The Rookies/Something Less Than a Man

Something Less Than a Man
Season 2, Episode 19
Airdate	February 18, 1974
Written by	Irv Pearlberg
Directed by	Philip Leacock
Produced by	Douglas Benton
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The Rookies — Season Two

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Something Less Than a Man is the nineteenth episode of the second season of The Rookies, and the forty-second episode overall.

Starring: Georg Stanford Brown (Officer Terry Webster), Sam Melville (Officer Mike Danko), Michael Ontkean (Officer Willie Gillis), Kate Jackson (Jill Danko) (credit only)

and Gerald S. O'Loughlin (Lt. Ryker)

Starring: Dane Clark (Joe Daley), Don Gordon (Caras), Johnny Seven (Smitty)

Co-Starring: Bill Williams (Capt. Johnson), Abe Vigoda (Michael Lance), Suzann Arnold (Barbara)

Featuring: John P. Finnegan (Robbie), Bill Zuckert (Booking Officer), Paul Pepper (Mahoney), Ron Stein (Radio Dispatcher)

Plot Overview

Ryker has his hands full with an old friend, a drunken ex-partner of his accused of killing a mobster. He knows that his old friend Joe couldn't possibly be the killer, as his inability to use a gun when he was on the force almost got Ryker killed. Even after Ryker and the guys prove that he isn't the real killer, Joe wishes to confess to the crime to look like a big man to his daughter and to the people in his neighborhood. He then makes a foolhardy move to try to bring in the real killer, again with the intent of looking good to his neighbors, and Ryker must race to save him.

Arc Advancement

Characters

After two episodes where he played Captain Whitfield, Bill Williams is still playing the Captain, though his last name is now Johnson.