Hunter - Episode Guide

Son of a mobster, Detective Sergeant Rick Hunter finds it difficult to keep a partner. The Captain assigns Hunter a new partner, but Hunter has another maverick in mind, Sergeant Dee Dee McCall. Hunter and McCall team up to catch a serial killer.

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.

When the Police Commissioner's wife is murdered, the commissioner becomes the prime suspect. Hunter and McCall have to investigate despite interference from the top.

A meek pick-pocket is accused of brutally beating a woman. Hunter and McCall are unconvinced that he could do such a thing and have to find the true culprit before it's too late.

Hunter and McCall investigate the killing of the patriarch of a mob family that Hunter knows personally.

Hunter and McCall try to help a young girl whose Uncle was killed. It seems the man races pigeons and they're missing. Later someone tries to grab the girl, Hunter and McCall try to find out why.

A notorious drug dealer is killed by a thief who stole Hunter's "backup" gun, returning it immediately after the killing. With Hunter locked up in jail with an inmate planning on killing him, McCall must catch the true killer to clear Hunter's name.

Hunter and McCall track a bounty hunter who is not fussy about the condition of his prey.

Hunter and McCall are assigned to protect a sleazy criminal, who has been given immunity for fingering a top criminal. Outraged at having to protect him, Hunter and McCall set out to find someone else who can finger the top criminal.

Hunter and McCall hunt for the person who shot and killed a motorcycle cop with an armor piercing bullet like the one that was used to kill McCall's husband. 

Hunter and an old friend who's a parole officer get in each other's way while trying to investigate the same case.

A mentally disturbed surveillance expert attempts to "help" Hunter by killing a suspect and a witness. McCall is kidnapped when the surveillance expert is unhappy that Hunter does not approve of his actions. 

McCall's prime informant in the case against a drug merchant is a young cocaine supplier who's being extradited as a murder witness by a New York policeman who seems mysteriously intent on killing her.

Dee Dee is 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.

The Beach Boy arrives in L.A. from Hawaii and begins to kill local drug dealers. Hunter and McCall have to figure out his next move before another victim is claimed.

Hunter and McCall go after a convicted murderer who is back out on the street and has vowed to kill the jurors who convicted him.

Hunter and McCall go after a contract killer who is making hits throughout the city in order to ingratiate himself with a criminal kingpin in order to kill him.

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.

Hunter and McCall go after a sniper who is killing blondes that remind him of his wife who jilted him 18 years ago. Meanwhile, the Police Department personnel is being audited by a most efficient IRS Agent.

A modeling agent is a front for a photographer's personal pornography ring, and when the female porn stars start turning up dead, McCall goes undercover.

Hunter and McCall's investigation of a killing in Chinatown leads them to a Chinese gang leader being pursued by a police officer with a personal interest in the case.

Hunter and McCall go undercover at an exclusive resort to find a blackmailer's killer.

When a millionaire is nearly killed, his wife is the primary heir and prime suspect until she's murdered, prompting Hunter to go undercover to find the real killer.

The Captain sends Hunter and McCall to serve as technical advisors for a television police show to keep them out of trouble. Unfortunately, the star of the show is killed, placing Hunter and McCall in the middle of another high-profile murder investigation.

When McCall is raped by a South American diplomat who's immune from prosecution, Hunter turns renegade and follows the man to his homeland.

Hunter takes matters into his own hands after his superiors refuse to fight the diplomat's claim of immunity. After learning of Hunter's intentions, McCall tracks her partner down to talk him out of his plan. 

A security guard turned thief loses the money he stole, and searches for it with Hunter and McCall in close pursuit.

Hunter and McCall are one of the teams assigned to protect a government witness. But when he is thrown out the window of the hotel room, Hunter and Dee Dee are in the middle of a Bullitt-style conspiracy of deadly double crosses. Someone in the department killed the witness and Rick and McCall must find out who and why before Hunter is pinned to the wall for murder one.

McCall warns Hunter against becoming involved with a model who consorts with a murderous jewel thief.

A group of corrupt cops are stealing electronics and murder a street gang member who witnesses their crimes. Meanwhile, Hunter helps a policeman who is framed for the murder of his wife.

Hunter is frustrated in his pursuit of a package bomber whose ruthless methods are being used to systematically kill the participants in the man's trial.

Hunter and McCall work to stop a brigade of suburban mercenaries plotting to break a drug dealer out of prison.

