The Rookies is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1972 until 1976. It follows the exploits of three rookie police officers working in an unidentified city for the fictitious Southern California Police Department.
The Rookies is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1972 until 1976. It follows the exploits of three rookie police officers working in an unidentified city for the fictitious Southern California Police Department.
Season 4 episodes
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When burglar Brad Gifford is arrested, his cop-hating, now orphaned son, Jody, is taken to Lambert Hall where he is befriended by Ryker, a former orphan himself. Jody is just beginning to trust and like Ryker when his father, aided by Augie Baker and P.G. Larkan, escapes custody and comes for him. Ryker is taken hostage. The group is traced down by Mike and Terry. In the resulting shootout, Augie is killed, P.G. arrested, and Brad Gifford is mortally wounded. Jody is taken back to the home where he is given foster parents, and a new life.
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Directed by William CrainGuest stars Matthew Labyorteaux, Tom Atkins
After the tragic death of a bright high school student, the rookies put in a team effort to get the pushers off the school campus. They get some help from a pusher who is pretending to scorch for the source.
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Guest stars Scott Jacoby, Beth Howland, Amy Irving, Dennis Erdman, Mitzi Hoag
An unidentified nine-year-old girl is accidentally hit by a car after two hedonistic ""swinging single"" men spike her lunch with narcotics. Before she dies, she begs Terry for help. Terry, reluctant to let her die a Jane Doe, investigates.
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Directed by Ivan DixonGuest stars Michael Cristofer
Jill is working in a womens prison, fighting an outbreak of diphtheria. In order to protest for better food and working conditions, inmates take Jill Danko and Dr. Malcolm hostage.
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Directed by Fernando LamasGuest stars René Enríquez, Laurie Walters, Fran Ryan, Barbara Stuart, Marki Bey
Young crooks Pat Stevens and Glen Barton rob ticket agent Brewster and shoot rookie Chris. The scene is witnessed by mailman Charlie Brooks, who is adamant about not getting involved. Eventually his wife, Nadine, and daughter, Stacy, encourage him to cooperate with the rookies, and finally, the criminals are apprehended.
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Directed by Fernando LamasGuest stars Raymond St. Jacques, Jared Martin
A female officer is blamed for her partner's death during a jewelry store robbery. With her new partner, Mike, she sets out to solve the crime and prove her worth to the police department.
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Guest stars Katherine Helmond, Paul Koslo, Susanne Benton, Dave Shelley
The rookies must investigate a robbery at Memorial Hospital. The blood bank was robbed and its contents sold to the black market, leaving an infant at the hospital on the critical list.
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Guest stars George D. Wallace, Didi Conn, Cleavon Little, Anne Bloom, Fritzi Burr, Harold Gould, Martin Kove
An ex-convict, out on parole, desperately wants to go straight, but is sought after by his ex-cellmates to use his safe-cracking abilities in a robbery.
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Directed by Georg Stanford BrownGuest stars Pepe Serna, Jack DeLeon, Victor Brandt, Charles Napier, Doug McGrath, Nora Heflin
Terry is run down by a car driven by the leader of a street gang in his old neighborhood. When one of the members of the gang is overheard calling for an ambulance, he is forced to kill Terry or he will be killed by the gang for betrayal.
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Directed by George McCowanGuest stars John Calvin, Ian Sander
A rookie accidentally overpowers a professional assassin and is named ""hero"". The assassin vows to kill the rookie and escapes with Jill as a hostage, offering to exchange her for the rookie.
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Directed by Fernando LamasGuest stars Bert Remsen, Jack Colvin, Chuck Hayward, John Ritter
Chris and Terry have their patrol car stolen by teenage vandals while investigating a major robbery in a department store and three heavily armed killers trap them there.
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Guest stars Michael Lembeck, Reni Santoni, Roger E. Mosley
After a series of Sunday bombings of porno bookshops and massage parlors sweep the city, Chris and Terry recognize the same girl, at the scene of each incident. The dangerously schizophrenic top fashion model believes she is being instructed by a supreme being.
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Guest stars René Auberjonois, Henry Brandon, John Carradine, Gail Strickland, John Zaremba
The rookies stake out an abandoned factory where a heroin deal is about to take place, and are able to seize the drugs and arrest all but one man. This man must get the heroin back from the police.
Forest, a tough career cop, takes $10,000 from the scene of a robbery after his partner is killed by the robbers. Lt. Ryker puts an undercover investigator on the case to retrieve the money.
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Directed by Fernando LamasGuest stars Linda Marsh, Linda Thompson, Patsy Garrett, John Aprea, Ned Beatty
After a woman is fatally assaulted by three junkies, her son, a doctor in the same hospital where Jill works, announces his intention to get revenge against the three, who were released from jail on a technicality.
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Directed by Richard BenedictGuest stars John Rubinstein, Stephen Davies
A frightened sixteen-year-old boy is forced to take the blame for the crimes of a junkie he has become mixed up with. The two had committed a burglary and escaped after killing a cop. The boy is Terry's current girlfriend's brother.
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Directed by Richard BenedictGuest stars Kevin Hooks, Phillip Pine, Victor Brandt, Joseph Mell, Marlene Clark
A gambler kills his creditor and is witnessed by Jill Danko whom he and his accomplice must now do away with. Another episode dedicated to nurse Jill Danko. In this episode Jill bears a big resemblance to her later character Sabrina Duncan.
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Directed by Georg Stanford BrownGuest stars Marc Singer, Marc Lawrence, Geoffrey Lewis, Biff McGuire
