The Rookies/Nightmare

Nightmare
Season 3, Episode 24
Airdate	March 17, 1975
Written by	Rick Husky
Directed by	Phil Bondelli
Produced by	Rick Husky
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The Rookies — Season Three

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Nightmare is the twenty-fourth episode of the third season of The Rookies, and the sixty-ninth 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: Edward Albert (Edward Milland)

Co-Starring: Bill Mims (Dr. Perry), Rance Howard (Truck Driver)

Featuring: Allan Hunt (Young Man)

Plot Overview

While traveling to her sister's house on a rainy night, Jill is involved in a car accident where she suffered a head injury and lost her memory as a result, but fortunately a doctor driving nearby is able to take her to his place to recover. Chris and Terry have their hands full looking for an escapee from a mental institution, a highly intelligent former medical student with a propensity for violence. When Jill notices a dead body in the doctor's basement, she's starting to deduce that she's in serious danger...the body is that of the real doctor, and she's trapped in his house with the escaped mental patient.

Trivia

The Show

Rick Husky later remade this episode for T.J. Hooker, using the same episode title and the same name for the escaped mental patient.

Behind the Scenes

Guest star Edward Albert was the real-life boyfriend of co-star Kate Jackson when this episode was filmed.