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Season 5, 19 episodes

Episode 1: Ransom
- Now playing
- 1h
- Sep 25, 1985
When Hooker and Stacy take Hooker's children for a trip to the beach, a minor fire distracts Hooker long enough for Chrissie to disappear. She has been kidnapped by bitter ex-cop Marty Latham, who was struck from the force and ultimately sentenced to prison after becoming involved with The Mob. Latham will only return Chrissie if Hooker finds the whereabouts of his family, who cut contact with him and disappeared while he was serving time.
Episode 2: Return of a Cop
- 1h
- Oct 2, 1985
While Hooker is investigating a violent supermarket robbery, his father, himself a retired police officer, arrives unexpectedly. Hooker is surprised at sudden arrival, and his father, who is in somewhat shaky health, ends up helping track down the supermarket robbery gang â€“ but the one last case has a deadly outcome for the senior Hooker.
Episode 3: To Kill a Cop
- 1h
- Oct 9, 1985
After an off-duty Officer is shot dead in a grocery store, Hooker â€“ an old friend of the family's â€“ promises the dead man's wife and son to find the culprit. A case in which the deceased Officer's partner sent a criminal to prison on a false testimony may be the key to the killing; but all the time, the killer has his next target in his sights... Meanwhile, Hooker looks into the recent murder of a local prostitute, only to discover that the two cases are linked.
Episode 4: Death is a Four Letter Word
- 1h
- Nov 6, 1985
A 17-year-old girl is killed in a struggle during the filming of a porn movie, and when her dumped body is found, it turns out to be the niece of Hooker's colleague, Detective Max Brodsky. Hooker takes charge of the case, with Stacy going undercover as a potential porn star to get inside the production company; but Brodsky's obsession with nailing the killers himself jeopardises the whole investigation.
Episode 5: The Assassin
- 1h
- Nov 13, 1985
The State Department asks Hooker's help in tracking down a man whom he served alongside in Vietnam - a disillusioned, mentally unstable trained executioner â€“ who is planning to assassinate the head of a visiting Russian trade delegation.
Episode 6: Rip-Off
- 1h
- Nov 20, 1985
Hooker becomes involved in an F.B.I. drug bust operation, a ""sting"" which leaves an undercover Detective critical in hospital, and the drug ring's middle man shot dead by the front man, who walks away with the $100,000 sting money. With the ploy following the same pattern as several previous identical ""rip-offs"", Hooker and a Federal agent join forces to put a halt to the big-time drug runner's scam, but their methods in putting the racket out of business clash.
Episode 7: Funny Money
- 1h
- Nov 27, 1985
When Hooker, Stacy and Corrigan aid in the stake-out of a money counterfeiting operation, Corrigan accidentally shoots dead an informant in the crossfire, while the head of the ring escapes. The shooting leaves a remorseful Corrigan questioning his choice of career, something that deepens even more when he is later forced to shoot a man involved with the counterfeiting ring who takes a hostage. The two fatal shootings leave the veteran Officer seriously considering leaving the force and taking a job offered to him by the woman he may choose to spend the rest of his life with. As the hunt for the counterfeiters continues, Hooker and Stacy try to convince him otherwise.
Episode 8: The Night Ripper
- 1h
- Jan 29, 1986
Arriving at the scene of the brutal murder of a college girl, Hooker recognises the method of murder as used by a serial killer dubbed ""The Night Ripper"", who was behind a spree of six grisly sex murders four years previously and was never caught. With the psychotic killer terrorising the city once more, Hooker is under pressure to uncover his identity and get him off the streets.
Episode 9: The Obsession
- 1h
- Feb 5, 1986
Corrigan and Stacy respond to a seemingly trivial call about an illegally parked vehicle, only to stumble onto an armed robbery of a check-cashing outlet. As Corrigan calls for back-up, Stacy intervenes in the robbery to stop a man from being shot, only to taken hostage by the trio of armed thieves. With Stacy held prisoner by the robbers, the head of the trio rapidly develops an ""obsession"" for her, much to the aggravation of his girl-friend, who is also one of the theives. As Hooker and Corrigan search for Stacy and the thieves, they risk taking on the might of City Hall when it becomes apparent that the father of one of the trio is involved in the Mayor's re-election campaign and is prepared to pull strings to keep the whole case quiet. Meanwhile, the trio's leader's obsession with Stacy continues to grow â€“ and it is the only thing that is keeping her from being killed.
Episode 10: Taps for Officer Remy
- 1h
- Feb 12, 1986
The pursuit and capture of a criminal reunites Hooker with Officer Karen Remy, whom have previously been romantically involved with each other, but soon after, Hooker is informed that Karen is dead after being shot in her car. With the murder having signs of being a professional hit, Hooker becomes determined to find the person responsible, and his prime suspect is Karen's Police partner. His disobeying orders by continuing to probe the killing sees Hooker suspended, but that's not enough for him to give up the hunt, but is there more to the case than he knows?
