Hunter

Overview

Hunter is an American police drama television series created by Frank Lupo, and starring Fred Dryer as Sgt. Rick Hunter and Stepfanie Kramer as Sgt. Dee Dee McCall, which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1991. However, Kramer left after the sixth season to pursue other acting and musical opportunities. In the seventh season, Hunter partnered with two different women officers. The titular character, Sgt. Rick Hunter, was a wily, physically imposing, and often rule-breaking homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. The show's main characters, Hunter and McCall, resolve many of their cases by shooting dead the perpetrators.

The show's executive producer during the first season was Stephen J. Cannell, whose company produced the series.

Episodes

Hunter

S01E01 Hunter

September 18, 1984 8.7 120 min
Former NFL player Fred Dryer is Det.Sgt. Rick Hunter, a mobster's son turned cop, cut in the ""Dirty Harry"" mold. Hassled by his by-the-book captain (played by Michael Cavanaugh in the opener), Hunter enlists another...
Hard Contract

S01E02 Hard Contract

September 28, 1984 8.7 60 min
Hunter & McCall make a pact of protectiveness and loyalty toward each other when she is nearly killed by her old partner after she tries to stop him from a killer-for-hire assignment.
The Hot Grounder

S01E03 The Hot Grounder

October 5, 1984 8.0 60 min
The Police Commissioner is the main suspect in the murder of his wife.
A Long Way From L.A.

S01E04 A Long Way From L.A.

October 26, 1984 7.7 60 min
Hunter and McCall are transporting a prisoner back to L.A. when they have to stop at a small town. They place their prisoner in the custody of the Sheriff. Later that evening after the waitress...

S01E05 Legacy

November 2, 1984 7.0 60 min
A gangster was killed. Now Terwilliger believes that it was a burglar who did but Hunter finds a few loose ends. Now the eldest son, Nick, who is a carouser fears what will happen if...
Flight on a Dead Pigeon

S01E06 Flight on a Dead Pigeon

November 9, 1984 7.0 60 min
A little girl has faith in the carrier pigeons, so she reports them stolen. No one listens until she is the target of a kidnapper.

S01E07 Pen Pals

November 16, 1984 8.0 60 min
When a kid dies from smoking a joint laced with PCP, Hunter tracks down the slime-ball responsible. Hunter is then for murder. Dee Dee has to deal with a new partner and try to prove...
Dead or Alive

S01E08 Dead or Alive

November 30, 1984 8.0 60 min
Hunter and McCall track a bounty hunter who is not fussy about the condition of his prey.

S01E09 High Bleacher Man

December 7, 1984 8.0 60 min
Hunter and McCall arrest a man named Gavin, who is a street thug. They are then shocked to learn that the D.A. has made a deal with him. It seems that Gavin can link crime...

S01E10 The Shooter

January 4, 1985 8.0 60 min
A motorcycle cop is shot with a special armor penetrating bullet similar to the one that killed McCall's husband.

S01E11 The Garbage Man

January 11, 1985 8.0 60 min
Hunter and a friend of the victim, a parole officer, are both on the trail of the killer, only to cause a lot of problems for Hunter along the way.

S01E12 The Avenging Angel

January 18, 1985 8.0 60 min
A surveillance expert decides to punish a murder suspect and the witness who was bought off.

S01E13 The Snow Queen (1)

March 23, 1985 8.0 60 min
A cocaine dealer from New York escapes from the escort, who wants her dead. Hunter and Molinas team up for a major drug bust. Dee Dee's cover may be blown.

S01E14 The Snow Queen (2)

March 30, 1985 8.0 60 min
Dee Dee's in danger as she moves closer to exposing a ruthless drug dealer, while Hunter fights to keep a rogue policeman from killing a material witness.

S01E15 The Beach Boy

April 6, 1985 8.0 60 min
Drug dealers are feeling the wrath of a supplier they refused and the penalty is death.

S01E16 Guilty

April 13, 1985 8.0 60 min
Hunter and McCall disobey orders and investigate a possible connection between two homicides instead of chasing muggers.

S01E17 The Last Kill

April 20, 1985 8.0 60 min
Hunter and McCall trail a hit man who leaves a napkin with a purple circle on it at the scene of each crime. Hunter believes that the killer is the husband of his former girlfriend,...

S01E18 Fire Man

May 4, 1985 8.0 60 min
Hunter and McCall are brought in to help solve an arson/murder case. Someone has been setting fires to empty warehouses all over the city.

S01E19 Sniper

May 11, 1985 60 min
Hunter,and McCall investigate the mysterious Sniper shootings of blond women.Meanwhie,the Police Department personnel is being audited by a most efficient IRS Agent.

Cast

Fred Dryer
Fred Dryer
Rick Hunter
Stepfanie Kramer
Stepfanie Kramer
Dee Dee McCall
Charles Hallahan
Charles Hallahan
Charlie Devane
Darlanne Fluegel
Darlanne Fluegel
Joanne Molenski

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