I have loved this show ever since it first aired in the early Super70s.
I was about 10 years old when it first aired, and I love it as much today as I did then. I cannot believe for the life of me why this TV great has not been put onto DVD. I was at Best Buy the other day and it seems that every TV show is out on DVD but not the Rookies.
This show was well written for its time (kinda outdated now, but hey, its over 30 years since it first came on). I really feel that one can relate the the officers' comeraderie both on and off the job.
So many TV shows today are purely junk, but maybe today's generation is just different from mine of the Super70s. I was glad when TV Land finally put the Rookies on their roster, but was just as disappointed when they only aired the first 35 episodes. Viewing this show really took me back 3 decades when this world was not the crazy place it is today.
My favorite episodes were--and still are--"Lots of Trees and Running Stream", the episode with "Marly"--can't remember the title--, "A Bloody Shade of Blue" and "Timelock". Most of them were excellent, but one cannot remember them all, since it's no longer on the airwaves.
I have a few VHS copies made from TV Land, but they are really incomplete, since there are so many commercials. Maybe one of these days it will be put onto DVD, uncut, so this great show can be enjoyed once again!
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