Episode 11: Nightmare
- 1h
- Feb 19, 1986
Pursuing a gang of robbers, Stacy receives a mild concussion in a shoot-out, and after being discharged from hospital, decides to take a break to go and visit her sister. But driving through a fierce thunderstorm and still in a slightly dazed state, she is involved in a minor road accident which leaves her with amnesia, and is taken in by a passing motorist who claims to be a local doctor. Meanwhile, Hooker and Corrigan become concerned at Stacy's sudden disappearance, and investigate a break out from a mental hospital where two dangerous patients have escaped - and unbeknown to them, one of the escapees is the man posing as the doctor who has taken in Stacy.
Episode 12: Shootout
- 1h
- Feb 26, 1986
Hooker, Corrigan and Stacy are working undercover on a pimp sting when they respond to an armed robbery alert at a nearby bank, and the ensuing shootout as the robbers escape sees an Officer fatally wounded and dying in Stacy's arms. The hunt is on for the murderous gang, who are already putting their next bank robbery plan into motion, but Stacy's performance begins to suffer as she is over-come by fear that she will be the gang's next victim.
Episode 13: Murder by Law
- 1h
- Apr 30, 1986
When a female attorney is murdered by a shotgun-wielding killer, the third woman attorney to be killed in similar such fashion, Hooker, Stacy and Corrigan search out the killer - who is actually a man who's become embittered after his girlfriend was deemed mentally unstable and dropped from attorney school.
Episode 14: Partners in Death
- 1h
- May 7, 1986
While in pursuit of a pair of burglars who brutally attack anyone who interrupts their robberies, Corrigan pulls unconscious Stacy from their patrol car when it crashes, moments before it explodes. With the hunt on for the violent thieves, Stacy and Corrigan's ordeal brings them much closer together than ever before, something that begins to affect their working relationship, and sees Hooker injured due to their distracted states.
Episode 15: Death Trip
- 1h
- May 14, 1986
A friendly LCPD baseball game is interupted by a shooting, when a passing man, out for a walk with his daughter, is shot in an attempted execution. The wounded man is none other than Russ Paterno, a retired mobster who is now an informant and has been helping the F.B.I. With the valuable information Paterno continues provide them, the Feds are eager to keep him alive, and ask Hooker make sure no harm comes to him. Behind the shooting, and several similar executions, is a militant, right-wing paramilitary group called P.F.A.D.W. - ""People For A Decent World"", who's maniacal leader is determined to wipe out any and every individual he sees as responsible for bringing the world down.
Episode 16: Blood Sport (1)
- 1h
- May 21, 1986
Hooker is delivering a captured criminal to the Federal court building when he meets Senator Grayle, an old friend; when a bomb intended kill the Senator explode. With Hooker having saved the Senator's life, himself, Stacy and Corrigan at the Senator's request travel to Honolulu, Hawaii, to work with the local Police department there and protect the Senator and his wife from the ruthless gangsters out to assassinate him. But in his time protecting the Senator, Hooker finds that he does not approve with many of his old friend's ways and methods; and it's a tangled web leading to finding just who is behind the threats.
Episode 17: Blood Sport (2)
- 1h
- May 21, 1986
In the conclusion of this feature-length / two-part story, with Howie Kalanuma murdered, Hooker becomes even more determined to find the gang behind the threats on Senator Grayle and his wife.
Episode 18: Into the Night
- 1h
- May 21, 1986
During a stake-out, Hooker is forced to shoot a hired hit-man, unable to learn who he was hired to kill. Soon after, an armed robbery at an airport cargo depot leaves security guard Bill Kennedy, an ex-Officer, fatally shot. Stacy had previously met the kindly Bill through his blind son Steve, leaving herself, Hooker and Corrigan determined to find whoever pulled the trigger. But their investigations suggest that the hit-man and Bill's killing were linked, and that the whole thing seems to be connected to the Mob, and Steve is next on the hit list.
Episode 19: Deadly Force
- 1h
- May 28, 1986
After Corrigan drops Detective O'Brien's niece Jennifer off at a jewellery store to buy a gift for her uncle's 25th anniversary in the force, the store is hit by a pair of armed robbers, and in the robbery Jennifer is gunned down. With the only lead being the hi-tech gun used by one of the thieves, Corrigan feels responsible for Jennifer's death, and the investigation is hampered by a television news reporter eager for a story. Meanwhile, one of the murderous robbers gets a taste for the fame that the shooting brings him, and plans to make a play for the determined reporter.

