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.
Rating: 6.50/10 (avg out of 30 votes)
The Oldest Rookie Airs: Wednesday
The Oldest Rookie Status: Airing
THE OLDEST ROOKIE - General Information
Series Premiere: September 16, 1987 Classification: Scripted Genre: Crime | Drama Network: CBS Airs: Wednesday at 08:00 pm Runtime: 60 Minutes
Language: en
THE OLDEST ROOKIE - Season 1 -- 13 Episodes
1x1 -- Sep 16, 1987 -- At the End of the Long Arm is the Glad Hand (Pilot) 1x2 -- Sep 23, 1987 -- A Game Effort 1x3 -- Sep 30, 1987 -- Heartbreakers 1x4 -- Oct 07, 1987 -- The Cereal Killer 1x5 -- Oct 14, 1987 -- Blue Flu 1x6 -- Oct 21, 1987 -- Coming from Behind 1x7 -- Oct 28, 1987 -- Grand Theft Avocado 1x8 -- Nov 04, 1987 -- Expert Witness 1x9 -- Nov 18, 1987 -- Ike and Son 1x10 -- Nov 25, 1987 -- An Internal Affairs Affair 1x11 -- Dec 16, 1987 -- Come Fly with Me 1x12 -- Dec 23, 1987 -- Best Men 1x13 -- Jan 06, 1988 -- Yessir, That's My Baby