Hunter and McCall are given 72 hours to find an attorney who falsified his death.

A dying criminal sends for Hunter and says that he's the man who killed Hunter's father, and that he was paid to do it by his father's partner. Hunter goes to the man who was originally convicted for the murder and asks him if he did it or not; he says he was just trying to rob the place when the police came and assumed he did it. So Hunter sets out to find if his father's partner did have his father killed. 

Hunter and McCall's investigation of a teenager's death leads them to a contemporary Fagin who commands a group of barrio boys to commit crimes for him.

Hunter and McCall are called to investigate the car bombing of a Middle Eastern consulate member for which a student terrorist group claims responsibility.

A couple of young punks rip off the house of Lucky Lacy, an underworld jewelry connection, and get away with $2,000,000 in jewels. But when Lacy hires Lincoln, a huge punk killer to find them, dead bodies start piling up and Hunter and McCall are up against their biggest foe yet!

A beautiful young woman is killed in a very professional style and Hunter knows her death is a link to a three year old case of an elusive international criminal named Varn. But before Hunter and McCall can piece together the case, Hunter is framed for a brutal assault. 

When a dead girl disappears from Hunter's living room, Hunter and McCall follow a trail of intrigue, adultery and murder.

Hunter and McCall's continued investigation into adultery and homicide pits them against a group of Russian spies.

Typhoon Thompson leaves prison after eight years and seeks the person who framed him for murder.

A series of murders on skid row smash across the headlines. But when Hunter and McCall dig into the case, they discover a witness who swears the killer is a reporter covering the story.

After killing a fleeing suspect, Hunter becomes the target of an ambitious TV news reporter's campaign against police brutality.

Detectives Hunter and McCall must work individually to investigate the killing of a police officer after they are separated as partners by their new precinct leader.

McCall falls in love with an architect who is suspected of slaying a beautiful interior decorator.

Hunter and McCall attempt to break a cocaine syndicate apparently being run by one of Hunter's most trusted ex-partners.

The brother of the diplomat who raped McCall comes to Los Angeles to exact revenge against Hunter for killing his brother.

A beautiful San Francisco police detective aids Hunter and McCall in solving a series of puzzling murders apparently connected to the estate of a deceased millionaire.

After a teenage girl dies from a drug overdose during a party and the boys who drugged her are released on a technicality, the girl's sister is considered a suspect when the boys start getting killed.

Hunter and McCall try to protect their informant, Sporty James, from his own greed after he blackmails a ruthless cocaine dealer who's responsible for a murder.

A wealthy woman's gardener is killed when he attempts to save her from a kidnapping, putting Hunter's and McCall's suspicions on high alert when her husband quickly pays the ransom and attempts to avoid an investigation after her safe return.

Dee Dee poses as a rock singer to help solve a drug related murder.

Facing off against a gang of Neo-Nazis responsible for a deadly robbery, Hunter and McCall get help from an unlikely ally in their attempt to escape the violent terrorists.

Hunter travels to Sydney, Australia in an attempt to find clues regarding both the murder of an elderly woman and the disappearance of an old flame three years ago.

Hunter goes on an enforced vacation and falls for a beautiful model staying at his hotel, unaware that she was actually sent to kill him.

McCall opposes the parole of an inmate who shot and killed her husband five years before. Against her judgement, he is released and she begins to tail him hoping to gather more evidence against him for a different crime that he possibly committed, but the plan backfires when she is set up similar to that of her late husband.

McCall goes undercover as a fashion model to bust a ring of thieves hitting lonely business men in their hotels. When Sporty James shows up and inadvertantly blows McCalls cover, Hunter attempts to get there in time to keep them from getting killed.

Hunter and McCall pose as husband and wife to investigate the murder of a young girl whose death exposes a Soviet plot to relocate secret agents in the United States.

A fan who was convicted of attacking a pianist is released from prison and is once again a threat to the pianist. 

Note: The pianist in this episode is played by real life stalking victim Theresa Saldana, and the story is similar to her own.

McCall wants to adopt a baby girl whose mother was shot and left brain dead in a case of mistaken identity.

McCall fears that Hunter's temper will outweigh his judgement when his former girlfriend is murdered and Hunter thinks he knows the identity of the killer.

Hunter and McCall are investigating a prostitution ring when McCall is shot and seriously wounded, and her informant friend is killed. The trail soon leads to a pimp named Big Jack Hemmings, who Hunter suspects ordered the hit on McCall. While McCall fights to survive as surgeons prepare to take the bullet out, Hunter confronts Hemmings.

