Series regulars or semi-regulars in '240-Robert' from 1970-1982:
- John Bennett Perry as Trap Applegate III (1979-1981)
- Joanna Cassidy as Morgan Wainwright (1979-1980)
- Mark Harmon as Dwayne 'Thib' Thibideaux (1979-1980)
- Pamela Hensley as Deputy Sandy Harper (1981)
- Stephen Burns as Deputy Brett Cueva (1981)
1970-1982 Episode Guide for '240-Robert':
(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)
Season 1, episode 1
W: John Furia Jr. D: Paul Krasny
With Pamelyn Ferdin (Nikki), Karen Lamm (Donna), Christian Zika (Jimmy Kline), Janice Lynde (Mrs. Kline), Charles Lucia (Vince), Irene Tedrow (Fake Sissie), Merie Earle (Sissie), Yale Summers (Mr. Kline), Robert F. Hoy (Walter), Susan MacDonald (Sandy), Sandie Newton (Candy), Michael Toland (Phonenumber Fedderson), Joe Nicassio (Deputy Roverino), Steve Tannen (Kestenbaum), Thomas Babson (Terry).
Series premiere. Members of a police rescue squad attempt to save victims of an ocean plane crash and a woman trapped on a mountain after a disastrous accident.
Season 1, episode 2
W: Lew Hunter D: Ric Rondell
With Bill Williams (Harry Phillips), Michael Griswold (Mr. Corliss), Bettye Ackerman (Eileen Phillips), Larry Garrison (Reporter), Jenilee Harrison (College Girl), Phil Montgomery (Sergeant), Matthew Faison (Newsman), William Bronder (Ranger).
The rescue squad is forced into action after a famous retired stuntman makes a comeback by attempting the most dangerous stunt of his career.
Season 1, episode 3
W: James Schmerer D: Phil Bondelli
With Randee Heller (Joan Laurent), Joey Aresco (Roger), Jody Gibson (David Rawsil), Oaky Miller (Emcee), Bob Harders (Adam), Raymond O'Keefe (Warren), Bill Kux (Harry), Steven Peterman (Garl).
Deputies Trapp and Thibideaux are faced with a tricky rescue operation when they try to save a pair of college students who are trapped in a homemade diving bell.
Season 1, episode 4
W: John Huff, L. Ford Neale D: Phil Bondelli
With Gordon Zimmerman (Dan), Eric Lawson (Biker), Dan Magiera (Digger), Jeffrey Bannister (Deputy Price), Buddy Joe Hooker (Dune Buggy Driver), Alexis Adams (Victoria), Dorit Stevens (Model), James R. Parker (Father), Brian Andrews (Brian), Tessa Richarde (Penny), Lee Bryant (Mother), Penelope Willis (Gwen), Dana Gladstone (Turk), William Mims (Whitney), Kay Stevens (Valerie Barnes).
The rescue team is called in when a scaffolding breaks, leaving two window washers dangling 40 stories up a skyscraper.
Season 1, episode 5
W: Simon Muntner D: Sutton Roley
With Dennis Kort (Sidney), Mary Margaret (Gloria), Fred Pinkard (Prof. Willis), Lynda Farrell (Nurse), Drew Snyder (Dr. Stromm), Stanley Kamel (Prisoner).
Thib requests a transfer after Morgan becomes the unit's first female sergeant, and he is forced by fierce weather and rugged terrain to perform emergency surgery on an injured student in an isolated mountain cabin.
Season 1, episode 6
D: Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
With Gerald McRaney (Nick), Joshua Milrad (Alan Rice), Michael Sheehan (Howard Dimpler), Merie Earle (Sissie), Arthur Bernard (Gypsy Joe), Matthew Perry (Arthur), Dan C. Reed (Deputy), Joella Deffenbaugh (Nurse Guthrie), Rick Casorla (Rooney), Claudia Jennings (Barbara Rice).
While Thib and Trap are underwater in a reservoir trying to recover stolen money, they are endangered when an attendant mistakenly opens a giant drain valve.
Season 1, episode 7
W: James Schmerer D: Christian I. Nyby II
With Paula Hoffman (Amy), Harvey Lembeck (Morey Allen), Eric Server (Dr. Barr), Pepper Martin (Sgt. Cross), Meegan King (Colin), Charles Picerni (Driver), Hunter von Leer (Young Man), Phillip L. Allan (Ryan), Joel Kramer (Station Attendant).
