The second (and first "full") season of T.J. Hooker finds the titular police sergeant (
William Shatner) taking on wider responsibilities than his "official" job as trainer at the LCPD Academy Precinct. Along with Hooker, hotheaded rookie cop Vince Romano (
Adrian Zmed) is back, as is T.J.'s no-nonsense superior, Captain Dennis Sheridan (
Richard Herd). Gone, however, is trainee Vicki Taylor (April Clough), replaced by a new rookie named Stacy (
Heather Locklear), who happens to be Captain Sheridan's daughter. Although most of the season's storylines focus on the Hooker - Romano relationship -- Romano has the makings of a good cop, but he's still too reckless and impulsive for his own good -- Stacy is able to prove her worth in record time, and by season's end she has embarked upon her first week of field training. Her new partner is veteran cop Jim Corrigan (played by
James Darren), who had previously appeared on the series as a drag racer named Devil Dan Danko in the episode "
King of the Hill." As the season progresses, the character of Hooker's ex-wife Fran (Lee Bryant), who figured prominently in the earliest episodes, fades into the background, save for a spectacular "comeback" in "
The Hostages." This doesn't get Hooker off the hook, as it were, in matters of male-female relationships, as witnessed by a midseason episode in which our hero clashes with new police commissioner Ms. Cooke (Laraine Stephens), who doesn't agree with his methods. Of special interest during season two are the re-teamings of
William Shatner with his former
Star Trek co-star
Leonard Nimoy, who not only portrays Lt. Paul McGuire in "
Vengeance is Mine," but also serves as director for another episode, "
The Decoy" (with Stacy, naturally, in the title role). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide