S4.E14

Raul Runs Away: Part 2

Name: Raul Runs Away: Part 2
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1978-01-20
Rating: 5.8
Cast: Jack Albertson, Scatman Crothers, Gabriel Melgar

Episode aired Jan 20, 1978
TV-G

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5.8/10

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Jack Albertson and Freddie Prinze in Chico and the Man (1974)

Comedy

Ed, deeply regretting his words that led Raul to run away, forms a party to search for the young lad. Everyone later suspects that Raul might have returned to Tijuana, Mexico to search for h... Read allEd, deeply regretting his words that led Raul to run away, forms a party to search for the young lad. Everyone later suspects that Raul might have returned to Tijuana, Mexico to search for his family. Acting on the tip, Ed eventually finds Raul in an old church, leading to a reun... Read allEd, deeply regretting his words that led Raul to run away, forms a party to search for the young lad. Everyone later suspects that Raul might have returned to Tijuana, Mexico to search for his family. Acting on the tip, Ed eventually finds Raul in an old church, leading to a reunion. Ed apologizes and explains that Chico had died (though not how), and Raul agrees to r... Read all

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Jack Albertson

Ed Brown

Scatman Crothers

Louie Wilson
(credit only)

Gabriel Melgar

Raul Garcia

Charo

Aunt Charo
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Robert Hegyes

Hector Zoltan

Roberto Contreras

Captain Juan Salazar

Isaac Ruiz Jr.

Mando
(as Isaac Ruiz)
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Robert Hegyes concludes a two part storyline

"Raul Runs Away" concludes with Robert Hegyes, the Puerto Rican Jew from James Komack's WELCOME BACK, KOTTER, as con man extraordinaire Hector Zoltan, visiting Hungarian (a nod to Freddie Prinze, who described himself as a Hungarican!), attaching himself to Ed Brown south of the border as a detective in search of the missing Raul Garcia. News that the boy is 1000 miles to the south ends up a false lead, since none of the Raul Garcias caught by Captain Juan Gonzalez (Roberto Contreras) are the right one. Ed just happens to be a passenger on the bus that his Raul stows away on, the pair reunited in a church: "surprised to see me in Mexico?" "I'm more surprised to see you in church!" He finally reveals why he never told the boy about the first Chico: "I couldn't, it's taken me all this time to learn to face the truth myself...he went away and he's never going to come back...he died." Raul grieves for his long dead mother: "as long as you think about him, that's enough." Scatman Crothers, Charo, and Isaac Ruiz are all credited but do not appear.

kevinolzak
Jul 5, 2016
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The statements previously posted here about Chico and The Man being canceled shortly after Prinze's suicide ...and also the explanation that Chico went to work for his father , are 100% false.

The show carried on into season 4 while still retaining a viewership of 14 million households. Chico was replaced by a 12 year old male character Ed Brown becomes a foster parent too, named Raul Garcia (played by Gabriel Melgar).

Mid way through season 4, in the January 1978 show titled. "Raul Runs Away", , Ed Brown (Jack Albertson) explains to Raul about Chico having died. He does not state how Chico died but after a year of keeping it in, lets out his repressed sadness over the loss of his friend.

This wasn't the finale, but the show did go on hiatus until June 1978 and the remaining 8 shows aired though the end of July.