The Oldest Rookie Episode Guide

1 :01x01 - At the End of the Long Arm is a Glad Hand

First aired: Sep/16/1987
Writer: Gil Grant
Director: Donald Petrie
Guest star: Bruce Gray (Bob), Sarah Abrell (Unknown), Mark Blankfield (Ernie), Geoffrey Lewis (Harry), Zoaunne LeRoy (Unknown), Ron Gilbert (Unknown), Joseph G. Medalis (Unknown), Dianne Turley Travis (Unknown), Patrick Cronin (Chief Black)

The death of a fellow cop prompts 25-year veteran Ike Porter (Paul Sorvino) to leave his cushy desk job and become a street cop. In the opener, Porter and his partner Tony (D.W. Moffett) investigate a murder---much to the displeasure of their boss Lt. Zaga (Raymond J. Barry).

2 :01x02 - A Game Effort

First aired: Sep/23/1987
Writer: Gil Grant
Director: Harry Harris
Guest star: Sheldon Feldner (Bill Boyde), Keone Young (Bok Song)

A string of muggings leaves Ike's old friend dead, but Ike and Tony's investigation is sidetracked when Zaga (Raymond J. Barry) assigns them to escort Korean visitors preparing for the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

3 :01x03 - Heartbreakers

First aired: Sep/30/1987
Writer: Bill Luetscher
Director: Ric Rondell
Guest star: Mira Sorvino (Sandy), Austin Kelly (Hotchkiss), Linda Miller (Vanessa), Steve Kramer (Willard Haskell)

Ike (Paul Sorvino) is visited by his niece Sandy, who witnesses a mugging involving a carpenter who's into murder.

4 :01x04 - The Cereal Killer

First aired: Oct/07/1987
Writer: Daniel Freudenberger
Director: Vincent McEveety
Guest star: John Welsh (Sid Herzog), Ed McReady (Unknown), Sue Giosa (Esperanza), J. J. Wall (Horton), Laura Malone (Susan Channing), Richard Zobel (Unknown)

A strangler who strikes only at breakfast leaves Ike and Tony hungry for clues, until Esperanza, a psychic, starts having "visions."

5 :01x05 - Blue Flu

First aired: Oct/14/1987
Writer: Gil Grant
Director: Donald Petrie
Guest star: David Selburg (Bradley), Paul Provenza (Babcock), Patrick Cronin (Chief Black)

Tony arrests an old acquaintance for murder, and discovers the guy's involved in a spooky love triangle; Ike does battle when the day watch goes on strike.

6 :01x06 - Coming From Behind

First aired: Oct/21/1987
Writer: Elliot Stern
Director: Ric Rondell
Guest star: Lora Staley (Unknown), Dana Gladstone (Morty), Thom Sharp (McManus), Raye Birk (Unknown), Deborah Wakeham (Rhonda Roth), J. J. Wall (Horton)

After unraveling some clues of a murder committed in a stable near the racetrack, Ike and Tony are shocked to learn the main suspect was released because of a report poorly done. They are paired with a duo of female detectives who dislike and snub them.

7 :01x07 - Grand Theft Avocado

First aired: Oct/28/1987
Writer: Jo Perry, Thomas Perry
Director: Allen Reisner
Guest star: Mort Sertner (Fishbein), Ed White (Eddie), Robert Phalen (Walter Hawthorne), Bob Coker (Uniformed officer), Scott Cooper (Fruitstand man), Ron Barker (Bentley), Stan Ivar (Arthur White), Anne Gee Byrd (Woman), Patricia Lee Willson (Karen), Barry Dennen (Caplan), Michelle Reese (Mailroom officer)

A suspect in a grand theft avocado case implicates a rich developer in murder; Ike's successor in public affairs is determined to improve his image---at the expense of Ike's.

