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The Rookies — Storyline

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.

Cast & Crew

• Created by: Rita Lakin
• Starring: Georg Stanford Brown, Sam Melville, Bruce Fairbairn, Kate Jackson, Gerald S. O'Loughlin

The Rookies — Series Details

The Rookies — Episode Guide

Season 1

• E1: Concrete Valley, Neon Sky (1972-09-11) — In the introductory episode of the series, the presence of several street gangs contributes to a tension-filled atmosphere. The Rookies are assigned with the challenge of maintaini
• E2: Dead, Like a Lost Dream (1972-09-18) — The division is under investigation for misconduct, following several citizen complaints. When a complaint against African-American Officer Webster contains no racial references de
• E3: The Informant (1972-09-25) — Officer's Webster and Gillis try to help a young man break away from two thugs who are using him as their wheel-man for robberies they are committing. But when the thugs take his g
• E4: The Commitment (1972-10-02) — Gillis is severly injured during an armed robbery. The doctors inform him that further surgery could leave him paralyzed leaving the police officer not knowing what to do.
• E5: Covenant with Death (1972-10-09) — Against advice of their lieutenant, Webster and Gillis are charmed by Toby Jones (Louis Gossett Jr.) who leads an evangelical church fighting drug use. When Gillis spots Jones flee
• E6: Time is the Fire (1972-10-16) — A young woman, Andrea Sloan, is kidnapped and held for ransom. Complications ensue.
• E7: The Bear That Didn't Get Up (1972-10-23) — Willie struggles to cope with the death of a young man he shot during a break-in who appeared to be unarmed. That is until an unidentified caller gives reason to believe another pe
• E8: Dirge for Sunday (1972-10-30) — Assigned with the task of protecting a valuable witness, Danko and the Officers must exercise caution regarding visitors to the prison. When a professional killer disguises himself
• E9: The Good Die Young (1972-11-13) — After three woman are murdered, the Police Squad takes action. In order to solve the mysterious murders and prevent future ones, the Squad welcomes two women officers to the force,
• E10: To Taste of Terror (1972-11-20) — In an effort to prove he's no 'old man', Officer Danko chases down a fleeing criminal. While he succeeds in apprehending the thief, his partners Webster and Gillis fail to catch th
• E11: A Deadly Velocity (1972-11-27) — The rookies are given the task of protecting a controversial Army General who has recently returned to the country after serving in Vietnam. The rookies must deal with mob control,
• E12: A Bloody Shade of Blue (1972-12-11) — Investigating a shooting, the Rookies learn the victim Miller wore a police uniform as a costume. In the next attack, Webster loses his sight temporarily; despite this disability,
• E13: A Very Special Piece of Ground (1972-12-18) — Danko's veteran partner (Earl Holliman) loses his family ranch and unborn son in a single day. Danko doesn't want to add to his woes by reporting on his growing rage on and off the
• E14: Rabbits on the Runway (1972-12-25) — A shady man claims to be the father of a runaway teen who's recently crossed the path of Gills. The rookies set out to find her for him unaware he has lied to them from the start.
• E15: Tarnished Idol (1973-01-08) — Gills arrests a washed up fighter (Lou Antonio) who's still connected enough to get bailed out in hours. The bitter drunk decides to fire bomb Gills for revenge.
• E16: Crossfire (1973-01-15) — Webster teams with a jaded and cynical veteran African-American police officer, RC Taylor. Mark Culpepper claims to have seen a crime but Taylor doesn't believe him. At a camp for
• E17: Snow Job (1973-01-29) — Country, a small time hood with a cocaine addiction, learns that police HQ is storing a large amount of drugs. He becomes involved to steal the cache before it's destroyed. Webster
• E18: Point of Impact (1973-02-05) — Terry investigates an old friend's apparently purposeless attack on a cop.
• E19: Three Hours to Kill (1973-02-12) — A daring plan is crafted by a convict's wife to release a prisoner from incarceration: an innocent and helpless police officer, who is undergoing surgery, is taken hostage. The res
• E20: The Wheel of Fortune (a.k.a.) The Wheel of Death (1973-02-19) — Widower father Frank Essex targets a local criminal organization to pay for his son's hospital stay. On the run from both sides of the law, he doesn't know that he's the only donor
• E21: Life Robbery (a.k.a.) Tribute to a Veteran (1973-02-26) — The rookies try to disengage a robbery network by leaving the undesirable city slums and working in the suburbs. They discover that the main suspect is a dear, old friend of Lieute
• E22: A Farewell Tree from Marly (1973-03-05) — The rookies are presented with a ""difficult"" court case. While the case is essentially an open and shut, obvious manslaughter conviction, trouble arises: the most important eleme
• E23: Easy Money (1973-03-19) — The rookies may be confronted with a problem worse than the nurse who holds a grudge against all police officers: they discover that her younger brother is associating with thugs w

