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Hooked On T.J. Hooker

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The only podcast dedicated to the TV show T.J. Hooker (1982 - 1986) hosted by Eric Szyszka and Ben Worcester. Hear Eric, Ben, and the occasional guest star discuss William Shatner in all of his glory. Anything you hear may be used against you in a court of law.

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Jun 26, 2026

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Episodes

S02E21 - Payday Pirates 31.10.2018

Suit up for an episode that was a horror to produce! Fran Hooker is back and gets pistol-whipped. Can T.J. and his trusty sidekick restore her damaged sight? Or is that best left to the doctors? Hendricks the Canadian Rogue that assaulted her gets tracked down by not only 4-ADAM-30 but also 4-ADAM-16. Officer Jim Corrigan BEGINS! Also how do you make a Frankfurterstein? You know, a zombie hot dog!

S02E20 - The Hostages 28.09.2018

On this episode we engage in an impression-off. Who will win, Ben or Eric? Or is that perhaps, a trick question? Jonathan Banks re-spawns as a different villain and we get the triumphant return of Fran Hooker (T.J.'s ex-wife!) Romano arrests a lady and speaking of ladies, lady cop Stacy Sheridan is taken hostage along with Fran and a little girl who needs an emergency procedure. Frank Doubleday (E...

S02E19 - Requiem for a Cop 29.08.2018

Hit the reds! It's an all new Hooked on T.J. Hooker with what's that? David Caruso! He's a bomb planting arsonist working for a Management Company (imagine my shock) and then they all split the insurance money. It's a crooked enterprise and only the straightest of arrows can de...crookify it. Yeah. Hooker! This is a wacky episode ranging from Hunch exploration to soul catching. It's got it all and...

S02E18 - Raw Deal 31.07.2018

Paint it blue! It's an all new edition of Hooked on T.J. Hooker, your go-to resource for a TV show you never watched and adamantly do not care about! On this episode a gambling ring run by Jim Brown uses their debtors as record clean drug mules to pick up that sweet, sweet Peruvian snow. T.J. Torture emerges from the darkness to drag information out of an unwitting victim. T.J. remembers the corre...

S02E17 - Sweet Sixteen and Dead 27.06.2018

Blue tide rising! We are back again for another thrilling adventure of T.J. Hooker. This one is directed by you know who and features some series firsts! Injecting a kid with drugs to make it look like an OD and not a homicide? That's a first. Teej and Romano are up against a new type of evil that feeds off kids moving to Los Santollywood with stars in their eyes. This might be the darkest episode...

S02E16 - Vengeance is Mine guest starring Andrew Jupin 29.05.2018

On this exciting episode of T.J. Hooker we're joined by Andrew Jupin (We Hate Movies) to discuss Leonard Nimoy arriving in Los Santos! The Clash of the Titans begins once Nimoy starts planting evidence into a case involving his daughter. Hooker's case. Hooker plays it by the book, mister! Then we're regaled with amusing anecdotes about T.J.'s financial fraught. Romano is dating someone working at...

S02E15 - The Mumbler 19.04.2018

This episode title sounds pretty scary right? Nope! The Mumbler is a young girl who talks to pigeons. Yes, pigeons. Why you might even say this episode of T.J. Hooker is for the birds! A new edition of T.J. Past emerges and a string of armored car robberies implicates wayward youth Larry Coats whose sister Katie is the titular Mumbler. T.J. arranges to give Katie away to his friend who also likes...

S02E14 - The Decoy guest starring Stephen Sajdak 09.03.2018

On this episode of Hooked on T.J. Hooker we welcome Stephen Sajdak (We Hate Movies) to discuss The Decoy! What was the arrangement between Bill Shatner and Leonard Nimoy with this episode? This is a special one as it marks the debut of Stacy going undercover as bait. Why is this serial killer specific to the marina area? Could this killer also possibly be a surfing werewolf? What would it be like...

S02E13 - Too Late for Love 16.02.2018

On this latest episode of #SquadChat a rift breaks through the blues as T.J. Hooker and Vince Romano come to blows! Whoever wins... we're next to die. Romano falls head over heels with a fashion model named Amy who maybe, just maybe is working with a notorious gang that steals fur coats. A special Seinfeld connection is explored and we're treated to great guest stars like Theresa Saldana and M.C....

S02E12 - The Fast Lane 30.01.2018

Get set to wear the birthday blues! This podcast turns 1 and Ben turns 5-0 (cop lingo, get it?) We're in the Fast Lane now as teenager and kinda step-brother of Romano starts selling stolen booze to high school students. That's his crime christening that ushers him into armed robbery, truck thievery, and a whole mess of trouble. Romano stops T.J. Hooker from executing another wayward youth which c...

S02E11 - The Connection guest starring Chris Cabin 20.12.2017

We welcome The Most Contrarian Film Critic in the World, Chris Cabin! You might know his work from We Hate Movies or Collider.com. A high school student dangles from a rooftop after engaging in dreaded PCP usage. Who is behind this nefarious drug trade? None other than Tutti Nelson! The show begins to delve deeper into the T.J. Past. Turns out old Tutti is a part of the Hookerverse Rogues Gallery!...

S02E10 - Thieves' Highway 22.11.2017

Go ahead and grab second helping of Turkey J. Hooker. In this episode a produce wholesaler and union buster begins sabotaging independent truckers (the backbone of this country!), chief among them, George R.R. Martin (portrayed by Guy Stockwell) who has an attractive daughter and ape. The monkey business does not stop there as for some goddamn reason T.J. begins advocating the use of a banned tact...

