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Sledge Hammer! - Episode Guide

Season 1

Under the Gun

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Sep 23, 1986

Under the Gun

Violence-prone Sledge Hammer is assigned to head up the investigation when the mayor's daughter is abducted, but he predictably objects to a requirement that he work with female detective Dori Doreau.

Hammer Gets Nailed

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Sep 26, 1986

Hammer Gets Nailed

A local TV newscaster creates bitter public feeling toward the police department when he reports and editorializes adversely on what he sees during a day-long ride with Sledge and Dori.

Witless

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Oct 3, 1986

Witless

When an organized crime boss puts a price on his head, Sledge is able to take refuge with a peace-loving "Maninote" farmer and his daughter.

They Shoot Hammers, Don't They?

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Oct 17, 1986

They Shoot Hammers, Don't They?

Prison escapee John Kogan commandeers a bus and launches a one-man wave of crime and violence, pledging to stop only if Sledge agrees to meet him in a one-on-one gunfight.

Dori Day Afternoon

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Oct 24, 1986

Dori Day Afternoon

Sledge and Dori find themselves in a hostage situation as a result of a foiled bank robbery.

To Sledge, with Love

Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Oct 31, 1986

To Sledge, with Love

Sledge is assigned to bring order to a notoriously dangerous local high school that is dominated by four young toughs who supply stolen cars to a crime boss.

All Shook Up

Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Nov 7, 1986

All Shook Up

Sledge goes undercover to learn why Elvis impersonators are being systematically murdered with a gold microphone.

Over My Dead Bodyguard

Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Nov 14, 1986

Over My Dead Bodyguard

The commissioner personally assigns Sledge to guard Captain Trunk in order to ensure the Captain's safety until he is able to provide critical testimony before a grand jury.

Magnum Farce

Episode: 1x09 | Airdate: Nov 22, 1986

Magnum Farce

Sledge becomes even more violent than usual as part of an attempt to infiltrate a group of vigilante police officers who are executing recently acquitted criminal defendants.

If I Had a Little Hammer

Episode: 1x10 | Airdate: Nov 29, 1986

If I Had a Little Hammer

Sledge and Dori pose as a well-to-do childless couple in an attempt to catch a pair of thieves who steal babies and sell them to prospective parents with ready cash.

To Live and Die on TV

Episode: 1x11 | Airdate: Dec 13, 1986

To Live and Die on TV

Sledge becomes a contestant on "The Million Dollar Question" in an attempt to prove that the show's host was responsible for the murder of a successful contestant.

Miss of the Spider Woman

Episode: 1x12 | Airdate: Dec 20, 1986

Miss of the Spider Woman

An exotic woman attempts to extract revenge on her ex-lover by poisoning him, but the near-sighted assassin gives the poison to Sledge instead.

The Old Man and the Sledge

Episode: 1x13 | Airdate: Jan 3, 1987

The Old Man and the Sledge

Sledge tries to provide help and guidance to Gil Yates, a retired trigger-happy police officer whom he idolized as a boy.

State of Sledge

Episode: 1x14 | Airdate: Jan 10, 1987

State of Sledge

After Sledge arrests the leader of a Satanic cult, the undermanned precinct soon finds itself under siege by a mob of the cult leader's bloodthirsty followers.

Haven't Gun, Will Travel

Episode: 1x15 | Airdate: Jan 17, 1987

Haven't Gun, Will Travel

Sledge experiences a complete loss of confidence when his beloved .44 Magnum is stolen by a conniving gang of thieves.

The Color of Hammer

Episode: 1x16 | Airdate: Jan 24, 1987

The Color of Hammer

When a hard-line judge is blackmailed and later murdered, Sledge and Dori's best available clue is that he was an inveterate pool player.

Brother Can You Spare a Crime?

Episode: 1x17 | Airdate: Jan 31, 1987

Brother Can You Spare a Crime?

A man shows up claiming to be Hammer's brother but Hammer claims he doesn't have a brother. Everyone's taken with him including Doreau who goes out with him. But while on their date she catches him in a lie proving that he isn't Hammer's brother.

Desperately Seeking Dori

Episode: 1x18 | Airdate: Feb 7, 1987

Desperately Seeking Dori

Bad news for the city's scum suckers: a blow to the head results in Dori Doreau adopting the ultra-violent personality and mannerisms of her partner, Sledge Hammer.

Sledgepoo

Episode: 1x19 | Airdate: Feb 14, 1987

Sledgepoo

The Earl of Curl beauty parlor is a front for a cat burglar ring targeting wealthy women. Sledge infiltrates the ring by going undercover as a second-story man.

Comrade Hammer

Episode: 1x20 | Airdate: Feb 21, 1987

Comrade Hammer

Sledge and Dori must safely escort a defecting Soviet scientist on a passenger train filled with communist agents determined to take him back.