Season 2

• E1: Cauldron (1973-09-10) — Willie and Terry are kidnapped by a disturbed criminal who is dying. The criminal leaves the two rookies in the desert, abandoned, with no food source and little hope of being resc
• E2: Margin for Error (1973-09-17) — While performing their routine patrol, Gillis and Danko unexpectedly stumble upon a robbery that is taking place. They radio for additional support and a veteran police team arrive
• E3: Deadly Cage (1973-09-24) — Webster is asked to play the role of a prisoner at the State Prison. He disguises himself as an inmate, in an effort to aid the issue of prison reform. However, when the other pris
• E4: Frozen Smoke (1973-10-01) — Juvenile detail is typically known to be a relatively easy tour. However, this is not the case for Willie. While on juvenile detail, Willie discovers that he is not as emotionally
• E5: Get Ryker (1973-10-08) — Jill, Danko's wife, is assigned to protect Lieutenant Ryker after he is wounded by a former prisoner who desires to take revenge. However, Ryker decides to take charge of the situa
• E6: Cry Wolf (1973-10-15) — A lonely lady who resides by the beach places a call into the police station for aid. Willie and Terry ignore this routine call, only to find out that the call was legitimate and t
• E7: A Matter of Justice (a.k.a.) Justice for Jill Danko (1973-10-22) — Jill Danko is seriously wounded by a seemingly demented gunman while dining with her husband Mike. Later, they find out that the gunman is unable to be prosecuted in court, because
• E8: Blood Brother (1973-10-29) — Like many Vietnam veterans returning home after the war, Jimmy Webster is angry at society for treating him as if he was an outsider, and not openly accepting him. He is unable to
• E9: Code 261 (1973-11-05) — A young nurse suffers a terrifying ordeal when she is raped in the underground garage of Memorial Hospital. The rookies attempt to help the woman by offering support. They offer en
• E10: Prayers Unanswered, Prayers Unheard (1973-11-12) — Lieutenant Ryker is selected to be personally in charge of an important investigation. A priest is murdered and a nun is badly beaten in a destitute neighborhood, and the community
• E11: Down Home Boy (1973-11-19) — A telethon featuring an extremely famous country western singer requests of the police department extra protection. The rookies are assigned to the event. Their placement on this a
• E12: Lots of Trees and a Running Stream (1973-12-02) — Jill is confronted by her past when a former lover of hers appears at her home. Mike is currently out of town. The unanticipated visitor gives the impression that he is fatally ill
• E13: Another Beginning for Ben Fuller (1973-12-10) — A retired police lieutenant interferes in the investigation of an aggravated assault involving his best friend.
• E14: Sound of Silence (1973-12-17) — One of Willie's young female friends is desperately afraid when she discovers that she is afflicted with diabetes. After she makes the realization, the young woman flees to a drug
• E15: Trial by Doubt (1974-01-07) — Willie Gillis is assigned to ride with an older officer and, while on patrol, the man is killed. When the murderer is captured, the other policemen are inclined to take the law int
• E16: The Authentic Death of Billy Stomper (1974-01-14) — A college girl from Jamaica witnesses the murder of a notorious drug pusher and Terry Webster is assigned to get her testimony in the days that follow, they fall in love, but the g
• E17: The Late Mr. Brent (1974-01-28) — Mike and Jill Danko's marriage is strained by Mike's protective interest in the widow of a man Mike was forced to kill in the line of duty.
• E18: The Teacher (1974-02-04) — The rookies must contend with 'The Teacher' an ex-convict who masterminds several well executed robberies using the young boys who are in the city looking for excitement.
• E19: Eyewitness (1974-02-11) — A young man with a Jekyll – Hyde personality becomes a puzzle for Terry and Willie when he gives them a description of a suspected cop-killer. But for Mike and Ryker he poses
• E20: Something Less Than a Man (1974-02-18) — An old friend of Ryker's, once a good policeman and now a pathetic drunk, is framed for the murder of a gangster who has terrorized the neighborhood. To gain favor from his daughte
• E21: Rolling Thunder (1974-02-25) — The Ludlow precinct institutes a Police Cadet Program. One of the boys involved becomes overzealous and is kidnapped, along with Terry, by his sister's boyfriend who is a fugitive.
• E22: Time Lock (1974-03-04) — A brilliant young felon holds Terry and three women, one of whom is pregnant, hostage in a bank vault in order to free his partner from jail.
• E23: Death Watch (1974-03-18) — Two ex-convicts are loose in the city carrying contagious meningitis. After Willie is exposed to it when he gives the ex-convict mouth – to – mouth resuscitation, the other rook

