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The Rookies

Season 3

24 listed hours · 1972–1976 · ABC

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How this season is filed

Filed by Vivian Cross · The Carpet Report

Young cops learn the badge on Spelling-Goldberg earnestness: idealism, brutality plots, and Kate Jackson before Charlie's Angels glamour. Youth-focused police ensemble bridging Mod Squad energy into the mid-1970s. Rookies who still believe the job, then get corrected by the street without losing the hour's pulse.

TV Flash files Season 3 of The Rookies (1972–1976) on ABC as a mid listed season (3; 3 of 4) — 24 listed hours, 1974-09-09–1975-03-17 from “An Ugly Way to Die” (S03E01) to “Nightmare” (S03E24). Titles, dates, and synopses on file — no invented recaps.

Desk essentials in this season

  1. S03E01 An Ugly Way to Die

    An Ugly Way to Die is a season-open that drops the brochure language. Youth cop drama as a correction: the job still believed, the street still the teacher, the glamour not yet Angels.

  1. S03E01

    An Ugly Way to Die

    An Ugly Way to Die — Season 3, Episode 1 of The Rookies. Aired 1974-09-09. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  2. S03E02

    Key Witness

    Key Witness — Season 3, Episode 2 of The Rookies. Aired 1974-09-23. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  3. S03E03

    Legacy of Death

    Legacy of Death — Season 3, Episode 3 of The Rookies. Aired 1974-09-30. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  4. S03E04

    Death at 6 A.M.

    Death at 6 A.M. — Season 3, Episode 4 of The Rookies. Aired 1974-10-07. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  5. S03E05

    Walk a Tightrope

    Walk a Tightrope — Season 3, Episode 5 of The Rookies. Aired 1974-10-21. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  6. S03E06

    Judgment

    Judgment — Season 3, Episode 6 of The Rookies. Aired 1974-10-28. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  7. S03E07

    Johnny Lost His Gun

    Johnny Lost His Gun — Season 3, Episode 7 of The Rookies. Aired 1974-11-04. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  8. S03E08

    Prelude to Vengeance

    Prelude to Vengeance — Season 3, Episode 8 of The Rookies. Aired 1974-11-11. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  9. S03E09

    Vendetta

    Vendetta — Season 3, Episode 9 of The Rookies. Aired 1974-11-18. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  10. S03E10

    The Old Neighborhood

    The Old Neighborhood — Season 3, Episode 10 of The Rookies. Aired 1974-11-25. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  11. S03E11

    A Test of Courage

    A Test of Courage — Season 3, Episode 11 of The Rookies. Aired 1974-12-02. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  12. S03E12

    The Assassin

    The Assassin — Season 3, Episode 12 of The Rookies. Aired 1974-12-09. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  13. S03E13

    Blue Christmas

    Blue Christmas — Season 3, Episode 13 of The Rookies. Aired 1974-12-16. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  14. S03E14

    Take Over

    Take Over — Season 3, Episode 14 of The Rookies. Aired 1974-12-30. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  15. S03E15

    The Saturday Night Special

    The Saturday Night Special — Season 3, Episode 15 of The Rookies. Aired 1975-01-13. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  16. S03E16

    The Hunting Ground

    The Hunting Ground — Season 3, Episode 16 of The Rookies. Aired 1975-01-20. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  17. S03E17

    Solomon's Dilemma

    Solomon's Dilemma — Season 3, Episode 17 of The Rookies. Aired 1975-01-27. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  18. S03E18

    Angel

    Angel — Season 3, Episode 18 of The Rookies. Aired 1975-02-03. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  19. S03E19

    The Sheild

    The Sheild — Season 3, Episode 19 of The Rookies. Aired 1975-02-10. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  20. S03E20

    S.W.A.T. (1)

    S.W.A.T. (1) — Season 3, Episode 20 of The Rookies. Aired 1975-02-17. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  21. S03E21

    S.W.A.T. (2)

    S.W.A.T. (2) — Season 3, Episode 21 of The Rookies. Aired 1975-02-17. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  22. S03E22

    A Deadly Image

    A Deadly Image — Season 3, Episode 22 of The Rookies. Aired 1975-02-24. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  23. S03E23

    Cliffy

    Cliffy — Season 3, Episode 23 of The Rookies. Aired 1975-03-03. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  24. S03E24

    Nightmare

    Nightmare — Season 3, Episode 24 of The Rookies. Aired 1975-03-17. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

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