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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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

Did You Know?

Trivia

Like the LCPD vs the LAPD, there is no Hawaii Metro Police Department, there is the Honolulu Police Department.

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Goofs

For someone assigned to a protective detail, Stacy wears far too skimpy an outfit. While this would attract male viewers, it would prohibit her from carrying a concealed firearm.

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Quotes

Sergeant T.J. Hooker: Do you have to be so young and so eager all the time?
Officer Howie Kalanuma: I can tone the eager down, but the young I'm stuck with.
Sergeant T.J. Hooker: [smiles] Like we are with you.

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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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