X

Join or Sign In

Sign in to customize your TV listings

Continue with Facebook Continue with email

By joining TV Guide, you agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy.

The Rookies Season 4 Episodes

Season 4 Episode Guide

23 Episodes 1975 - 1976

Episode 1

Lamb to the Slaughter

Tue, Sep 9, 1975 60 mins

Remembering his days as an orphan, Ryker (Gerald S. O'Loughlin) becomes involved with a boy whose father---his only relative---is destined for prison. Jody: Matthew Laborteaux. Terry: Georg Stanford Brown.

Where to Watch

Episode 2

Reading Writing and Angel Dust

Tue, Sep 16, 1975 60 mins

Police search for the source of drug traffic in a high school. Terry: Georg Stanford Brown. Mike: Sam Melville. Chris: Bruce Fairbairn. Frankie: Scott Jacoby.

Where to Watch

Episode 3

One-Way Street to Nowhere

Tue, Sep 23, 1975 60 mins

When their leader is captured by police, thieves take Terry hostage. Terry: Georg Stanford Brown. Crilen: Michael Parks. Mike: Sam Melville. Jill: Kate Jackson.

Where to Watch

Episode 4

Someone Who Cares

Tue, Sep 30, 1975 60 mins

Terry investigates the death of an unidentified, drug-dazed girl killed by a car. Terry: Georg Stanford Brown. Mike: Sam Melville. Chris: Bruce Fairbairn. Ryker: Gerald S. O'Loughlin. Jill: Kate Jackson.

Where to Watch

Episode 5

Ladies Day

Tue, Oct 7, 1975 60 mins

Prisoners demanding improved jail conditions hold Jill (Kate Jackson) hostage. Terry: Georg Stanford Brown. Mike: Sam Melville. Chris Owens: Bruce Fairbairn.

Where to Watch

Episode 6

Reign of Terror

Tue, Oct 14, 1975 60 mins

When Chris (Bruce Fairbairn) is wounded, the only witness doesn't want to get involved. Hank Brooks: Raymond St. Jacques. Terry: Georg Stanford Brown. Mike: Sam Melville. Jill: Kate Jackson.

Where to Watch

Episode 7

Death Lady

Tue, Oct 21, 1975 60 mins

A young policewoman (Susanne Benton) is blamed for her partner's death. Mike: Sam Melville. Terry: Georg Stanford Brown. Ryker: Gerald S. O'Loughlin. Jill: Kate Jackson. Chris: Bruce Fairbairn.

Where to Watch

Episode 8

Measure of Mercy

Tue, Oct 28, 1975 60 mins

Thieves steal a hospital's blood supply, endangering the life of an infant who needs the type they stole. Mike: Sam Melville. Terry: Georg Stanford Brown. Chris: Bruce Fairbairn. Cully Ames: Cleavon Little.

Where to Watch

Episode 9

A Time to Mourn

Tue, Nov 4, 1975 60 mins

Chris's visiting sister (Season Hubley) is sexually assaulted. Chris: Bruce Fairbairn. Mike: Sam Melville. Jill: Kate Jackson. Terry: Georg Stanford Brown.

Where to Watch

Episode 10

The Torch Man

Tue, Nov 11, 1975 60 mins

Terry becomes involved with an ex-convict's struggle to become an accepted member of society. Terry: Georg Stanford Brown. Satch: Jon Korkes. Benny: George Loros. Mike: Sam Melville. Chris: Bruce Fairbairn. Jill: Kate Jackson. Ryker: Gerald S. O'Loughlin.

Where to Watch

Episode 11

Invitation to a Rumble

Tue, Nov 18, 1975 60 mins

Terry (Georg Stanford Brown) is injured and left without help by young hoodlums. Chris: Bruce Fairbairn. Mike: Sam Melville. Jill: Kate Jackson. Ryker: Gerald S. O'Loughlin.

