The WORST episodes of Hunter
Every episode of Hunter ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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 - Brotherly Love
Season 6 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/6/1990
A young drug user who accidentally murders his pusher and then steals $200,000 in mob money from him is pursued by the pushers' drug supplier; the user's brother tries to save him.
#2 - Street Wise (2)
Season 6 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/7/1990
#3 - Street Wise (1)
Season 6 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/30/1990
McCall leaves the police force after rekindling a romance with an old flame. Hunter investigates a thief who is terrorizing homeless veterans.
#4 - Blind Ambition
Season 6 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/31/1990
McCall and her boyfriend, a judge, are held captive in his house by the brother of a man whom the judge convicted and who had committed suicide in prison.
#5 - Unfinished Business
Season 6 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/24/1990
Hunter and McCall have unresolved issues with regard to their previous love affair when Hunter's former co-worker is assigned to help with the investigation of a robber turned murderer.
#6 - The Legion (2)
Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/18/1989
#7 - 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.
#8 - Allegra
Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/29/1987
Hunter struggles with some emotions when the victim of his latest murder investigation is an old flame.
#9 - Broken Dreams
Season 6 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/27/1990
Hunter attempts to protect his high school sweetheart after she witnesses a murder. Her unemployed husband convinces her to take part in blackmail instead of cooperating with Hunter.
#10 - Naked Justice (2)
Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/9/1988
#11 - Lullaby
Season 6 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/3/1990
A Scotland Yard inspector comes to town when the murder of a british prostitute resembles a string of similar murders in the U.K.
#12 - Ex Marks the Spot
Season 7 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/5/1991
The former secretary, mistress, and wife of a dry cleaner rob his stores and end up with mob money.
#13 - 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.
#14 - Night on Bald Mountain
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/31/1987
When Hunter & McCall travel to a mountaintop mansion to investigate a murder, they are trapped there overnight with the victim's entire family in the midst of a massive snowstorm.
#15 - The Girl Next Door
Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/21/1987
Detective Sergeant Coslin is on the run after witnessing his girlfriend's murder and planting evidence of the crime in Hunter's house.
#16 - Shadows of the Past
Season 7 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/20/1991
Novak's estranged father has an interest in the murder witness she is protecting.
#17 - The Jade Woman
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/17/1987
Hunter investigates the disappearance of a friend's mail-order bride while he is off duty. The case becomes a homicide investagation when the marriage broker is murdered.
#18 - Renegade
Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/5/1988
The mother of a man who steals a cocaine delivery is accidentally shot when the thief leads his pursuers to his parents' home.
#19 - Naked Justice (1)
Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/2/1988
A homeless man offers information about the murder of a film star.
#20 - 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.
#21 - 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.
#22 - Shield of Honor
Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/2/1989
A man is robbing and murdering businessmen when they are taking receipts to the bank. The incompetent rookie assigned to work with Hunter on the case is the son of Hunter's training officer.
#23 - Final Confession
Season 6 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/17/1990
Hunter and McCall suspect that two murders were committed as an act of revenge by a man who was recently paroled. They become frustrated when they discover that a Catholic priest knows the identity of the killer, but refuses to break his vow of confession and tell them who it is.
#24 - The Incident
Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/24/1990
An innocent African American teenager is beaten when vigilante crimes cause friction between the police, the press, and a neighborhood watch group.
#25 - The Usual Suspects
Season 7 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/14/1990
An office worker in the District Attorney's office alters computer records of criminals arrested the previous evening.