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
Dead On Target (2) (Episode 4) 8.0
Air date: 1988-11-19
Runtime: 60 min
Presumed Guilty (Episode 5) 8.0
Air date: 1988-11-26
Runtime: 60 min
No Good Deed Ever Goes Unpunished (Episode 6) 8.0
Air date: 1988-12-03
Runtime: 60 min
Honorable Profession (Episode 7) 8.0
Air date: 1988-12-10
Runtime: 60 min
Payback (Episode 8) 8.0
Air date: 1988-12-17
Runtime: 60 min
Partners (Episode 9) 8.0
Air date: 1989-01-07
Runtime: 60 min
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
City Under Siege (3) (Episode 13)
Air date: 1989-02-18
Runtime: 60 min
Me, Myself & Die (Episode 14)
Air date: 1989-02-25
Runtime: 60 min
Informant (Episode 15)
Air date: 1989-03-18
Runtime: 60 min
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
Code 3 (Episode 18)
Air date: 1989-04-15
Runtime: 60 min
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.
