This is an unusual episode. The President is coming to L.A. and the Secret Service is naturally very nervous about the visit in light of the recent Kennedy assassinations. Their job is to coordinate things through the local police and one of the people who is very important to this visit if Joe Friday. In fact, he is so efficient and professional, that the man in charge of the Secret Service detail repeatedly offers him a job. But the job requires too much work and stress for the workaholic Sgt. Friday!
Overall, a decent episode and it certainly is unusual. However, the show also is following a trend seen through much of the later part of season 2 and well into season 3--the shows are now rarely about Joe and Bill hitting the streets but are often about the behind the scenes jobs police have (such as public relations and the like). While it's nice that the show points out these aspects of the job that aren't shown on other cop shows, this makes it a tad less exciting as well.
Overall, a decent episode and it certainly is unusual. However, the show also is following a trend seen through much of the later part of season 2 and well into season 3--the shows are now rarely about Joe and Bill hitting the streets but are often about the behind the scenes jobs police have (such as public relations and the like). While it's nice that the show points out these aspects of the job that aren't shown on other cop shows, this makes it a tad less exciting as well.