Season 3

• E1: An Ugly Way to Die (1974-09-09) — Terry Webster breaks in his new partner, junior rookie Chris Owens, searching for an arsonist. Someone is responsible for the murder of several firemen, all young, dark-haired and
• E2: Key Witness (1974-09-23) — The murder of a construction company owner is witnessed by a woman and her married boyfriend, a doctor. Because of the possibility of a scandal, the doctor will not allow the girl
• E3: Legacy of Death (1974-09-30) — Chris is partnered with a patrolman who gets involved in suicidal situations so that he might be killed in the line of duty and his family would be secure with financial compensati
• E4: Death at 6 A.M. (1974-10-07) — Four young people out for excitement in a stolen pickup become fugitives from the law when their fun turns into murder and robbery. Rookie Chris Owens is on the case after his part
• E5: Walk a Tightrope (1974-10-21) — Two law students, seeking revenge for the death of a girl, frame Terry Webster, whom they hold responsible for the murder of a store guard.
• E6: Judgment (1974-10-28) — The son and daughter of a man who recently died in prison are determined to kill the judge who sentenced him. The rookies must guard the judge and find the criminals. Terry becomes
• E7: Johnny Lost His Gun (1974-11-04) — Mike is alarmed to find out from his wife and fellow rookies that an old Air Force friend of his is a heroin pusher.
• E8: Prelude to Vengeance (1974-11-11) — The rookies befriend the girlfriend of a robber after Terry delivers her baby and in return becomes the criminal's target. Unless the rookies can catch this man, the girl will be c
• E9: Vendetta (1974-11-18) — A policeman who was injured in a market holdup returns to the force after a ten year recovery, in pursuit of the man he thinks is responsible for shooting him.
• E10: The Old Neighborhood (1974-11-25) — Lt. Ryker steps from behind his desk to investigate a protection racket in the neighborhood where he grew up.
• E11: A Test of Courage (1974-12-02) — The Rookies must find those responsible for holding up gun shops throughout the city.
• E12: The Assassin (1974-12-09) — A photographer friend of Chris' accidentally catches a hired assassin in one of her shots. The rookies must protect the girl and at the same time figure out who this man is trying
• E13: Blue Christmas (1974-12-16) — It's Christmas Eve and after settling a number of routine disturbances around town, the rookies enjoy a Christmas dinner at the home of Jill and Mike Danko. Jill and Mike are also
• E14: Take Over (1974-12-30) — After a syndicate boss is arrested, the rest of the gang plot to take over and continue their work. They are intent on killing Lt. Ryker. The rookies must put the rest of this
• E15: The Saturday Night Special (1975-01-13) — The dangers of owning a gun are explored when the rookies have to avenge the accidental shooting of a man who bought a gun to protect his family.
• E16: The Hunting Ground (1975-01-20) — Mike's eager new partner proves to be a little too eager when he is found spending his off hours hunting for pushers because his younger brother died of an overdose.
• E17: Solomon's Dilemma (1975-01-27) — A woman's son is kidnapped in a supermarket parking lot but when questioned by the rookies she denies the entire incident. Her and her husband are afraid because they adopted the b
• E18: Angel (1975-02-03) — The rookies must find ample evidence to arrest Tommy, who introduces young girls into unsavory careers for monetary gain.
• E19: The Shield (1975-02-10) — The rookies are involved in a case of mistaken identity when they charge the wrong man with the murder of a policeman.
• E20: S.W.A.T. (1) (1975-02-17) — Harrelson is the head of the Special Weapons and Tactics team, a unit trained to handle unusually volatile situations. His hard-nosed attitude about police work irks rookie Terry W
• E21: S.W.A.T. (2) (1975-02-17) — Conclusion. Harrelson is the head of the Special Weapons and Tactics team, a unit trained to handle unusually volatile situations. His hard-nosed attitude about police work irks ro
• E22: A Deadly Image (1975-02-24) — A look into Lt. Ryker's more sensetive side has him befriending a young, mixed-up girl who reminds him of the daughter he was forced to give up for adoption. The girl's boyfriend p
• E23: Cliffy (1975-03-03) — A mentally retarded man, who longs to be a policeman, witnesses a murder in a gas station. But he has difficulty informing the police of what he saw.
• E24: Nightmare (1975-03-17) — Kate Jackson takes center stage in this thriller-styled episode. After being involved in a car accident on a stormy night an injured Jill becomes the prisoner of a disturbed man, w