After Hunter leaves Hemmings' mansion, he's arrested by the Beverly Hills police, who are trying to pin a murder charge on Hunter for political reasons. The D.A. decides not to charge Hunter yet, and Hunter soon discovers who the real killer is. It's now a race against time, as Hunter tries to stop the killer from fleeing the country while the Beverly Hills police try to pin the crime on Hunter.

Hunter is kidnapped and presumed dead after he travels to visit a sick family friend. McCall must control her frustration when she is paired up with a fashion conscious female partner.

When Hunter and McCall investigate the murder of an unidentified man, their interest is piqued because the victim seemingly never existed, and the killing appears to be a professional murder.

After learning the circumstances leading up to the murder of a notorious Latino crime boss, Hunter and McCall face an ethical dilemma: whether to arrest the killer or let him go free.

When Hunter helps a distressed war buddy look for the kidnappers of his mail order bride, the investigation leads Hunter and McCall to murder and double-cross. 

A Hispanic city councilman's son is killed in a botched traffic stop and he holds the LAPD responsible, citing racism. 

When Hunter and McCall travel to a mountaintop mansion to investigate a murder, they are trapped there overnight with the victim's entire family in the midst of a massive snowstorm.

Hunter and McCall, along with Detectives Brad Navarro and Kitty O'Hearn, investigate a string of rapes committed against a certain type of female. McCall is accused of entrapment when she busts a prominent judge in a prostitution sting operation. Hunter receives a visit from a teenage prostitute who is concerned her missing friend was murdered

Hunter spends the night at McCall's house after she receives a threatening phone call from the man known as "Bigfoot," whom they were investigating for the rapes. Brad Navarro's wife kicks him out of the house and hits the LAPD with a massive and somewhat humorous lawsuit, claiming their marriage was failing because of Brad's "unusual appetite for sex" due to being paired up with attractive female partners. Hunter's investigation of a missing girl uncovers a local satanic cult, led by the very judge McCall arrested. The LAPD conduct a stakeout in an attempt to catch "Bigfoot," but he outsmarts them and nearly claims Sgt. McCall as his next victim.

McCall's fight to appeal her entrapment accusation uncovers corruption at the hands of the LAPD commander, who resigns amid the controversy. The teenage girl Hunter had been keeping tabs on is murdered by a member of Judge Unger's cult. The judge is arrested by Hunter. Kathy Navarro drops her lawsuit against the LAPD and she and Brad reconcile. Lloyd Fredericks, known as "Bigfoot," is arrested after he beats and nearly rapes Sgt. McCall; Mrs. Fredericks takes her own course of action against him.

When Hunter and McCall investigate the alleged death of reporter Ralph Ormond they uncover an extortion plot involving George Shadwell, a wealthy industrialist who has illicit dealings with a construction firm.

Hunter and McCall become suspicious when a Bel Air housewife refuses to identify the man who robbed her of a million dollar necklace.

Hunter and McCall investigate the mysterious death of Allegra, Hunter's former girlfriend, to determine if the beautiful young heiress jumped or was pushed from a skyscraper window.

When Hunter investigates a drug ring, his ex-partner, Frank Garriman, becomes a suspect in the murder of the dealers.

Hunter & McCall post a (fictitious) conclusion to the Black Dahlia murder case, the most famous unsolved murder in the history of the LAPD.

Hunter and McCall investigate the mysterious death of a famous movie actress and encounter a surviving sister hungry for the inheritance.

Hunter, investigating the murder of a famous movie actress, follows a contract killer to Mexico and learns why the C.I.A. is interested in the killing.

Hunter must try to keep Charlie Devane on the right side of the law after his ex-wife is mysteriously murdered after a minor fender bender.

The mobsters are pursuing Sporty James because they think he stole a million dollars from them. The police are pursuing him because they think he killed one of the mobsters.

Hunter is assisted in a murder investigation by a sign language interpreter when the murder victim is a deaf man.

The wife of a businessman who was killed in an explosion on his yacht becomes the prime suspect when Hunter and McCall discover that she was recently removed from his will.

Hunter and McCall investigate the whereabouts of four million dollars still missing from a six year old drug bust that implicates the police, and Hunter, in criminal activity.

Hunter and McCall have dinner with a millionaire who thinks that his heirs are plotting his murder.

