The WORST episodes of Hart to Hart

Every episode of Hart to Hart ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Hart to Hart!

Jonathan Hart is a self-made millionaire and the CEO of Hart Industries, a global conglomerate. His wife Jennifer is a beautiful freelance journalist. Living the jetset lifestyle, the glamorous couple spend their free time as amateur detectives. At their opulent California home, they are assisted by Max, their loyal, gravelly-voiced butler, cook, and chauffeur who also helps out in their "cases." The Hart's beloved pet dog is "Freeway".

Last Updated: 10/24/2026Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended
Night Horrors
star
6.32
31 votes

#1 - Night Horrors

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/22/1980

The Harts are invited to a unique, off-beat party -- a treasure hunt at a haunted house. When another guest is murdered, the Harts race against time to find the murderer before someone else becomes victim.

Directors: Ray Austin
Does She, or Doesn't She?
star
6.90
31 votes

#2 - Does She, or Doesn't She?

Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/18/1980

The Harts uncover a scheme designed to blackmail wealthy patrons of a beauty salon.

Directors: George W. Brooks
Which Way Freeway?
star
7.13
30 votes

#3 - Which Way Freeway?

Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/29/1980

Freeway runs away with a gun used to murder a wealthy neighbor. The Harts get involved in capturing the killer and intercepting a multi-million dollar jewelery shipment.

Directors: Ray Austin
Hit Jennifer Hart
star
7.14
58 votes

#4 - Hit Jennifer Hart

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/1979

After extending her hospitality to a young author claiming to be a distant cousin, Jennifer experiences a series of near fatal accidents.

Directors: Tom Mankiewicz
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The Hart of the Matter
star
7.20
30 votes

#5 - The Hart of the Matter

Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/16/1982

A remote Island, an exotic European chateau, and a mysterious disappearance of an associate are not what the Harts anticipated when planning their romantic getaway.

Directors: Earl Bellamy
Passport to Murder
star
7.20
30 votes

#6 - Passport to Murder

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/1979

The Harts south-of-the-border boating holiday turns Jonathan and Jennifer into desperate fugitives, on the run from Mexican police and a gang of drug dealers.

Directors: Ray Austin
Death in the Slow Lane
star
7.27
30 votes

#7 - Death in the Slow Lane

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/13/1979

The Harts become involved in the world of espionage when Jonathan purchases an antique car for Jennifer. A mysterious jet-setting couple will stop at nothing to acquire the classic auto.

Directors: Sam Wanamaker
Murder Between Friends
star
7.29
31 votes

#8 - Murder Between Friends

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/30/1979

When a prominent lawyer is murdered, two close friends of the Harts are accused. Jennifer sets out to clear the wife while Jonathan attempts to absolve the husband.

Directors: Seymour Robbie
The Man with the Jade Eyes
star
7.33
30 votes

#9 - The Man with the Jade Eyes

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/11/1979

A dying man gives Jonathan and Jennifer an ancient Buddha statue. The Harts are then thrown into intrigue and danger when they are pursued by Chinese henchmen and a diabolic giant.

Directors: Tom Mankiewicz
Downhill to Death
star
7.48
31 votes

#10 - Downhill to Death

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/5/1980

Intrigue in Vail lead Jonathan and Jennifer into the midst of severe bizarre murder plot, including an electrifying scheme against them.

Directors: Tom Mankiewicz
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Jonathan Hart Jr.
star
7.55
31 votes

#11 - Jonathan Hart Jr.

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/6/1979

A young boy shows up at the Harts gate in the middle of the night claiming to be Jonathan Hart, Jr. The child proves to be the unwitting pawn in his biological father's criminal plot.

Directors: Ray Austin
Writer: Vicki King
You Made Me Kill You
star
7.61
31 votes

#12 - You Made Me Kill You

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/23/1979

A deranged woman who works for Hart Industries has an obsession for Jonathan. She sees Jennifer as a threat to her fantasies of love and finds it essential to eliminate her.

