The BEST episodes of The Streets of San Francisco season 1
Every episode of The Streets of San Francisco season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Streets of San Francisco season 1!
A veteran cop with more than twenty years of experience is teamed with a young Inspector to solve crimes in San Francisco, California.
#1 - 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.
#2 - 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.
#3 - 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.
#4 - 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.
#5 - 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.
#6 - 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.
#7 - 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.
#8 - Timelock
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/11/1972
Stone appears to be the only one willing to give the benefit of the doubt to a convict who is accused of a murder while out of prison on a 36-hour pass.
#9 - Deathwatch
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/13/1973
Two fishermen (Colasanto and Caruso) decide to keep quiet after witnessing a human smuggling ring.
#10 - Legion of the Lost
Season 1 - Episode 27 - Aired 4/12/1973
Stone and Keller look into the beating death of three homeless men.
#11 - Hall of Mirrors
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/4/1972
Stone sets out to discover why a young detective seems to be absolutely convinced of a murder suspect's guilt for no apparent reason.
#12 - The Set-Up
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/25/1973
A retired hit man returns to San Francisco, not knowing that he will be the target of a hit.
#13 - Deadline
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/15/1973
Stone discovers that a murdered woman was involved with both a famous newspaper reporter and his son.
#14 - Bitter Wine
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/23/1972
A man who served 12 years in prison to protect his brother gets out only to find that the brother never told their father, a Greek restaurant owner, the truth about who should have gone to jail.
#15 - Shattered Image
Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 3/22/1973
Mike Stone has reason to believe that the death of a politician is no accident.
#16 - A Room with a View
Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/8/1973
One witness in a racketeering trial is killed with a booby-trapped car, and Stone worries that the remaining witness, Roy Chaffee, will be picked off by a hit man if he surfaces.
#17 - The Takers
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/2/1972
The murders of a flight attendant and a nurse who were rooming together lead Stone and Keller to suspect a jewelry salesman and his wife.
#18 - The Year of the Locusts
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/9/1972
In their attempt to bring down a family of con artists who victimize entire neighborhoods, Stone and Keller are aided by dissension among the gang members.
#19 - The First Day of Forever
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/30/1972
Stone and Keller finally get a lead on a serial killer who has been knifing prostitutes when one of the victims survives the attack.
#20 - A Trout in the Milk
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/6/1973
Stone and Keller suspect that an artist's fatal fall from his studio window was not an accident.
#21 - In the Midst of Strangers
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/25/1972
When a corner newspaper vendor goes after the muggers who stole his life savings, Stone and Keller discover that the crime is linked to the murder of a housing commissioner.
#22 - The Bullet
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/16/1972
A college professor, shot accidentally while trying to pay off a blackmailer, refuses to co-operate with Stone's investigation for fear that the publicity will lose him an upcoming promotion.
#23 - The Streets of San Francisco
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/16/1972
Detectives Stone and Keller try to reconstruct the final days of a murdered young woman in order to find clues to identify her killer.
#24 - The Thirty-Year Pin
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/23/1972
When a police officer is fatally shot 3 days before he is due to retire, Stone undertakes a relentless search for the killer.
#25 - 45 Minutes from Home
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/7/1972
A salesman attending a convention wrongly believes that he is responsible for the death of an attractive female hitchhiker who had lured him to her houseboat.