The only clue in a series of murders is a trail of police-issued ammunition that leads Hunter and McCall to suspect a colleague as the killer.

Hunter investigates the case of a teenage boy who mistakenly shot his parents during what he claimed was a home invasion.

Hunter and McCall enter the world of baby brokering when they find the murdered body of an expensive call girl, and a two year old toddler left unharmed in front of the woman's television set.

While investigating the apparent suicide of Hunter's friend from the Vietnam War, Hunter and McCall uncover a 20 year old betrayal that is still killing people today.

Convinced his buddy was murdered, Hunter investigates other war pals and uncovers ties to gem smuggling.

McCall's current boyfriend disagrees with Hunter's belief that a suspect is guilty of burglary but not murder. 

Mysterious tape recordings accusing a powerful company of illegally dumping toxic waste seem like a prank--until Hunter and McCall find that someone is willing to kill to conceal the truth.

Hunter puts his job on the line when he defends a female officer, critically wounded in the line of duty, against accusations of employing improper procedures during a Chinatown shooting.

Hunter and McCall try to solve a bank robbery and murder, while attempting to cope with the double and triple-crossing schemes of a small time criminal who once saved Hunter's life and won't let him forget it.

When the husband of a policewoman is murdered, evidence of wife abuse makes Hunter and McCall suspect the woman's patrol partner who knew about the beatings.

A police dispatcher is pressured to assist robbers because his son is indebted to loan sharks due to his gambling.

An escaped death row inmate seeks revenge on Hunter, while McCall poses as a teacher to probe links between the convict and a teacher's murder.

The escaped murderer continues to stalk Hunter; a vigilante desperately tries to stop crime in his neighborhood.

The death of a neighborhood vigilante helps Hunter track down the escaped murderer; McCall works to bust the leader of a high school pornography film operation.

A woman is the prime suspect in a brutal murder case after she stops taking her experimental medication.

When a convicted murderer is let out on bail pending a new trial in which he intends to defend himself, Hunter puts his career at risk to protect the identity of the informant to whom he had promised anonymity seven years earlier.

Hunter and McCall find a web of vengeance and fraud when they investigate the killing of a thoroughbred racehorse.

McCall is suspected of having shot an innocent man during a shootout in an alley and fights to clear her name with help from Hunter and Sporty James. While helping McCall, they discover a ring of jewel thieves.

When a nurse she recently befriended is killed in a car accident related to alcohol just a few days later, McCall suspects foul play. She is even more convinced of that after learning the nurse was pregnant, and would not have mixed alcohol with the morning sickness medication she was taking.

Boxing turns deadly when the manager of promising fighter Sonny Ruiz and a doctor are both murdered. Hunter penetrates the world of prizefighting with the help of a trainer named Benny Shaffer.

Prostitutes are being murdered by a man who lures them disguised as a police officer. When McCall's friend Debbie Small returns to the profession, she may be the next target.

After a series of arson murders, Hunter learns the the case involves the kidnapping of an undercover agent. Another cop interferes with the investigation.

Hunter and McCall investigate the murder of an art gallery owner involved in illegal sales of Indian artifacts and find themselves drawn into a mysterious world of native American politics.

Hunter poses as a radio talk show host's lover to solve a series of murders involving her ex-boyfriends.

Hunter and McCall are assigned to protect the Irish patriot brother of Devane's new lady friend, but find the man is the assassin instead of the intended victim.

After leaving a gang, the former member is the victim of a drive-by shooting.

Hunter delivers a baby for Cheryl Donavan, a runaway from San Diego, who decides to name her girl after him. When Cheryl winds up dead, Hunter uncovers a baby breeding operation that sells infants as though they were property.

Hunter and McCall must track down the leader of the White Supremacists after he escapes from prison. Problems arise when a friend of McCall's, her former training officer, tries to help and is charged with obstruction of justice. McCall tries to help him overcome his depression over his loneliness, but she is not able to help in time.

Overcome with guilt over the suicide of her training officer, McCall quits the force and is kidnapped by white supremacists. Hunter sets out to rescue her before it's too late.

Hunter receives a life altering shock when he is asked to take the case of a Vietnamese teenager who is accused of murdering a car salesman.

Hunter's murder investigation is complicated when he is assigned to train the incompetent son of his old training officer.

Hunter and McCall track down a departmental leak in the investigation of a serial killer targeting homosexuals. A local painter confesses to committing all but one of the murders.

