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.
On Air (Episode 1)
Air date: 1989-10-14
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Hunter becomes involved with a beautiful radio host when he goes undercover to catch a killer who threatens the men in her life.
Shillelagh (Episode 2) 8.0
Air date: 1989-10-21
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Hunter and McCall are assigned to protect the Irish patriot brother of Devane's new lady friend, but find the man is the assassin instead of the intended victim.
Investment in Death (Episode 3)
Air date: 1989-10-28
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Hunter and McCall pursue the killer of college student who was the brother of Hunter's old friend.
A Girl Named Hunter (Episode 4)
Writer: Catherine Clinch
Air date: 1989-11-04
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Hunter searches for the killer of a runaway girl whose baby he helped to deliver.
The Legion (1) (Episode 5)
Air date: 1989-11-11
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Hunter defies departmental policy to save McCall from a kidnapper and bring her back to the police force.
The Legion (2) (Episode 6)
Air date: 1989-11-18
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Hunter stalks the white supremacists who took McCall hostage; McCall considers leaving the force.
Yesterday's Child (Episode 7)
Air date: 1989-11-25
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Hunter receives a life-altering shock when he is asked to take the case of a Vietnamese teenager who is accused of murdering a car salesman.
Shield of Honor (Episode 8)
Air date: 1989-12-02
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Hunter's new trainee, the son of a career officer, has problems doing his duty as they investigate a series of robbery-murders.
The Fifth Victim (Episode 9) 1.0
Air date: 1989-12-09
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Hunter and McCall track down a departmental leak in the investigation of a serial killer and his victims.
Brotherly Love (Episode 10)
Air date: 1990-01-06
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Hunter and McCall investigate a teenager who accidentally kills a drug dealer and flees with the money, hoping to find the boy before the drug dealer's boss does.
The Nightmare (Episode 11)
Air date: 1990-01-13
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Hunter and McCall pursue the killer of McCall's cleaning woman, a ruthless Central American doctor who brutally tortured the woman and her family many years before.
Broken Dreams (Episode 12)
Air date: 1990-01-27
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: An old flame of Hunter's witnesses a murder but withholds information while her husband blackmails the killer.
Son and Heir (Episode 13)
Air date: 1990-02-03
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Hunter and McCall investigate a mobster's son who kills an undercover officer, unaware the cop is his half-brother.
Unacceptable Loss (Episode 14) 9.0
Writer: Catherine Clinch
Air date: 1990-02-10
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Hunter and McCall investigate the illegal disposal of poisonous gas that kills a young boy.
Unfinished Business (Episode 15)
Air date: 1990-02-24
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Hunter and McCall's visit to a police psychiatrist regarding a work-related incident reveals a more intimate relationship years before.
Lullaby (Episode 16)
Air date: 1990-03-03
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: The investigation into the death of a British prostitute teams Hunter and McCall with a beautiful inspector from Scotland Yard.
Final Confession (Episode 17)
Air date: 1990-03-17
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: After serving a 20-year prison term, a convicted murderer hunts down his accomplices who avoided prosecution. One of the accomplices has since become a priest.
Blind Ambition (Episode 18)
Air date: 1990-03-31
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: When a young, convicted murderer commits suicide, his vengeful brother holds McCall and the judge she's dating captive, forcing McCall to discover the truth of the case.
Sudden Withdrawal (Episode 19)
Air date: 1990-04-16
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Hunter and McCall search for a beautiful woman whose numerous liaisons are linked to a series of bank robberies.
Second Sight (Episode 20)
Air date: 1990-04-23
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Hunter and McCall investigate a psychic's deadly premonitions.
Street Wise (1) (Episode 21)
Air date: 1990-04-30
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: As McCall rekindles an old romance, Hunter insinuates himself into a case involving the mysterious theft of a vagrant's Medal of Honor.
Street Wise (2) (Episode 22)
Air date: 1990-05-07
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: As an investigation into an elaborate fencing operation leads Hunter to the killer of a fellow officer and friend, McCall weighs the decision to marry and quit the force.
