Hooked On T.j. Hooker

On this thrilling episode of T.J. Hooker, fellow officers criticize Romano for not shooting a juvenile cop killer. We explore the world of T.J. Future some more and wonder if it is connected to the 2000 AD series Judge Dredd.  We discuss the state of TV revivals and Hooker nearly runs over a homeless woman. Guest stars include Herbert Jefferson Jr (Boomer from Battlestar Galactica) and Scott Thomson (Police Academy films.) 

There's been a spree of crimes in Los Santos and guess what? They're all connected: stolen cars, racing cars, and apparently even grocery store robberies. The man, myth, and legend of T.J. Hooker grows as his race car past emerges. James Darren (soon to be Officer Jim Corrigan) portrays Devil Dan Danko, a "hill racer", arrested wrongly for a crime. Only his friend T.J. can bend the law. And bend he will. Romano wears jumpsuits and participates in a go-kart race with Stacy. 

On the exciting return of Hooked on T.J. Hooker, we enter Season 2 with guest Andrew Jupin (We Hate Movies)! Heather Locklear! Robert Davi! Car crashes! Baton demonstrations! This episode has it all up to and including sexual intercourse. "The Barber" is back in Los Santos, who is he? Well, he's a serial killer who cuts off a lock of his victim's hair after gutting them with a marlinspike. Hey, was that Daryl Hannah?

T.J. Hooker turns on the charm to convince a fearful woman who witnessed a murder to testify in court to mixed results. The one and only Jonathan Banks guest stars as our crook of the week. Can his nefarious plot to steal highly valuable coins with Cal Jastrow be pulled off? Why is he so bad at killing people? I mean, sure, he got one, but come on. Romano tries his hand at reading a book.

T.J. Hooker and Romano investigate a van full of illegal firearms. A biker gang emerges as our main adversary featuring an array of character actors such as Mickey Jones and Sid Haig. Well, heck, we even get a Richard Moll (Bull from Night Court!) sighting. T.J. forces a bookie to buy a gun and gets the man murdered in the process. A retiring detective named Pete Benedict confirms half a long overarching theme of this podcast. Eric meets Jay Leno.

Hooker doesn't believe a teenager's fatal fall from a building was suicide. It ends up involving a heroin ring operating at his daughter's high school. Why are our heroes threatening to beat a man half to death? Selling drugs out of a mobile "snack wagon" seems like a bad idea. And most importantly how does blood work when you're dead? Eric and Ben welcome Andrew Jupin (We Hate Movies) to the show.

Hooker and Romano track down the "Bible Mugger" who attacks women at knife point and leaves a Bible as his calling card. Why is Gary Frank credited as "Brett" when the character's name is "Arlen"? Why isn't this episode just called "Bible Mugger"? William Shatner runs on a ledge and it's the most thrilling thing you'll ever see. Mr. Wilhelm from Seinfeld joins the cast.

T.J. Hooker, don't worry about what the T.J. stands for, to you it's Sergeant, trains a new crop of cadets at the L.C. Police Academy. We discuss Vince Romano (Adrian Zmed)'s speedo, Jess and his long resume, this week's cast of criminals, and routine traffic stops. T.J. recovers from injuries sustained during a “controversial killing” he committed, has fallen into possible alcohol issues, and divorce. Starring William Shatner of TV's Star Trek!