
The Rookies
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
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
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.

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Episode 1: Pilot
Three new officers in a large metropolitan police department adjust to their new jobs and way of lif...
Episode 1: Concrete Valley, Neon Sky
In the introductory episode of the series, the presence of several street gangs contributes to a ten...
Episode 2: Dead, Like a Lost Dream
Terry and Willie, while doing routine spot checks, uncover a petty thief involved in a larger fur sc...
Episode 3: The Informant
Willie, being in the wrong place at the wrong time, is struck by a bullet in the leg by a criminal w...
Episode 4: The Commitment
Terry and Willie become involved with Brother Toby, a former drug addict now turned evangelist. They...
Episode 5: Covenant with Death
A man disguised as a police officer kidnaps the daughter of a wealthy family, the Sloans. The Police...
Episode 6: Time is the Fire
A young woman, Andrea Sloan, is kidnapped and held for ransom. Complications ensue.
Episode 7: The Bear That Didn't Get Up
Assigned with the task of protecting a valuable witness, Danko and the Officers must exercise cautio...
Episode 8: Dirge for Sunday
Assigned with the task of protecting a valuable witness, Danko and the Officers must exercise cautio...
Episode 9: The Good Die Young
After three woman are murdered, the Police Squad takes action. In order to solve the mysterious murd...
Episode 10: To Taste of Terror
In an effort to prove he's no 'old man', Officer Danko chases down a fleeing criminal. While he succ...
Episode 11: A Deadly Velocity
The rookies are given the task of protecting a controversial Army General who has recently returned...
Episode 12: A Bloody Shade of Blue
Easy Wyatt is a cop with many years behind him on the force. His ranch has recently been the target...
Episode 13: A Very Special Piece of Ground
The rookies are on the hunt for a runaway girl. Their strongest clue to solving the case is a tattoo...
Episode 14: Rabbits on the Runway
Gillis enters a tough situation when he is presented with a boy who is trapped in a police car which...
Episode 15: Tarnished Idol
In their off duty time, the rookies become involved in a camp for deviant, delinquent children and a...
Episode 16: Crossfire
A junkie addicted to dope sets his eye on swiping 82 million dollars worth of cocaine which has been...
Episode 17: Snow Job
An old friend of Terry Webster's unleashes an attack on a patrol car officer. Webster investigates f...
Episode 18: Point of Impact
A daring plan is crafted by a convict's wife to release a prisoner from incarceration: an innocent a...
Episode 19: Three Hours to Kill
An extremely ill young boy is desperately waiting for a suitable bone marrow donor; without a bone m...
Episode 20: The Wheel of Fortune (a.k.a.) The Wheel of Death
The rookies try to disengage a robbery network by leaving the undesirable city slums and working in...
Episode 21: Life Robbery (a.k.a.) Tribute to a Veteran
The rookies are presented with a ""difficult"" court case. While the case is essentially an open and...
Episode 22: A Farewell Tree from Marly
The rookies may be confronted with a problem worse than the nurse who holds a grudge against all pol...
Episode 23: Easy Money
Episode 1: Cauldron
Willie and Terry are kidnapped by a disturbed criminal who is dying. The criminal leaves the two roo...
Episode 2: Margin for Error
While performing their routine patrol, Gillis and Danko unexpectedly stumble upon a robbery that is...
Episode 3: Deadly Cage
Webster is asked to play the role of a prisoner at the State Prison. He disguises himself as an inma...
Episode 4: Frozen Smoke
Juvenile detail is typically known to be a relatively easy tour. However, this is not the case for W...

