The series was cancelled after only the three episodes, leaving fans disappointed. Many people still fondly remember the series, and hope to see the episodes re-broadcast in their entire form.
The following is a list of the episodes, with their original airdates.*
240-Robert Special Preview Movie (Pilot)
"The Apology"
Airdate: Tuesday, 8/28/79; 8:30-10:00 PM
In this special preview movie the rescue team of the Sheriff's Aero Bureau and Emergency Services Detail save the occupants of a plane that has crashed into the ocean and a woman trapped on a mountain.
Rick Rosner is the series creator and serves as executive producer.
Producer: Richard M. Rosenbloom
Director: Paul Krasny
Starring: John Bennett Perry, Mark Harmon, Joanna Cassidy, Lew Saunders, JoeAl Nicassio, Mac Wilkins, Pamela Ferdin, Karen Lamm, Christian Zika, Janice Lynde, Chip Lucia, Irene Tedrow, Marie Earle.
"Stuntman" (Premiere Episode)
Airdate: 9/3/79
The 240 rescue team have to take drastic action after a famous retired stuntman makes a daring comeback attempt by trying the most death-defying feat of his career.
Bill Williams stars as Harry Phillips
"Bathysphere"
Airdate: 9/10/79
The 240 rescue police are forced to act quickly when a speedboat cuts short the test of an experimental diving bell by severing the air lines and imprisoning the two students 120 feet below the surface. In another development, a woman rescued by Thibideaux is an important person in the recording industry and vows to make him a star.
Guest stars include: Randee Heller and Joey Aresco.
Directed by Phil Bondelli.
"Models"
Airdate: 9/17/79
The 240-Robert rescue team faces a harrowing experience when they try to rescue two window washers clinging from a broken scaffold 40 stories up on a skyscraper, while beautiful members of a modeling agency inside the building watch with astonishment.
Directed by Phil Bondelli
Teleplay by L. Ford Neale and John Huff.
"Acting Sergeant"
Airdate: 9/24/79
An isolated mountain cabin becomes a makeshift operating room when Thib is forced to perform emergency surgery on an injured student after the 240 rescue police are stranded by fierce weather and rugged terrain.
Guest starring Dennis Kort.
Directed by Sutton Roley.
Teleplay by Simon Muntner.
"Bank Job"
Airdate: 10/1/79
A routine dive by Trap and Thib in a reservoir to recover stolen bank money takes a perilous turn when an attendant trips a valve, drawing Trap toward a huge drain that could crush him to death.
Guest starring Gerald McRainey, Josh Milrad, Michael Sheehan, Marie Earle and Arthur Bernard.
Matthew Perry has a small role as Arthur.
Directed by Sig Neufeld.
Telelay by Rudy Dochtermann.
10/8/79 - 240-Robert preempted for "The 36 Most Beautiful Girls in Texas".
"Out of Sight"
Airdate: 10/15/79
Thib's career seems to be over when he loses his sight after a high-speed crash, and two doped-up kids in a car turn a gas station into a deadly inferno.
Guest starring Harvey Lembeck, Erik Server, Pepper Martin and Meegam King.
Directed by Christian I. Nyby III.
Screenplay by James Schmerer.
"Time Bomb"
Airdate: 10/22/79
Trap wants to transfer because Morgan is about to become the unit's first woman sergeant, but Trap and Thib must first cope with a lion running wild in the streets, and then face underwater death when given just seconds to disarm a timebomb set to blow up an oil tanker.
Guest starring Robert Dunlap, Socorro Swan and Rick Garcia.
Direced by Richard Benedict.
Teleplay by Patrick Mathews.
"Double Trouble"
Airdate: 10/29/79
Trap and Thib receive some unusual support from sun worshipers at a nude beach as they attempt to rescue one of the nudists trapped in an awkward position, and Morgan is forced into a deadly situation when she must crash-land her chopper with two young boys aboard.
Guest starring Dick Clair, Jenna McMahon, Casey Adams, Michael Adams, and Gary Wood.
Directed by John Florea.
Teleplay by Simon Muntner.
"Poison Air"
Airdate: 11/5/79
After the spectacular rescue of a panic-stricken woman stranded in a hot air balloon, Trap suits up for a pleasure dive with Morgan, unaware that a vengeful youth has spiked his air tanks with poison gas, and Thib undertakes a desperate off-shore race against time to save his buddy.
Guest starring Jeff Bannister, Hoke Howell, and Jonathan Gries.
Directed by Sig Neufeld.
Teleplay by Anthony Yerdovich.
11/12/79 - Preempted by 20/20
"Earthquake"
Airdate: 11/19/79
An earthquake rocks the county, spelling disaster and almost certain death for Trap and Thib when they become sealed in an underwater cave with two stunning but frightened models, as the water rises and a voracious moray eel goes on the prowl.
Guest starring Janet Louise Johnson, Eddie Benton, and Jay Varela.
Directed by Christian I. Nyby III.
Teleplay by Charlene Bralver.
"The Applicant"
Airdate: 11/26/79
In a spectacular rescue high atop a collapsing ferris wheel, Trap and Thib receive some daring support from a stunning policewoman, but then they're confronted by terrifying jaws of death when they must save a brash new member of the unit who panics in shark-infested waters.
Guest starring Don Reid, Theresa Saldana and Tom Hallick, with a special guest appearance by Dinah Shore as herself.
Directed by Phil Bondelli.
Teleplay by Robert Specht.
"Oil and Water"
Airdate: 12/3/79
A man in a hang glider entangled in power lines brings Thib perilously close to a high-voltage death and Trap starts playing detective when he learns about Morgan's new love life.
Directed by Bruce Kessler.
Teleplay by Glen Olson and Rod Baker.
"A Cool Welcome"
Airdate: 3/7/81
First episode with Deputy Brett Cueva (Stephan Burns) as Trap's brash, young partner. Also introduces Deputy Sandy Harper (Pamela Hensley) as the new heliocopter pilot of the unit.
"First Loss"
Airdate: 3/14/81
Cueva is stranded on a mountainside with a heart attack patient after the chopper he's riding in crashes; while the 240 Robert teams search for them before it's too late.
"Hostages"
Airdate: 3/21/81
Trap and Sandy are stuck inside a bank when a robbery becomes a standoff with police.
[John Bennett Perry] [Mark Harmon] [Joanna Cassidy]
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