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Looking back over the various guest roles that William Shatner has played over the past couple of decades, there are two guest shots he made over the years that would indicate that he was the perfect choice for the role of Sergeant Thomas Jefferson 'T.J.' Hooker (incidentally, everyone, including his wife, calls him 'Hooker'...the only person to ever call him T.J. was Henry Darrow's character in "A Cry For Help").

First off, there's Shatner's 1971 guest appearance on Ironside, in an episode entitled 'Walls Are Waiting"...imagine a parole officer who's just like Hooker, and you have the Shat in this episode about a hard-ass P.O. who has a hard-on for pushers (due to his sister being an addict). When he receives several threats on his life, he suspects one particular pusher, and naturally, Ironside isn't so sure.

Fast-forward to 1975, and here's Bill on The Rookies, donning the uniform as yet another wacko veteran officer, the type of guy Sam Melville's Rookies character, Mike Danko, seemed to be always partnered with. In this episode, "The Hunting Ground", the cop played by Shatner is hunting down criminals on his off-time...emphasis on the word 'hunting'.

Watching both of these roles, you get the feel for the Hooker character...all that's missing are the constant references to 'maggots'...yes, in every episode, Hooker vows to 'get these maggots off the street!' I was always under the impression that 'maggots' was a substitute for a certain epithet that rhymed with it, and that ABC (and possibly Aaron Spelling and Columbia) were a little skittish about using *that* word too much.

Now to the series...while it's not the greatest crime drama ever, it certainly fits the action bill with Shatner jumping on the hoods of moving cars, sprinting after suspects, etc. And while Hooker starts out the series as an alcoholic hard-ass, he lightens up considerably during the show's run, becoming more of a friend to his young stud partner Vince Romano (Adrian Zmed). The requisite 'cute female' is Officer Vicki Taylor in the first season (April Clough), replaced by Stacy Sheridan (Heather Locklear) for the remainder of the series. Their Captain is Stacy's Dad, Dennis Sheridan (Richard Herd), and near the end of the first season, Moondoggie, I mean, James Darren comes aboard as Officer Jim Corrigan.

The stories are naturally the usual Aaron Spelling cop show fare, with Hooker taking on pimps, pushers, crooked cops, etc. The villains are played by many of the usual cop show villain actors, like Don Gordon, John Vernon and Jonathan 'The World's Most Interesting Man' Goldsmith, to name a few. And let's not forget the manly power of the Shat...yep, even with the toupee and the paunch, he's quite the stud, landing beauties like Lisa Hartman, Cristina Raines, Kristen Meadows (very hot in a white swimsuit!) and Michelle Phillips, to name a few. Ladies' man Romano manages to score a few times himself, as do Stacy and Corrigan.

The series lasted a little over three seasons on ABC...if it had continued on the Alphabet Network, it would've turned toward comedy, as the last ABC episode featured Hooker getting a transfer to Chicago and being partnered with a jive-ass cop. The rest of the cast would've been gone. Instead, ABC canceled the series, CBS picked it up for their Crime Time After Prime Time feature, Hooker went back to L.A. with Stacy and Corrigan, but no Romano...Adrian Zmed had rightfully moved on to host Dance Fever. The CBS season was the final one.

Throughout the run of the series, Shatner and the rest of the cast deliver the action like clockwork. T.J. Hooker is a bit dated, sure, but for a good, quick action fix, it doesn't hurt to catch an episode now and then. Watch out, Maggots...Hooker's on the job!

I'm reasonably certain that Officer Sheridan (at least, back in the '80s) could shoot me, and I wouldn't even feel it. That may not be the only reason to watch the show, but it is, far and away, the best. Need I say more?

Of all the cheesy 80's cop shows, 'T.J. Hooker' is my new favorite! I love movies and shows that are so bad they're funny, and this a perfect example of that.

William Shatner plays the titlular character, a mediocre cop who gets hailed as one slick guy. Shatner has that same quality as others like Alec Baldwin and Steven Seagal: the ability to be comical without even trying. His facial expressions and acting gild the lily. The other stars of the series (Adrian Zmed and Heather Locklear) aren't much better.

The show has plenty of corny, lovable quirks, including but not limited to: tubular 80's action soundtrack, sloppy stunts, HUGE explosions, awful dialogue, orangutans, break dancing, and did I mention 80's music?

In the episode, 'A Child Is Missing', Hooker heads to solve a case in Mexico along with a guy named Gomez. Those are traits used in Shatner's book Tek-War, which was actually written by a ghostwriter. It seems William has few ideas of his own!

