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The Rookies

The exploits of three rookie police officers in a large unnamed Southern California city are followed in this weekly series. Mike Danko is a married former marine, Willie Gillis is a recent college graduate and Terry Webster joined the police as part of a special minority recruitment plan. Their supervisor is Lt. Eddie Riker and Jill is Mike's worried wife who works as a nurse at the local hospital.

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Georg Stanford Brown
Officer Terry Webster
Sam Melville
Officer Mike Danko
Gerald S. O'Loughlin
Lt. Ed Ryker

Season 4 Episode Guide See All

Episode 1

Lamb to the Slaughter

Tue, Sep 9, 1975

Lt. Ryker befriends the son of an arrested burglar, only to be taken hostage by the boy's escaped father.

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