The Oldest Rookie
Ike Porter is a cop who not long after graduating from the police academy was assigned a desk job and in twenty five years that is where he has been and eventually rose up to the rank of deputy chief but has never really had any field experience. After a friend of his dies, Ike decides that he wants to be a regular cop. So he has to give up all the privileges that his rank gave him and has to go through the academy again. And after graduating he is assigned to Officer Tony Jonas a young cop. Now Tony tells Ike that street cops are considered insignificant and that detectives are the ones who get all the praise, and when Ike suffers this degradation, he calls in some favors and has him and Tony appointed detectives. But their commanding officer Lt. Zaga and another detective Lane doesn't think that they should be detectives so they make life tough for Ike and Tony but they nonetheless persevere.
- 1987-1988
- 1 season
- CBS
- Suspense, Drama
Ike Porter is a cop who not long after graduating from the police academy was assigned a desk job and in twenty five years that is where he has been and eventually rose up to the rank of deputy chief but has never really had any field experience. After a friend of his dies, Ike decides that he wants to be a regular cop. So he has to give up all the privileges that his rank gave him and has to go through the academy again. And after graduating he is assigned to Officer Tony Jonas a young cop. Now Tony tells Ike that street cops are considered insignificant and that detectives are the ones who get all the praise, and when Ike suffers this degradation, he calls in some favors and has him and Tony appointed detectives. But their commanding officer Lt. Zaga and another detective Lane doesn't think that they should be detectives so they make life tough for Ike and Tony but they nonetheless persevere.
Season 1 Episode Guide
14 Episodes 1987 - 1988
Episode 1
At the End of the Long Arm Is the Glad Hand
Wed, Sep 16, 1987
Porter and Jonas investigate a murder, against the wishes of their boss.
Episode 2
A Game Effort
Wed, Sep 23, 1987
A friend of Ike is dead following a mugging, but he and Jonas are assigned to a group of Korean athletes preparing for the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
Episode 3
Heartbreakers
Wed, Sep 30, 1987
Ike gets a visit from his niece, who becomes a witness to a mugging.
Episode 4
The Cereal Killer
Wed, Oct 7, 1987
Ike and Tony looks for a killer who only kills at breakfast. A psychic starts having visions about the murders.
Episode 5
Blue Flu
Wed, Oct 14, 1987
Tony has to arrest a friend for murder.
Episode 6
Coming from Behind
Wed, Oct 21, 1987
Ike and Tony gets paired with two female detectives after they botch a homicide case.
Episode 7
Grand Theft Avocado
Wed, Oct 28, 1987
A rich developer is suspected of murder.
Episode 8
Expert Witness
Wed, Nov 4, 1987
While Lane prepares Ike to be an expert witness, a secretary starts receiving anonymous threats.
Episode 9
Ike and Son
Wed, Nov 18, 1987
Porter and Jonas work undercover as father and son in order to catch thieves at a pawn shop but mobsters step in.
Episode 10
An Internal Affairs Affair
Wed, Nov 25, 1987
Zaga's daughter asks Ike and Tony for help, when Zaga is arrested for being a coke dealer.
Episode 11
Come Fly with Me
Wed, Dec 16, 1987
Ike's ex-wife wants him to save her second marriage. Ike and Tony discover a gang of drug smugglers.
Episode 12
Best Men
Wed, Dec 23, 1987
Ike and Tony investigate a perfume laboratory where a new scent causes amnesia, and Tony ends up getting affected by the scent.
Episode 13
Yessir, That's My Baby
Wed, Jan 6, 1988
Tony's ex-girlfriend, who's running for her life, leaves her baby with him.
Episode 14
Luck, Be a Lady
Wed, Jan 13, 1988
Ike and Tony find themselves in danger of suspension after they let a suspect run footloose, but on the other hand they win big on a lottery.