The BEST episodes of Hunter
Every episode of Hunter ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Hunter!
Hunter is an American police television drama created by Frank Lupo, which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1991. It starred Fred Dryer as Sgt. Rick Hunter and Stepfanie Kramer as Sgt. Dee Dee McCall. The titular character, Sgt. Rick Hunter, was a wily, physically imposing, often rule-breaking homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. The show's main characters, Hunter and McCall, resolved many of their cases by lethal force, but no more so than many other related television dramas.
#1 - Pilot
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/1984
Former NFL player Fred Dryer is Det.Sgt. Rick Hunter, a mobster's son turned cop, cut in the ""Dirty Harry"" mold. Hassled by his by-the-book captain (played by Michael Cavanaugh in the opener), Hunter enlists another maverick, brassy Det. Sgt. Dee Dee McCall to set a trap for a brutal murderer.
#2 - City Under Siege (1)
Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/4/1989
#3 - The Legion (2)
Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/18/1989
#6 - Me, Myself & Die
Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/25/1989
A woman is the prime suspect in a brutal murder case after she stops taking her experimental medication.
#7 - Informant
Season 5 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/18/1989
An informant to whom Hunter promised anonymity seven years earlier represents himself when his case is re-tried.
#8 - Blood Line
Season 5 - Episode 16 - Aired 4/1/1989
A suspect is poisoned while Hunter and McCall are investigating a race horse groom's death. They attempt to unravel the revenge and fraud behind the murder in order to find a motive.
#9 - Shoot to Kill
Season 5 - Episode 17 - Aired 4/8/1989
McCall is suspected of having shot an innocent man during a shootout in an alley and fights to clear her name with help from Hunter and Sporty James. While helping McCall, they discover a ring of jewel thieves.
#10 - Code 3
Season 5 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/15/1989
When a nurse she recently befriended is killed in a car accident related to alcohol just a few days later, McCall suspects foul play. She is even more convinced of that after learning the nurse was pregnant, and would not have mixed alcohol with the morning sickness medication she was taking.
#11 - Ring of Honor
Season 5 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/29/1989
Boxing turns deadly when the manager of promising fighter Sonny Ruiz and a doctor are both murdered. Hunter to penetrates the world of prizefighting with the help of a trainer named Benny Shaffer.
#12 - Teen Dreams
Season 5 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/6/1989
Prostitutes are being murdered by a man who lures them disguised as a police officer. When McCall's friend Debbie Small (from the "City Under Siege" saga) returns to the profession, she may be the next target.
#13 - Last Run
Season 5 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/13/1989
Hunter and McCall try to rescue an undercover female agent who was kidnapped during an investigation into money laundering, and have to deal with interference from the girl's father, who's a cop himself.
#14 - Return of White Cloud
Season 5 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/21/1989
Hunter and McCall investigate the murder of an art gallery owner involved in illegal sales of Native American artifacts, and find themselves drawn into a mysterious world of Native American politics.
#15 - On Air
Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/14/1989
A radio show host is being stalked and the men in her life are being murdered. Hunter pretends to be her lover in order to catch the killer.
#16 - Shillelagh
Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/21/1989
Devane's girlfriend's brother makes a highly publicized visit from Ireland, which is soon discovered to be an assassination plot.
#17 - Investment in Death
Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/28/1989
After leaving a gang, the former member is the victim of a drive-by shooting.
#18 - A Girl Named Hunter
Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/4/1989
Hunter delivers a baby for Cheryl Donavan, a runaway from San Diego, who decides to name her girl after him. When Cheryl winds up dead, Hunter uncovers a baby-breeding operation that sells infants as though they were property.
#19 - The Legion (1)
Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/11/1989
Hunter and McCall must track down the leader of the White Supremacists after he escapes from prison. Problems arise when a friend of McCall's, her former training officer, tries to help and is charged with obstruction of justice. McCall tries to help him overcome his depression over his loneliness, but she is not able to help in time to prevent his suicide.
#20 - Yesterday's Child
Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/25/1989
Hunter thinks a Vietnamese-American teenager may be his son, and believes the boy when he claims to be an innocent bystander during a car theft that results in a murder.
#21 - Heir of Neglect
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/29/1988
Hunter investigates the case of a teenage boy who mistakenly shot his parents during what he claimed was a home invasion.
#22 - Naked Justice (1)
Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/2/1988
A homeless man offers information about the murder of a film star.
#23 - Naked Justice (2)
Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/9/1988
#24 - Girl on the Beach
Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/16/1988
Captain Devane's ex-wife is convinced that she killed a woman while driving under the influence of alcohol, until a second body is found.
#25 - The Bogota Million
Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/1/1988
The mobsters are pursuing Sporty James because they think he stole a million dollars from them. The police are pursuing him because they think he killed one of the mobsters.