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The Oldest Rookie

Drama, Crime · 1987

Last aired: S1 E13, Yessir, That's My Baby · 1988-01-06

A police veteran with a desk job becomes a street cop again. Ike Porter (Paul Sorvino) has been on the police force lor 25 years and is now a deputy chief of public affairs. He gives speeches at banquets. His office is filled with civic awards. You could say he's done well. But that's not what he says. Ike has eaten one rubber chicken too many. What he wants is to be something he's never been: a "real" cop, working a beat. And one day, at age 50, that's what he decides to do. Just like that? Well, no. The chief of police thinks it's ridiculous. Ike will have to give up his rank, his benefits, his car. Ike smiles. "No problem." And he'll have to go through the police academty again. Ike's smile vanishes. But he does it. He is teamed with Tony Jonas (D.W. Moffett), a brash young cop who bends the rules and shoots hoops in his loft. Tony's idea of "lunch" Is a chili cheese dog with onions at 7 A.M. And, to put it kindly, Ike and Tony's new boss, Lieutenant Zaga (Raymond J. Barry), hates their guts. Despite all this, Ike is a happy man. Somehow, it beats rubber chicken.

Cast

Paul Sorvino Det. Ike Porter

D.W. Moffett Det. Tony Jonas

Raymond J. Barry Lt. Marco Zaga

Marshall Bell Det. Gordon Lane

Patrick Cronin Chief Black

Season 1

E1 At the End of the Long Arm is the Glad Hand (Pilot) 1987-09-16 · 60 min Ike Porter relinquishes his cushy job as a police bureaucrat and enters the police academy to become a street-beat patrolman after the murder of an old friend. Both Ike and his partner Tony are promoted to detectives. They investigate a murder case much to displeasure of their boss.

E2 A Game Effort 1987-09-23 · 60 min Amid a mugging, an old friend of Ike's is murdered. But Lt. Zaga forbids Ike and Tony to carry out their investigation on the case. Instead they are assigned to escort a group of Korean athletes.

E3 Heartbreakers 1987-09-30 · 60 min Sandy, Ike's visiting niece, unwittingly becomes witness to a mugging. Ike and Tony must protect her from the assailant.

E4 The Cereal Killer 1987-10-07 · 60 min A serial killer goes rampant killing housewives in the morning.

E5 Blue Flu 1987-10-14 · 60 min Ike comes to disagree over a planned illegal strike. Tony must arrest an old acquaintance.

E6 Coming from Behind 1987-10-21 · 60 min A botched arrest report lets a prisoner of Ike and Tony be released. Then they must find clues to a murder committed in a stable. They are partnered with a duo of female colleagues.

E7 Grand Theft Avocado 1987-10-28 · 60 min A rich developer gets embroiled in a murder case.

E8 Expert Witness 1987-11-04 · 60 min Lane prepares Ike to become an expert witness. Ike's former secretary commences to receive threatening letters.

E9 Ike and Son 1987-11-18 · 60 min Ike and Tony play father and son to nab a gang of thieves at a pawnshop, but mobsters think otherwise.

E10 An Internal Affairs Affair 1987-11-25 · 60 min Lt. Zaga is framed for drug trafficking by some corrupt policemen. Zaga's daughter asks for Ike and Tony's assistance to clear him.

E11 Come Fly with Me 1987-12-16 · 60 min Ike's ex-wife arrives in town beseeching him to save her marriage. Coyotes scare children near a dump.

E12 Best Men 1987-12-23 · 60 min An amnesiac bridegroom-to-be is found babbling about a perfume. Tony and Ike follow the clues to a factory and find there's something amiss about the formula used in a perfume making.

E13 Yessir, That's My Baby 1988-01-06 · 60 min An ex-girlfriend of Tony's leaves him a bundle of joy at his doorstep. Ike finds that the woman is running for her life and decides to help her.

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