Thib loses his sight after a car crash, and two drug-crazed teenagers turn a gas station into a fiery inferno.
Season 1, episode 8
W: Patrick Mathews D: Christian I. Nyby II
With Robert Dunlap (Irving), William Giorgio (Melvin), Rick Garcia (Lenny), Bob Corff (The Bomber), Don 'Red' Barry (Lion Tamer), Jay Varela (Lt. Vetter), Peter Tomarken (Director), Stephen Parr (Sgt. Wainwright), Greta Blackburn (Carmen), Ron Burke (Tommy).
Morgan prepares to become the unit's first female sergeant, while Trap and Thib have only seconds to disarm a time bomb hidden aboard an oil tanker.
Season 1, episode 9
W: Simon Muntner D: John Florea
With Dick Clair (Mr. Edmonds), Jenna McMahon (Mrs. Edmonds), Michael Adams (Mikie), Casey Adams (Casey), Gary Wood (Steve), Tain Bodkin (Clark), Bill Catching (Lewis), Jeffrey Bannister (Price), Robin Eisenman (Girl).
Trap and Thib attempt to rescue two nudists trapped in an awkward position, while Morgan is forced to crash land her chopper with two young boys aboard.
Season 1, episode 10
W: Anthony Yerkovich D: Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
With Val Bisoglio (Carmine), Shelley Morrison (Angie), Alex Hyde-White (Michael), Al Mancini (Vic), David K. Johnson (Waylon), Jon Gries (Brad), Hoke Howell (Breward).
Trap suits up for a pleasure dive with Morgan, unaware that a vengeful youth has filled his air tanks with poison gas.
Season 1, episode 11
W: Charlene Bralver D: Christian I. Nyby II
With Janet Julian (Carol), Anne-Marie Martin (Lauri), Jay Varela (Lt. Vetter), Julie Hill (Jean), Ivan Bonar (Streeter), Eddie Benton (Lauri).
An earthquake traps Thib, Trap, two gorgeous models and a moray eel in a rapidly flooding undergound cave.
Season 1, episode 12
W: Robert Specht D: Phil Bondelli
With Dinah Shore (Herself), Don Reid (Barry Rogers), Theresa Saldana (Rosie), Tom Hallick (Lambert), Michael Leon (Carlos), Sal Lopez (Tommy), Enrique Castillo (Pepe), Jesse Aragon (Manny), Gloria Manos (Mrs. Blake), Sandy Serrano (Pat), Jenilee Harrison (Jill).
A new recruit creates a shark scare by misstating the facts of a beach rescue to a reporter.
Season 1, episode 13
W: Glen Olson, Rod Baker D: Bruce Kessler
With Peter Mark Richman (Marcus), Jayson Kane (Watson), Neil Elliot (Johnson), George Caldwell (Driver), Hugh Warden (Elderly Man), Viola Kates Stimpson (Elderly Woman), Robert Dowdell (Dr. Lewis), Frank Farmer (Masters), Ron Stein (Stanley), Maurice Hill (Stevens).
A man in a hang glider entangled in power lines brings Thib perilously close to a high-voltage death.
March 7, 1981: A Cool Welcome
Season 2, episode 1
W: E. Nick Alexander, Alan Godfrey D: Reza Badiyi
With Kevyn Major Howard (Jeff Fremont), Paul Mantee (Range Officer), Jeff Bannister (Deputy Price), Reid Rondell (Daryl), John Shepherd (Chris).
Trap gets a brash new young partner named Brett Cueva, who angers the other squad members by using dangerous stunts to pull off spectacular rescues.
Season 2, episode 2
W: William F. Nolan D: John Peyser
With Scott Brady (Morning Mike), Margie Foster (Kam Francis), Gwendolyn Mitchell (Mrs. Poindexter), Peter Fitzsimmons (Mr. Poindexter), James Seulke (Paramedic), Harry Jones (Crew Chief).
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.
Season 2, episode 3
W: Herman Groves D: James Sheldon
With Lisa Bowman (Stephanie), Andrew Robinson (Wilson), Ivor Francis (Mr. Talmadge), Dan Kern (Everett), Michael Santiago (Lang), Dana Craig (Assistant Manager), Lillian Adams (Mrs. Tolski), Art Lewis (Mr. Tolski), Heather Locklear (Jean), James Seulke (Deputy), Eleanor Mondale (Bank Teller), Taylor Lacher (Capt. Berman).
Trap and Sandy are stuck inside a bank when a robbery becomes a standoff with police. (Last show of the series.)