The BEST episodes of The Streets of San Francisco
Every episode of The Streets of San Francisco ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Streets of San Francisco!
A veteran cop with more than twenty years of experience is teamed with a young Inspector to solve crimes in San Francisco, California.
#1 - License to Kill
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/5/1974
Stone's ex-partner comes to town with a deadly vendetta: kill the man who murdered his son.
#2 - The House on Hyde Street
Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/1/1973
When a boy disappears after school, suspicion falls on the neighborhood recluse.
#3 - Most Likely to Succeed
Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/18/1975
Lt. Michael Stone and Inspector Steven Keller investigate a murder committed at an all-boys prep school.
#4 - Till Death Do Us Part
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/18/1976
Stone must protect a former book keeper's wife (Jessica Walter), in order to have her testify against several high profile mobsters who want her dead because of the evidence she has against them.
#5 - Beyond Vengeance
Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/8/1973
After spending "a lousy" 12 years in prison for a rape / torture / murder, a young punk returns to San Francisco to seek revenge against Mike Stone who was the arresting officer.
#6 - The Drop
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/28/1976
Mike thinks he's a murder target when a kidnapper specifies that he deliver the ransom money.
#7 - The Twenty-Five Caliber Plague
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/12/1974
A single .25 caliber pistol affects many lives in a single weekend.
#8 - The Honorable Profession
Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/15/1976
Robert Reed plays a fictitious doctor. During Act IV he packs up to leave town. The well-written episode begs the question whether Reed's character did more good than harm posing as a doctor.
#9 - The Unicorn
Season 1 - Episode 26 - Aired 4/5/1973
A priest (Fr. Scarne) won't tell Stone where a murderer (Abel Hoffman) is hiding. Stakes are raised by drug smugglers looking for a stolen shipment of heroin.
#10 - Chapel of the Damned
Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/17/1974
Stone and Keller work to crack a kidnap case where the mother is friends with an alleged psychic.
#11 - Superstar
Season 4 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/4/1976
Stone clashes with an abrasive NYC cop who is on the trail of his partner's killer.
#12 - Dead Lift
Season 5 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/5/1977
A bodybuilder's short temper causes murder.
#13 - Endgame
Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/23/1975
When Keller is injured by a gangster, Stone's thirst for vengeance results in his demotion to a beat cop.
#14 - Hot Dog
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/9/1976
Inpector Stone and Robbins go after a gang of thieves who use motor cycles to make there get away.
#15 - Act of Duty
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/18/1973
Roommate (played by Brenda Vaccaro) of a slain police officer agrees to be bait in a rape investigation. After Mike Stone kicks her off the case, she continues on her own, hurtling headlong into peril.
#16 - The Hard Breed
Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/21/1974
Two "Gunsmoke" writers teamed on this modern-day Western set at a rodeo in San Francisco's Cow Palace. A bronc rider dies in what appears to be an accident. A rodeo clown looks around the scene after the police leave and discovers the rider's rope -- which was cut almost halfway through before it broke, leaving the bronc free to throw him. The police come back to investigate the scene, and before long the chief suspect is also murdered in another "accident."
#17 - Death and the Favored Few
Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/14/1974
Stone and Keller investigate the murder of a society publisher whose method was to coerce subscriptions from wealthy clients by blackmailing them. The investigation leads the detective to a wealthy woman and her daughter, who were among the ones being blackmailed and who still have secrets to hide.
#18 - Trail of the Serpent
Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/22/1973
A gang takes Mike Stone hostage after killing a policeman in an attempt to flee from a grocery store robbery. They want to trade Stone in for their leader, Buddy Sims.
#19 - Shield of Honor
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/15/1973
Detectives Stone and Keller investigate how a contract killer obtained inside information on the movement of a mob witness.
#20 - Cry Help!
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/7/1974
A troubled teen from a broken home is suspected of shooting a friend's stepfather.
#21 - River of Fear
Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/13/1975
A twelve-year-old girl sets out to prove that he stepfather killer her mother.
#22 - A Collection of Eagles
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/1/1973
A murder brings to light a coin dealer's plan to substitute fakes for the rare coins in a collection.
#23 - Dead Air
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/13/1975
A radio host is accused of murder when a woman who threatened him dies.
#24 - The Albatross
Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/15/1973
A father finds out that the man who murdered his son is released on a technicality.
#25 - Trail of Terror
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/30/1975
Keller is pursued by killers as he transports a prisoner to jail.