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Hunter

1984–1991 · Ended · 7 seasons

Drama Crime Adventure Action Thriller Mystery
First aired
Sep 18, 1984
Last aired
Apr 26, 1991
IMDb rating
6.9 / 10 6,467 votes
Recall rating
5.0 / 10 1 rating

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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Episodes

Season 4 · 22 episodes

  • Sep 24, 1987 45 min

    A skid row murder leads to an unknown victim. The killer knows the identity of the witness and the witness knows the identity of the killer.

  • Oct 3, 1987 45 min

    Hunter and McCall consider leaving the force when the investigation of a community leader who has ties to organized crime reveals some disturbing evidence.

  • Oct 17, 1987 45 min

    Hunter investigates the disappearance of a friend's mail-order bride while he is off duty. The case becomes a homicide investagation when the marriage broker is murdered.

  • Oct 24, 1987 45 min

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

  • Oct 31, 1987 45 min

    When Hunter & 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.

  • Nov 7, 1987 45 min

    Hunter and McCall investigate a series of bizarre murders, which take on the appearance of the result of a Satanic cult rite. Based on a book by Dallas Barnes.

  • Nov 14, 1987 45 min

    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.

  • Nov 21, 1987 45 min

    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.

  • Nov 28, 1987 45 min

    Hunter and McCall investigate a car bomb that explodes in a reporter's car, killing someone else.

  • E10 Hot Prowl
    Dec 8, 1987 45 min

    The victim of a robbery attempts to buy the stolen item from the robber without reporting him to the police.

  • E11 Allegra
    Dec 29, 1987 45 min

    Hunter struggles with some emotions when the victim of his latest murder investigation is an old flame.

  • E12 Renegade
    Jan 5, 1988 45 min

    The mother of a man who steals a cocaine delivery is accidentally shot when the thief leads his pursuers to his parents' home.

  • Jan 12, 1988 45 min

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

  • Feb 2, 1988 45 min

    A homeless man offers information about the murder of a film star.

  • Feb 9, 1988 45 min
  • Feb 16, 1988 45 min

    Captain Devane's ex-wife is convinced that she killed a woman while driving under the influence of alcohol, until a second body is found.

  • Mar 1, 1988 45 min

    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.

  • Mar 12, 1988 45 min

    Hunter and McCall have three suspects to choose from when a deaf man is murdered.

  • E19 Boomerang
    Mar 19, 1988 45 min

    A woman fears that she will be the prime suspect when her husband is killed in a boating accident.

  • Mar 26, 1988 45 min

    Years ago Hunter was part of a group who busted a drug ring. Now the sole survivor of the gang claims that some money, four million dollars was missing from what they turned in. Now internal affairs, more or less deduced that three members of the group were involved but, they believed that because four million was missing that there was a fourth member, who took part in it. Initially Hunter was under suspicion but no sufficient evidence was found. Now that the man who claimed that there was four million dollars missing is out on parole, and the three cops who were under suspicion are turning up dead. It's now being assumed that the gang member is taking them out and taking the money that they got, or the fourth man is. And again Hunter is the prime suspect.

  • Apr 30, 1988 45 min

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

  • May 7, 1988 45 min

    When Hunter & McCall investigate a series of murders committed with police-issued bullets, the main suspect is closer than they think.

Cast 8

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