Where to Watch

Episode 12

Reluctant Hero

Tue, Nov 25, 1975 60 mins

Jill (Kate Jackson) is kidnapped and used as a pawn by an escaped killer. Dawson: John Ritter. Mike: Sam Melville. Ryker: Gerald S. O'Loughlin. Terry: Georg Stanford Brown.

Where to Watch

Episode 13

Dead Heat

Tue, Dec 2, 1975 60 mins

Terry and Chris try to capture three burglers who have killed a department-store security guard. Rawlins: Roger E. Mosley. Martinez: Reni Santoni. Dodd: Michael MacRae. Terry: Georg Stanford Brown. Chris: Bruce Fairbairn.

Where to Watch

Episode 14

The Voice of Thunder

Tue, Dec 9, 1975 60 mins

A schizophrenic bomber (Gail Strickland) believes she's obeying God's will. Terry: Georg Stanford Brown. Mike: Sam Melville. Chris: Bruce Fairbairn. Ron Kelly: Rene Auberjonois. Jill: Kate Jackson.

Where to Watch

Episode 15

The Code Five Affair

Tue, Dec 16, 1975 60 mins

A drug-dealer cons Chris (Bruce Fairbairn) into revealing the location of $1,000,000 worth of confiscated heroin. Martin St. John: Anthony Eisley. Terry: Georg Stanford Brown. Mike: Sam Melville.

Where to Watch

Episode 16

Shadow of a Man

Tue, Dec 23, 1975 60 mins

The officer (Ned Beatty) who saves Chris's life is later charged with murder. Chris: Bruce Fairbairn. Terry: Georg Stanford Brown. Mike: Sam Melville. Jill: Kate Jackson.

Where to Watch

Episode 17

Eye for an Eye

Tue, Dec 30, 1975 60 mins

A man who spent 18 years in prison is gunning for the man who arrested him: Ryker (Gerald S. O'Loughlin). Dave Banner: Robert Lansing. Terry: Georg Stanford Brown. Mike: Sam Melville. Jill: Kate Jackson.

Where to Watch

Episode 18

Sudden Death

Tue, Jan 6, 1976 60 mins

Mike (Sam Melville), a former helicopter pilot in Vietnam, becomes the target for a deranged ex-POW (Thom Christopher). Terry: Georg Stanford Brown. Ryker: Gerald S. O'Loughlin. Jill: Kate Jackson.

Where to Watch

Episode 19

From Out of the Darkness

Tue, Jan 20, 1976 60 mins

The holdup murder of a security guard has personal implications for Terry: the victim's daughter is a blind woman he has grown to love. Terry: Georg Stanford Brown. Chris: Bruce Fairbairn. Mike: Sam Melville.

Where to Watch

Episode 20

The Mugging

Tue, Jan 27, 1976 60 mins

A doctor (John Rubinstein) is infuriated when the suspects he believed stabbed his mother are released for lack of solid evidence. Terry: Georg Stanford Brown.

Where to Watch

Episode 21

Blue Movie, Blue Death

Tue, Feb 24, 1976 60 mins

The rookies infiltrate the pornographic-film industry after a series of murders points to a mob takeover of the business. Terry: Georg Stanford Brown. Mike: Sam Melville. Chris: Bruce Fairbairn. Ryker: Gerald S. O'Loughlin. Nancy Sloan: Jamie Smith Jackson.

Where to Watch

Episode 22

Deliver Me From Innocence

Tue, Mar 2, 1976 60 mins

The brother of Terry's former girlfriend is implicated in a robbery that led to murder. Georg Stanford Brown. Lonnie Clements: Kevin Hooks. Theresa Clements: Marlene Clark.

Where to Watch

Episode 23

Journey to Oblivion

Tue, Mar 30, 1976 60 mins

A murderer is bent on eliminating Jill (Kate Jackson), the only witness to his crime. Blair: Marc Singer. Mike: Sam Melville. Chris: Bruce Fairbairn. Terry: Georg Stanford Brown.

Where to Watch