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.

Last Updated: 3/13/2023Network:NBC
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The Return of Typhoon Thompson
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8.50
2 votes

#1 - The Return of Typhoon Thompson

Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/6/1986

Jerome Typhoon Thompson a once famous Middle-weight prizefighter is realeased from Prison after serving 5-years of a life sentence.He was convicted of murdering his manager,a charge that he says is false.Because of good behavior he was paroled.Once outside he is greetd by Hunter,who warns Typhoon not to seek revenge on those he feels had set him up.However Typhoon will not listen.He immediatly looks around,hoping to get information on the people that he knows are responsible for his imprisonment.His quest gets the attention of two people on motocycles who try to kill him .Foretunatly Hunter,and McCall were there(they were keeping surveillance on Typhoon)they arrested the would be killers.Hunter who earlier thought Typhoon was guilty isn't so sure now.He,and McCall will continue their investigation until something comes out .

Directors: Peter Kiwitt
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The Beach Boy
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8.00
5 votes

#2 - The Beach Boy

Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 4/6/1985

Drug dealers are feeling the wrath of a supplier they refused and the penalty is death.

Directors: Richard A. Colla
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The Fourth Man
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8.00
1 votes

#3 - The Fourth Man

Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/26/1988

Years ago Hunter was part of a group who busted a drug ring. Now the sole survivor of the gang claims that some money, four million dollars was missing from what they turned in. Now internal affairs, more or less deduced that three members of the group were involved but, they believed that because four million was missing that there was a fourth member, who took part in it. Initially Hunter was under suspicion but no sufficient evidence was found. Now that the man who claimed that there was four million dollars missing is out on parole, and the three cops who were under suspicion are turning up dead. It's now being assumed that the gang member is taking them out and taking the money that they got, or the fourth man is. And again Hunter is the prime suspect.

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Boomerang
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8.00
1 votes

#4 - Boomerang

Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/19/1988

A woman fears that she will be the prime suspect when her husband is killed in a boating accident.

Directors: Jefferson Kibbee
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Death Signs
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8.00
1 votes

#5 - Death Signs

Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/12/1988

Hunter and McCall have three suspects to choose from when a deaf man is murdered.

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The Bogota Million
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8.00
1 votes

#6 - 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.

Directors: Michael Preece
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The Black Dahlia
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8.00
1 votes

#7 - The Black Dahlia

Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/12/1988

Hunter & McCall post a (fictitious) conclusion to the Black Dahlia murder case, the most famous unsolved murder in the history of the LAPD.

Directors: Michael Preece
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City of Passion (3)
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8.00
1 votes

#8 - City of Passion (3)

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/21/1987

McCall's fight to appeal her entrapment accusation uncovers corruption at the hands of the LAPD commander, who resigns amid the controversy. The teenage girl Hunter had been keeping tabs on is murdered by a member of Judge Unger's cult. The judge is arrested by Hunter. Kathy Navarro drops her lawsuit against the LAPD and she and Brad reconcile. Lloyd Fredericks, known as "Bigfoot," is arrested after he beats and nearly rapes Sgt. McCall; Mrs. Fredericks takes her own course of action against him.

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Guilty
star
8.00
6 votes

#9 - Guilty

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 4/13/1985

Hunter and McCall disobey orders and investigate a possible connection between two homicides instead of chasing muggers.

Directors: Michael Lange
Writer: Mark Jones
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Girl on the Beach
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8.00
1 votes

#10 - 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.

Directors: Fred Dryer
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Dead or Alive
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7.92
13 votes

#11 - Dead or Alive

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/30/1984

Hunter and McCall track a bounty hunter who is not fussy about the condition of his prey.

Directors: Guy Magar
Writer: Frank Lupo
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Sniper
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7.86
7 votes

#12 - Sniper

Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 5/11/1985

Hunter,and McCall investigate the mysterious Sniper shootings of blond women.Meanwhile,the Police Department personnel is being audited by a most efficient IRS Agent.

