As of July 2026, The Rookies Season 4 aired in 1975 with 23 episodes — streaming now on Philo. Full episode guide and where to watch below.

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The Rookies Season 4

1975 23 Episodes Drama · Crime ⭐ 7/10

Right now you can watch The Rookies Season 4 on — and it earns its twists rather than manufacturing them. The show says what it needs to say in a single season, no filler. With 21 viewer ratings on TMDB, this is not a title flying under the radar. Georg Stanford Brown leads a cast that carries the story without ever feeling mechanical. There is no real reason to keep putting it off.

The Rookies Season 4 is not trying to be everything to everyone, and that focus is exactly what makes it work. At its heart, The Rookies Season 4 understands what makes crime drama work — character first, plot second. Season 4 of The Rookies includes 23 episodes. It aired from September 1975 to March 1976. This season stars Georg Stanford Brown, Sam Melville and Bruce Fairbairn. Georg Stanford Brown and Sam Melville lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1975. The Rookies Season 4 is at its best in the quiet scenes between the plot beats, where the character work actually happens. There is real craft here, even in the moments that do not fully land.

Crime and mystery fans will find exactly what they are after in The Rookies Season 4. It stands on its own even without an obvious comparison point. Short enough to finish in a weekend, substantial enough to feel satisfying. Watch Georg Stanford Brown work — it is a masterclass in the genre. Few crime dramas earn their twists this consistently.

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🎬 The Rookies Season 4 — Episode Guide

Lamb to the Slaughter

When burglar Brad Gifford is arrested, his cop-hating, now orphaned son, Jody, is taken to Lambert Hall where he is befriended by Ryker, a former orphan himself. Jody is just beginning to trust and like Ryker when his father, aided by Augie Baker and P.G. Larkan, escapes custody and comes for him. R...

Reading Writing and Angel Dust

After the tragic death of a bright high school student, the rookies put in a team effort to get the pushers off the school campus. They get some help from a pusher who is pretending to scorch for the source.

One-Way Street to Nowhere

Mike is critically injured when he tries to capture the leader of a militant group and Terry is taken hostage.

Someone Who Cares

An unidentified nine-year-old girl is accidentally hit by a car after two hedonistic ""swinging single"" men spike her lunch with narcotics. Before she dies, she begs Terry for help. Terry, reluctant to let her die a Jane Doe, investigates.

Ladies Day (a.k.a.) Ladies Kill, Too

Jill is working in a womens prison, fighting an outbreak of diphtheria. In order to protest for better food and working conditions, inmates take Jill Danko and Dr. Malcolm hostage.

Reign of Terror

Young crooks Pat Stevens and Glen Barton rob ticket agent Brewster and shoot rookie Chris. The scene is witnessed by mailman Charlie Brooks, who is adamant about not getting involved. Eventually his wife, Nadine, and daughter, Stacy, encourage him to cooperate with the rookies, and finally, the crim...

A female officer is blamed for her partner's death during a jewelry store robbery. With her new partner, Mike, she sets out to solve the crime and prove her worth to the police department.

Measure of Mercy

The rookies must investigate a robbery at Memorial Hospital. The blood bank was robbed and its contents sold to the black market, leaving an infant at the hospital on the critical list.

A Time to Mourn

Chris' sister makes a surprise visit on her brother. He is suspended after conducting an unauthorized bust of the man who molested her.

An ex-convict, out on parole, desperately wants to go straight, but is sought after by his ex-cellmates to use his safe-cracking abilities in a robbery.

Invitation to a Rumble

Terry is run down by a car driven by the leader of a street gang in his old neighborhood. When one of the members of the gang is overheard calling for an ambulance, he is forced to kill Terry or he will be killed by the gang for betrayal.

A rookie accidentally overpowers a professional assassin and is named ""hero"". The assassin vows to kill the rookie and escapes with Jill as a hostage, offering to exchange her for the rookie.

Chris and Terry have their patrol car stolen by teenage vandals while investigating a major robbery in a department store and three heavily armed killers trap them there.

The Voice of Thunder

After a series of Sunday bombings of porno bookshops and massage parlors sweep the city, Chris and Terry recognize the same girl, at the scene of each incident. The dangerously schizophrenic top fashion model believes she is being instructed by a supreme being.

The Code Five Affair

The rookies stake out an abandoned factory where a heroin deal is about to take place, and are able to seize the drugs and arrest all but one man. This man must get the heroin back from the police.

Shadow of a Man

Forest, a tough career cop, takes $10,000 from the scene of a robbery after his partner is killed by the robbers. Lt. Ryker puts an undercover investigator on the case to retrieve the money.

A man who was forced to spend eighteen years in prison for a crime he did not commit is determined to get the men who framed him.

Sudden Death (a.k.a.) Return from the Past

Mike, a former helicopter pilot in Vietnam, becomes the prey of a deranged ex-POW who blames the policeman for his capture by the Vietcong.

From Out of the Darkness

Terry vows to find the murderer of Dan Kennedy, a retired cop turned security guard. Dan was the father of a blind girl, Terry's former girlfriend.

After a woman is fatally assaulted by three junkies, her son, a doctor in the same hospital where Jill works, announces his intention to get revenge against the three, who were released from jail on a technicality.

🎭 Cast of The Rookies Season 4

Georg Stanford Brown

Georg Stanford Brown

Sam Melville

Bruce Fairbairn

Bruce Fairbairn

Kate Jackson

Gerald S. O'Loughlin

Gerald S. O'Loughlin

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