Sledge Hammer! — Season 2
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About this season
Sledge Hammer! is an American satirical police sitcom produced by New World Television that ran for two seasons on ABC from 1986 to 1988. The series was created by Alan Spencer and stars David Rasche as Inspector Sledge Hammer, a preposterous caricature of the standard "cop on the edge" character. Al Jean and Mike Reiss, best known for their work on The Simpsons, wrote for the show and worked as story editors.
Episodes (19)
1. A Clockwork Hammer
5.2Aired 17 September 1987
Vile Video Concepts conditions cops not to testify against a mobster; Hammer meets a computerized version of himself.
2. Big Nazi on Campus
5.2Aired 24 September 1987
Sledge and Dori investigate the death of a college coed.
3. Play It Again, Sledge
3.5Aired 1 October 1987
When Sledge and Dori get suspended from the force, they open a private investigation firm with counseling from Bogart's ghost.
4. Wild About Hammer
3.5Aired 8 October 1987
A female cop with a sadistic/ masochistic fetish falls for and kidnaps Sledge.
5. The Death of a Few Salesmen
3.5Aired 15 October 1987
Sledge poses as an Australian car magnate, Crocodile Bruce, to catch the killer of used car dealers.
6. Vertical
3.5Aired 29 October 1987
While suffering from vertigo, Sledge must protect the girlfriend of a mobster.
7. Dressed to Call
3.5Aired 5 November 1987
Sledge must discover who's making threatening calls to a radio psychologist.
8. Hammer Hits the Rock (a.k.a. Sledge on the Rock)
3.5Aired 12 November 1987
Sledge poses as an assassin to discover a mobster's secret hideout.
9. Last of the Red Hot Vampires
3.5Aired 19 November 1987
An old time movie vampire is falsely accused of murdering his cast and crew.
10. Hammeroid
3.5Aired 26 November 1987
After breaking nearly all his bones, Sledge encases himself in a robotic suit to stop a robot.
11. Sledge in Toyland
3.5Aired 3 December 1987
Sledge is sent to investigate when a toy manufacturer is attacked by one of his own toys.
12. Icebreaker
3.5Aired 10 December 1987
Sledge finds himself competing with a British cop.
13. They Call Me Mr. Trunk
3.5Aired 17 December 1987
Trunk must solve the puzzle of why the army has surrounded the entire precinct before the entire staff dies.
14. Model Dearest
2.2Aired 7 January 1988
Dori poses as a model to get the dirt on a white slavery ring.
15. Sledge, Rattle 'n' Roll
3.5Aired 15 January 1988
Hammer investigates the mysterious deaths of a heavy metal group and their manager.
16. Suppose They Gave a War and Sledge Came?
3.5Aired 22 January 1988
To investigate the death of a prominent businessman, Sledge joins a weekend war gaming organization.
17. The Secret of My Excess
3.5Aired 29 January 1988
Sledge tracks down a yuppie's dirty deeds.
18. It Happened What Night?
3.5Aired 5 February 1988
The precinct thinks that Sledge and Dori have slept together when all that appears on a surveillance tape is them drunk and in bed.
19. Here's to You, Mrs. Hammer
3.5Aired 12 February 1988
Sledge's ex-wife marries his best high school friend & forces Sledge to think about his lifestyle.