About this season
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.
Episodes (22)
1. On Air
Aired 14 October 1989 • 60 min
Hunter becomes involved with a beautiful radio host when he goes undercover to catch a killer who threatens the men in her life.
2. Shillelagh
8.0Aired 21 October 1989 • 60 min
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.
3. Investment in Death
Aired 28 October 1989 • 60 min
Hunter and McCall pursue the killer of college student who was the brother of Hunter's old friend.
4. A Girl Named Hunter
Aired 4 November 1989 • 60 min
Hunter searches for the killer of a runaway girl whose baby he helped to deliver.
5. The Legion (1)
Aired 11 November 1989 • 60 min
Hunter defies departmental policy to save McCall from a kidnapper and bring her back to the police force.
6. The Legion (2)
Aired 18 November 1989 • 60 min
Hunter stalks the white supremacists who took McCall hostage; McCall considers leaving the force.
7. Yesterday's Child
Aired 25 November 1989 • 60 min
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.
8. Shield of Honor
Aired 2 December 1989 • 60 min
Hunter's new trainee, the son of a career officer, has problems doing his duty as they investigate a series of robbery-murders.
9. The Fifth Victim
1.0Aired 9 December 1989 • 60 min
Hunter and McCall track down a departmental leak in the investigation of a serial killer and his victims.
10. Brotherly Love
Aired 6 January 1990 • 60 min
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.
11. The Nightmare
Aired 13 January 1990 • 60 min
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.
12. Broken Dreams
Aired 27 January 1990 • 60 min
An old flame of Hunter's witnesses a murder but withholds information while her husband blackmails the killer.
13. Son and Heir
Aired 3 February 1990 • 60 min
Hunter and McCall investigate a mobster's son who kills an undercover officer, unaware the cop is his half-brother.
14. Unacceptable Loss
9.0Aired 10 February 1990 • 60 min
Hunter and McCall investigate the illegal disposal of poisonous gas that kills a young boy.
15. Unfinished Business
Aired 24 February 1990 • 60 min
Hunter and McCall's visit to a police psychiatrist regarding a work-related incident reveals a more intimate relationship years before.
16. Lullaby
Aired 3 March 1990 • 60 min
The investigation into the death of a British prostitute teams Hunter and McCall with a beautiful inspector from Scotland Yard.
17. Final Confession
Aired 17 March 1990 • 60 min
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.
18. Blind Ambition
Aired 31 March 1990 • 60 min
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.
19. Sudden Withdrawal
Aired 16 April 1990 • 60 min
Hunter and McCall search for a beautiful woman whose numerous liaisons are linked to a series of bank robberies.
20. Second Sight
Aired 23 April 1990 • 60 min
Hunter and McCall investigate a psychic's deadly premonitions.
21. Street Wise (1)
Aired 30 April 1990 • 60 min
As McCall rekindles an old romance, Hunter insinuates himself into a case involving the mysterious theft of a vagrant's Medal of Honor.
22. Street Wise (2)
Aired 7 May 1990 • 60 min
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.