8 :01x08 - Expert Witness

First aired: Nov/04/1987
Writer: Gil Grant
Director: Donald Petrie, Harry Harris
Guest star: Joe Dorsey (Aaron Wilder), H. Richard Greene (Getz), Shelley Kreutz (Detective Hewitt), Fern Fitzgerald (Karen)

Ike helps out when his former secretary (Fern Fitzgerald) starts getting anonymous threats; Lane (Marshall Bell) is assigned to prepare Ike to testify as an expert witness.

9 :01x09 - Ike and Son

First aired: Nov/11/1987
Writer: Tom Chehak
Director: Frank P. Flynn
Guest star: Ron Dean (Gardens), Randy Polk (Guy Good), Diane Stilwell (Sylvie), Frances Bay (Mrs. Zimmer), Aixa Clemente (Apartment Manager), Richard Portnow (Albert Moont)

Ike and Tony go undercover as father and son in a pawnshop to catch petty thieves, but then the mob makes them an offer they can't refuse.

10 :01x10 - An Internal Affairs Affair

First aired: Nov/25/1987
Writer: Gil Grant
Guest star: Ed White (Eddie), Luis Contreras (Zono), Lynn Milgrim (Audrey Nelson), Paul Comi (Det. Crawley), Leah Ayres (Nina Zaga)

When Zaga (Raymond Barry) is arrested for dealing coke, his daughter turns to Ike and Tony (Paul Sorvino, D.W. Moffett) for help. Lt Zaga is arrested and charged with drug trafficking. He is distraught. His family is distraught. His daughter asks two of the oldest rookies for help.

11 :01x11 - Come Fly With Me

First aired: Dec/16/1987
Writer: Gil Grant, Richard Chapman
Director: Ric Rondell
Guest star: J. J. Wall (Horton), Jon Menick (Unknown), Nancy Dussault (Maureen Porter), Marte Boyle Slout (Unknown), John T. Olsen (Unknown), Earl Boen (Gordon), Wayne Grace (Unknown)

Maureen, Ike’s ex-wife, pays a visit to ask him for a favor: save her second marriage. Meanwhile scavengers are using coyotes to scare children while they apparently dump trash until Ike and Tony discover they’re indeed drug smugglers.

12 :01x12 - Best Men

First aired: Dec/23/1987
Writer: Daniel Freudenberger
Director: Judith Vogelsang
Guest star: Tony Nicholson (Unknown), Lynn Seibel (Unknown), Tom Tully (Unknown), Ian Blackman (Groom), Edward Bell (Unknown), Frank Schuller (Unknown), Marilyn Jones (Unknown)

A soon-to-be bride reports her bridegroom has gone missing without a reason. When the man is located, Ike and Tony detect that the man has become amnesiac. Before the incident, he was working at a perfume laboratory. Ike and Tony have an unusual case in their hands when they’re sent to investigate the perfume laboratory where tests on a new scent have shown it causes amnesia.

13 :01x13 - Yessir, That's My Baby

First aired: Jan/06/1988
Writer: Richard Chapman, Gil Grant
Director: Frank P. Flynn
Guest star: Rosalee Mayeux (Unknown), Barney Martin (Heindorf), Toni Sawyer (Mrs. Jonas), Michael Greene (Mr. Jonas), Michelle Joyner (Doreen), Keith David (Walker)

A former girl friend who's running for her life leaves her baby with Tony (D.W. Moffett), but Ike (Paul Sorvino) winds up baby-sitting when Tony's parents unexpectedly visit.

14 :01x14 - Luck, Be A Lady

First aired: Jan/13/1988
Writer: Richard Chapman, Gil Grant
Director: Roger Duchowny
Guest star: Michael Wren (Morales), Dennis Robertson (Crazy), Don Calfa (Oscar), Audrie J. Neenan (Vera), Geoff Edwards (Himself), Sandra Berhard (Enola)

Ike and Tony face suspension after having a main suspect go footloose. They are sent back to the beat, but one day they buy a lottery ticket.