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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Episode 23
Aired Mar 30, 1976
Journey to Oblivion
A gambler pursues Jill after she sees him killing his creditor.
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