1982 to 1986
Rated TV-PG
5 seasons
1h per episode
Drama
Crime

6.5TMDB(100)

Overview

Sergeant Thomas Jefferson Hooker is a tough-as-nails veteran police officer with the LCPD who turns his back on a gold badge and goes back to patrolling the streets and training recruits. Along with his young partners in blue, Hooker take on Lake City's toughest criminals.

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Episodes
Ran for 5 seasons and 91 episodes (1982 to 1986)
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Setting
Set in Los Angeles
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Music by Mark Snow
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Created by: Aaron Spelling
Rick Husky
Status: Ended
Seasons: 5
Episodes: 91
First aired: March 13, 1982
Last aired: May 28, 1986
Original language: English
Countries: United States of America

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Season 5, 19 episodes

Episode 1: Ransom
- Now playing
- 1h
- Sep 25, 1985
When Hooker and Stacy take Hooker's children for a trip to the beach, a minor fire distracts Hooker long enough for Chrissie to disappear. She has been kidnapped by bitter ex-cop Marty Latham, who was struck from the force and ultimately sentenced to prison after becoming involved with The Mob. Latham will only return Chrissie if Hooker finds the whereabouts of his family, who cut contact with him and disappeared while he was serving time.
Episode 2: Return of a Cop
- 1h
- Oct 2, 1985
While Hooker is investigating a violent supermarket robbery, his father, himself a retired police officer, arrives unexpectedly. Hooker is surprised at sudden arrival, and his father, who is in somewhat shaky health, ends up helping track down the supermarket robbery gang â€“ but the one last case has a deadly outcome for the senior Hooker.
Episode 3: To Kill a Cop
- 1h
- Oct 9, 1985
After an off-duty Officer is shot dead in a grocery store, Hooker â€“ an old friend of the family's â€“ promises the dead man's wife and son to find the culprit. A case in which the deceased Officer's partner sent a criminal to prison on a false testimony may be the key to the killing; but all the time, the killer has his next target in his sights... Meanwhile, Hooker looks into the recent murder of a local prostitute, only to discover that the two cases are linked.
Episode 4: Death is a Four Letter Word
- 1h
- Nov 6, 1985
A 17-year-old girl is killed in a struggle during the filming of a porn movie, and when her dumped body is found, it turns out to be the niece of Hooker's colleague, Detective Max Brodsky. Hooker takes charge of the case, with Stacy going undercover as a potential porn star to get inside the production company; but Brodsky's obsession with nailing the killers himself jeopardises the whole investigation.
Episode 5: The Assassin
- 1h
- Nov 13, 1985
The State Department asks Hooker's help in tracking down a man whom he served alongside in Vietnam - a disillusioned, mentally unstable trained executioner â€“ who is planning to assassinate the head of a visiting Russian trade delegation.
Episode 6: Rip-Off
- 1h
- Nov 20, 1985
Hooker becomes involved in an F.B.I. drug bust operation, a ""sting"" which leaves an undercover Detective critical in hospital, and the drug ring's middle man shot dead by the front man, who walks away with the $100,000 sting money. With the ploy following the same pattern as several previous identical ""rip-offs"", Hooker and a Federal agent join forces to put a halt to the big-time drug runner's scam, but their methods in putting the racket out of business clash.
Episode 7: Funny Money
- 1h
- Nov 27, 1985
When Hooker, Stacy and Corrigan aid in the stake-out of a money counterfeiting operation, Corrigan accidentally shoots dead an informant in the crossfire, while the head of the ring escapes. The shooting leaves a remorseful Corrigan questioning his choice of career, something that deepens even more when he is later forced to shoot a man involved with the counterfeiting ring who takes a hostage. The two fatal shootings leave the veteran Officer seriously considering leaving the force and taking a job offered to him by the woman he may choose to spend the rest of his life with. As the hunt for the counterfeiters continues, Hooker and Stacy try to convince him otherwise.
Episode 8: The Night Ripper
- 1h
- Jan 29, 1986
Arriving at the scene of the brutal murder of a college girl, Hooker recognises the method of murder as used by a serial killer dubbed ""The Night Ripper"", who was behind a spree of six grisly sex murders four years previously and was never caught. With the psychotic killer terrorising the city once more, Hooker is under pressure to uncover his identity and get him off the streets.
Episode 9: The Obsession
- 1h
- Feb 5, 1986
Corrigan and Stacy respond to a seemingly trivial call about an illegally parked vehicle, only to stumble onto an armed robbery of a check-cashing outlet. As Corrigan calls for back-up, Stacy intervenes in the robbery to stop a man from being shot, only to taken hostage by the trio of armed thieves. With Stacy held prisoner by the robbers, the head of the trio rapidly develops an ""obsession"" for her, much to the aggravation of his girl-friend, who is also one of the theives. As Hooker and Corrigan search for Stacy and the thieves, they risk taking on the might of City Hall when it becomes apparent that the father of one of the trio is involved in the Mayor's re-election campaign and is prepared to pull strings to keep the whole case quiet. Meanwhile, the trio's leader's obsession with Stacy continues to grow â€“ and it is the only thing that is keeping her from being killed.