Episode 5: Get Ryker
Jill, Danko's wife, is assigned to protect Lieutenant Ryker after he is wounded by a former prisoner...
Episode 6: Cry Wolf
A lonely lady who resides by the beach places a call into the police station for aid. Willie and Ter...
Episode 7: A Matter of Justice (a.k.a.) Justice for Jill Danko
Jill Danko is seriously wounded by a seemingly demented gunman while dining with her husband Mike. L...
Episode 8: Blood Brother
Like many Vietnam veterans returning home after the war, Jimmy Webster is angry at society for treat...
Episode 9: Code 261
A young nurse suffers a terrifying ordeal when she is raped in the underground garage of Memorial Ho...
Episode 10: Prayers Unanswered, Prayers Unheard
Lieutenant Ryker is selected to be personally in charge of an important investigation. A priest is m...
Episode 11: Down Home Boy
A telethon featuring an extremely famous country western singer requests of the police department ex...
Episode 12: Lots of Trees and a Running Stream
Jill is confronted by her past when a former lover of hers appears at her home. Mike is currently ou...
Episode 13: Another Beginning for Ben Fuller
A retired police lieutenant interferes in the investigation of an aggravated assault involving his b...
Episode 14: Sound of Silence
One of Willie's young female friends is desperately afraid when she discovers that she is afflicted...
Episode 15: Trial by Doubt
Willie Gillis is assigned to ride with an older officer and, while on patrol, the man is killed. Whe...
Episode 16: The Authentic Death of Billy Stomper
A college girl from Jamaica witnesses the murder of a notorious drug pusher and Terry Webster is ass...
Episode 17: The Late Mr. Brent
Mike and Jill Danko's marriage is strained by Mike's protective interest in the widow of a man Mike...
Episode 18: The Teacher
The rookies must contend with 'The Teacher' an ex-convict who masterminds several well executed rob...
Episode 19: Eyewitness
A young man with a Jekyll - Hyde personality becomes a puzzle for Terry and Willie when he gives...
Episode 20: Something Less Than a Man
An old friend of Ryker's, once a good policeman and now a pathetic drunk, is framed for the murder o...
Episode 21: Rolling Thunder
The Ludlow precinct institutes a Police Cadet Program. One of the boys involved becomes overzealous...
Episode 22: Time Lock
A brilliant young felon holds Terry and three women, one of whom is pregnant, hostage in a bank vaul...
Episode 23: Death Watch
Two ex-convicts are loose in the city carrying contagious meningitis. After Willie is exposed to it...
Episode 1: An Ugly Way to Die
Terry Webster breaks in his new partner, junior rookie Chris Owens, searching for an arsonist. Someo...
Episode 2: Key Witness
The murder of a construction company owner is witnessed by a woman and her married boyfriend, a doct...
Episode 3: Legacy of Death
Chris is partnered with a patrolman who gets involved in suicidal situations so that he might be kil...

Episode 4: Death at 6 A.M.
Four young people out for excitement in a stolen pickup become fugitives from the law when their fun...
Episode 5: Walk a Tightrope
Two law students, seeking revenge for the death of a girl, frame Terry Webster, whom they hold resp...
Episode 6: Judgment
The son and daughter of a man who recently died in prison are determined to kill the judge who sente...
Episode 7: Johnny Lost His Gun
Mike is alarmed to find out from his wife and fellow rookies that an old Air Force friend of his is...
Episode 8: Prelude to Vengeance
The rookies befriend the girlfriend of a robber after Terry delivers her baby and in return becomes...
Episode 9: Vendetta
A policeman who was injured in a market holdup returns to the force after a ten year recovery, in pu...

Episode 10: The Old Neighborhood
Lt. Ryker steps from behind his desk to investigate a protection racket in the neighborhood where he...
Episode 11: A Test of Courage
The Rookies must find those responsible for holding up gun shops throughout the city.
Episode 12: The Assassin
A photographer friend of Chris' accidentally catches a hired assassin in one of her shots. The rooki...

