T.J. HOOKER SEASONS 3
This series stars William Shatner(Star Trek: TOS, Boston Legal)
as a no nonsense cop on the streets of, well, they never say!!
However, in a shot in episode 17, "The Fast Lane", there is a
shot of a billboard that says 94.7 - KMET which was a L.A.
station at the time when this was aired!! Also here is Adrian
Zmed & Heather Locklear(Dynasty, Spin City)! Late in the second
season, they added James Darren(Star Trek: DS9 [Vic Fontaine],
The Time Tunnel, Singer[Goodbye Cruel World, Her Royal Majesty],
also was in the three Gidget movies)!! Also in several episodes
is Richard Herd(Star Trek: TNG[L'Kor] & Voyager[Admiral Paris,
Tom Paris' father!])
Shatner's character is divorced, a Vietnam Vet, and a trainer
of upcoming newbies!!!
Bill, Adrian & Richard do a bang up job in this!!
EPISODE # 1: THE RETURN(Oct. 01, 1983):
A bank robber who killed Hooker's old partner
returns! The acting in this is terrible except
for the mains! B
EPISODE # 2: CARNAL EXPRESS(Oct. 08, 1983):
Stacy goes undercover when a hooker friend of her's
goes missing! B+
EPISODE # 3: CHINATOWN(Oct. 15, 1983):
The main perp for a gun running ring in Chinatown
just happens to have been married to an old flame
of Hooker's, and just miight be his daughter!
Guest starring: THE James Shageta(Die Hard, Midway,
Mulan, Babylon 5 episode "Spider In The Web", Flower
Drum Song), Benson Fong(Played Tommy Chan in several
Charlie Chan movies in the 40s, Flower Drum Song), Peter
Brown(Babylon 5 episode "Intersections In Real Time",
Lawman)! A
EPISODE # 4: THE CHEERLEADER MURDER(Oct. 22, 1983):
A dude steals a car, gets chased down by cops, crashes
and when they search the car they find a dead girl! It's
all about underage porn! B
EPISODE # 5: THE SHADOW OF TRUTH(Oct. 29, 1983):
A reporter looks like a target for a murder, but
Hooker's not too sure! B
EPISODE # 6: WALK A STRAIGHT LINE(Nov. 05, 1983):
A cop get's his partner shot when he not up to snuff
because of his drinking during a stake out trying to
catch a couple of robbers! B
EPISODE # 7: A CHILD IS MISSING(Nov. 12, 1983):
A boy gets grabbed by his biological father! It's
all about revenge on his ex! I hate crimes against
children!!!
Guest starring: Henry Darrow(Maverick, Babylon 5 episode
"The Illusion Of Truth", 2 episodes of Star Trek: DS9,
Zorro[1990], Star Trek: TNG episode "Conspiracy", The
High Chapperal), William Forsythe(Dick Tracy, The
Rock), R.J. Williams(Star Trek: TNG episode "The Child)! D
EPISODE # 8: THE TRIAL(Nov. 19, 1983):
While in a shootout, one of the female cops freezes
and two cops get shot!!
Guest starring here is a returning James Hong, Charles
Dierkop(Star Trek: TOS episode "Wolf In The Fold")! A
EPISODE # 9: A MATTER OF PASSION(Nov. 26, 1983):
Hooker finds a girl dead on the beach while taking
a run!
Guest stars include: Robert O'Riley(Gowron in both Star
Trek: TNG, DS9 & ENT), Marc Ailamo(Star Trek: DS9 as Gul
Dukat, 4 episodes of Star Trek: TNG, Total Recall, Tango
& Cash)!! B+
EPISODE # 10: BLUE MURDER(Dec. 03, 1983):
The police(well a couple anyway) are going around
killing bad guys!
Guest starring Paul Burke(The Naked Gun)! B+
EPISODE # 11: UNDERCOVER AFFAIR(Dec. 10, 1983):
All about drugs! C-
EPISODE # 12: SLAY RIDE(Dec. 17, 1983):
Christmas themed episode about a dude and woman
with a child trying to get away with murder(well,
the guy anyway)!! B
EPISODE # 13: THE LIPSTICK KILLER(Jan. 07, 1984)
Someone's going around killing nurses!! Boy, this
one is like glass, able to see what's happening from
the first few minutes!!! B
EPISODE # 14: THE SNOW GAME(Jan. 14, 1984):
A drug lord kills a narcotics officer!
Guest starring: Gary Lockwood(Star Trek: TOS episode
"Where No Man Has Gone Before" as Gary Mitchell, The
Lieutenant, Follow The Sun!)!! B
EPISODE # 15: EXERCISE IN MURDER(Jan. 28 1984):
Tracy gets grabbed while working on a case! Also, Hooker
shoots a kid!
Guest starring here: Tracy Scoggins(Babylon 5 season 5),
Greg Morris(Mission: Impossible[TV]), Robert Davi(Stargate:
Atlantis, Action Jackson, Die Hard)! B
EPISODE # 16: HOOKER'S RUN(Feb. 04, 1984):
A couple of witnesses against a high falooten dude
are pressed to testify, with the results of one being
killed! B
EPISODE # 17: HOT PROPERTY(Feb. 25, 1984):
Another episode all about drugs and bad cops!!
Guest starring: Anne Lockhart(Angie's sister, Star Trek:
CONT episode "What Ships Are For", Battlestar
Galactica(1980))! B-
EPISODE # 18: DEATH ON THE LINE(Mar. 03, 1984):
About rape and murder! Not my cup of tea! D-
EPISODE # 19: DEATH STRIP(Mar. 10, 1984):
Romano switches jobs to become a male stripper!!
guest starring: Thalmus Rasulala(Star Trek: TNG episode
"Contagion")! B
EPISODE # 20: PSYCHIC TERROR(Mar. 24, 1984):
Hooker has to team up with a psychic to help find a
kidnapped girl!
You know there have been some really great child
actors, this does not have any of those here!!
The lead guest actress, in fact the whole "guest
star" group, are pretty bad! LOL! B
EPISODE # 21: GANG WAR(Apr. 05, 1984):
Exactly what it says! D-
EPISODE # 22: DEADLOCK(Mar. 12, 1984):
Hooker and Romono interupt a gun heist!!
Clarence Williams III(Mod Squad) returns!! A
From a reviewer at IMDb.com:
T.J. Hooker reminds me of Dirty Harry in some respects.
Like DH, Hooker is tough, especially on the bad guys.
He's a no-nonsense cop, but at least he still has some
sense of humor.
This is one of the most underrated cop shows. It may
not be the best police drama ever made, but it has its
moments. Plus, it's good to see William Shatner having
success outside Star Trek. And this series shows that
he could (and still can) do exactly that. - 4-Kane