Episode 3— Arms Race
Aired January 20, 1984 · 49 min
Synopsis
Aggie Mills, a former lover of Chaney from the Vietnam War, seeks FBI assistance in dismantling an expanding drug and gun smuggling network that spans beyond Los Angeles. Bubba and Ski go undercover as truck mechanics but uncover that Aggie is linked to the operation's leader, Harold Longstreet. When Bubba and Ski are caught planting a tracking device on a truck, Chaney and Wonderlove must act quickly to rescue them and stop Longstreet and Mills from evading capture.
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James Farentino
as Frank Chaney
Dana Carvey
as Clinton 'JAFO' Wonderlove
Sandy Mcpeak
as Captain Braddock
Dick Butkus
as Richard 'Ski' Butowski
Bubba Smith
as Lyman 'Bubba' Kelsey
Ted Hamilton
as Harold Longstreet
Darleen Carr
as Aggie Mills
Edward Grover
as Ken Rawls
Sam Anderson
as Benjamin Kelty
Ann Cooper
as J.J. Douglas
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