The Rookies: Season 2

S2·E1 Mytharc

Cauldron

Sep 10, 1973

Willie and Terry are kidnapped by a disturbed criminal who is dying. The criminal leaves the two rookies in the desert, abandoned, with no food source and little hope of being resc

S2·E2 Core

Margin for Error

Sep 17, 1973

While performing their routine patrol, Gillis and Danko unexpectedly stumble upon a robbery that is taking place. They radio for additional support and a veteran police team arrive

S2·E3 Core

Deadly Cage

Sep 24, 1973

Webster is asked to play the role of a prisoner at the State Prison. He disguises himself as an inmate, in an effort to aid the issue of prison reform. However, when the other pris

S2·E4 Core

Frozen Smoke

Oct 1, 1973

Juvenile detail is typically known to be a relatively easy tour. However, this is not the case for Willie. While on juvenile detail, Willie discovers that he is not as emotionally

S2·E5 Core

Get Ryker

Oct 8, 1973

Jill, Danko's wife, is assigned to protect Lieutenant Ryker after he is wounded by a former prisoner who desires to take revenge. However, Ryker decides to take charge of the situa

S2·E6 Core

Cry Wolf

Oct 15, 1973

A lonely lady who resides by the beach places a call into the police station for aid. Willie and Terry ignore this routine call, only to find out that the call was legitimate and t

S2·E7 Core

A Matter of Justice (a.k.a.) Justice for Jill Danko

Oct 22, 1973

Jill Danko is seriously wounded by a seemingly demented gunman while dining with her husband Mike. Later, they find out that the gunman is unable to be prosecuted in court, because

S2·E8 Core

Blood Brother

Oct 29, 1973

Like many Vietnam veterans returning home after the war, Jimmy Webster is angry at society for treating him as if he was an outsider, and not openly accepting him. He is unable to

S2·E9 Core

Code 261

Nov 5, 1973

A young nurse suffers a terrifying ordeal when she is raped in the underground garage of Memorial Hospital. The rookies attempt to help the woman by offering support. They offer en

S2·E10 Mytharc

Prayers Unanswered, Prayers Unheard

Nov 12, 1973

Lieutenant Ryker is selected to be personally in charge of an important investigation. A priest is murdered and a nun is badly beaten in a destitute neighborhood, and the community

S2·E11 Core

Down Home Boy

Nov 19, 1973

A telethon featuring an extremely famous country western singer requests of the police department extra protection. The rookies are assigned to the event. Their placement on this a

S2·E12 Core

Lots of Trees and a Running Stream

Dec 2, 1973

Jill is confronted by her past when a former lover of hers appears at her home. Mike is currently out of town. The unanticipated visitor gives the impression that he is fatally ill

S2·E13 Core

Another Beginning for Ben Fuller

Dec 10, 1973

A retired police lieutenant interferes in the investigation of an aggravated assault involving his best friend.

S2·E14 Core

Sound of Silence

Dec 17, 1973

One of Willie's young female friends is desperately afraid when she discovers that she is afflicted with diabetes. After she makes the realization, the young woman flees to a drug

S2·E15 Core

Trial by Doubt

Jan 7, 1974

Willie Gillis is assigned to ride with an older officer and, while on patrol, the man is killed. When the murderer is captured, the other policemen are inclined to take the law int

S2·E16 Core

The Authentic Death of Billy Stomper

Jan 14, 1974

A college girl from Jamaica witnesses the murder of a notorious drug pusher and Terry Webster is assigned to get her testimony in the days that follow, they fall in love, but the g

S2·E17 Core

The Late Mr. Brent

Jan 28, 1974

Mike and Jill Danko's marriage is strained by Mike's protective interest in the widow of a man Mike was forced to kill in the line of duty.

S2·E18 Core

The Teacher

Feb 4, 1974

The rookies must contend with 'The Teacher' an ex-convict who masterminds several well executed robberies using the young boys who are in the city looking for excitement.

S2·E19 Core

Eyewitness

Feb 11, 1974

A young man with a Jekyll - Hyde personality becomes a puzzle for Terry and Willie when he gives them a description of a suspected cop-killer. But for Mike and Ryker he poses

S2·E20 Core

Something Less Than a Man

Feb 18, 1974

An old friend of Ryker's, once a good policeman and now a pathetic drunk, is framed for the murder of a gangster who has terrorized the neighborhood. To gain favor from his daughte

S2·E21 Core

Rolling Thunder

Feb 25, 1974

The Ludlow precinct institutes a Police Cadet Program. One of the boys involved becomes overzealous and is kidnapped, along with Terry, by his sister's boyfriend who is a fugitive.

S2·E22 Mytharc

Time Lock

Mar 4, 1974

A brilliant young felon holds Terry and three women, one of whom is pregnant, hostage in a bank vault in order to free his partner from jail.

S2·E23 Mytharc

Death Watch

Mar 18, 1974

Two ex-convicts are loose in the city carrying contagious meningitis. After Willie is exposed to it when he gives the ex-convict mouth - to – mouth resuscitation, the other rook