. In the program's coda, Andy sees Boot's last story on the computer, waiting for the transmission signal. He calls Boot's paper, tells them to start receiving "the final edit." (In a dismal turn of events, CBS canceled the series with this episode, and the program went into hiatus until the remaining programs aired during summer reruns a few months later.) Written by Anonymous See less

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10 cast members

Name	Known for
Erich Anderson Det. Packer Det. Packer See fewer	Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)
Charles Cooper William Boot William Boot See fewer	Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
Wendy Crewson Blake Calisher Blake Calisher See fewer	Air Force One (1997)
Danyi Deats Atomic Waitress Atomic Waitress See fewer	River's Edge (1986)
Dean Devlin David Del Valle David Del Valle See fewer	Independence Day (1996)
Jean Glaudé Cop #2 Cop #2 See fewer	Kill Squad (1981)
Nicholas Hormann Actor Actor See fewer	Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
Michael Murphy Andy Omart Andy Omart See fewer	Manhattan (1979)
George Petrie Scoop Webster Scoop Webster See fewer	Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
Duane Whitaker Maitenance Man Maitenance Man See fewer	Pulp Fiction (1994)