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Season 4, 23 episodes

Episode 1: Lamb to the Slaughter
- Now playing
- 1h
- Sep 9, 1975
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.
Episode 2: Reading Writing and Angel Dust
- 1h
- Sep 16, 1975
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.
Episode 3: One-Way Street to Nowhere
- 1h
- Sep 23, 1975
Mike is critically injured when he tries to capture the leader of a militant group and Terry is taken hostage.
Episode 4: Someone Who Cares
- 1h
- Sep 30, 1975
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.
Episode 5: Ladies Day (a.k.a.) Ladies Kill, Too
- 1h
- Oct 7, 1975
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.
Episode 6: Reign of Terror
- 1h
- Oct 14, 1975
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.
Episode 7: Death Lady
- 1h
- Oct 21, 1975
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.
Episode 8: Measure of Mercy
- 1h
- Oct 28, 1975
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.
Episode 9: A Time to Mourn
- 1h
- Nov 4, 1975
Chris' sister makes a surprise visit on her brother. He is suspended after conducting an unauthorized bust of the man who molested her.
Episode 10: The Torch Man
- 1h
- Nov 11, 1975
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.
Episode 11: Invitation to a Rumble
- 1h
- Nov 18, 1975
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.
Episode 12: Reluctant Hero
- 1h
- Nov 25, 1975
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.
Episode 13: Dead Heat
- 1h
- Dec 2, 1975
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.
Episode 14: The Voice of Thunder
- 1h
- Dec 9, 1975
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.
Episode 15: The Code Five Affair
- 1h
- Dec 16, 1975
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.
Episode 16: Shadow of a Man
- 1h
- Dec 23, 1975
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.
Episode 17: Eye for an Eye
- 1h
- Dec 30, 1975
A man who was forced to spend eighteen years in prison for a crime he did not commit is determined to get the men who framed him.
Episode 18: Sudden Death (a.k.a.) Return from the Past
- 1h
- Jan 6, 1976
Mike, a former helicopter pilot in Vietnam, becomes the prey of a deranged ex-POW who blames the policeman for his capture by the Vietcong.
Episode 19: From Out of the Darkness
- 1h
- Jan 20, 1976
Terry vows to find the murderer of Dan Kennedy, a retired cop turned security guard. Dan was the father of a blind girl, Terry's former girlfriend.
Episode 20: The Mugging
- 1h
- Jan 27, 1976
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.
Episode 21: Blue Movie, Blue Death
- 1h
- Feb 24, 1976
The rookies are given undercover assignments in order to smash a syndicate-owned porno film company responsible for the deaths of some of its actors.
Episode 22: Deliver Me From Innocence
- 1h
- Mar 2, 1976
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.
Episode 23: Journey to Oblivion
- 1h
- Mar 30, 1976
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.

The Rookies

1972 to 1976
4 seasons
1h per episode
Drama
Crime

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Overview

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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Ran for 4 seasons and 93 episodes (1972 to 1976)
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Set in California
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Music by Elmer Bernstein
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Created by: Rita Lakin
Status: Canceled
Seasons: 4
Episodes: 93
First aired: September 11, 1972
Last aired: March 30, 1976
Original language: English
Countries: US

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Episodes

Season 4, 23 episodes

Episode 1: Lamb to the Slaughter
- Now playing
- 1h
- Sep 9, 1975
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.
Episode 2: Reading Writing and Angel Dust
- 1h
- Sep 16, 1975
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.
Episode 3: One-Way Street to Nowhere
- 1h
- Sep 23, 1975
Mike is critically injured when he tries to capture the leader of a militant group and Terry is taken hostage.
Episode 4: Someone Who Cares
- 1h
- Sep 30, 1975
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.
Episode 5: Ladies Day (a.k.a.) Ladies Kill, Too
- 1h
- Oct 7, 1975
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.
Episode 6: Reign of Terror
- 1h
- Oct 14, 1975
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.
Episode 7: Death Lady
- 1h
- Oct 21, 1975
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.
Episode 8: Measure of Mercy
- 1h
- Oct 28, 1975
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.
Episode 9: A Time to Mourn
- 1h
- Nov 4, 1975
Chris' sister makes a surprise visit on her brother. He is suspended after conducting an unauthorized bust of the man who molested her.
Episode 10: The Torch Man
- 1h
- Nov 11, 1975
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.
Episode 11: Invitation to a Rumble
- 1h
- Nov 18, 1975
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.
Episode 12: Reluctant Hero
- 1h
- Nov 25, 1975
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.
Episode 13: Dead Heat
- 1h
- Dec 2, 1975
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.
Episode 14: The Voice of Thunder
- 1h
- Dec 9, 1975
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.
Episode 15: The Code Five Affair
- 1h
- Dec 16, 1975
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.
Episode 16: Shadow of a Man
- 1h
- Dec 23, 1975
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.
Episode 17: Eye for an Eye
- 1h
- Dec 30, 1975
A man who was forced to spend eighteen years in prison for a crime he did not commit is determined to get the men who framed him.
Episode 18: Sudden Death (a.k.a.) Return from the Past
- 1h
- Jan 6, 1976
Mike, a former helicopter pilot in Vietnam, becomes the prey of a deranged ex-POW who blames the policeman for his capture by the Vietcong.
Episode 19: From Out of the Darkness
- 1h
- Jan 20, 1976
Terry vows to find the murderer of Dan Kennedy, a retired cop turned security guard. Dan was the father of a blind girl, Terry's former girlfriend.
Episode 20: The Mugging
- 1h
- Jan 27, 1976
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.
Episode 21: Blue Movie, Blue Death
- 1h
- Feb 24, 1976
The rookies are given undercover assignments in order to smash a syndicate-owned porno film company responsible for the deaths of some of its actors.
Episode 22: Deliver Me From Innocence
- 1h
- Mar 2, 1976
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.
Episode 23: Journey to Oblivion
- 1h
- Mar 30, 1976
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.