Directors: Leo Penn
Murder Up Their Sleeve
star
8.00
2 votes

#13 - Murder Up Their Sleeve

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/17/1981

Max is mistaken for Jonathan when he attends a magic show, and is abducted when he helps the magician with an illusion.

Directors: Tom Mankiewicz
Sixth Sense
star
8.27
30 votes

#14 - Sixth Sense

Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/11/1980

The Harts have a deadly encounter when they enter the mysterious world of psychic phenomena. A Hart Industies employee with amazing powers of ESP, a twin sister, and a wealthy grandfather, becomes the target of a deranged killer.

Directors: Ralph Senensky
Harts and Flowers
star
8.40
30 votes

#15 - Harts and Flowers

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/6/1981

Max creates a rose hybrid he calls the Jennifer Hart Rose and enters it in a prestigious rose contest under Jennifer name. She becomes the target for murder when she is stalked by a psychotic leading judge.

Directors: Harry Winer
From the Depths of My Hart
star
8.67
3 votes

#16 - From the Depths of My Hart

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/5/1982

Combining business with pleasure, the Harts scuba dive off the coast of Largos, testing an innovative underwater camera for the Navy. Early afternoon, as the Harts stroll along the beach, the body of a Navy SEAL working on the project washes on shore.

Directors: Tom Mankiewicz
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Pounding Harts
star
9.00
2 votes

#17 - Pounding Harts

Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/18/1983

A drug trafficing scheme is ruined when Freeway's kennel is switched with one containing cocaine.

Directors: Harry Winer
Writer: Don Roos
With This Hart, I Thee Wed
star
9.00
2 votes

#18 - With This Hart, I Thee Wed

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/12/1982

The Harts witness a murder when the spiritual mentor and bridegroom of Jennifer's aunt meets an untimely death.

Color Jennifer Dead
star
9.00
2 votes

#19 - Color Jennifer Dead

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/8/1980

Jennifer has her protrait done as a gift to Jonathan for their anniversary. When the young artist is murder, the Harts mingle in the high-society art world where Jennifer becomes the target of a shady art speculator.

Directors: Alex March
Murder in the Saddle
star
10.00
2 votes

#20 - Murder in the Saddle

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/24/1981

To strip mine the entire area, a ruthless mining tycoon is driving cattle ranchers out of business by poisoning the livestock via the stream that waters the properties. The Harts get involved when Jennifer colt is poisoned.

Directors: Earl Bellamy
With This Gun I Thee Wed
star
10.00
2 votes

#21 - With This Gun I Thee Wed

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/4/1979

The Harts are invited to the wedding of Jonathan's former girlfriend in Monte Carlo. She is being forced into a marriage to a power-hungry, ruthless, blackmailer. The Harts uncover the truth and help foil the wedding plans allowing Nikki to marry the man she really loves.

Directors: Seymour Robbie
The Raid
star
10.00
2 votes

#22 - The Raid

Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/26/1980

The Harts are asked to ransom two scientist employed by Hart Industries when they are kidnapped in South America. When Jonathan, Jennifer, and Max, they wind up mounting a mid-night raid against the wealthy and powerful kidnapper.

Directors: Leo Penn
Death Set
star
10.00
2 votes

#23 - Death Set

Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/13/1980

The Harts are caught up in a tangled scheme when a wealthy playboy attempts to take over the family fortune using his brother's wife as his unknowing pawn.

Directors: Tom Mankiewicz
Murder, Murder On The Wall
star
10.00
2 votes

#24 - Murder, Murder On The Wall

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/11/1980

When a bridegroom disappears abruptly and leaves his wife, who is an acquaintance of Jennifer's, to face a couple of thugs by herself, the Harts step in to help her.

Directors: Tom Mankiewicz
Homemade Murder
star
10.00
2 votes

#25 - Homemade Murder

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 3/3/1981

An employee delivers some papers to Jonathan, along with evidence of a murder. She hides the clue in Freeway's toy and the Harts are held hostage by the murderer.

Directors: Tom Mankiewicz