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The Fast Lane

Episode Number: 17    Season Num: 2    First Aired: Saturday January 8, 1983    Prod Code: 181621
After a fatal drunk driving crash, Hooker and Romano set out to track down the gang stealing liquor and selling it to local youths. Romano finds a personal concern in the case when he learns that the gifted son of a deceased Vietnam war buddy has fallen into the disreputable company of the gang. Meanwhile, Sheridan organizes a co-ed football game.

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Writer: Jeffrey M. Hayes
Director: Don Chaffey
Star: Adrian Zmed (Officer Vince Romano),  William Shatner (Sgt. Thomas Jefferson "T.J." Hooker),  Heather Locklear (Officer Stacy Sheridan),  Richard Herd (Captain Dennis Sheridan)
Guest Star: James Jeter (Guard),  Kevin Brando (Kenny),  Brian Sheehan (Jack Jenkins),  Jonna Lee (Lisa),  Michael Wyle (Burt),  Clayton Rohner (Richie),  Hanna Hertelendy (Nell Marks),  Barbara Iley (Marlene Long),  Kevyn Major Howard (James 'J.D.' Turner),  Dana Kimmell (Susan Folsen),  Stefan Arngrim (Luke Stevens),  Ike Eisenmann (Matthew 'Matt' King),  Rosemary Forsyth (Irene King)

Notes

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German episode title: "Verbrechen durch Alkohol", meaning "Alcohol Crimes" (edit)

Quotes

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Hooker: It was a bad decision, Romano! You reacted emotionally in a situation that could have been potentially dangerous. That punk with the gun was firing at me... at us!
Romano: I know. I screwed up. And whatever you want to do is okay with me.
Hooker: What I want to do is make sure I can depend on you. Right now I'm not sure that I can. (edit)
Romano: What are you, kiddin'? Women on a football team? (laughs) Who thought up that idea?
Sheridan: I thought it would be a good arena to display the equality of police officers, Romano. Inter-gender relations, so to speak. What do you think?
Romano: (long pause) You're absolutely right, that's a great idea, sir. (edit)
Hooker: Have downtown pull some bodies off the dope squad.
Sheridan: No, Hooker, drugs are an epidemic out there, too!
Hooker: Yeah, right, and for every kid taking dope there are seven drinking hard liquor. Tell 'em that. Tell 'em my beat is turning into a teenage graveyard. (edit)
(teenagers have been killed in a drunk driving crash)
Romano: Traffic unit scooped up all these personal effects, scattered all over the scene.
Hooker: There's two of them that won't be needing theirs anymore. (edit)
(after Romano inadvertantly fired up the women to beat the men at football)
Stacy: You did it Romano. You made us all agressive. In fact, you got all the women so filled with hatred, we could have beat the Pittsburgh Steelers!
Romano: Yeah, yeah, well, I-- I had that all planned. It was a great coaching technique, wasn't it?
Crowd: No! No. No good! No, no, no!
Romano: I did it! I did it! (edit)

Trivia

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Romano is taking target practice, with not only the noise of the gun blasts to hear over, but a pair of ear protectors, yet when Hooker walks up behind him and starts talking to him, he hears him, instantly. (edit)

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The Fast Lane
"Exactly why I watch this series"
Romano tries to help out a friend's son from ruining his life. The kid has a drinking problem and Hooker is out to nab the suppliers.
Continue » Posted Jul 29, 2007 1:16 pm PST
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