If you are looking for something truly interesting, don't mess with T.J.. But if you like cheesy 80's fun, I recommend this! SPOOOOOOOOCK!

T.J. Hooker reminds me of Dirty Harry in some respects. Like DH, Hooker is tough, especially on the bad guys. He's a no-nonsense cop, but at least he still has some sense of humor.

This is one of the most underrated cop shows. It may not be the best police drama ever made, but it has its moments. Plus, it's good to see William Shatner having success outside Star Trek. And this series shows that he could (and still can) do exactly that.

William Shatner pretty much personified T. J. Hooker, and it was one of those series that was get-home-in-time-to-watch TV for the first two seasons, but after that the writing got a bit tired and I suspect William Shatner was focussing on his Star Trek movie career.

I love "copaganda" shows aka police procedurals, especially ones like Dragnet or Adam-12. Jack Webb really had a great formula for those shows which made them fun to watch.

Dragnet, Adam-12 and Emergency take themselves very seriously. They're meant to be fun to watch, of course, but watching it you get the feeling that Jack Webb took policing more serious than the actual LAPD did. Jack Webb portrayed the LAPD as an organization that really set out to help people in times of need, that tried to set young "burnouts" and "hippies" in the right direction, etc, while also maintaining a high level of standards for the police officers themselves. There are multiple episodes of Dragnet and Adam-12 where they get visited by the internal affairs department, where they make sure that police officers aren't being corrupt, etc. There is even an episode where Friday gets investigated (and cleared, of course.)

Yes, Dragnet is copaganda, but it's copaganda that sets a higher standard for police officers, and that is it's redeeming quality. It does not beat around the bush, it equally criticizes "gun nuts" and "burnout hippies" in the eyes of the law, it equally judges police officers in the same way. It's the ideal police show, because they do what the police are theoretically supposed to do.

TJ Hooker takes all of that, removes any sense of dignity and replaces it with Cannell style car explosions and 80's thirst traps. The show is quintessential 80's action, and it's attempts to take itself seriously while also exploding cars every two seconds is laughable.

Now don't get me wrong-- I like cheesy 80's action. I love The A-Team. But The A-Team is a ridiculous show. It's like if they made a cartoon into a live action show. People are getting "shot" but you never see blood, nobody ever dies. They're just beating up "the bad guys" and The A-Team always wins. It's fun! And it's also the anthesis of "copaganda" considering that The A-Team is on the run from the United States gov the entire time. They're framed by a corrupt government, but they use their anger to help people in need. It's fun to watch.

TJ Hooker tries to take The A-Team's formula and apply it to the police procedural and it's mid at best. The theme song is a banger, which is a good start. But Shatner is not a good cop. His acting is bad and he comes off like an sshole. Here is the thing: Jack Webb was also a garbage actor, but it worked for the role of Joe Friday, which is why he played it for over 20 years on both radio and television. Hooker's combat is also equally as terrible. There is an episode where he is sword fighting some guy with a nightstick. There is another where they are chasing a serial killer into some abandoned mine shaft(?), which, despite being abandoned, somehow has full power, and the serial killer is able to trap Hooker and Romano into a room with an automated jail cell like door. What?? The building they were in resembled something you would see in a Roblox obby. Absolutely ridiculous... Reed and Malloy would never get themselves into such a jam.

The A-Team works because it's characters are equally as crazy as the show is. You've got this old man with a cigar saying "I love it when a plan comes together" as they drive off in a totally tricked out GMC van, which somehow always is registered in the state of California without alerting the feds. Btw, the feds find The A-Team at the end of EVERY EPISODE yet they never catch them. How?? They drive the same van every time!

Why do we like the A-Team despite it's obvious issues? Because it's fun. It's like a comic book or a cartoon. You can suspend disbelief about The A-Team. But TJ Hooker is meant to be serious, a serious show about cops in a corrupt Los Angeles. But ratings have a beckoning call, so they had to go the stereotypical 80's action route. And that kind of ruined the show, because it's trying to be two things that really just don't go together.

The show is mid. It's not bad, it's perfectly tolerable, but I don't get a smile on my face and cheer when Hooker gets the criminal. It's just forced. I do when Friday does--I do when the A-Team does, but not when Hooker does. And that's because the show really does not fulfill what it set to do.

So what is RavenGlamDVDCollector@gmail.com doing reviewing a screeching tyres cops & robbers show? The answer in two words: HEATHER LOCKLEAR. Enough said.

