Juvenile Division: DR-19

Episode aired Feb 27, 1969
TV-G
30m

IMDb RATING

7.8/10

130

YOUR RATING

Crime Drama Mystery

A woman invites Friday and Gannon to talk to her Woman's Club about battered children. They train the women to be on the lookout for children who might be abused, and how they can help by be... Read allA woman invites Friday and Gannon to talk to her Woman's Club about battered children. They train the women to be on the lookout for children who might be abused, and how they can help by becoming foster parents.A woman invites Friday and Gannon to talk to her Woman's Club about battered children. They train the women to be on the lookout for children who might be abused, and how they can help by becoming foster parents.

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7.8/10

130

YOUR RATING

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One of the better '69's

Dragnet fans regard season 3 as a mixed bag. Webb loaded the season with talky episodes that had less than gripping plot lines involving public affairs and the dreaded "night off at the Gannon's House" where Joe wears what could very well be Ozzie Nelson's sweater. Occasionally something camp would sneak in (The Crimson Crusader episode leaps to mind) but Juvenile Division: DR-19 actually demonstrates some degree of Webb's acting range. He grimaces! To be fair, both Gannon and Friday show a fair amount of disgust (approaching anguish, maybe) at the sight of child abuse. Relative unknown Elizabeth Knowles cuts a pretty good picture of an uber bitch mom-from-hell... imagine Joan Crawford armed with an electrical cord. The sentiment feels real and Webb rightly wears his black & white heart on his sleeve here. Decent entry!

Goofs
Dr. Manning tells Friday that Chris was beaten with a waffle iron cord, but when Friday talks to Larry Devon, he says Chris was beaten with a lamp cord.

Quotes
Judge Crosson: [Judge Crosson speaks to Joe in the hallway about their respective roles in the legal process after rendering a hands-tied-behind-his-back decision in a heartbreaking child abuse case] I noticed you sitting in the back of the room.
Sergeant Joe Friday: Yes, sir.
Judge Crosson: Whenever I see an investigator in my courtroom when he hasn't been called, I know it can only mean two things: his captain didn't send him and he's involved.
Sergeant Joe Friday: Yes, sir, I guess I am on this one.
Judge Crosson: Probation officer's sociological report, boy's father out of the country, boy needs a mother; the only way it can go. I had to return him to her.
Sergeant Joe Friday: Yes, sir, I know that.
Judge Crosson: How many abuse cases do you handle personally? Two or three dozen a year?
[Joe nods in agreement. The judge continues in a soft indoor voice]
Judge Crosson: I hear three times that many in a matter of months. You enforce the law, I try to administer it. Many times it's not easy, is it?
Sergeant Joe Friday: No, your honor, it isn't.
Judge Crosson: Small consolation, Joe, but you did your job, and I like to think I did mine the best we know how. Properly, under the law, for the people, and... that's who we work for.
Sergeant Joe Friday: Yes, sir.