Episode 10: Taps for Officer Remy
- 1h
- Feb 12, 1986
The pursuit and capture of a criminal reunites Hooker with Officer Karen Remy, whom have previously been romantically involved with each other, but soon after, Hooker is informed that Karen is dead after being shot in her car. With the murder having signs of being a professional hit, Hooker becomes determined to find the person responsible, and his prime suspect is Karen's Police partner. His disobeying orders by continuing to probe the killing sees Hooker suspended, but that's not enough for him to give up the hunt, but is there more to the case than he knows?
Episode 11: Nightmare
- 1h
- Feb 19, 1986
Pursuing a gang of robbers, Stacy receives a mild concussion in a shoot-out, and after being discharged from hospital, decides to take a break to go and visit her sister. But driving through a fierce thunderstorm and still in a slightly dazed state, she is involved in a minor road accident which leaves her with amnesia, and is taken in by a passing motorist who claims to be a local doctor. Meanwhile, Hooker and Corrigan become concerned at Stacy's sudden disappearance, and investigate a break out from a mental hospital where two dangerous patients have escaped - and unbeknown to them, one of the escapees is the man posing as the doctor who has taken in Stacy.
Episode 12: Shootout
- 1h
- Feb 26, 1986
Hooker, Corrigan and Stacy are working undercover on a pimp sting when they respond to an armed robbery alert at a nearby bank, and the ensuing shootout as the robbers escape sees an Officer fatally wounded and dying in Stacy's arms. The hunt is on for the murderous gang, who are already putting their next bank robbery plan into motion, but Stacy's performance begins to suffer as she is over-come by fear that she will be the gang's next victim.
Episode 13: Murder by Law
- 1h
- Apr 30, 1986
When a female attorney is murdered by a shotgun-wielding killer, the third woman attorney to be killed in similar such fashion, Hooker, Stacy and Corrigan search out the killer - who is actually a man who's become embittered after his girlfriend was deemed mentally unstable and dropped from attorney school.
Episode 14: Partners in Death
- 1h
- May 7, 1986
While in pursuit of a pair of burglars who brutally attack anyone who interrupts their robberies, Corrigan pulls unconscious Stacy from their patrol car when it crashes, moments before it explodes. With the hunt on for the violent thieves, Stacy and Corrigan's ordeal brings them much closer together than ever before, something that begins to affect their working relationship, and sees Hooker injured due to their distracted states.
Episode 15: Death Trip
- 1h
- May 14, 1986
A friendly LCPD baseball game is interupted by a shooting, when a passing man, out for a walk with his daughter, is shot in an attempted execution. The wounded man is none other than Russ Paterno, a retired mobster who is now an informant and has been helping the F.B.I. With the valuable information Paterno continues provide them, the Feds are eager to keep him alive, and ask Hooker make sure no harm comes to him. Behind the shooting, and several similar executions, is a militant, right-wing paramilitary group called P.F.A.D.W. - ""People For A Decent World"", who's maniacal leader is determined to wipe out any and every individual he sees as responsible for bringing the world down.
Episode 16: Blood Sport (1)
- 1h
- May 21, 1986
Hooker is delivering a captured criminal to the Federal court building when he meets Senator Grayle, an old friend; when a bomb intended kill the Senator explode. With Hooker having saved the Senator's life, himself, Stacy and Corrigan at the Senator's request travel to Honolulu, Hawaii, to work with the local Police department there and protect the Senator and his wife from the ruthless gangsters out to assassinate him. But in his time protecting the Senator, Hooker finds that he does not approve with many of his old friend's ways and methods; and it's a tangled web leading to finding just who is behind the threats.
Episode 17: Blood Sport (2)
- 1h
- May 21, 1986
In the conclusion of this feature-length / two-part story, with Howie Kalanuma murdered, Hooker becomes even more determined to find the gang behind the threats on Senator Grayle and his wife.
Episode 18: Into the Night
- 1h
- May 21, 1986
During a stake-out, Hooker is forced to shoot a hired hit-man, unable to learn who he was hired to kill. Soon after, an armed robbery at an airport cargo depot leaves security guard Bill Kennedy, an ex-Officer, fatally shot. Stacy had previously met the kindly Bill through his blind son Steve, leaving herself, Hooker and Corrigan determined to find whoever pulled the trigger. But their investigations suggest that the hit-man and Bill's killing were linked, and that the whole thing seems to be connected to the Mob, and Steve is next on the hit list.
Episode 19: Deadly Force
- 1h
- May 28, 1986
After Corrigan drops Detective O'Brien's niece Jennifer off at a jewellery store to buy a gift for her uncle's 25th anniversary in the force, the store is hit by a pair of armed robbers, and in the robbery Jennifer is gunned down. With the only lead being the hi-tech gun used by one of the thieves, Corrigan feels responsible for Jennifer's death, and the investigation is hampered by a television news reporter eager for a story. Meanwhile, one of the murderous robbers gets a taste for the fame that the shooting brings him, and plans to make a play for the determined reporter.

