The BEST episodes of The Littlest Hobo
Every episode of The Littlest Hobo ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Littlest Hobo!
London is an extremely intelligent, wandering German shepherd who walks into a different place in each episode of this long-running television series, and comes upon people down on their luck or in trouble. London always befriends and helps the struggling person or persons. Then, when his job is done at episode's end, London declines to be the pet of the people he has helped and departs to continue his cross-country drifting.
#1 - Trooper
Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/2/1982
Following a chemical spill a nearby town is evacuated. A baby boy is left behind so the Hobo evacuates him.
#2 - Lumberjacks
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/3/1983
A bookie tries to fix a lumberjack competition using extreme methods.
#3 - Tempest Probe
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/27/1983
An eccentric criminal mastermind uses high-tech gadgets and a dog to perform heists. When he has designs on a military laser, the Hobo sabotages the operation.
#4 - Born To Run
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/20/1983
A race dog contending for a national championship is stolen by a rival's owner. The Hobo trails the thief to his home, but must outwit a large dog and a human, who is armed with a gun.
#5 - Trucker
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/13/1983
A shipper with a reputation for dirty dealing pressures a desperate trucker into working for him.
#6 - Second Sight
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/6/1983
Hobo gives guidance to a dejected, newly blinded equestrian rider.
#7 - Scavenger Hunt (2)
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/29/1983
Contestants continue to put themselves in danger, private property continues to go missing, and Hobo keeps dashing across town trying to right the wrongs done in the name of competition.
#8 - Scavenger Hunt (1)
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/22/1983
As a requirement for acceptance to a fraternity, three teams are competing in a scavenger hunt. Some of the players are willing to do anything to win and the Hobo is there to prevent them from going that far.
#9 - Rookie
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/15/1983
Hobo befriends police officers in a K-9 unit who are searching for a runaway teen with a brain tumour.
#10 - The Five Labours of Hercules (2)
Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/24/1983
The Hobo must escape from a dog catcher's van and round up several unruly dogs which quickly bring havoc to wherever they roam.
#11 - The Five Labours of Hercules (1)
Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/17/1983
A boy with a leg injury has his heart set on buying a pure-bred dog, but needs to raise the money fast, so the Hobo helps him with a dog-sitting service.
#12 - Small Pleasures
Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/3/1983
Hobo acts to foil two ex-cons intent on stealing a valuable item secreted in a miniature town unbeknownst to the tiny town's current owner.
#13 - Winner Take All
Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/10/1983
An immigrant the Hobo previously met, now works as a retail clerk and wins the lottery, which attracts the attention of two lowlifes who are willing to resort to kidnapping to get it.
#14 - Double Vision
Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/3/1983
The twin of a corrupt mayor wanders into town and is frequently mistaken for his brother by the media and an equally unscrupulous mayoral candidate.
#15 - The Loneliest Day of the Week
Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/27/1983
The Hobo discovers that a supposedly rich widow is really broke and matches her with a love-interest who thinks she is unattainable.
#16 - Passage
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/10/1983
The Hobo waivers between confounding a hunter who is being paid a large sum a money to catch a falcon and helping him when he gets into trouble.
#17 - Day For Fright
Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/25/1982
The Hobo discovers two stagehands using a movie production set to cover their smuggling operation and helps an undercover policeman posing as an actor solve the crime.
#18 - Rabies
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/18/1982
A rabid raccoon is on the loose and the Hobo tries to keep track of it while attracting the attention of nearby humans.
#19 - The Spirit of Thunder Rock (3)
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/11/1982
The biggest quake of them all strikes and causes a cave-in, trapping Marti with the poacher.
#20 - The Spirit of Thunder Rock (2)
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/4/1982
The quakes continue to imperil the now separated members of the family and an armed poacher who prefers his privacy only adds to the danger.
#21 - The Spirit of Thunder Rock (1)
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/28/1982
A seismologist takes his family along on a field assignment, where they are threatened by impending earthquakes of which only the Hobo appears to be fully aware.
#22 - Happy Birthday Mom
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/21/1982
Two brothers enter a bicycle race to win prize money to buy their mother a birthday present. One boy is willing to do anything to win and the Hobo moves to level the playing field.
#23 - Finders Keepers
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/14/1982
Hobo comes across a summer camp where he reunites with two boys whose lives he'd saved in previous episodes. An antagonistic and divisive counsellor uses their jealousy over the dog to set them against each other.
#24 - The Imaginative Invalid
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/7/1982
Hobo participates in a wealthy widow's ruse designed to straighten out her greedy heirs.
#25 - Back to Nature
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/30/2002
The Hobo guides a very pregnant woman through the wilderness, seeking medical attention.