The Oldest Rookie (1987–1988) User Reviews

A brief and obscure but enjoyable show

[q_leo_rahman · 7/10 · 25 June 2016]

The show is a brief but enjoyable buddy-cop show about two cops, middle-aged Ike Porter and his younger partner Tony Jonas, running around solving cases. It's nothing too extraordinary except for the idea of Porter, an over-the-hill bureaucrat who takes to life on the street and loves it; there is enough drama with him dealing with the new life to make it work, but in the end it's more a basic but fun cop adventure.

Porter and Jonas are excellently portrayed by Paul Sorvino and DW Moffett, who starred in this long before they received acclaim in the 1990s. They make a wonderful duo with sparkling chemistry, and it's worth watching them on screen dealing with the cases they are assigned.

Sadly this show is just too obscure and out of circuit for the general audience, which is a shame because it deserves to be seen and enjoyed by more people.

Fun time

[purakek · 7 September 2002]

Had a great time watching this short-lived series. Sorvino as a bulky, over-the-hill cop becoming a rookie again. The guy's got more charm than his daughter Mira. One great episode involved a group of visiting Japanese cops whom Sorvino had to escort around the city, while a series of burglaries occur. The leader of the group notices Sorvino's frustration from not being where the action is, so the group goes on the chase for the thieves and were mistaken for a roaming band of neighborhood vigilantes, scaring the crooks with their display of karate and jujuitso (I prefer they be called ninja vigilantes). Though it was cut short, the series did offer the best fun I had compared to those other high-profiled shows that flopped.