Episodes

E1 Episode 1: Ransom

E2 Episode 2: Return of a Cop

E3 Episode 3: To Kill a Cop

E4 Episode 4: Death is a Four Letter Word

E5 Episode 5: The Assassin

E6 Episode 6: Rip-Off

E7 Episode 7: Funny Money

E8 Episode 8: The Night Ripper

E9 Episode 9: The Obsession

E10 Episode 10: Taps for Officer Remy

E11 Episode 11: Nightmare

E12 Episode 12: Shootout

E13 Episode 13: Murder by Law

E14 Episode 14: Partners in Death

E15 Episode 15: Death Trip

E16 Episode 16: Blood Sport (1)

E17 Episode 17: Blood Sport (2)

E18 Episode 18: Into the Night

E19 Episode 19: Deadly Force

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Episodes

E1 Episode 1: Ransom

E2 Episode 2: Return of a Cop

E3 Episode 3: To Kill a Cop

E4 Episode 4: Death is a Four Letter Word

E5 Episode 5: The Assassin

E6 Episode 6: Rip-Off

E7 Episode 7: Funny Money

E8 Episode 8: The Night Ripper

E9 Episode 9: The Obsession

E10 Episode 10: Taps for Officer Remy

E11 Episode 11: Nightmare

E12 Episode 12: Shootout

E13 Episode 13: Murder by Law

E14 Episode 14: Partners in Death

E15 Episode 15: Death Trip

E16 Episode 16: Blood Sport (1)

E17 Episode 17: Blood Sport (2)

E18 Episode 18: Into the Night

E19 Episode 19: Deadly Force

Fun facts

Episode 1: Ransom

Episode 2: Return of a Cop

Episode 3: To Kill a Cop

Episode 4: Death is a Four Letter Word

Episode 5: The Assassin

Episode 6: Rip-Off

Episode 7: Funny Money

Episode 8: The Night Ripper

Episode 9: The Obsession

Episode 10: Taps for Officer Remy

Episode 11: Nightmare

Episode 12: Shootout

Episode 13: Murder by Law

Episode 14: Partners in Death

Episode 15: Death Trip

Episode 16: Blood Sport (1)

Episode 17: Blood Sport (2)

Episode 18: Into the Night

Episode 19: Deadly Force

Episode 1: Ransom

Episode 2: Return of a Cop

Episode 3: To Kill a Cop

Episode 4: Death is a Four Letter Word

Episode 5: The Assassin

Episode 6: Rip-Off

Episode 7: Funny Money

Episode 8: The Night Ripper

Episode 9: The Obsession

Episode 10: Taps for Officer Remy

Episode 11: Nightmare

Episode 12: Shootout

Episode 13: Murder by Law

Episode 14: Partners in Death

Episode 15: Death Trip

Episode 16: Blood Sport (1)

Episode 17: Blood Sport (2)

Episode 18: Into the Night

Episode 19: Deadly Force