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 (20)
1. Requiem for an S.O.B.
Aired 30 November 1988 • 30 min
Harry must deliver the eulogy for a despised colleague and a cop killer is tricked with a winning Lotto ticket.
2. We'll Always Have Paris
Aired 7 December 1988 • 30 min
Grief over the loss of their unborn child leads to a fight between Hooperman and Smith and a hasty proposal from Hooperman.
3. Who Do You Truss?
Aired 14 December 1988 • 30 min
Hooperman gets a hernia and won't have it treated because he doesn't trust hospitals or surgeons.
4. In Search of Bijoux
Aired 21 December 1988 • 30 min
Hooperman must appear on TV to recover an ungrateful Bijoux. Also, Hooperman goes undercover in drag to hunt down a slasher.
5. Look Homeward, Dirtbag
Aired 11 January 1989 • 30 min
A former inmate released from prison harasses Hooperman to put him back in the slammer.
6. Nightmare in Apartment One
Aired 18 January 1989 • 30 min
Hooperman figures- wrongly- that renting an apartment to McNeil will prevent a big headache.
7. Hooperman Goes to Hell in a Handcart
Aired 25 January 1989 • 30 min
When a gunshot sends Hooperman falling down a flight of stairs and into unconsciousness, he wakes up to discover that he is chained to a wall in a tacky underworld whose only other inhabitant is a red-suited demon who takes devilish delight in playing Pat Boone's 'April Love' on an old phonograph.
8. Rashomanny
Aired 1 February 1989 • 30 min
Hooperman is found in a compromising position with a female suspect whose retelling of the incident differs wildly from his.
9. In the Still of My Pants
Aired 8 February 1989 • 30 min
Hooperman falls for Lisa's roommate and doesn't know how to handle it. A bunco artist zeros in on elderly women.
10. The Dating Game
Aired 15 February 1989 • 30 min
When his girlfriend goes out of town to visit her parents, Hooperman is left dateless for the annual policeman's ball.
11. Intolerance
Aired 22 February 1989 • 30 min
Star-struck Hooperman allows a movie producer fresh out of film school to use the apartment building as a set for a gory movie.
12. The Nun and I
Aired 1 March 1989 • 30 min
Hooperman is in love with a new woman; a nun.
13. The Sure Thing
Aired 15 March 1989 • 30 min
Hooperman's colleagues are furious with him after he persuades them to join him in an investment scheme.
14. The Long So Long
Aired 22 March 1989 • 30 min
Hooperman and McNeil must cart around a corpse during a transportation strike.
15. Stakeout
Aired 14 June 1989 • 30 min
Hooperman is forced on a stakeout with a good-natured lout, but must bite his tongue because his new partner is the Commissioner's nephew.
16. Dog Day Afternoon, Morning and Night
Aired 21 June 1989 • 30 min
A ventriloquist asks Hooperman to retrieve a stolen dummy, and Hooperman seeks professional help when Bijoux won't stop biting Alex.
17. Love Bytes
Aired 28 June 1989 • 30 min
Hooperman sets up a love connection between a convicted computer criminal and the woman who spurned his advances, but used his crooked program for her own profit.
18. Take My Building, Please
Aired 5 July 1989 • 30 min
Two renters in the building are at each other's throats after one puts down a deposit on an apartment that the other won't vacate. Also, a building inspector finds numerous violations and Mrs. Davis offers to buy the apartment building. Hooperman confronts a pregnant thief.
19. Some of That Jazz
Aired 12 July 1989 • 30 min
While moonlighting as a jazz saxophonist, Hooperman considers trading his life as a cop for a life of music. Also, DeMott is guilt-ridden after accidentally shooting Silardi.
20. Goodnight, Sweet Hooperman
Aired 26 July 1989 • 30 min
A precinct-wide sleep-deprivation experiment withholds sweet slumber from Hooperman, but something in the sleeplessness makes DeMott seem suddenly seductive.