The BEST episodes of The Streets of San Francisco season 4
Every episode of The Streets of San Francisco season 4, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Streets of San Francisco season 4!
A veteran cop with more than twenty years of experience is teamed with a young Inspector to solve crimes in San Francisco, California.
#1 - 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.
#2 - 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.
#3 - 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.
#4 - The Glass Dart Board
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/18/1975
A psycopathic killer uses San Francisco High-rises as target practice.
#5 - Dead Air
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/13/1975
A radio host is accused of murder when a woman who threatened him dies.
#6 - Trail of Terror
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/30/1975
Keller is pursued by killers as he transports a prisoner to jail.
#7 - Spooks for Sale
Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/11/1975
The death of a night-watchman during a burglary puts Stone and Keller into the midst of a spy-vs.-spy conflict between high-tech industrial espionage firms.
#8 - Police Buff
Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/8/1976
A suspected murderer of a police officer is tried and set free -- and then killed by a vigilante.
#9 - Deadly Silence
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/16/1975
Stone is hit by a van, and has to undergo surgery to have his hearing restored.
#10 - Poisoned Snow
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/11/1975
Stone and Keller investigate the death of a cop who dies during a drug sting -- and tries to prevent the cop's partner from doing more damage.
#11 - Judgment Day
Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/19/1976
The son of a disbarred lawyer targets "Bleeding Heart Liberal" Judges who ruined his fathers career as a lawyer.
#12 - Web of Lies
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/6/1975
Keller and Stone must rely on a compulsive liar while investigating a jewel robbery.
#13 - No Place to Hide
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/25/1975
Prison gangs intimidate weaker prisoners into having their wives smuggle drugs into prison -- and kill the wives if they don't. An episode with exceptionally good dialogue.
#14 - Men Will Die
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/2/1975
After Jeannie's friend Nancy kills one of her rapists, Jeannie is furious at the way the justice system works. She becomes involved with an aggressive rape crisis group headed by crusading attorney Catherine Wyatt. Rapist Jack Marlin becomes a target of their efforts.
#15 - The Cat's Paw
Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/4/1975
Stone conducts a murder/robbery investigation with Inspector Irene Martin.
#16 - Clown of Death
Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/26/1976
Two retired brothers, both having worked as riggers for circuses many years before, are found murdered while a circus happens to be performing in San Francisco at the Cow Palace.
#17 - School of Fear
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/9/1975
Upon learning that a teacher was shot and killed during a student scuffle at a school he once taught at, a retired history teacher (played by Maurice Evans) takes it upon himself to corral a group of his former students and hold them hostage in an empty, condemned school. There, at gunpoint, he proceeds to teach them the finer points of history.
#18 - Murder by Proxy
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/23/1975
Property owners who refuse to sell their parcels find themselves murder victims at the hands of a developer. With Bradford Dillman and John Ritter.
#19 - Requiem for Murder
Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/22/1976
A bishop tries to protect the person who shot him.
#20 - Alien Country
Season 4 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/11/1976
An illegal immigrant gets a job in San Francisco, but moments later there is a raid by the Immigration Service and an officer is killed.
#21 - Merchants of Death
Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/20/1975
Two rival gangs start a turf war with a youth worker (played by Greg Morris) caught in the middle.
#22 - Runaway
Season 4 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/18/1976
Stone searches for a fugitive and is dogged by a runaway girl who is the fugitive's daughter.
#23 - Underground
Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/29/1976
A cop seeks to catch his brother's murderer by going undercover in an illegal gambling operation.