Episode 13: Blue Christmas
It's Christmas Eve and after settling a number of routine disturbances around town, the rookies enjo...
Episode 14: Take Over
After a syndicate boss is arrested, the rest of the gang plot to take over and continue their work....
Episode 15: The Saturday Night Special
The dangers of owning a gun are explored when the rookies have to avenge the accidental shooting of...
Episode 16: The Hunting Ground
Mike's eager new partner proves to be a little too eager when he is found spending his off hours hun...
Episode 17: Solomon's Dilemma
A woman's son is kidnapped in a supermarket parking lot but when questioned by the rookies she denie...
Episode 18: Angel
The rookies must find ample evidence to arrest Tommy, who introduces young girls into unsavory caree...
Episode 19: The Shield
The rookies are involved in a case of mistaken identity when they charge the wrong man with the murd...
Episode 20: S.W.A.T. (1)
Harrelson is the head of the Special Weapons and Tactics team, a unit trained to handle unusually vo...
Episode 21: S.W.A.T. (2)
Conclusion. Harrelson is the head of the Special Weapons and Tactics team, a unit trained to handle...
Episode 22: A Deadly Image
A look into Lt. Ryker's more sensetive side has him befriending a young, mixed-up girl who reminds h...
Episode 23: Cliffy
A mentally retarded man, who longs to be a policeman, witnesses a murder in a gas station. But he ha...
Episode 24: Nightmare
Kate Jackson takes center stage in this thriller-styled episode. After being involved in a car accid...
Episode 1: Lamb to the Slaughter
When burglar Brad Gifford is arrested, his cop-hating, now orphaned son, Jody, is taken to Lambert H...
Episode 2: Reading Writing and Angel Dust
After the tragic death of a bright high school student, the rookies put in a team effort to get the...
Episode 3: One-Way Street to Nowhere
Mike is critically injured when he tries to capture the leader of a militant group and Terry is take...
Episode 4: Someone Who Cares
An unidentified nine-year-old girl is accidentally hit by a car after two hedonistic ""swinging sing...
Episode 5: Ladies Day (a.k.a.) Ladies Kill, Too
Jill is working in a womens prison, fighting an outbreak of diphtheria. In order to protest for bett...
Episode 6: Reign of Terror
Young crooks Pat Stevens and Glen Barton rob ticket agent Brewster and shoot rookie Chris. The scene...
Episode 7: Death Lady
A female officer is blamed for her partner's death during a jewelry store robbery. With her new part...
Episode 8: Measure of Mercy
The rookies must investigate a robbery at Memorial Hospital. The blood bank was robbed and its conte...
Episode 9: A Time to Mourn
Chris' sister makes a surprise visit on her brother. He is suspended after conducting an unauthorize...
Episode 10: The Torch Man
An ex-convict, out on parole, desperately wants to go straight, but is sought after by his ex-cellma...
Episode 11: Invitation to a Rumble
Terry is run down by a car driven by the leader of a street gang in his old neighborhood. When one o...
Episode 12: Reluctant Hero
A rookie accidentally overpowers a professional assassin and is named ""hero"". The assassin vows to...
Episode 13: Dead Heat
Chris and Terry have their patrol car stolen by teenage vandals while investigating a major robbery...
Episode 14: The Voice of Thunder
After a series of Sunday bombings of porno bookshops and massage parlors sweep the city, Chris and T...
Episode 15: The Code Five Affair
The rookies stake out an abandoned factory where a heroin deal is about to take place, and are able...
Episode 16: Shadow of a Man
Forest, a tough career cop, takes $10,000 from the scene of a robbery after his partner is killed by...
Episode 17: Eye for an Eye
A man who was forced to spend eighteen years in prison for a crime he did not commit is determined t...
Episode 18: Sudden Death (a.k.a.) Return from the Past
Mike, a former helicopter pilot in Vietnam, becomes the prey of a deranged ex-POW who blames the pol...
Episode 19: From Out of the Darkness
Terry vows to find the murderer of Dan Kennedy, a retired cop turned security guard. Dan was the fat...
Episode 20: The Mugging
After a woman is fatally assaulted by three junkies, her son, a doctor in the same hospital where Ji...
Episode 21: Blue Movie, Blue Death
The rookies are given undercover assignments in order to smash a syndicate-owned porno film company...
Episode 22: Deliver Me From Innocence
A frightened sixteen-year-old boy is forced to take the blame for the crimes of a junkie he has beco...
Episode 23: Journey to Oblivion
A gambler kills his creditor and is witnessed by Jill Danko whom he and his accomplice must now do a...
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