Episodes

E1 Episode 1: Lamb to the Slaughter

E2 Episode 2: Reading Writing and Angel Dust

E3 Episode 3: One-Way Street to Nowhere

E4 Episode 4: Someone Who Cares

E5 Episode 5: Ladies Day (a.k.a.) Ladies Kill, Too

E6 Episode 6: Reign of Terror

E7 Episode 7: Death Lady

E8 Episode 8: Measure of Mercy

E9 Episode 9: A Time to Mourn

E10 Episode 10: The Torch Man

E11 Episode 11: Invitation to a Rumble

E12 Episode 12: Reluctant Hero

E13 Episode 13: Dead Heat

E14 Episode 14: The Voice of Thunder

E15 Episode 15: The Code Five Affair

E16 Episode 16: Shadow of a Man

E17 Episode 17: Eye for an Eye

E18 Episode 18: Sudden Death (a.k.a.) Return from the Past

E19 Episode 19: From Out of the Darkness

E20 Episode 20: The Mugging

E21 Episode 21: Blue Movie, Blue Death

E22 Episode 22: Deliver Me From Innocence

E23 Episode 23: Journey to Oblivion

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Episodes

E1 Episode 1: Lamb to the Slaughter

E2 Episode 2: Reading Writing and Angel Dust

E3 Episode 3: One-Way Street to Nowhere

E4 Episode 4: Someone Who Cares

E5 Episode 5: Ladies Day (a.k.a.) Ladies Kill, Too

E6 Episode 6: Reign of Terror

E7 Episode 7: Death Lady

E8 Episode 8: Measure of Mercy

E9 Episode 9: A Time to Mourn

E10 Episode 10: The Torch Man

E11 Episode 11: Invitation to a Rumble

E12 Episode 12: Reluctant Hero

E13 Episode 13: Dead Heat

E14 Episode 14: The Voice of Thunder

E15 Episode 15: The Code Five Affair

E16 Episode 16: Shadow of a Man

E17 Episode 17: Eye for an Eye

E18 Episode 18: Sudden Death (a.k.a.) Return from the Past

E19 Episode 19: From Out of the Darkness

E20 Episode 20: The Mugging

E21 Episode 21: Blue Movie, Blue Death

E22 Episode 22: Deliver Me From Innocence

E23 Episode 23: Journey to Oblivion

Fun facts

Episode 1: Lamb to the Slaughter

Episode 2: Reading Writing and Angel Dust

Episode 3: One-Way Street to Nowhere

Episode 4: Someone Who Cares

Episode 5: Ladies Day (a.k.a.) Ladies Kill, Too

Episode 6: Reign of Terror

Episode 7: Death Lady

Episode 8: Measure of Mercy

Episode 9: A Time to Mourn

Episode 10: The Torch Man

Episode 11: Invitation to a Rumble

Episode 12: Reluctant Hero

Episode 13: Dead Heat

Episode 14: The Voice of Thunder

Episode 15: The Code Five Affair

Episode 16: Shadow of a Man

Episode 17: Eye for an Eye

Episode 18: Sudden Death (a.k.a.) Return from the Past

Episode 19: From Out of the Darkness

Episode 20: The Mugging

Episode 21: Blue Movie, Blue Death

Episode 22: Deliver Me From Innocence

Episode 23: Journey to Oblivion

Episode 1: Lamb to the Slaughter

Episode 2: Reading Writing and Angel Dust

Episode 3: One-Way Street to Nowhere

Episode 4: Someone Who Cares

Episode 5: Ladies Day (a.k.a.) Ladies Kill, Too

Episode 6: Reign of Terror

Episode 7: Death Lady

Episode 8: Measure of Mercy

Episode 9: A Time to Mourn

Episode 10: The Torch Man

Episode 11: Invitation to a Rumble

Episode 12: Reluctant Hero

Episode 13: Dead Heat

Episode 14: The Voice of Thunder

Episode 15: The Code Five Affair

Episode 16: Shadow of a Man

Episode 17: Eye for an Eye

Episode 18: Sudden Death (a.k.a.) Return from the Past

Episode 19: From Out of the Darkness

Episode 20: The Mugging

Episode 21: Blue Movie, Blue Death

Episode 22: Deliver Me From Innocence

Episode 23: Journey to Oblivion