S02E09 - A Cry for Help 25.10.2017

A Colombian drug lord (who for some reason doesn't actually have the drugs he wants to sell) moves in on Los Santos. Well, T.J. Hooker won't stand for it – so he'll grapple to the side of an airplane instead! A family is torn apart by heroin and a young kid who looks old has a hearing disorder that T.J. Hooker makes his passion project. Why does T.J. Hooker have immediate access to an operating ro...

S02E08 - Deadly Ambition 22.09.2017

An ambitious, one might say deadly ambitious, detective of the week is out to nail Hooker's friend on a charge of aiding jewel thieves while working as a diamond-exchange guard. Legendary musician Jerry Lee Lewis appears as himself. The Most Interesting Man in the World appears as someone else. Eric and Ben cruise down Los Santos for a lengthy Van culture discussion. Hooker's hunch senses new thin...

S02E07 - The Survival Syndrome 25.08.2017

Eric and Ben are back in 4Adam30 and out for blood because T.J. Hooker has been wrongly accused of killing an innocent kid! Oh, and by the way, Romano gets shot in the head in this episode. A group of teenagers are put up to stealing Ford Broncos by a mysterious multi-dimensional villain that operates out of a car chop shop. Romano attempts recovery but it's an uphill battle involving hallucinatio...

Blue Suit Dispatch 1 - Meeting William Shatner, Show Theories, Original Broadcast History, and Vietnam 18.08.2017

On our first ever Blue Suit Dispatch we read your e-mails about our podcast! This includes meeting William Shatner and getting him to sign things at conventions and while he's having dinner! A solemn reading from The Book of Shatner (the autobiography Up Till Now) which features many great #HookerNuggets. Then we learn about getting baked in Vietnam.

S02E06 - Terror at the Academy 26.07.2017

Get set to remember Vietnam. Our hero T.J. and his trusty sidekick Vince Romano square off against a sniper with a grudge. It is a reckoning that has been prophesied. Who will win? Good or Evil? Romano also sizes up a new cadet he'd like to get to know better. Chrissie, Hooker's daughter, needs a frog costume for a school play. We deal with shootings, explosions, booby traps, and light-hearted sit...

S02E05 - Bigfoot guest starring Stephen Sajdak 28.06.2017

We're back with guest star Stephen Sajdak (We Hate Movies)! Hooker and Romano pursue the elusive rapist known as "Bigfoot" through the streets of Los Santos.  He's known for having a large shoe print that can be found at crime scenes. There's a lot of twists and turns in this episode including a radio station's involvement, a shakedown of an adult bookstore owner, and our guest talks about Shaq. T...

S02E04 - Blind Justice 31.05.2017

Hang ten, scum! T.J. Hooker and Romano hit the beach to ensnare women and dig on the Beach Boys. Anne (portrayed by Shatner's then wife Marcy Lafferty) witnesses a crime and Hooker needs answers. The complication? She's blind. Hooker lays it on thick anyway. Romano admires women, again, and again... and again. The Beach Boys guest star in horrible archival footage, Carl Wilson films an actual came...

S02E03 - The Empty Gun 22.05.2017

On this thrilling episode of T.J. Hooker, fellow officers criticize Romano for not shooting a juvenile cop killer. We explore the world of T.J. Future some more and wonder if it is connected to the 2000 AD series Judge Dredd.  We discuss the state of TV revivals and Hooker nearly runs over a homeless woman. Guest stars include Herbert Jefferson Jr (Boomer from Battlestar Galactica) and Scott Thoms...

S02E02 - King of the Hill 28.04.2017

There's been a spree of crimes in Los Santos and guess what? They're all connected: stolen cars, racing cars, and apparently even grocery store robberies. The man, myth, and legend of T.J. Hooker grows as his race car past emerges. James Darren (soon to be Officer Jim Corrigan) portrays Devil Dan Danko, a "hill racer", arrested wrongly for a crime. Only his friend T.J. can bend the law. And bend h...

S02E01 - Second Chance guest starring Andrew Jupin 17.04.2017

On the exciting return of Hooked on T.J. Hooker, we enter Season 2 with guest Andrew Jupin (We Hate Movies)! Heather Locklear! Robert Davi! Car crashes! Baton demonstrations! This episode has it all up to and including sexual intercourse. "The Barber" is back in Los Santos, who is he? Well, he's a serial killer who cuts off a lock of his victim's hair after gutting them with a marlinspike. Hey, wa...

S01E05 - The Witness 15.03.2017

T.J. Hooker turns on the charm to convince a fearful woman who witnessed a murder to testify in court to mixed results. The one and only Jonathan Banks guest stars as our crook of the week. Can his nefarious plot to steal highly valuable coins with Cal Jastrow be pulled off? Why is he so bad at killing people? I mean, sure, he got one, but come on. Romano tries his hand at reading a book.

S01E04 - Hooker's War 28.02.2017

T.J. Hooker and Romano investigate a van full of illegal firearms. A biker gang emerges as our main adversary featuring an array of character actors such as Mickey Jones and Sid Haig. Well, heck, we even get a Richard Moll (Bull from Night Court!) sighting. T.J. forces a bookie to buy a gun and gets the man murdered in the process. A retiring detective named Pete Benedict confirms half a long over...

S01E03 - God Bless the Child guest starring Andrew Jupin 13.02.2017

Hooker doesn't believe a teenager's fatal fall from a building was suicide. It ends up involving a heroin ring operating at his daughter's high school. Why are our heroes threatening to beat a man half to death? Selling drugs out of a mobile "snack wagon" seems like a bad idea. And most importantly how does blood work when you're dead? Eric and Ben welcome Andrew Jupin (We Hate Movies) to the show...

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