Hooperman (Season 1)

Hooperman (Pilot) (Episode 1)

Writer: Terry Louise Fisher

Air date: 1987-09-23

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: The beloved owner of the apartment building is killed by a burglar and Hooperman inherits both the building and her dog, Bijoux.

The Answer My Friend, Is Passing in the Wind (Episode 2)

Writer: Terry Louise Fisher

Air date: 1987-09-30

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Bijoux is on trial. Hooperman claims Bijoux is a 'police sniffer' and has 24 hours to prove it.

Don We Now Our Gay Apparel (Episode 3)

Writer: Terry Louise Fisher

Air date: 1987-10-07

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Things start warming up between Hooperman and his fix-it person and DeMott is again a victim of cupid's arrow.

Aria Da Capo (Episode 4)

Air date: 1987-10-14

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: A witness in the Federal Witness Protection Program rapes a woman and Hooperman is ordered to look the other way.

John Doe, We Hardly Knew Ye (Episode 5)

Air date: 1987-10-28

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: A psychic tenant helps identify an unidentified body found at the docks. Also, a 'nephew' claims he is entitled to the apartment.

The Shooting (Episode 6)

Air date: 1987-11-11

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Hooperman can't bring himself to shoot an escaping robbery suspect.

Hot Wired (Episode 7)

Air date: 1987-11-18

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Hooperman gets all wired up to go undercover.

Baby Talk (Episode 8)

Air date: 1987-11-25

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Hooperman is assigned to baby-sit an Arab sheik's spoiled daughter while DeMott and Silardi pose as a couple to catch a baby broker who steals children.

Blues for Danny Welles (Episode 9)

Air date: 1987-12-02

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Hooperman befriends an inmate with AIDS.

I, Witness (Episode 10)

Air date: 1987-12-09

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Hooperman and Stern dismiss a lonely old man's claim that he can identify a masked murderer- until he calls a press conference.

Deck the Cell With Bars of Folly (Episode 11)

Air date: 1987-12-23

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: The precinct is in the holiday spirit and holds an open house for a colorful array of petty criminals.

The Naked and the Dead (Episode 12)

Air date: 1988-01-06

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Hooperman is after the thief who's robbing stiffs from a cemetery, and Susan's dead sure that her new novel will make a killing.

The Snitch (Episode 13)

Air date: 1988-01-13

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Hooperman's informant is petrified of tattling on thugs and needs police protection.

Chariots of Fire (Episode 14)

Air date: 1988-01-20

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Hooperman buys a vintage sports car from a convicted drug dealer and Susan is writing an article about women involved with cops.

High Noon (Episode 15)

Air date: 1988-02-03

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: While working undercover as a fence, Hopperman discovers that a convict who threatened to kill him has just escaped from prison.

Blaste From the Past (Episode 16)

Air date: 1988-02-10

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Love draws Stern to a precinct shrink, Susan to a muscle-bound airhead, and Hooperman to a recently divorced ex-girlfriend.

Tomato Can (Episode 17)

Writer: John Schulian

Air date: 1988-03-09

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Hooperman befriends an illiterate boxer who wants to be a cop and McNeil gets a bad case of the jitters right before he's to appear on a game show.

Me and Mr. Magoo (Episode 18)

Air date: 1988-03-16

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Hooperman enlists the aid of an eccentric pilot when a child-abuse case calls for some airbourne assistance.

Baby On Board (Episode 19)

Air date: 1988-04-06

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Hoopperman learns he's the father of Susan's unborn child.

Trudy and Clyde (Episode 20)

Air date: 1988-04-13

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Stakeout experts Hooperman and Pritzger spend days ogling a robbery suspect's girlfriend who does aerobics in the buff, until she calls for help and pulls a gun on them.

Nick Derringer, P.I. (Episode 21)

Writer: Steven Bochco

Air date: 1988-05-04

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Out to nail an elusive drug dealer, Hooperman sides with a pint-size private eye who makes short shrift of his clients and the police department.

Surprise Party (Episode 22)

Air date: 1988-05-18

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: It's showdown time when Silardi's homophobic twin brother and Susan's Hooperphobic mother both show up in time to celebrate Hooperman's birthday.