I Never Promised You a Rose, Marvin

Episode aired Mar 21, 1981
TV-14
49m

IMDb RATING

7.8/10

170

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Crime Drama Mystery

Furillo continues to push the investigation of a well-respected city councilman even after it become apparent that it will cost him a promotion. LaRue's dream for a business gets destroyed. ... Read allFurillo continues to push the investigation of a well-respected city councilman even after it become apparent that it will cost him a promotion. LaRue's dream for a business gets destroyed. Hunter gets Chief Daniel's approval to use an "urban tank". Belker considers a transfer.Furillo continues to push the investigation of a well-respected city councilman even after it become apparent that it will cost him a promotion. LaRue's dream for a business gets destroyed. Hunter gets Chief Daniel's approval to use an "urban tank". Belker considers a transfer.

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IMDb RATING

7.8/10

170

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Trivia
Although filmed in Los Angeles, the series is set in a generic unnamed inner-city location with a feel of a U.S. urban center in the Midwest or Northeast. Steven Bochco had intended this fictional city to be a hybrid of Chicago, Buffalo, and Pittsburgh, the 'East River' comment notwithstanding.

Quotes
Sgt. Phil Esterhaus: Your uncustomary silence testifies amply to the esteem in which we hold the subject of this last item. Now we all know who's in here.
[points to a green urn]
Sgt. Phil Esterhaus: To most people this would seem just a common urn, but we know it holds one of the premier phone installers of the country: Officer Marvin Oliver Box, or simply Marve, as we knew him. Born, 16 May, 1946, deceased, just last Tuesday, in this very room, with uniform on, and drillbit in hand. Marve must have known that he would be leaving us soon, because we found a small poem in his will, which we've had inscribed on this, this vessel here.
[picks up the urn to read the inscription]
Sgt. Phil Esterhaus: Uh, "I've laid a lot of cable, and I've strung a lot of line, sure it gets lonely, but that's okay, because it brings people closer together." Per his final will and testament, Marve was cremated yesterday at Bolinsky's Crematorium, and he will lie in state besides the squad room coffee machine for the remainder of the afternoon.
[pause]
Sgt. Phil Esterhaus: Marve, let's roll, huh? And let's be careful up there.
[looks up]