The Rookies/Blue Christmas

Blue Christmas
Season 3, Episode 13
Airdate	December 16, 1974
Written by	Aaron Spelling
Directed by	Bruce Bilson
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The Rookies — Season Three

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Blue Christmas is the thirteenth episode of the third season of The Rookies, and the fifty-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)

Guest Starring: Elinor Donahue (Amanda), Ruth McDevitt (Mrs. Lockett), Barbara Nichols (Marie Antoinette), Bert Remsen (Malcolm Gates), Charles Lampkin (Sam Reese)

Co-Starring: Frank Maxwell (Murphy), Lou Krugman (Ben Rabin), Gary Clarke (Harvey Gleason), Randall Carner (Officer Klepak), Kamme Hartling (Tori), Robyn Hilton (Crystal)

Featuring: John Kerry (Man), Keith Walker (Paul), Scott Price (Boy), Leanna Roberts (Chorus Girl)

Plot Overview

It's the night before Christmas, and while Mike and Jill get to spend the evening at home, as married officers are allowed to have the night off, Terry and Chris are stirring. While most of their calls are minor issues, such as talking down a distraught man holding a bunch of bar customers at bay with a broken bottle or dealing with a lonely old lady who makes a false prowler call just to have a visitor, they also have a few serious calls...a religious fanatic who shoots up a church and kills a priest, a drunk driver who struck a pedestrian and a prowler outside a sorority house with a huge knife. The Dankos have their own problem to worry about: raising the spirits of Jill's visiting sister and niece, who are both missing the man of the family on Christmas.

Trivia

The Show

Mike and Jill's niece is named Tori. No surprise, as Executive Producer Aaron Spelling wrote the script and named the little girl after his own daughter.

Behind the Scenes

Bert Remsen was the series' casting director. He cast himself in a small role in this episode.