Gimme a Break! - Season 1 - Eps 7: Your Prisoner is Dead
As he is on an erand at the drug store, the chief witnesses a robber hold up the place. When the robber turns his gun on him, the chief shoots him in self-defense. However, when he finds out that his prisoner has died, he thinks seriously of retiring from the police force since he has never shot a person before. In the end, Nell convinces him to go back to work, when she makes him realize that he really is a pretty good cop.
About Gimme a Break!

Title: Gimme a Break!
First Air Date: 1981-10-29
Last Air Date: 1987-05-12
Status: Ended
Rating: 6.7/10 (from 27 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 6
Total Episodes: 137
Network: NBC
Genres: Comedy, Family
Production Companies: Reeves Entertainment Group, Alan Landsburg Productions, Mort Lachman & Associates
Synopsis
Gimme a Break! is an American sitcom which aired on NBC for six seasons, October 29, 1981, until May 12, 1987. The series stars Nell Carter as the housekeeper for a widowed police chief and his three daughters.
Cast

Nell Carter
Nell Harper

Lara Jill Miller
Sam Kinisky

John Hoyt
Stanley Kanisky

Joey Lawrence
Joey Donovan

Telma Hopkins
Addy Wilson

Matthew Lawrence
Matthew Donovan

Paul Sand
Marty

Rosie O'Donnell
Maggie O'Brien

Rosetta LeNoire
Maybelle Harper