The Shell Game (Fish Police)

"The Shell Game" is the first episode of Fish Police season one. It aired on February 28, 1992 on CBS. It was written by series creator, Jeanne Romano.

Gil's old assistant, Angel, is suspected of murdering a nightclub owner she was having an affair with.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Inspector Gil
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| John Ritter
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Sandy
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Doc Croaker
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavaliable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Clams Casino
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Crabby
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Buddy Hackett
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Angel
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| JoBeth Williams
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Tad
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Charlie Schlatter
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mussels Marinara
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Calamari
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Hector Elizondo
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Larry
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Pearl
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Megan Mullally
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Fred Flintstone
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Wilma Flintstone
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Crab's ex-wife
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Goldie
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Georgia Brown
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Detective Catfish
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Robert Guillaume
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Chief Abalone
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Ed Asner
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Chief Abalone's wife
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Chief Abalone's kids
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Sharkster
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tim Curry
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Louie
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Widow Casino
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| B.J. Ward
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Goldie
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Georgia Brown
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Detective Catfish
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Robert Guillaume
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Chief Abalone
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Ed Asner
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Chief Abalone's wife
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Chief Abalone's kids
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Sharkster
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tim Curry
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Louie
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Widow Casino
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| B.J. Ward
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Sharkster
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tim Curry
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Louie
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Widow Casino
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| B.J. Ward
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Widow Casino
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| B.J. Ward

Organizations

 * Fish Police
 * The Ancient Mariner

Locations

 * Earth
 * Fish City
 * Shell Shack
 * Pearl's Diner
 * Police station
 * Atlantis (mentioned)

Objects

 * The Ancient Mariner newspaper
 * Buoy's Life

Vehicles

 * Crab's cab

Filming
It was copyrighted in 1991.

Music
The music and theme song were composed by James Horner. In its initial airing on CBS, Horner was credited as composing the music, whereas, in rebroadcasted versions, he's only credited for providing the theme song.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: February 28, 1992 on CBS

Behind the scenes

 * Gil mentions Kermit & Miss Piggy and Rocky & Bullwinkle. He refers to the latter as if they were a couple.
 * Angel sings "Flounders in the Night," a parody of Frank Sinatra's "Strangers in the Night."

Home availability

 * Not available. 😥