T. J. Hooker

Watch: T. J. Hooker Season 1 Episode 1

S1 EP1

Overview:

Sergeant Thomas Jefferson Hooker is a tough-as-nails veteran police officer with the LCPD who turns his back on a gold badge and goes back to patrolling the streets and training recruits. Along with his young partners in blue, Hooker take on Lake City's toughest criminals.

Created by:

Aaron Spelling & Rick Husky

Status:

Ended

Language:

English

First air date:

3/13/1982

Last air date:

5/28/1986

Key words:

police
rookie cop

Seasons

Season 1

5 Episodes

Season 2

22 Episodes

Season 3

22 Episodes

Season 4

23 Episodes

Season 5

19 Episodes

Cast

William Shatner

~ as ~

Sgt TJ Hooker

Heather Locklear

~ as ~

Officer Stacy Sheridan

Adrian Zmed

~ as ~

Officer Vince Romano

James Darren

~ as ~

Officer Jim Corrigan and 1 more

Richard Herd

~ as ~

Captain Dennis Sheridan

Hugh Farrington

~ as ~

Lt. Pete O'Brien

Lee Bryant

~ as ~

Fran Hooker

Paul Kent

~ as ~

Carter and 5 more

April Clough

~ as ~

Officer Vicki Taylor

Nicole Eggert

~ as ~

Chrissie Hooker and 1 more

View full cast & crew

Reviews (1)

GenerationofSwine
Written 2 year(s) ago
10
I look back at the Twilight Zone sometimes and remember that Captain Kirk could really act and not just play characters.

This is T. J. Hooker, this is Shatner playing Captain Kirk on earth in the 1980s. Don't sit down and think you are going to get the man that is paranoid to fly and sees a Gremlin on the wing, or a newlywed obsessed with a fortune telling machine in a cafe...

... This isn't that Shatner, this is Shatner playing Kirk as a cop in the 80s.

But, don't think it sucks either, because it does work in an over-the-top cartoonish sort of way, and that was what the show was meant to be. Serious and tongue in cheek at the same time.

For those of you my age, Hooker is Sledge Hammer! (1986) if Sledge Hammer! Didn't know it was a comedy.

And for entertainment value it works.