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.
Flash Point (Episode 4)
Writer: Dallas L. Barnes
Air date: 1987-10-24
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: A city councilman's son is killed in a botched traffic stop and he holds the LAPD responsible, citing racism.
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: 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.
City of Passion (3) (Episode 8)
Air date: 1987-11-21
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
Turning Point (Episode 9)
Air date: 1987-11-28
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Hunter and McCall investigate a car bomb that explodes in a reporter's car, killing someone else.
Hot Prowl (Episode 10)
Air date: 1987-12-08
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: The victim of a robbery attempts to buy the stolen item from the robber without reporting him to the police.
Allegra (Episode 11)
Air date: 1987-12-29
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Hunter struggles with some emotions when the victim of his latest murder investigation is an old flame.
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: Hunter & McCall post a (fictitious) conclusion to the Black Dahlia murder case, the most famous unsolved murder in the history of the LAPD.
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: A homeless person provides information about the murder of a movie star.
Girl On the Beach (Episode 16)
Air date: 1988-02-16
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
Bogota's Million (Episode 17)
Air date: 1988-03-01
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
Death Signs (Episode 18) 10.0
Air date: 1988-03-12
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Hunter is assisted in a murder investigation by a sign language interpreter when the murder victim is a deaf man.
Boomerang (Episode 19)
Air date: 1988-03-19
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: A woman fears that she will be the prime suspect when her husband is killed in a boating accident.
Fourth Man (Episode 20)
Air date: 1988-03-26
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
Murder He Wrote (Episode 21)
Air date: 1988-04-30
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Hunter and McCall have dinner with a millionaire who thinks that his heirs are plotting his murder.
Silver Bullet (Episode 22)
Air date: 1988-05-07
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: When Hunter & McCall investigate a series of murders committed with police-issued bullets, the main suspect is closer than they think.
