Blood Sport 

Hooker and his team become the protection detail of a Senator, and an old friend of Hooker's, after Hooker saves his life during a routine prisoner transfer in Hawaii while the Senator pushes his anti-terrorist bill.

Director:

Vincent McEveety

Writers:

Rick Husky (created by), Rudolph Borchert (teleplay by)

Stars:

William Shatner, Heather Locklear, James Darren

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
William Shatner	...	Sgt. T.J. Hooker
Heather Locklear	...	Officer Stacy Sheridan
James Darren	...	Officer Jim Corrigan
Don Murray	...	Senator Stuart Grayle
Kim Miyori	...	Barbara Grayle
Nobu McCarthy	...	Mrs. McAllister
Henry Darrow	...	Gus Kalioki
Tim O'Connor	...	John McAllister
James Pax	...	Makio
Keye Luke	...	Dr. Kenji Yakimura
Hugh Farrington	...	Lt. Pete O'Brien
Yuji Okumoto	...	Howie
Soon-Tek Oh	...	Ginsu Nabutsu (as Soon-Teck Oh)
Randy Hamilton	...	Tim Braddock
Buck Taylor	...	Off. Phillips

Storyline

Hooker and his team become the protection detail of a Senator, and an old friend of Hooker's, after Hooker saves his life during a routine prisoner transfer in Hawaii while the Senator pushes his anti-terrorist bill.

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Plot Keywords:

senator | episode title spoken by character | college friend | two word episode title | bound and gagged | 

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Branscombe Richmond who plays the bartender "LCPD" Sgt. Hooker roughs up would later that year play a uniformed LAPD police Sergeant on Heart of the City (1986).

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Goofs

Hooker's foot pursuit of the pickup has two notable errors- first the truck would have accelerated far faster than shown, an overweight 54 year old would not be able to keep up. Next, once the driver bailed out, unless the truck was perfectly aligned (unlikely for an older pickup) and the road perfectly flat (roads are not flat for water drainage), the truck would not have continued driving perfectly straight as was shown.

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Quotes

Sergeant T.J. Hooker: Why don't you cut out the polite routine? I know a piece of Yakuza scum when I step in it.

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Crazy Credits

The opening credits here were not the usual montage of prior events with the series title then episode title followed by stars being listed. Instead, the opening credit was William Shatner as T.J. Hooker, followed by the episode title, then Locklear and Darren followed by the guest stars.

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Connections

References Citizen Kane (1941)

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 May 1986 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Gulls Way Estate - 26800 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures Television, Spelling-Goldberg Productions

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1