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T.J. Hooker (1982) (TV)
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13 March 1982 (USA) morePlot Keywords:
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Very Poor. I'm surprised they decided to make a TV show out of this. moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | William Shatner | ... | Sgt. Thomas J. 'T.J.' Hooker |
 | Richard Lawson | ... | McNeil |
 | Adrian Zmed | ... | Officer Romano |
 | Brian Patrick Clarke | ... | Canfield |
| John Gladstein | ... | Granger |
| Kelly Harmon | ||
| Jo McDonnell | ||
| Deborah Shelton | ... | Lacy Canfield (as Debbie Shelton) |
 | David Hedison | ... | Saxon |
| Michael Horton | ... | Parker English |
 | Richard Herd | ... | Captain Sheridan |
 | Steve Hanks | ... | Country |
| Lee Bryant | ... | Fran Hooker |
| Lynne Moody | ... | Susan |
| Timothy Scott | ... | Whit |
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A pretty poor made-for-TV movie that was *the* pilot for the television show "T.J. Hooker" starring William Shatner. "You don't need to worry about wasting hours trying to figure out what T.J. stands for -- you all will know me as Sergeant."
The beginning of the movie is laughably bad. Shatner's Hooker is introduced to us as a mean, harsh military-style Sergeant getting ready to train his new "troops."
Hooker pretty much teaches his new cadets his own style of police force - the raw vengeance sort of deal. Then there's the introduction of a subplot that just becomes silly.
Quentin Tarantino referenced "T.J. Hooker" in his screenplay for "True Romance." It's a huge part of society. It's even been in "Showtime" with De Niro and Murphy.
Yet it all started because of a really poor made-for-TV movie. If I were the studio, I would never have picked up "T.J. Hooker" after seeing this travesty. I'm surprised anyone did.
2/5 stars.
- John Ulmer