In the era we live in, when so many wish to denigrate people because they are police officers, this episode drives home salient truths. Police are people, and people have value. It's really just that simple, and yet, what this episode does is break things down to the human level, in an intense thirty minute episode.
Producer Jack Webb wanted to present the lives of police officers in as matter-of-fact manner as possible, and so the series did just that. But, in this episode, the facts are much less than the description of the effect.
Anyone who questions the poignant risks that professionals like police carry, just watch this episode and realize that every cop you meet has a personal story similar in many ways to the story presented in this episode. Then, appreciate perhaps a bit better the significance of these people who take these risks every single day on the job.
Producer Jack Webb wanted to present the lives of police officers in as matter-of-fact manner as possible, and so the series did just that. But, in this episode, the facts are much less than the description of the effect.
Anyone who questions the poignant risks that professionals like police carry, just watch this episode and realize that every cop you meet has a personal story similar in many ways to the story presented in this episode. Then, appreciate perhaps a bit better the significance of these people who take these risks every single day on the job.