T.J. Hooker 2.03 The Empty Gun (1982, Police Drama TV) – 7/10 review

Cast / crew William Shatner: T.J. Hooker Adrian Zmed: Officer Vince Romano Heather Locklear: Officer Stacy Sheridan Richard Herd: Captain Sheridan Jeanette Nolan: Annie Grand Herbert Jefferson, Jr.: Officer D. Benteen David Michael Elliot: Minetti Scott Thomson: Supervising Producer: Rick Husky Producer: Jeffrey Hayes Writer (Series’ Creator): Rick Husky Writer: Paul Savage Director: Cliff Bole

T.J. Hooker 2.03 Empty Gun, The (1982) When Romano has a cop killer in his gun sights but doesn’t kill him because he knows the criminal’s gun is empty, he is derided by most of the other beat officers. When the cop killer goes on to escape judicial punishment on technicalities and by lying, Romano suffers a crisis of confidence and wonders whether it would have been better to have taken the law into his own hands. 7/10 Starting out rather more seriously than earlier episodes with a superbly staged sequence where a cop gets killed, this adds an interesting moral dilemma to the still solid humour and action. Adrian Zmed gets his shirt off and pecs oiled for the girls and is solid in the acting stakes making this one of his best episodes. Hooker rounds things off with a "Happy birthday, punk" to a bleeding, just turned eighteen crim. This T.J. Hooker episode contains gun violence. Classified PG by BBFC. Parental Guidance. Links Previous episode: King of the Hill Next episode: Blind Justice