Jagged Sledge

Episode: 1x21 | Airdate: Apr 21, 1987

Jagged Sledge

Sledge is on trial for the cold-blooded murder of racketeer Hugo Victor. Serving as his own attorney, Sledge sets out to prove his innocence in the face of overwhelming evidence of his guilt.

The Spa Who Loved Me

Episode: 1x22 | Airdate: Apr 28, 1987

The Spa Who Loved Me

A bevy of bikini-clad 'terrorettes' steal a nuclear warhead and threaten to blow up the city unless their billion dollar demand is met. Sledge and Dori trace the suspects to a health spa operated by aerobics video magnate Jill Taylor.

Season 2

A Clockwork Hammer

Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Sep 17, 1987

A Clockwork Hammer

Sledge is abducted by a former television executive whose brainwashing operation reprograms its victim's minds through unrelenting and unmerciful exposure to television programming.

Big Nazi on Campus

Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Sep 24, 1987

Big Nazi on Campus

Sledge and Dori investigate the murder of a history student who was studying Hitler's Third Reich. Suspects include her burly quarterback boyfriend and her kindly, old history professor.

Play It Again, Sledge

Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Oct 1, 1987

Play It Again, Sledge

When Sledge gets suspended he decides to try being a P.I.

Wild About Hammer

Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Oct 8, 1987

Wild About Hammer

A female cop with a sadomasochistic fetish falls for and kidnaps Sledge.

Death of a Few Salesmen

Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Oct 15, 1987

Death of a Few Salesmen

Sledge poses as an Australian car magnate, Crocodile Bruce, to catch the killer of used car dealers.

Vertical

Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Oct 29, 1987

Vertical

While suffering from vertigo, Sledge must protect the girlfriend of a mobster.

Dressed to Call

Episode: 2x07 | Airdate: Nov 5, 1987

Dressed to Call

Sledge must discover who's making threatening calls to a radio psychologist.

Hammer Hits the Rock

Episode: 2x08 | Airdate: Nov 12, 1987

Hammer Hits the Rock

Sledge poses as an assassin to discover a mobster's secret hideout.

Last of the Red Hot Vampires

Episode: 2x09 | Airdate: Nov 19, 1987

Last of the Red Hot Vampires

An old-time actor who played vampires in the movies dies, but a vampire is then seen at two murders where the victims are drained of blood.

Hammeroid

Episode: 2x10 | Airdate: Nov 26, 1987

Hammeroid

After breaking nearly all his bones, Sledge encases himself in a robotic suit to stop a robot.

Sledge in Toyland

Episode: 2x11 | Airdate: Dec 3, 1987

Sledge in Toyland

Toy company tycoon Milo Tieup is in a hotel room with his mistress preparing for a romantic tryst. While she is in the bathroom, a toy tank sneaks into the room through a doggie door, and shoots Tieup with a real bullet. Hammer and Doreau arrive at the scene, and question the mistress. Upon reporting back to Captain Trunk, Hammer accidentally let's it slip to Mrs. Tieup about her husband's affair. It turns out she was having her own affair with the company's lead toy designer, and that they were together when the murder took place. A short time later, the mistress winds up up dead as well having been killed in her bathtub by a toy submarine. Hammer and Doreau suddenly find themselves without suspects and a murderer still on the loose.

Icebreaker

Episode: 2x12 | Airdate: Dec 10, 1987

Icebreaker

When a British agent arrives and informs them of a terrorist in the city, Sledge and Doreau work with him. When Doreau takes a liking to him, Sledge butts in and Doreau is upset with him.

They Call Me Mr. Trunk

Episode: 2x13 | Airdate: Dec 17, 1987

They Call Me Mr. Trunk

Trunk must solve the puzzle of why the army has surrounded the entire precinct before the entire staff dies.

Model Dearest

Episode: 2x14 | Airdate: Jan 7, 1988

Model Dearest

Dori poses as a model to get the dirt on a white slavery ring.

Sledge, Rattle, 'n' Roll

Episode: 2x15 | Airdate: Jan 15, 1988

Sledge, Rattle, 'n' Roll

Hammer investigates the mysterious deaths of a heavy metal group and their manager.

The Secret of My Excess

Episode: 2x17 | Airdate: Jan 29, 1988

The Secret of My Excess

Sledge tries to find the whereabouts of a woman for the Governor.

It Happened What Night?

Episode: 2x18 | Airdate: Feb 5, 1988

It Happened What Night?

The precinct thinks that Sledge and Dori have slept together when all that appears on a surveillance tape is them drunk and in bed.

Here's to You, Mrs. Hammer

Episode: 2x19 | Airdate: Feb 12, 1988

Here's to You, Mrs. Hammer

Sledge runs into his best bud from high school, now a defense lawyer. Rekindling of their friendship comes to a halt when he learns that his friend is about to marry his ex-wife. Sledge is forced to face the fact that he has no one.

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