The Oldest Rookie
1987–1988 · CBS · 60 min · 1 season
S01E13 · Yessir, That's My Baby
Thu, 7 Jan, 4:00 am
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.
About
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.
Episodes
- E01
At the End of the Long Arm is the Glad Hand (Pilot)
Thu, 17 Sept· 60 minIke 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.
- E02
A Game Effort
Thu, 24 Sept· 60 minAmid 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.
- E03
Heartbreakers
Thu, 1 Oct· 60 minSandy, Ike's visiting niece, unwittingly becomes witness to a mugging. Ike and Tony must protect her from the assailant.
- E04
The Cereal Killer
Thu, 8 Oct· 60 minA serial killer goes rampant killing housewives in the morning.
- E05
Blue Flu
Thu, 15 Oct· 60 minIke comes to disagree over a planned illegal strike. Tony must arrest an old acquaintance.
- E06
Coming from Behind
Thu, 22 Oct· 60 minA 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.
- E07
Grand Theft Avocado
Thu, 29 Oct· 60 minA rich developer gets embroiled in a murder case.
- E08
Expert Witness
Thu, 5 Nov· 60 minLane prepares Ike to become an expert witness. Ike's former secretary commences to receive threatening letters.
- E09
Ike and Son
Thu, 19 Nov· 60 minIke and Tony play father and son to nab a gang of thieves at a pawnshop, but mobsters think otherwise.
- E10
An Internal Affairs Affair
Thu, 26 Nov· 60 minLt. 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
Thu, 17 Dec· 60 minIke's ex-wife arrives in town beseeching him to save her marriage. Coyotes scare children near a dump.
- E12
Best Men
Thu, 24 Dec· 60 minAn 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
Thu, 7 Jan· 60 minAn 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.
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