Writer: Sidney Ellis
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Waiting for Mr. Wrong
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7.80
5 votes

#13 - Waiting for Mr. Wrong

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/7/1985

A flashy yet deadly jewelry store robbery leaves Hunter and McCall with a dead body and a cold trail. When Angelita, a beautiful young model who is their only connection to one of the killers, boards a train to San Diego, Hunter is right behind her. But her surveillance accidentally becomes contact and contact turns to passion. Is she an innocent victim of a ruthless killer, or is she just as deadly? Rick must make a decision and the wrong decision could be a killer.

Directors: Ron Satlof
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Think Blue
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7.80
5 votes

#14 - Think Blue

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/14/1985

A friend of Hunter's is accused of killing his wife, but Hunter connects the crime to a man he arrested a long time ago instead.

Writer: Sidney Ellis
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The Shooter
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7.78
9 votes

#15 - The Shooter

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/4/1985

A motorcycle cop is shot with a special armor penetrating bullet similar to the one that killed McCall's husband.

Directors: Michael Lange
Writer: Mark Jones
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The Avenging Angel
star
7.75
8 votes

#16 - The Avenging Angel

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/18/1985

A surveillance expert decides to punish a murder suspect and the witness who was bought off.

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Fire Man
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7.71
7 votes

#17 - Fire Man

Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 5/4/1985

A television news crew get in the way of Hunter and McCall while they are trying to investigate the arsonist the news crew helped identify.

Directors: Tony Mordente
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Million Dollar Misunderstanding
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7.67
6 votes

#18 - Million Dollar Misunderstanding

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/16/1985

A ruthless robbery of an armoured car goes awry when Dunbar, the leader of the gang, kills his partner only to have his car stolen with the $1,000,000 in the trunk. When the owner of the car is later killed, Hunter and McCall find themselves on a case that gets deadlier at every turn and puts Rick against as tough and mean a man as he'll ever meet

Directors: Michael Preece
Writer: Frank Lupo
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Blow-Up
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7.67
6 votes

#19 - Blow-Up

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/4/1986

Someone bombs the angel on a grave and Hunter thinks it was done by a man he arrested a long time ago.

Directors: Douglas Heyes
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War Zone
star
7.67
6 votes

#20 - War Zone

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/11/1986

A hooker's murder and a pharmaceutical theft are connected.

Directors: Bob Bralver
Writer: Allison Hock
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The Last Kill
star
7.57
7 votes

#21 - The Last Kill

Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 4/20/1985

Hunter and McCall trail a hit man who leaves a napkin with a purple circle on it at the scene of each crime. Hunter believes that the killer is the husband of his former girlfriend, a former magazine model. McCall believes Hunter is focusing on the husband of his ex out of jelousy. And Hunter's ex believes her husband is cheating on her, never suspecting the true nature of her spouse's activities.

Directors: Bruce Kessler
Writer: Jeff Wilhelm
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A Long Way from L.A.
star
7.56
16 votes

#22 - A Long Way from L.A.

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/26/1984

A gang war is in the making if Hunter can't find a witness that can provide testimony that will stop it.

Directors: Arnold Laven
Writer: Frank Lupo
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Flight on a Dead Pigeon
star
7.53
15 votes

#23 - Flight on a Dead Pigeon

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/9/1984

A little girl has faith in the carrier pigeons, so she reports them stolen. No one listens until she is the target of a kidnapper.

Directors: Michael Preece
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Change Partners and Dance
star
7.50
4 votes

#24 - Change Partners and Dance

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/4/1986

A cop is murdered after making arrangements to meet with Hunter.

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Rape and Revenge (1)
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7.50
6 votes

#25 - Rape and Revenge (1)

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/2/1985

McCall is raped and beaten by a diplomat who has a strange opinion of the way to treat women. Hunter is angry, but can do nothing when the culprit claims diplomatic immunity. McCall is appalled to find that the man's father shares his attitude toward women.

Directors: Gary Winter
Writer: Tom Lazarus
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