The Rookies/A Time to Mourn

A Time to Mourn
Season 4, Episode 9
Airdate	November 4, 1975
Written by	Skip Webster
Directed by	Gerald S. O'Loughlin
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The Rookies — Season Four

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A Time to Mourn is the ninth episode of the fourth season of The Rookies, and the seventy-eighth episode overall.

Starring: Georg Stanford Brown (Officer Terry Webster), Sam Melville (Officer Mike Danko), Bruce Fairbairn (Officer Chris Owens), Kate Jackson (Jill Danko)

and Gerald S. O'Loughlin (Lt. Eddie Ryker) (credit only)

Guest Starring: Season Hubley (Kim Owens), Anthony Charnota (Russ Morgan)

Special Guest Star: James Woods (Ted Ayres)

and Philip Bruns (Lt. Scott Baxter)

Co-Starring: Sarah Cunningham (Mother Superior), Richard Stahl (Quinlan), Bill Quinn (Percy Higgins)

Also Starring: Timothy Brown (Byron Stockwood)

Plot Overview

Chris receives a surprise visit from his younger sister and is equally surprised to learn that she has dropped out of college to become a nun. When she's picked up by two men after her car breaks down and is brutally raped, Chris goes after her attackers and beats one of them up, in direct violation of an order given to him by Lt. Ryker's equally stern temporary replacement. Both Chris and Kim undergo crises of conscience as a result: Chris wonders why he has a badge when his hands are tied as to what he can do, while Kim, in keeping with her faith, wants to forgive her rapist, even at the cost of possibly being attacked once again.

Trivia

Behind the Scenes

This is the directorial debut of series' co-star Gerald S. O'Loughlin.