A Substantial Gift (The Broken Promise) is the first episode of the tv series Police Squad! it was written and directed by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker.
The episode stars with a young bank teller named Sally Decker (played by Kathryn Leigh Scott), killing her boss and then robbing the bank where she works, then she plants evidence to make it look like a dead customer did it. We then see Frank parking his car in front of the bank, s...
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A Substantial Gift (The Broken Promise) is the first episode of the tv series Police Squad! it was written and directed by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker.
The episode stars with a young bank teller named Sally Decker (played by Kathryn Leigh Scott), killing her boss and then robbing the bank where she works, then she plants evidence to make it look like a dead customer did it. We then see Frank parking his car in front of the bank, stepping out of his car, and then talks to Ed about the crime scene. Ed tells Frank that the victim, Ralph Twice, is a good family man with no prior records. They both enter the bank to question Ms. Decker, who makes a really complicated statement in which she makes clear that the customer shot Mr. Twice twice. Frank leaves to go to Ted Olson, the scientist, Ted tells Frank that if the customer stood where Sally said he stood the bullet should have penetrated deeper, Ted proves this by shooting into Barbara Walters videotapes. After leaving Ted...
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