The Rookies/The Shield

The Shield
Season 3, Episode 19
Airdate	February 10, 1975
Written by	Richard Danus
Directed by	Fernando Lamas
Produced by	Hal Sitowitz
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The Rookies — Season Three

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The Shield is the nineteenth episode of the third season of The Rookies, and the sixty-fourth 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)

Special Guest Star: Ralph Meeker (Officer Menteer)

Guest Starring: Jonathan Goldsmith Lippe (Como / Walter), Barbara Rucker (Sharon Carpenter)

Co-Starring: Michael Ashe (Carl Carpenter), Donald Barry (Sgt. Logan)

Featuring: Frank Lugo (Sgt. Pilar), Parke Perine (Artie), Robert Shayne (Man on Stretcher), Montana Smoyer (The Lady)

Plot Overview

A number of witnesses finger a guy with a long rap sheet as the killer of a veteran cop, but Terry, who was close enough to see the guy's face, isn't so certain. He sticks to his belief, angering a number of veteran officers, including the dead man's friend and former partner, while Mike and Chris try to stand by Terry as best as they can. A look through the mug books finds another heavy criminal, who looks exactly like the suspect, and they set up a stakeout to nail him.

Trivia

Behind the Scenes

Fernando Lamas directed this episode. He and guest star Jonathan Goldsmith Lippe were good friends away from the camera, and Goldsmith claims that he took his persona for the World's Most Interesting Man (in a series of commercials for Dos Equis beer) from Lamas.