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The Rookies(1972)

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First Air Date: 1972-09-11
Average Runtime: 1h 0m
Rating: 6.9
Votes: 21
Seasons: 4
Episodes: 93

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.

Top Cast

Georg Stanford Brown
Georg Stanford Brown
Terry Webster
Sam Melville
Sam Melville
Mike Danko
Bruce Fairbairn
Bruce Fairbairn
Chris Owens

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Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

Episodes: 23
E01
Concrete Valley, Neon Sky

Air Date: 1972-09-11

1h 0m

In the introductory episode of the series, the presence of several street gangs contributes to a tension-filled atmos...

E02
Dead, Like a Lost Dream

Air Date: 1972-09-18

1h 0m

The division is under investigation for misconduct, following several citizen complaints. When a complaint against Af...

E03
The Informant

Air Date: 1972-09-25

1h 0m

Officer's Webster and Gillis try to help a young man break away from two thugs who are using him as their wheel-man f...

E04
The Commitment

Air Date: 1972-10-02

1h 0m

Gillis is severly injured during an armed robbery. The doctors inform him that further surgery could leave him paraly...

E05
Covenant with Death

Air Date: 1972-10-09

1h 0m

Against advice of their lieutenant, Webster and Gillis are charmed by Toby Jones (Louis Gossett Jr.) who leads an eva...

E06
Time is the Fire

Air Date: 1972-10-16

46m

A young woman, Andrea Sloan, is kidnapped and held for ransom. Complications ensue.

E07
The Bear That Didn't Get Up

Air Date: 1972-10-23

1h 0m

Willie struggles to cope with the death of a young man he shot during a break-in who appeared to be unarmed. That is ...

E08
Dirge for Sunday

Air Date: 1972-10-30

1h 0m

Assigned with the task of protecting a valuable witness, Danko and the Officers must exercise caution regarding visit...

E09
The Good Die Young

Air Date: 1972-11-13

1h 0m

After three woman are murdered, the Police Squad takes action. In order to solve the mysterious murders and prevent f...

E10
To Taste of Terror

Air Date: 1972-11-20

1h 0m

In an effort to prove he's no 'old man', Officer Danko chases down a fleeing criminal. While he succeeds in apprehend...

E11
A Deadly Velocity

Air Date: 1972-11-27

1h 0m

The rookies are given the task of protecting a controversial Army General who has recently returned to the country af...

E12
A Bloody Shade of Blue

Air Date: 1972-12-11

1h 0m

Investigating a shooting, the Rookies learn the victim Miller wore a police uniform as a costume. In the next attack,...

E13
A Very Special Piece of Ground

Air Date: 1972-12-18

1h 0m

Danko's veteran partner (Earl Holliman) loses his family ranch and unborn son in a single day. Danko doesn't want to ...

E14
Rabbits on the Runway

Air Date: 1972-12-25

1h 0m

A shady man claims to be the father of a runaway teen who's recently crossed the path of Gills. The rookies set out t...

E15
Tarnished Idol

Air Date: 1973-01-08

1h 0m

Gills arrests a washed up fighter (Lou Antonio) who's still connected enough to get bailed out in hours. The bitter d...

E16
Crossfire

Air Date: 1973-01-15

1h 0m

Webster teams with a jaded and cynical veteran African-American police officer, RC Taylor. Mark Culpepper claims to h...

E17
Snow Job

Air Date: 1973-01-29

1h 0m

Country, a small time hood with a cocaine addiction, learns that police HQ is storing a large amount of drugs. He bec...

E18
Point of Impact

Air Date: 1973-02-05

1h 0m

Terry investigates an old friend's apparently purposeless attack on a cop.

E19
Three Hours to Kill

Air Date: 1973-02-12

1h 0m

A daring plan is crafted by a convict's wife to release a prisoner from incarceration: an innocent and helpless polic...

E20
The Wheel of Fortune (a.k.a.) The Wheel of Death

Air Date: 1973-02-19

1h 0m

Widower father Frank Essex targets a local criminal organization to pay for his son's hospital stay. On the run from ...

E21
Life Robbery (a.k.a.) Tribute to a Veteran

Air Date: 1973-02-26

1h 0m

The rookies try to disengage a robbery network by leaving the undesirable city slums and working in the suburbs. They...

E22
A Farewell Tree from Marly

Air Date: 1973-03-05

1h 0m

The rookies are presented with a ""difficult"" court case. While the case is essentially an open and shut, obvious ma...

E23
Easy Money

Air Date: 1973-03-19

1h 0m

The rookies may be confronted with a problem worse than the nurse who holds a grudge against all police officers: the...

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