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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 5 · 22 episodes

  • Oct 29, 1988 45 min

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

  • Nov 5, 1988 45 min

    A two-year-old girl sleeps while her mother is murdered.

  • Nov 12, 1988 45 min

    Several Veterans from Hunter's squad in Vietnam are murdered during the search for emeralds that were brought back to the United States when they returned from their tour of duty.

  • Nov 19, 1988 45 min
  • Nov 26, 1988 45 min

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

  • Dec 3, 1988 45 min

    An anonymous tip leads McCall to believe that an explosion in her art class was an attempt to kill a murder witness.

  • Dec 10, 1988 45 min

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

  • E8 Payback
    Dec 17, 1988 45 min

    A bank robber turns to Hunter for a favor once he learns that the bank he robbed is owned by the mob.

  • Jan 7, 1989 45 min

    Hunter and McCall investigate the murder of an Immigration Agent.

  • E10 The Pit
    Jan 14, 1989 45 min

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

  • Feb 4, 1989 45 min
  • Feb 11, 1989 45 min
  • Feb 18, 1989 45 min
  • Feb 25, 1989 45 min

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

  • E15 Informant
    Mar 18, 1989 45 min

    An informant to whom Hunter promised anonymity seven years earlier represents himself when his case is re-tried.

  • Apr 1, 1989 45 min

    A suspect is poisoned while Hunter and McCall are investigating a race horse groom's death. They attempt to unravel the revenge and fraud behind the murder in order to find a motive.

  • Apr 8, 1989 45 min

    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.

  • E18 Code 3
    Apr 15, 1989 45 min

    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.

  • Apr 29, 1989 45 min

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

  • May 6, 1989 45 min

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

  • E21 Last Run
    May 13, 1989 45 min

    Hunter and McCall try to rescue an undercover female agent who was kidnapped during an investigation into money laundering, and have to deal with interference from the girl's father, who's a cop himself.

  • May 21, 1989 45 min

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

Cast 8

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