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The kid poisoned by detergent episode

posted 10 years ago by YankeeDood
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I forgot the title, but I remember the episode was a real head shaker. The boy died and it was awful, but I am glad they were so realistic in the show and didn't change it around to where he survived. Such episodes raised plenty of awareness to household poisons laying around, no doubt.
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[–] voyageur0713 10 years ago

Which episode is that? I can't recall it. I do remember and episode of Emergency! where a kid purposely ate rat poison and he did a lot of painful writhing around.

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[–] slackersmom 10 years ago

I honestly don't recall an episode with this type of storyline in it. Any other details to help narrow down a search??

[–] charcas67 10 years ago

I'm thinking this sounds more like an Emergency episode as well.

[–] slackersmom 10 years ago

There was an episode of E! with a boy getting seriously poisoned, but it wasn't by detergent.

BTW, since you're an Adam-12 fan, there are some stories (e-books) that have officers named Pete and Jim. They're not Adam-12 stories, but they have a similar vibe as the show. 📕

[–] slackersmom 10 years ago

Now that others have suggested that the episode you're thinking of might be from Emergency!, I know there was an episode of that show in which a boy ate ant poison (not detergent) and was seriously ill. His mother thought he was faking in order to get attention but he had really done it. Sadly, he did end up dying.

Of course, just like Adam-12, all the cases/rescues seen on Emergency! actually happened. If it didn't come from a log-book somewhere, it didn't get put in the show. 

[–] crlnrgbrght5 10 years ago

Adam-12 did an episode where a small child was molested and died. So, they do tackle issues that are realistic.