Season 4

• E1: Lamb to the Slaughter (1975-09-09) — 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 begin
• E2: Reading Writing and Angel Dust (1975-09-16) — 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 pretendin
• E3: One-Way Street to Nowhere (1975-09-23) — Mike is critically injured when he tries to capture the leader of a militant group and Terry is taken hostage.
• E4: Someone Who Cares (1975-09-30) — 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 hel
• E5: Ladies Day (a.k.a.) Ladies Kill, Too (1975-10-07) — 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.
• E6: Reign of Terror (1975-10-14) — 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 involv
• E7: Death Lady (1975-10-21) — 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 dep
• E8: Measure of Mercy (1975-10-28) — 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
• E9: A Time to Mourn (1975-11-04) — Chris' sister makes a surprise visit on her brother. He is suspended after conducting an unauthorized bust of the man who molested her.
• E10: The Torch Man (1975-11-11) — 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.
• E11: Invitation to a Rumble (1975-11-18) — 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
• E12: Reluctant Hero (1975-11-25) — 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 fo
• E13: Dead Heat (1975-12-02) — 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.
• E14: The Voice of Thunder (1975-12-09) — 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 sch
• E15: The Code Five Affair (1975-12-16) — 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
• E16: Shadow of a Man (1975-12-23) — 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
• E17: Eye for an Eye (1975-12-30) — 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.
• E18: Sudden Death (a.k.a.) Return from the Past (1976-01-06) — 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.
• E19: From Out of the Darkness (1976-01-20) — 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.
• E20: The Mugging (1976-01-27) — 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 rel
• E21: Blue Movie, Blue Death (1976-02-24) — 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.
• E22: Deliver Me From Innocence (1976-03-02) — 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 c
• E23: Journey to Oblivion (1976-03-30) — 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 be

Frequently Asked Questions

How many seasons does The Rookies have? 4 season(s) with 93 episodes.

Who created The Rookies? Rita Lakin.

Where can I watch The Rookies? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.