The Rookies
Reluctant Hero
Season 4, Episode 12 · Aired 1975-11-25
Synopsis
A rookie accidentally overpowers a professional assassin and is named "hero." The assassin vows to kill the rookie and escapes with Jill as a hostage, offering to exchange her for the rookie.
In the series
This episode is part of The Rookies (1972–1976) on ABC.
Young cops learning the badge — Spelling-Goldberg earnest street drama.
Key cast
- Georg Stanford Brown as Officer Terry Webster
- Sam Melville as Officer Mike Danko
- Michael Ontkean as Officer Willie Gillis
- Kate Jackson as Jill Danko
- Gerald S. O'Loughlin as Lt. Eddie Ryker