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Season 4 – The Rookies

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Three rookie cops adjust to life in Southern California.
The Rookies — Season 4

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Episode 1 Aired Sep 9, 1975 Lamb to the Slaughter Ryker befriends the son of an arrested burglar, only to be taken hostage by the boy's escaped father; guest Matthew Laborteaux. Details Episode 2 Aired Sep 16, 1975 Reading, Writing and Angel Dust The rookies make a concerted effort to rid a high school of drug pushers responsible for a student's death; guest Beth Howland. Details Episode 3 Aired Sep 23, 1975 One-Way Street to Nowhere Mike is critically injured while trying to capture a militant group's leader; guest Michael Parks. Directed by Georg Stanford Brown. Details Episode 4 Aired Sep 30, 1975 One Someone Who Cares Terry pursues two young men who gave an unidentified 9-year-old girl drugs which subsequently lead to her death in a car accident. Details Episode 5 Aired Oct 7, 1975 Ladies' Day Prison inmates, protesting to obtain improved food and working conditions, hold Jill and a doctor as hostages; guest Della Reese. Details Episode 6 Aired Oct 14, 1975 Reign of Terror A mailman who witnessed a robbery in which Chris is shot refuses to become involved; guests Raymond St. Jacques, Margaret Avery. Details Episode 7 Aired Oct 21, 1975 Death Lady A policewoman blamed for the death of her former partner sets out to solve the crime and prove her worth; guest Katherine Helmond. Details Episode 8 Aired Oct 28, 1975 Measure of Mercy Robbers raid a hospital's blood bank and sell its contents to the black market; guests Cleavon Little, Martin Kove, Harold Gould. Details Episode 9 Aired Nov 4, 1975 A Time to Mourn After his sister is molested, Chris is suspended for arresting the culprit without authorization; guests Season Hubley, James Woods. Details Episode 10 Aired Nov 11, 1975 The Institutional Man A paroled ex-convict fervently desires to go straight,but his former cellmates want to use his safe-cracking abilities in a robbery. Details Episode 11 Aired Nov 18, 1975 Invitation to a Rumble A gang member calls an ambulance when he sees Terry run down by the gang leader, an act which causes his condemnation as a traitor. Details Episode 12 Aired Nov 25, 1975 Reluctant Hero A rookie accidentally thwarts an assassin, who then takes Jill hostage and offers to trade her for the officer; guest John Ritter. Details Episode 13 Aired Dec 2, 1975 Dead Heat While investigating a department-store robbery, Chris and Terry's patrol car is stolen by teenage vandals; guest Roger E. Mosley. Details Episode 14 Aired 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; guest Gail Strickland. Details Episode 15 Aired Dec 16, 1975 The Code Five Affair The sole escapee from the rookies' stakeout/drug bust schemes to recover the heroin that was seized by police; guest Jaclyn Smith. Details Episode 16 Aired Dec 23, 1975 Shadow of a Man A career officer takes $10,000 from a robbery scene in which his partner was slain, causing Ryker to start an undercover probe. Details Episode 17 Aired 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. Details Episode 18 Aired Jan 6, 1976 Sudden Death A disturbed former Green Beret takes action against Mike, whom he blames for his capture and imprisonment in Vietnamese POW camp. Details Episode 19 Aired Jan 20, 1976 From Out of the Darkness Terry pursues the killer of his former girlfriend's father, a retired policeman turned security guard; guest Tyne Daly, Keenan Wynn. Details Episode 20 Aired Jan 27, 1976 The Mugging The son of a woman murdered in an assault vows revenge against her attackers, released on a technicality; guest John Rubinstein. Details Episode 21 Aired Feb 24, 1976 Blue Movie, Blue Death The rookies go under cover to investigate a syndicate-backed film company that is responsible for the deaths of some of its actors. Details Episode 22 Aired Mar 2, 1976 Deliver Me From Innocence A frightened, 16-year-old boy becomes involved with a junkie and winds up taking blame for the addict's crimes; guest Kevin Hooks. Details Episode 23 Aired Mar 30, 1976 Journey to Oblivion A gambler pursues Jill after she sees him killing his creditor. Details

Season Info

Director
Phil Bondelli, Fernando Lamas, Georg Stanford Brown, William Crain, Richard Benedict, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Ivan Dixon, Randal Kleiser
Screenwriter
Skip Webster, Robert I. Holt, Sean Baine, Don Balluck, Jack V. Fogarty, Hal Sitowitz, Daniel Bruce, Irv Pearlberg, David Ketchum, Mathias Reitz, Rick Husky, Jock MacKelvie
Network
ABC
Genre
Crime, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date
Sep 9, 1975