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  • TV-14
  • ABC
  • Mar 2, 1976
  • 1 h
  • TV-14
  • ABC
  • Mar 2, 1976
  • 1 h
The Rookies

Summary First, there was COPS, then Real Stories of the Highway Patrol, and then L.A.P.D. Life on the Beat. Now, there is The Rookies, the first law enforcement reality show to focus on brand new out of the academy rookie officers on their first nights on the street. Can they take the heat? Will they drop out or be rejected as unsafe? It's all e...

Directed By: Richard Benedict

Written By: William Blinn, Rita Lakin, Stephen Downing

  • TV-14
  • ABC
  • Mar 2, 1976
  • 1 h
  • TV-14
  • ABC
  • Mar 2, 1976
  • 1 h
The Rookies
S4 • Episode 22
Deliver Me from Innocence
Air Date: Mar 2, 1976
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Summary First, there was COPS, then Real Stories of the Highway Patrol, and then L.A.P.D. Life on the Beat. Now, there is The Rookies, the first law enforcement reality show to focus on brand new out of the academy rookie officers on their first nights on the street. Can they take the heat? Will they drop out or be rejected as unsafe? It's all e...

Created By: Rita Lakin

Season Episodes

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Episode 1 • Sep 9, 1975
Lamb to the Slaughter
Lt. Ryker befriends the son of an arrested burglar, only to be taken hostage by the boy's escaped father.
Episode 2 • Sep 16, 1975 • 1 h
Reading, Writing and Angel Dust
When a youth leaps to his death, the Rookies enlist the aid of another kid to trace the drug source.
Episode 3 • Sep 23, 1975 • 1 h
One-Way Street to Nowhere
A gang of thieves and gun runners take Terry hostage to trade for their hospitalized leader. Mike is seriously wounded during the arrest. The leader attempts to break out. How will Terry survive?
Episode 4 • Sep 30, 1975
Someone Who Cares
Terry pursues two young men who gave an unidentified 19-year-old girl drugs which subsequently led to her death in a car accident.
Episode 5 • Oct 7, 1975
Ladies Day
After Jill Danko and one of the doctors from the hospital are taken hostage at the women's prison farm, officers Danko, Webster, Owens, and Lt. Ryker are called in to diffuse the situation.
Episode 6 • Oct 14, 1975
Reign of Terror
Chris is wounded on duty and Hank witnesses it but he is afraid to come forward for fear of harm to either him or his family.
Episode 7 • Oct 21, 1975 • 1 h
Death Lady
A female officer is partnered with a male officer who encounter a gang of jewelry store robbers who kill the male officer. The female officer is blamed for the male officer's death and given the nickname Death Lady.
Episode 8 • Oct 28, 1975 • 1 h
Measure of Mercy
Episode 9 • Nov 4, 1975
A Time to Mourn
Episode 10 • Nov 11, 1975
The Institutional Man
A repentant ex-con out on parole is tracked down by his former associates to aid in a robbery.
Episode 11 • Nov 18, 1975
Invitation to a Rumble
A gang leader from Terry's old neighborhood runs him down in a speeding car. Loyalty within the gang is strained as Terry is still well regarded in the community and none want to see him die or their gang brother jailed.
Episode 12 • Nov 25, 1975 • 1 h
Reluctant Hero
A rookie officer (John Ritter) is unsure if he can live up to his father's super cop image. He trips and takes down a world class hired killer leading the assassin to make the rookie his next target.
Episode 13 • Dec 2, 1975
Dead Heat
Terry and Chris become locked in the sweltering heat of a local department store over night during a stand off with three armed criminals.
Episode 14 • Dec 9, 1975
The Voice of Thunder
Chris and Terry remember seeing the same girl at the scenes of several Sunday bombings terrorizing the city.
Episode 15 • Dec 16, 1975
The Code Five Affair
Episode 16 • Dec 23, 1975 • 1 h
Shadow of a Man
A veteran cop whose partner is killed during a robbery attempt steals some of the money to improve his home life.
Episode 17 • Dec 30, 1975
Eye for an Eye
A man, put in prison for 18 years for a crime he didn't commit, vows revenge on the men who sent him there; guest Robert Lansing.
Episode 18 • Jan 6, 1976
Sudden Death
A mentally deranged former POW thinks rookie Mike Danko, who was a helicopter pilot in Vietnam, panicked and left him behind to be captured and tortured in a POW camp.
Episode 19 • Jan 20, 1976 • 1 h
From Out of the Darkness
Episode 20 • Jan 27, 1976
The Mugging
A trio of junkies mug and brutalize a middle aged woman. As she lingers near death and legal issues keep the criminals on the street, her doctor son spirals into increasing anger.
Episode 21 • Feb 24, 1976
Blue Movie, Blue Death
The rookies go undercover to investigate a syndicate backed film company that is responsible for the deaths of some of its actors.
Episode 22 • Mar 2, 1976 • 1 h
Deliver Me from Innocence
A 16yr old boy gets involved with a junkie and ends up getting blamed for the addict's crimes.
Episode 23 • Mar 30, 1976 • 1 h
Journey to Oblivion
A rich young man murders his bookie with Jill as the only eyewitness. He hires a professional criminal to help him abduct and kill her.

Top Cast

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Georg Stanford Brown

Officer Terry Webster, Terry Webster

Sam Melville

Officer Mike Danko, Off. Mike Danko, Mike Danko

Gerald S. O'Loughlin

Lt. Ed Ryker, Lt. Ryker

Kate Jackson

Jill Danko

Michael Ontkean

Officer Willie Gillis, Willie Gillis

Bruce Fairbairn

Officer Chris Owens, Off. Chris Owens

Robert Harland

Sgt. Older, Desk Sergeant

Jerome Guardino

Frank Massey, Joe Fabiano, Officer Louden

Ron Stein

Police Officer, Radio Dispatcher

Tyne Daly

Amy Kennedy, Lucille Baker, Marly Devon

Jared Martin

Buzz, John Jordan, Slavens, Tom Kelch

Frank Lugo

Sgt. Pilar, Sergeant Pilar

Mark Slade

Bernard Amazeen, Cliffy, Don Richardson

Darleen Carr

Jobina Fair, Nancy Leigh, Pip Brent

Ken Swofford

Mr. Felker

Bill Williams

Capt. Whitfield, Captain Johnson

Anthony Eisley

Ben Kendall, John Cortney, Martin St. John

Antony Carbone

Frank Larabee, Gosa, Muren

Kenneth Tobey

Officer Corbett, Officer Rankin, Radio Officer

Sally Carter-Ihnat

Audrey Tyson, Mrs. Potter, Mrs. Stafford

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