Hunter is an American police drama television series created by Frank Lupo, and starring Fred Dryer as Sgt. Rick Hunter and Stepfanie Kramer as Sgt. Dee Dee McCall, which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1991. However, Kramer left after the sixth season to pursue other acting and musical opportunities. In the seventh season, Hunter partnered with two different women officers. The titular character, Sgt. Rick Hunter, was a wily, physically imposing, and often rule-breaking homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. The show's main characters, Hunter and McCall, resolve many of their cases by shooting dead the perpetrators.
The show's executive producer during the first season was Stephen J. Cannell, whose company produced the series.
Not Just Another John Doe (Episode 1) 10.0
Writer: Doug Heyes, Jr.
Air date: 1987-09-24
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
Playing God (Episode 2) 10.0
Writer: Richard C. Okie
Air date: 1987-10-03
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: After learning the circumstances leading up to the murder of a notorious Latino crime boss, Hunter and McCallface an ethical dilemma: whether to arrest the killer or let him go free.
The Jade Woman (Episode 3)
Air date: 1987-10-17
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
Flashpoint (Episode 4)
Writer: Dallas L. Barnes
Air date: 1987-10-24
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Racial tensions mount as Hunter and McCall investigate the accidental shooting by the police of Antonio Elandro, the son of a Hispanic councilman.
Night on Bald Mountain (Episode 5)
Air date: 1987-10-31
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
City of Passion (1) (Episode 6)
Air date: 1987-11-07
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
City of Passion (2) (Episode 7)
Air date: 1987-11-14
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: A serial rapist known as Big Foot stalks McCall while Hunter investigates the death of a teenage prostitute who may have had ties to a Satanic cult.
City of Passion (3) (Episode 8)
Air date: 1987-11-21
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: McCall risks losing her job when she fails to report a felony, and Hunter tries to trap the killer of a teenage prostitute with possible ties to a Satanic cult.
Turning Point (Episode 9)
Air date: 1987-11-28
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: When Hunter and McCall investigate the alleged death of reporter Ralph Ormond they uncover an extortion plot involving George Shadwell a wealthy industrialist.
Hot Prowl (Episode 10)
Air date: 1987-12-08
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Hunter and McCall become suspicious when a Bel Air housewife refuses to identify the man who robbed her of a million-dollar necklace.
Allegra (Episode 11)
Air date: 1987-12-29
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
Renegade (Episode 12) 10.0
Writer: Frank Dandridge
Air date: 1988-01-05
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: When Hunter investigates a drug ring, his ex-partner, Frank Garriman, becomes a suspect in the murder of the dealers.
Black Dahlia (Episode 13)
Air date: 1988-01-12
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Lawrence Tierney guest stars as Detective Doyle, who comes out of retirement to help Hunter and McCall investigate the real life murder of actress-turned-prostitute Elizabeth Short, who was cut in half 41 years before.
Naked Justice (1) (Episode 14) 8.0
Writer: Dallas L. Barnes
Air date: 1988-02-02
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Hunter and McCall investigate the mysterious death of a famous movie actress and encounter a surviving sister hungry for the inheritance.
Naked Justice (2) (Episode 15)
Air date: 1988-02-09
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
Girl on the Beach (Episode 16)
Air date: 1988-02-16
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Captain Devane tries to take Hunter and McCall off the investigation of his ex-wife's murder and violates his forced leave of absence to pursue the killer himself.
The Bogota Million (Episode 17)
Air date: 1988-03-01
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: A Colombian drug dealer is murdered, and police informant Sporty James becomes the prime suspect, hunted by both Hunter and the criminals.
Death Signs (Episode 18) 10.0
Air date: 1988-03-12
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Hunter and McCall's investigation of the stabbing of a deaf man hinges on cryptic clues the victim gave in sign language before he died.
Boomerang (Episode 19)
Air date: 1988-03-19
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
The Fourth Man (Episode 20)
Air date: 1988-03-26
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Hunter and McCall investigate the whereabouts of four million dollars still missing from a six-year-old drug bust that implicates the police in criminal activity.
Murder He Wrote (Episode 21)
Air date: 1988-04-30
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Hunter and McCall investigate the death of a multi-millionaire, whose four heirs become prime suspects.
Silver Bullet (Episode 22)
Air date: 1988-05-07
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