The show ain't half-bad, and I'm surprised to see only fourteen other reviews here. Many boys of the Eighties grew up with this one, and you'd expect boys of all ages to go for it on DVD now, either for the abundant car chases or the pretty girl guest stars, but it is clearly not a popular seller as only that first box set was released featuring seasons 1 & 2. Now I cannot argue with this commercial failure then. How sad. What traitors these little boys grew up to be, no pride in America, just preoccupied with rap music and smoking dope. I'm a poor abandoned American-at-heart living in forsaken South Africa, but I have the sense to know that THIS IS AN ICON OF EIGHTIES USA even without my being partial to Heather. Who, by the way, looks, and fares, boatloads better in MELROSE PLACE. But I've been looking for this one for years, and I've always wanted to see the episode with Stacey's dancing scene, and that's clearly in Season Three. I've downloaded what I could from VuClip, but that's just snippets, although one included the dancing scene. So I'd buy the remaining seasons in a heartbeat if they became available. Wish I had an e-mail address for the copyright- holding releasing company.

OK First Off. Screw off anyone who disses the Shat. He was born to play a hero. And TJ Hooker is everything you want your hero to be. He is beast, He is human, He is emotional, He is caring, He is a signifier of justice, He is no holds barred, He will do anything to catch the bad guy. The only thing remotely bad about the show is Adrian Zmed. Who looks like it takes a little too much outta him to hit on the ladies if you know what I mean. Who wouldn't want to be handcuffed by Stacy? I'd still let her handcuff me today! There is 80s cheese. But the awesome thing is it is STILL AWESOME. The ep where Hooker chases down the rapist in the park. No way that scene would be filmed again. The dialogue was cheesy. The fight scenes for their time were good. But watching them again it's funny. But it's my favorite scene of the entire series. I am 32 years old. The series came out in 82. A year before I was born. And I got seasons 1&2 at Ollies. And I've watched the bejesus outta it. Car chases, Cheesy explosions, Cheesy Dialogue and I love it all!!!!! Don't buy it and expect a strict police procedural drama. If you want bad guys taken down and called "scum" and "punk". Get this!!!! Shat Rules!!!!! Every Precinct should be full if TJ HOOKERS!

The acting, writing and directing all stink. Every cop show cliche is here along with perfect Saturday Night Fever-hairstyles, wooden performances and cardboard villains. The only good episode is the one Leonard Nimoy guest starred in. Proof that the 80s sucked.

I did not watch this when it was originally on TV. I was only 12 at the time. I have seen all the episodes many times in syndication and I love them all. William Shatner is the greatest actor since John Wayne He has a little John Wayne & Dirty Harry in him in the role of Hooker. He gives his all in every scene he's in. I love the fact that he is Mr. Morality. He point outs the good guys and the bad guys and he busts the bad guys as it should be. We shouldn't have to hear people whining about the criminal rights, what about the victims. That's what this show brings us. Other than Adam-12 and Dragnet, I don't see right and wrong laid out to us in such a direct way.

The cast is also perfect. William Shatner is as good as he was in Star Trek. Adrian Zmed is a perfect partner. He is a rookie who is willing to learn from the master. They also have good chemistry especially when they are being funny. I always loved the light moments. Ramano was always trying to get Hooker to buy a new car, eat better or try something he believes in. Heather Locklear is the sweetest, most beautiful woman I have I ever seen. She was so sweet and sexy on the show. I liked how she was playing a good person instead of all the later roles where she wasn't very nice. James Darren was also very good. He and Heather had good chemistry, kind of like Shatner & Zmed did. And there was a balance of 2 veterans and two rookies.

The episodes all had good positives messages about drawbacks of drug use, the use of "Illegal" guns by criminals, dealing with a handicap and busting punks who break the law.

All in all it's the best cop show ever, followed close by Adam-12, Dranet & Chips. I love them all. They don't make entertaining cop shows like that anymore.

Ok, nobody loves the Shat more than I do. He has entertained me, literally, my entire life. As a small child, he was Jim Kirk (Star Trek) and Jeff Cable (Barbary Coast). As a young teen, he was TJH. As an adult, he has kept me in stitches with Boston Legal, $#!+ My Dad Says, and the single most riotous cameo in all of sitcoms on Hot In Cleveland. That said, I have to declare Hooker his low point.

