“Cops and robbers is a game I’m attuned to…” Before Walker, Texas Ranger, before Southland, there was T.J. Hooker, a popular American police drama that followed LCPD detective Thomas Jefferson Hooker and his fellow officers as they fought crime and learned on the job. After having witnessed the death of his partner, T.J. Hooker vowed to take down the kinds of criminals that led to his partner’s demise, leading to five seasons worth of character development and case solving.