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.
Heir of Neglect (Episode 1) 9.0
Writer: David Kemper
Air date: 1988-10-29
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Hunter investigates the case of a teenage boy who mistakenly shot his parents during what he claimed was a home invasion.
The Baby Game (Episode 2) 9.0
Writer: Tom Chehak
Air date: 1988-11-05
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Hunter and McCall enter the world of baby brokering when they find the murdered body of an expensive call girl, and a two-year-old toddler left unharmed in front of the woman's television set.
Dead On Target (1) (Episode 3) 8.0
Air date: 1988-11-12
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: While investigating the apparent suicide of Hunter's friend from his days in Vietnam, Hunter and McCall uncover a 20-year-old betrayal that is still killing people today.
Dead On Target (2) (Episode 4) 8.0
Air date: 1988-11-19
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: While investigating the apparent suicide of Hunter's friend from his days in Vietnam, Hunter and McCall uncover a 20-year-old betrayal that is still killing people today.
Presumed Guilty (Episode 5) 8.0
Air date: 1988-11-26
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: McCall finds her loyalties sharply divided when an important murder case--being prosecuted by the Assistant District Attorney with whom she is in love--is jeopardized by Hunter, who thinks the defendant is innocent.
No Good Deed Ever Goes Unpunished (Episode 6) 8.0
Air date: 1988-12-03
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Mysterious tape recordings accusing a powerful company of illegally dumping toxic waste seem like a prank--until Hunter and McCall find that someone is willing to kill to conceal the truth.
Honorable Profession (Episode 7) 8.0
Air date: 1988-12-10
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Hunter puts his job on the line when he defends a female officer wounded and possibly killed in the line of duty.
Payback (Episode 8) 8.0
Air date: 1988-12-17
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Hunter and McCall try to solve a bank robbery and murder, while attempting to cope with the double and triple-crossing schemes of a small time criminal who once saved Hunter's life and won't let him forget it.
Partners (Episode 9) 8.0
Air date: 1989-01-07
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: When the husband of a policewoman is murdered, evidence of wife abuse makes Hunter and McCall suspect the woman's patrol partner who knew about the beatings.
The Pit (Episode 10) 9.0
Writer: Joe Menosky
Air date: 1989-01-14
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: The son of an LAPD dispatcher lands himself in hot water when he accumulates gambling debts.
City Under Siege (1) (Episode 11)
Writer: Joe Menosky
Air date: 1989-02-04
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Hunter and McCall track a pair of killers through a Los Angeles suburb where a crime wave and backlash vigilantism threaten to tear the community apart.
City Under Siege (2) (Episode 12)
Air date: 1989-02-11
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Hunter and McCall track a pair of killers through a Los Angeles suburb where a crime wave and backlash vigilantism threaten to tear the community apart.
City Under Siege (3) (Episode 13)
Air date: 1989-02-18
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Hunter and McCall track a pair of killers through a Los Angeles suburb where a crime wave and backlash vigilantism threaten to tear the community apart.
Me, Myself & Die (Episode 14)
Air date: 1989-02-25
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: A woman is the prime suspect in a brutal murder case after she stops taking her experimental medication.
Informant (Episode 15)
Air date: 1989-03-18
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: An informant to whom Hunter promised anonymity seven years earlier represents himself when his case is re-tried.
Blood Line (Episode 16)
Air date: 1989-04-01
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Hunter and McCall follow the trail of revenge and fraud while investigating the murder of a thoroughbred racehorse.
Shoot to Kill (Episode 17)
Air date: 1989-04-08
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
Code 3 (Episode 18)
Air date: 1989-04-15
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
Ring of Honor (Episode 19)
Writer: Asher Brauner
Air date: 1989-04-29
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: When a series of murders hits the prize-fighting community, a boxing trainer (Sammy Davis Jr) helps Hunter and McCall investigate. Boxing turns deadly when the manager of promising fighter Sonny Ruiz and a doctor are both murdered. Hunter penetrates the world of prizefighting.
Teen Dreams (Episode 20)
Air date: 1989-05-06
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
Last Run (Episode 21)
Air date: 1989-05-13
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
Return of White Cloud (Episode 22)
Writer: Stepfanie Kramer
Air date: 1989-05-21
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