When I was little, and didn't know better, I liked it as a cop show. I found it a few years back on some second-rate network, probably Charge. As an adult, it looked less like a police procedural, and more like an HR sexual harassment video. Instead of a commercial break, I kept expecting a sensitivity counselor to step in and say, "Ok class, what did Officer Romano do wrong, and what should Sgt Hooker have done to correct it?" All in all, I have to agree with a previous reviewer, who declared its value to be of the "so-bad-it's-good" variety. Decent presence from Shatner and James Darren, and Heather Locklear would be enjoyable if she just sat there and read the Yellow Pages.

They kept monkeying with the theme music, making it worse every season. Worst was the detestable decision to get preachy. I remember an idiotic episode about "silicone bullets," silicone being a soft rubbery material that not only wont pierce armor, but would drastically reduce the ability to penetrate anything else, either. If you don't know the difference between silicone and teflon, STFU. I dont like being preached to by folks who know what they're talking about. I refuse to be preached to by sanctimonious imbeciles.

Amusing in small doses, but not for binge-watching.

And yes, the rug was ludicrous...

T.J. Hooker was the best cop show in my opinion for many reasons.

Firstly, the storylines and action scenes were very good. But the thing I liked most was seeing the superb William Shatner playing Hooker.

Hooker was human. He was divorced from his wife because of his dedication to the job. He was a great mentor to rookie officers and he always cared about the victims of crime. And he was persistent when it came to chasing the villains. In Hookers eyes, no crime was minor and every victim of crime was a human being with feelings.

It would be so hard to recommend certain episodes because they were all good. The 3rd episode of season 1 was good-Hooker was on the trail of two drug dealers who had killed a young girl. His dedication was second to none as he pursued the bad guys.

A great show. Hooker is the type of police officer I hope exists in real life.

This was one of the dopiest shows on TV. Shatner out-Shatnered himself in this one. T.J. is a 50 something police sergeant, with an 80's style dynel toupee, who was named after the discount chain. He has a young partner, played by Adrian Zmed, who Hooker teaches about life and bad acting. At least Zmed never sings on the show. Heather Locklear and James "Moondoggie" Darren were added to the cast to look pretty.

I always held off watching this thinking it will be some pretentious camp mess only designed to blow smoke up William Shatners rear end.

I tried watching the first 10mins of the pilot and was very surprised with how good it was so watched it till the end. I am now going through season one and the show is maintaining a very high standard throughout. I would recommend people give this a try.

Show was OK for what it was, nothing special. I see that Bill Shatner reviewed his own show. Describing himself with adjectives such as, " Superb " I don't think we can count on an impartial review. Now Heather Locklear, she was Superb! An enjoyable way to pass the time when nothing better was on. About on the level of Adam-12 for acting, close, but not as good as Hawaii 5-0 regarding the action level. Shatner has a lot in common with Jack Lord as regards acting style. Overly dramatic but entertaining. James Darren actually did a fine job considering what he had to work with. He was the most believable character on the show. As for the other cast members, who could possibly imagine any police department with people that look or act like that?

This is one of the first TV crime dramas that I have watched, starring William Shatner as Sgt. T.J. Hooker - a veteran policeman dedicated to be out on the streets battling crime and putting the low-lives where they belong.

Partnering with T.J. Hooker is rookie partner Vince Romano (Adrian Zmed) the beautiful Stacy Sheridan (Heather Locklear). The trio is the team to be reckon with, exhibiting much justice and generating lots of good guy vs. bad guy action. Plenty of adventures, great acting, suspense and humor, as well.

One of the greatest shows to ever come out of the 1980s, definitely remind you of the good old days of awesome TV!

Grade A

William Shatner has a hell of a press agent because his acting leaves an awful lot to be desired! His acting is shallow, phony and so amateurish so is Zmed's. Terrible acting and the writing is just so so.

T.J. Hooker is a real cool cop show.William Shatner,a.k.a. Capt. James T. Kirk of Star Trek shows he can really act.Shatner was not given enough credit for his acting by people and critics on this TV series.The other great cast who is also great is Adrian Zmed(Bachelor Party),Heather Locklear(Melrose Place and Spin City),James Darren,who to us Star Trek fans is well known for his roll as holographic character Vic Fontaine on "Star Trek:Deep Space Nine",as Richard Herd is awesome,to us science fiction fans is well know in the mini series "V" and the 1984 sequel "V The Final Battle" as John,to us Star Trek fans,he played Lt. Tom Paris's father,Adm. Owen Paris on "Star Trek Voyager".T.J. Hooker is the type of cop that everyone needs in every cop precinct,he fight s for the victims.I like this show so much,it deserves more credit.This show still rocks.

