Hunter
1984–1991 · Ended · 7 seasons
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- Sep 18, 1984
- Last aired
- Apr 26, 1991
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Overview
Hunter is an American police television drama created by Frank Lupo, which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1991. It starred Fred Dryer as Sgt. Rick Hunter and Stepfanie Kramer as Sgt. Dee Dee McCall. The titular character, Sgt. Rick Hunter, was a wily, physically imposing, often rule-breaking homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. The show's main characters, Hunter and McCall, resolved many of their cases by lethal force, but no more so than many other related television dramas.
Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys. 2 wins & 7 nominations total
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Season 3 · 22 episodes
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Sep 27, 1986 45 min
A TV reporter accuses Hunter of unjustly firing his weapon . Capt. Wyler is promoted to Deputy Chief.
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Oct 4, 1986 45 min
A cop is murdered after making arrangements to meet with Hunter.
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Oct 11, 1986 45 min
McCall believes a man suspected of murdering his wife is innocent.
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Nov 1, 1986 45 min
Hunter witnesses the shooting of a DEA agent, but the body disappears.
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Nov 8, 1986 45 min
Carlos Mariano, the brother of Raul Mariano, the man who raped McCall and shot Hunter, whom Hunter would eventually kill, (see Rape and Revenge) has come to L.A. to get Hunter for killing his brother. And just like his brother, is shielded by diplomatic immunity. The State Department man warns him not to do anything, because his country is a vital ally to the U.S. Hunter tries to reason with him by saying what his brother did and that he killed his brother in self-defense but is unmoved. He eventually abducts Hunter and taunts him first, eventually Hunter gets free and only wounds him. Hunter turns him in and because of what he did, the country can have deported. At the airport, he tries to make sure that he has given up his quest for vengeance.
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Nov 15, 1986 45 min
A San Francisco cop joins Hunter and McCall in investigating a case after someone attempts to shoot his son.
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Nov 22, 1986 45 min
When Jeffrey Wyatt, Robert Kephart, and Philip Epperson are involved in the drugging and rape of a young woman, Rhonda Burke, Hunter and McCall have to investigate the woman's grief-stricken older sister, who is furious when the three young men are acquited on a technicality...a young officer did not read them the Miranda warning before Jeffrey Wyatt confessed. Hunter maintains his suspicions of Sheila, even though he sympathizes with her frustration and continually advises her to plead insanity. McCall is convinced of the woman's innocence, and turns her attention to the older brother of one of the victims, David Kephart, who will be in charge of a sizable fortune with his younger half-brother Robert out of the way. When first Epperson then Kephart are shot and killed, Wyatt isn't sure who to turn to...and ends up trusting the wrong person.
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Dec 6, 1986 45 min
Police informant, Sporty James, believes that he will receive a large sum of money after witnessing a murder.
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E9 The ContractDec 13, 1986 45 min
The wife of a wealthy man is kidnapped and the gardener is killed trying to save her. Hunter and McCall investigate but the husband just wants his wife back, so he agrees to pay the ransom and his wife is returned. Hunter and McCall question her but get nothing. She later meets her lover, the kidnapper. And she's despondent over the gardener. But he reminds her of why they did it--the prenup her husband that her husband made her sign. Her husband's secretary figurs out what theyn did and tries to blackmail them but he kills her. Later when she decides to come forward he tries to kill her but Hunter saves her. Later her husband tells them that he will use everything at his disposal to defend her cause he blames himself for what happened.
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Jan 3, 1987 45 min
McCall's friend and the rock star ex-husband of a singer vanish.
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E11 Bad CompanyJan 10, 1987 45 min
A group of supremacists rob a gun shop and leave an injured partner behind. Hunter's attempt to get information from her fails.
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E12 Down and UnderJan 17, 1987 45 min
Hunter travels to Sydney, Australia in an attempt to find clues regarding the disappearnce of an old flame three years ago.
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Jan 24, 1987 45 min
While Hunter is on leave preparing to testify before a grand jury, he becomes involved with a woman who is the girlfriend of the accused.
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Feb 7, 1987 45 min
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.
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E15 Double ExposureFeb 14, 1987 45 min
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.
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Feb 21, 1987 45 min
Detective Sergeant Coslin is on the run after witnessing his girlfriend's murder and planting evidence of the crime in Hunter's house.
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E17 Any Second NowFeb 28, 1987 45 min
A fan who was convicted of attacking a pianist is released from prison and is, once again, a threat to the pianist.
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E18 A Child is BornMar 14, 1987 45 min
Hunter must indentify the victim of a shooting in order to save the baby of a pregnant woman who was mistakenly shot.
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E19 CrossfireApr 11, 1987 45 min
Hunter finds that an old girlfriend is being hunted by a cocaine dealer while he is tailing a robbery and murder suspect who was released due to a lack of evidence.
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E20 Hot Pursuit (1)May 2, 1987 45 min
McCall and an informant are shot after the informant gives her information regarding a prostitution ring being run along truck routes. Hunter is accused of murder when he travels to Mexico to meet with the pimp (part 1 of 2).
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E21 Hot Pursuit (2)May 9, 1987 45 min
McCall and an informant are shot after the informant gives her information regarding a prostitution ring being run along truck routes. Hunter is accused of murder when he travels to Mexico to meet with the pimp (part 2 of 2).
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E22 ShadesJul 18, 1987 45 min
McCall's life is saved by a mysterious gunman and Hunter is missing.
Cast 8
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Fred Dryer
Rick Hunter
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Stepfanie Kramer
Dee Dee McCall
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James Whitmore Jr.
Bernie Terwilliger
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John Amos
Capt. Dolan
- Garrett Morris Sporty James
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Darlanne Fluegel
Joanne Molenski
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Bruce Davison
Capt. Wyler
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Charles Hallahan
Capt. Charles Devane