The BEST episodes of Hunter season 5

Every episode of Hunter season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Hunter season 5!

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.

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7.20
5 votes

#1 - 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.

Writer: Tom Chehak
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6.75
4 votes

#2 - The Baby Game

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/5/1988

A two-year-old girl sleeps while her mother is murdered.

Directors: James Fargo
Writer: Tom Chehak
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6.75
4 votes

#3 - Dead on Target (1)

Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/12/1988

Several Veterans from Hunter's squad in Vietnam are murdered during the search for emeralds that were brought back to the United States when they returned from their tour of duty.

Directors: Corey Allen
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6.75
4 votes

#4 - The Pit

Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/14/1989

A police dispatcher is pressured to assist robbers because his son is indebted to loan sharks due to his gambling.

Directors: Randy Roberts
Writer: Joe Menosky
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6.75
4 votes

#5 - 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.

Directors: Michael Preece
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6.50
4 votes

#6 - 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.

Directors: Alexander Singer
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6.50
4 votes

#7 - City Under Siege (1)

Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/4/1989

Directors: James Fargo
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6.50
4 votes

#8 - City Under Siege (2)

Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/11/1989

Directors: Jefferson Kibbee
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6.50
4 votes

#9 - 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.

Directors: Jefferson Kibbee
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6.50
4 votes

#10 - 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.

Directors: Fred Dryer
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6.40
5 votes

#11 - 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.

Directors: Tony Mordente
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6.33
3 votes

#12 - Dead on Target (2)

Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/19/1988

Directors: Corey Allen
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6.25
4 votes

#13 - City Under Siege (3)

Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/18/1989

Directors: James Fargo
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6.25
4 votes

#14 - 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.

Directors: Michael Preece
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6.25
4 votes

#15 - 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.

Directors: David G. Phinney
Writer: Tom Chehak
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6.25
4 votes

#16 - 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.

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6.00
4 votes

#17 - Presumed Guilty

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/26/1988

McCall's current boyfriend disagrees with Hunter's belief that a suspect is guilty of burglary but not murder.

Directors: Alexander Singer
Writer: Joe Menosky
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6.00
4 votes

#18 - No Good Deed Ever Goes Unpunished

Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/3/1988

An anonymous tip leads McCall to believe that an explosion in her art class was an attempt to kill a murder witness.

Directors: Tony Mordente
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6.00
3 votes

#19 - Honorable Profession

Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/10/1988

Hunter puts his job on the line when he defends a female officer, wounded and possibly killed in the line of duty, against accusations of employing improper procedures during a Chinatown shooting.

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6.00
3 votes

#20 - Partners

Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/7/1989

Hunter and McCall investigate the murder of an Immigration Agent.

Directors: James Fargo
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5.75
4 votes

#21 - 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.

Directors: Stepfanie Kramer
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5.33
3 votes

#22 - Payback

Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/17/1988

A bank robber turns to Hunter for a favor once he learns that the bank he robbed is owned by the mob.

Directors: Alexander Singer
Writer: Lee Maddux
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