I love this show mainly because I like William Shattner. I don't really care if it was based in reality or not. It was fun to watch. I don't believe William Shattners character was meant to imitate an average person but an ideal for all the things a good police officer.....a good person can represent. I do agree Adam-12 and Dragnet were, and still are great television shows based more on actual cases and real police work, but I don't think you can compare them. TJ Hooker was more like the A-Team. It's fun and entertaining. I love the fight scenes with William Shattner in this show. He uses the shame fighting style as in Star Trek. I recommend this show to anyone who is a fan of William Shattner.

Given the dearth of hamburger action shows todays and the saturation of virtue signalling and political correctness, I find shows like TJ Hooker, which I grew up watching in the 80s, thoroughly refreshing. All the characteristics endemic to shows from that era are here in abundance. The unashamedly prolonged male gaze, the cheesy dancing to wonderfully cheesy disco music, the improbable plots and hammy acting. But there was also a sincerity in the intention and a total lack of pretention in the weekly morality play.

I wanted to point out a few things about this show that I particularly appreciated.

Firstly, the incidental music in these shows was brilliant, and never got enough credit in my view. The muscular and twangy bass guitars with their kinetic riffs really amplified the urgency of the action.

Secondly, the action itself was great. No green screens or background projection. Back in the 80s those were real cars and trucks flying through the air on pipe ramps and exploding while real helicopters chased them. The attention to detail was impressive too, with almost every fired bullet having an impact or spark. Given the prime-time slot there were no blood squibs when people got shot (except on shows later in the evening like Hunter), but plenty of bullet holes in car doors, windows etc. They didn't cheapen out or hold back on that for sure. Sometimes cars would just explode for no apparent reason but at least it was real, until the fake digital nonsense we have to endure today.

And lastly, I must pay tribute to the main star, William Shatner. Despite his increasing heft throughout the show's tenure the guy could run faster in his fifties than I ever could in my teens. And he was game for doing a lot of his own stunts, and I don't just mean the cringeworthy and seemingly unnecessary forward rolls before shooting the bad guy. It really was him diving over the bonnets of cars, climbing over chain-link fences, sliding through ice-covered floors and having nicely choreographed fights with his night stick. His commitment to the show and its action really made a difference.

Anyway, as a relic of that era I just wanted to share my appreciation for the show and how much more enjoyable it is compared to the watered down and artificial action of today's output. They sure don't make them like they used to.

I never watched this show when it was on mainstream television. Of course with the Roku you can catch up on a bunch of series from the past. This one has it all, the tough older cop, the schwarmy young partner womanizer, and they added a young Heather Locklear to the storylines. The show is reminiscent of the older 70s cheesy detective series, like Starsky and Hutch, CHIPS, SWAT etc, even the music is cheesy..

Funny watching it now, in some scenes you can see both of the lead actors wearing lift type shoes to make them seem taller. Shatner is actually pretty good in this series, not so sure if anyone else could have played Hooker, seems like this role was designed for him.

I know this is one of Heather's first acting roles, she does a pretty good job, but as we have seen her in many of her later roles, she definitely honed her acting craft and is a much better actress now than she was in this series (but I have always been a big fan, probably why I watched it).

TJ Hooker was one of my favourite cop shows.

Watching it now it is very dated. I'm surprised LA had ANY crime in the 80s. Hooker knew/worked with/arrested/had a hunch about every single crime. He also NEVER followed the rules or orders. It still puzzles me that Hooker could run faster than Romano who was 20 years younger. The show was formulaic with a crime of the week. The thing that made TJ Hooker great was the co-stars. I absolutely adored the relationship between Romano and Stacy. Always trying to outdo each other. Just brilliant. Jim Corrigan was a welcome addition. After Stacy made it out from behind the desk the show seemed to flow better. The show had some notable guest stars.. Leonard Nimoy, Richard Hatch, Heather Thomas and of course, Sharon Stone.

TJ Hooker was not gritty or even dramatic. Just a formulaic 80s cop show from Spelling/Goldberg.

Well worth a look for sheer nostalgia.

TJ Hooker is/was one of the all time great cop shows. Adam 12 was boring in the extreme as was Dragnet. Hooker is a cop who refuses a promotion so he can continue to do the job that he is best suited for. A street cop who cares. Reed & Malloy and Friday & whoever looked like they could not wait for their shift to end each week. Sure it had the "super hero" feel to it, but you must remember that this was the TV cop format at the time. And the show has a great cast as well. Not like today, who really needs to see Dennis Franz's naked butt, not I that is for sure.