A young drug user who accidentally murders his pusher and then steals $200,000 in mob money from him is pursued by the pushers' drug supplier; the user's brother tries to save him.

Hunter and McCall pursue the killer of McCall's cleaning woman, a ruthless Central American doctor who brutally tortured the woman and her family many years before.

Hunter attempts to protect his high school sweetheart after she witnesses a murder. Her unemployed husband convinces her to take part in blackmail instead of cooperating with Hunter.

Hunter's investigation of a murdered cop reveals that the victim was the illegitimate son of a Mafia boss and that the killer was the man's brother.

A child is dead after inhaling fumes from illegally dumped cyanide, and Hunter and McCall work to charge a chemical company with second degree murder.

Hunter and McCall have unresolved issues with regard to their previous love affair when Hunter's former co-worker is assigned to help with the investigation of a robber turned murderer.

A Scotland Yard inspector comes to town when the murder of a British prostitute resembles a string of similar murders in the U.K.

Hunter and McCall suspect that two murders were committed as an act of revenge by a man who was recently paroled. They become frustrated when they discover that a Catholic priest knows the identity of the killer, but refuses to break his vow of confession and tell them who it is.

When a young, convicted murderer commits suicide, his vengeful brother holds McCall and the judge she's dating captive, forcing McCall to discover the truth of the case.

Hunter and McCall search for a beautiful woman whose numerous liaisons are linked to a series of bank robberies.

A man claims to have seen two murders in psychic visions. Hunter and McCall are skeptical until he proclaims that McCall is the next victim.

As McCall rekindles an old romance, Hunter insinuates himself into a case involving the mysterious theft of a vagrant's Medal of Honor.

As an investigation into an elaborate fencing operation leads Hunter to the killer of a fellow officer and friend, McCall weighs the decision to marry and quit the force.

Hunter teams with two Metro officers, one of whom is a former adversary, to locate the missing profits of a murdered black marketeer, as Devane considers a post in Metro.

Hunter and Molenski officially become partners in the Metro Division following completion of their first case together.

A late report made by an undercover officer who witnesses the murder of a Treasury Agent arouses suspicion.

Molenski is reminded of painful events while investigating a series of murder cases in which the victims were also raped.

An innocent African American teenager is beaten when vigilante crimes cause friction between the police, the press, and a neighborhood watch group.

Molenski battles with the department to protect the identity of an informant as Hunter investigates the death of an adopted boy.

Charlie Devane risks his career to protect his father's reputation after his father's name turns up on a murdered mob accountant's "debtors" list.

Hunter leads a massive police operation to find dozens of prisoners set free by a computer operator who wants one of them to kill her husband.

While investigating a series of art thefts, Molenski's gun is stolen and used in a fatal robbery.

A mobster is pressured by his father to remain in the family business after he returns home from prison.

During the investigation of a series of robberies, Hunter clashes with an opportunistic lawyer when he arrests the wrong suspect.

A former girlfriend complicates Hunter's investigation of a string of campus murders while Molenski becomes the target of a cop killer.

Joanne Molenski has been killed and serial murder expert Chris Novak agrees to further postpone her leave of absence in order to help Hunter track the killer, who appears to be tied to the murders of police officers in six other cities.

Hunter searches for a missing witness while Novak seeks assistance from a computer expert to locate burglars.

Novak is pleased when old friend and national newspaper reporter Amy Rivers comes to Los Angeles to do a story on police work, until Amy's enthusiasm impedes an armed robbery investigation. Novak is puzzled by her friend's insensitive attitude until she learns of Amy's recently acquired cocaine dependence.

Old passions and jealousies flare when Hunter is forced to work with Chris Novak's ex-husband to solve a series of airport robberies while Chris tries to find an escaped prisoner she once arrested.

When Chris Novak's estranged father returns to her life, it's not to rekindle their relationship but to find and kill the only man who can expose his involvement in a drug ring.

Chris' daughter is kidnapped to prevent her father from providing Hunter and Chris with vital information on a killer and a counterfeit ring.

Hunter searches for the killer of several coin dealers while Novak is concerned about the arrest of a teenaged mugger who victimized her neighbor.

Novak helps a deaf woman search for her runaway daughter; Hunter investigates murder linked to a weapons cartel.

A series of cleaning store robberies exposes the chain's owner as the decoy for a money laundering conspiracy and causes suspicion from his very dangerous partners.

Devane becomes entangled in the life of an ex-convict who disappears shortly before his wedding.