About this season
A full-time police detective becomes a part-time landlord when he inherits his murdered landlady's building — along with her ferocious little dog.
Episodes (22)
1. Hooperman (Pilot)
Aired 23 September 1987 • 30 min
The beloved owner of the apartment building is killed by a burglar and Hooperman inherits both the building and her dog, Bijoux.
2. The Answer My Friend, Is Passing in the Wind
Aired 30 September 1987 • 30 min
Bijoux is on trial. Hooperman claims Bijoux is a 'police sniffer' and has 24 hours to prove it.
3. Don We Now Our Gay Apparel
Aired 7 October 1987 • 30 min
Things start warming up between Hooperman and his fix-it person and DeMott is again a victim of cupid's arrow.
4. Aria Da Capo
Aired 14 October 1987 • 30 min
A witness in the Federal Witness Protection Program rapes a woman and Hooperman is ordered to look the other way.
5. John Doe, We Hardly Knew Ye
Aired 28 October 1987 • 30 min
A psychic tenant helps identify an unidentified body found at the docks. Also, a 'nephew' claims he is entitled to the apartment.
6. The Shooting
Aired 11 November 1987 • 30 min
Hooperman can't bring himself to shoot an escaping robbery suspect.
7. Hot Wired
Aired 18 November 1987 • 30 min
Hooperman gets all wired up to go undercover.
8. Baby Talk
Aired 25 November 1987 • 30 min
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.
9. Blues for Danny Welles
Aired 2 December 1987 • 30 min
Hooperman befriends an inmate with AIDS.
10. I, Witness
Aired 9 December 1987 • 30 min
Hooperman and Stern dismiss a lonely old man's claim that he can identify a masked murderer- until he calls a press conference.
11. Deck the Cell With Bars of Folly
Aired 23 December 1987 • 30 min
The precinct is in the holiday spirit and holds an open house for a colorful array of petty criminals.
12. The Naked and the Dead
Aired 6 January 1988 • 30 min
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.
13. The Snitch
Aired 13 January 1988 • 30 min
Hooperman's informant is petrified of tattling on thugs and needs police protection.
14. Chariots of Fire
Aired 20 January 1988 • 30 min
Hooperman buys a vintage sports car from a convicted drug dealer and Susan is writing an article about women involved with cops.
15. High Noon
Aired 3 February 1988 • 30 min
While working undercover as a fence, Hopperman discovers that a convict who threatened to kill him has just escaped from prison.
16. Blaste From the Past
Aired 10 February 1988 • 30 min
Love draws Stern to a precinct shrink, Susan to a muscle-bound airhead, and Hooperman to a recently divorced ex-girlfriend.
17. Tomato Can
Aired 9 March 1988 • 30 min
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.
18. Me and Mr. Magoo
Aired 16 March 1988 • 30 min
Hooperman enlists the aid of an eccentric pilot when a child-abuse case calls for some airbourne assistance.
19. Baby On Board
Aired 6 April 1988 • 30 min
Hoopperman learns he's the father of Susan's unborn child.
20. Trudy and Clyde
Aired 13 April 1988 • 30 min
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.
21. Nick Derringer, P.I.
Aired 4 May 1988 • 30 min
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.
22. Surprise Party
Aired 18 May 1988 • 30 min
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.