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T.J. Hooker/The Chicago Connection
| The Chicago Connection | |
| Season 4, Episode 23 | |
| Airdate | May 4, 1985 |
| Production Number | 181690 |
| Written by | Bernie Kukoff, Steve Kline |
| Directed by | Michael Lange |
| ← 4x22 The Throwaway |
5x01 → The Ransom |
| T.J. Hooker — Season Four | |
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The Chicago Connection is the twenty-third episode of the fourth season of T.J. Hooker, and the seventy-second episode overall.
Starring:
Guest Starring: Jordan Charney (Capt. Pankowitz), Jesse Welles (Roz Marino), Lynne Moody (Nadine), Bobby Ramsen (), Vic Polizos (Rudy Steiger), Bruce A. Jarchow (), Richard Biggs (Frawley), J.D. Hall (Bartender), John Mahon (Mr. Zewecki), Nicholas Mele (Freddie Lanier), Frank Wagner (Detective Fryberg), Brooks Gardner (Hogan), Leelai Demoz (Jimmy), Michael Stoyanov (Ray), Nicholas Kusenko (Detective #1), Ron Dean (Detective #2), Ernest Perry, Jr. (Man in Line), Kris Martin (Doorman), D.V. DeVincentis (Youth), Ronald Carter (Kid), Charlie Barnett (Sidney P. Stover)
Co-Starring:
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Plot Overview
After returning to detective duty, Hooker is sent to Chicago to pick up a prisoner, a guy wanted in California for receiving stolen property, only to discover that a loud and flashy Chicago cop needs his prisoner to bring down a drug dealer who runs 'drug supermarkets' that cater to teenage kids. He reluctantly becomes the cop's partner and winds up participating in an undercover sting to bring down the dealer.
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Happenings
Characters
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The Show
Apparently, this was the direction ABC wanted to go with if they decided to pick up the series...have Hooker transferred to Chicago and the series becoming more of a 'dramedy' in the style of Hill Street Blues or The Job, with a whole new supporting cast. The producers/writers on this episode were certainly more experienced with comedy than drama. ABC did not pick up the series, but CBS did, insisting on keeping things as they were, so Hooker was back in California and back in a patrolman's uniform the following season.
