Script #42820; Episode #5.19; Airdate:
1/24/1976
Writer: John Groves
Director: Dennis Donnelly
Guest Cast: Anne Seymour, Dawn Lyn, Jean Allison, Milton Frome,
Del Monroe.
Story: Rampart's former emergency department head nurse tries to commit
suicide. A paraplegic child almost drowns in a swimming pool and gives the hospital staff
a tough time. Johnny and Roy respond to a call where a woman has fainted and are
bewildered to find her wrapped in plastic. A family suffers from carbon-monoxide
poisoning. A car becomes trapped under a liquid hydrogen truck.
Goofs: (1) When Dixie takes Roy & Johnny
to see Millie (the retired nurse), Johnny grabs the portable radio off the desk,
but when they leave the elevator and enter the hospital room, it's gone.(2) "Johnny's"
turnout coat catches fire during the last rescue. I put Johnny in quotes because it's
obviously not Johnny who helps put the victim down next to the squad. I mean, Johnny's
hair is shaggy but not that shaggy. (3) Johnny's coat catches on fire and is put out by
Chet. He gets up immediately after and helps Roy carry the victim to safety; you can see
the back of his coat is burnt and torn. In the next scene Johnny is helping Roy treat the
victim and you catch a glimpse of the back of his coat -- pristine and unscorched.
(4) In Propinquity, Johnny responds to
Roy's accident (the ambulance) alone. But in Involvement Roy gets
permission from Rampart to let the patient continue to the hospital unattended so that he
and Johnny can respond to another accident. How come Johnny just doesn't respond by
himself this time too? (Steve's comments)
Tidbits: Dennis Donnelly - brother of Tim
Donnelly
