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 - 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.
#2 - Flashpoint
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/24/1987
A Hispanic city councilman's son is killed in a botched traffic stop and he holds the LAPD responsible, citing racism.
#3 - 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.
#4 - 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.
#5 - Naked Justice (1)
Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/2/1988
A homeless man offers information about the murder of a film star.
#6 - Naked Justice (2)
Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/9/1988
A homeless man offers information about the murder of a film star.
#7 - Dead on Target (2)
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/19/1988
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.
#8 - 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.
#9 - 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.
#10 - Partners
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/7/1989
Hunter and McCall investigate the murder of an Immigration Agent.
#11 - 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.
#12 - 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.
#13 - 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.
#14 - 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.
#15 - 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.
#16 - The Legion (2)
Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/18/1989
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.
#17 - 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.
#18 - 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.
#19 - 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.
#20 - Unacceptable Loss
Season 6 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/10/1990
A child is dead after inhaling fumes from illegally dumped cyanide, and Hunter and McCall work to charge a chemical company with second degree murder.
#21 - 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.
#22 - 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.
#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 - 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.
#25 - Second Sight
Season 6 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/23/1990
A man claims to have seen two murders in psychic visions. Hunter and McCall are skeptical until he proclaims that McCall is the next victim.
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