Firstly, the storylines and action scenes were very good. But the thing I liked most was seeing the superb William Shatner playing Hooker.
Hooker was human. He was divorced from his wife because of his dedication to the job. He was a great mentor to rookie officers and he always cared about the victims of crime. And he was persistent when it came to chasing the villains. In Hookers eyes, no crime was minor and every victim of crime was a human being with feelings.
It would be so hard to recommend certain episodes because they were all good. The 3rd episode of season 1 was good-Hooker was on the trail of two drug dealers who had killed a young girl. His dedication was second to none as he pursued the bad guys.
A great show. Hooker is the type of police officer I hope exists in real life.moreless
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After his partner was murdered, veteran plain clothes Detective T.J. Hooker (William Shatner) had reverted back to his former role as Sergeant, and returned to the beat to rid the streets of the type of scum that was responsible for his partner's death. Back in uniform, Hooker was assigned to train the academy recruits, and was partnered with brash, sometimes hot-headed young rookie Vince Romano (Adrian Zmed). With Romano much his junior, Hooker acted as his trainer and mentor on both a professional and social level. The age difference generally being the key hook of the partnership, the pair quickly became good friends and a good team. Hooker's tough, no-nonsense ways saw him often clashing with station Captain Sheridan (Richard Herd), but he always got the job done and was highly respected as a result. Seen in the short first season, mostly on desk duty, was Officer Vicky Taylor (April Clough). Introduced at the start of the second season was attractive Officer Stacy Sheridan (Heather Locklear), the daughter of Captain Sheridan. Initially brought in to fill Vicky's shoes, by the end of the season she had progressed to patroling with Jim Corrigan (James Darren), another veteran cop much in the mould of Hooker. In the show's generally most recognised span, Hooker & Romano (Unit 4-Adam-30), and Sheridan & Corrigan (4-Adam-16) usually worked closely together to tackle cases. The addition Corrigan & Stacy's partnership added an extra dimension to the show, sometimes with whole plots revolving around one or both of them. Outside of his work, Hooker was divorced as a result of his work putting strain on his marriage, but was still friendly with his ex-wife, nurse Fran (Lee Bryant). Hooker was always one for the ladies, but was still trying to adjust to being single once again. (Lee Bryant was the original actress to portray Fran; the part was reprised by a different actress late on). For the final season, the series moved from ABC to a late-night slot on CBS. Along with the move, Adrian Zmed chose to leave the series to pursue other projects, leaving Hooker to patrol alone and to generally work as more of a trio with Stacy and Jim. Occasionally unintentionally hilarious, largely thanks to Shatner's so-straight-it's-camp performance of moral speeches to young offenders or Romano, the series never-the-less was a hit; and in it's prime, with it's blend of good humour mixed in with "on the streets" gritiness, followed in the footsteps of 'Starsky & Hutch' and the like to become the popular cop shop of the time.. A note of trivia: very seldom given away, Hooker's initials actually stand for Thomas Jefferson (incidentally, T.J. is the reverse of J.T., the initials of Shatner's most famous role, as Captain Kirk in 'Star Trek'). Also, while never actually given away in the series, LCPD is actually said to stand for Lake City Police Department.moreless
 William Shatner |
Detective Sergeant Thomas Jefferson "T.J." Hooker |
 Adrian Zmed |
Officer Vincent "Vince" Romano [seasons 1-4] |
 Heather Locklear |
Officer Stacy Sheridan [seasons 2-5] |
Richard Herd |
Captain Dennis Sheridan [seasons 1-2; re-occurring seasons 3-4] |
April Clough |
Officer Vicki Taylor [season 1] |
James Darren |
Officer Jim (James) Corrigan [seasons 2-5] |
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1980S COP SHOW BEING REJIGGERED AS ACTION COMEDY FOR CINEPLEXES.
T.J. Hooker Hooking Up with Big Screen
Reinventing Transformers for today's audiences I get. Giving another chance to shows like V and Alien Nation seems within reason, as well. A modern-day retelling of MacGuyver? It's a stretch, but hey, that's Hollywood. But T.J. Hooker? That's just plain silly.
By Tim Surette, Jul 06, 2009
THIS WEEK'S THE SCOOP IS ENTIRELY DEDICATED TO ONE SPECIAL MEMBER OF TELEVISION'S MOST ESTEEMED ROYALTY: AARON SPELLING. SPELLING DIED ON JUNE 23, LEAVING BEHIND HIM A TV LEGACY THAT NONE OF US WILL SOON FORGET. TODAY, WE DISCUSS OUR FAVORITE--AND LEAST FAVORITE--SPELLING CREATIONS
The Scoop - 07/06/06
By TV.com Staff, Jul 06, 2006
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The Witness
S 1 : Ep 5
Aired 4/10/82 (48:42)
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Hooker's War
S 1 : Ep 4
Aired 4/3/82 (48:40)
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God Bless the Child
S 1 : Ep 3
Aired 3/27/82 (47:42)
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The Streets
S 1 : Ep 2
Aired 3/20/82 (48:48)
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Pilot Question
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Favorite Episode
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Question about Original Tv promo Spots on region 4 DVD set
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Episode Trailer
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Any clue on when season 3 is gonna be released?
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