"The Squeeze" or "George Fox Questioned By Cops" or "Shut the door. Have a seat."

"This is the city-- Los Angeles, California. It's a nice place to live, even when it rains. Over three million people live here. Most of them are honest and work hard to earn a living. Some of them get lucky and hit it big. When someone starts earning big money, he very often becomes a target for those who try to help themselves to his profits by means of extortion. When that happens, we talk it over down here-- the Police Administration Building-- Parker Center. I work here. I carry a badge."

This episode is a real snoozer. We don't go anywhere, look at anything, or do anything. We sit around and talk to John Sebastian; there's some cute dialogue.

"Chowder head." "Stinkin' bum." "Lovin' creep." "Lovin' bum." "Lovin' bundle." 

"Bucket head." "Half a loaf."

Nobody says "mafia" but they call Foxey a "muscle guy" and there are references to "the syndicate" and being "marked" for murder.

February is apparently a good time of year for interrogations. 

Contrast this episode with that time we were trapped in a room with Kent McCord.

Yes, we HAVE dealt with this hoodlum before!

PAB Green and a practical, institutional clock:

The L.A. backdrop is so much richer and nicer than the last interrogation.

John Sebastian is wearing a nice carnation like Nucky Thompson!

This Paul Carter is another of our Dragnet regulars, even though he doesn't get a credit this episode:

Joe Friday A.V. Club:

And that's how you reel-to-reel.

And now, the moment we've all been waiting for - Joe doing an impression of T-Rex!

RARR YOU GUYS

I love it!!

Check out this voice print! Cool stuff, yeah?

Dammit. Technology wins. Off to pris he goes.

George Fox

Now serving his sentence in the state prison, San Quentin, California.

S2e23

Starred

Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday

Harry Morgan as Officer Bill Gannon

John Sebastian as George Fox

______ as Paul Carter

______ as Tom Tracy

______ as Jack Rock

Art Direction - Russell Kimball

Set Decor - John McCarthy & John Sturtevant

Costumes - Vincent Dee

Aired 22 February 1968

Written by Jerry D. Lewis

Well, I'm off to The Green Lion Tavern.
See you next week when a trio of hippy kids run amuck!

Cheers,
Suzy Dragnet