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The Best Episodes of Hooperman

Every episode of Hooperman ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Hooperman!

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A full-time police detective becomes a part-time landlord when he inherits his murdered landlady's building — along with her ferocious little dog.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Hooperman Season 1 Episode 16 - Blaste From the Past
    8.2/10(8 votes)

    #1 - Blaste From the Past

    S1:E16

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

    Director:Anson Williams
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Hooperman Season 1 Episode 9 - Blues for Danny Welles
    7.9/10(11 votes)

    #2 - Blues for Danny Welles

    S1:E9

    Hooperman befriends an inmate with AIDS.

    Director:Kim Friedman
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Hooperman Season 1 Episode 20 - Trudy and Clyde
    7.8/10(7 votes)

    #3 - Trudy and Clyde

    S1:E20

    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.

    Director:Michael Zinberg
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Hooperman Season 1 Episode 6 - The Shooting
    7.7/10(8 votes)

    #4 - The Shooting

    S1:E6

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Hooperman Season 1 Episode 7 - Hot Wired
    7.7/10(9 votes)

    #5 - Hot Wired

    S1:E7

    Hooperman gets all wired up to go undercover.

    Director:Michael Zinberg
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Hooperman Season 1 Episode 8 - Baby Talk
    7.6/10(10 votes)

    #6 - Baby Talk

    S1:E8

    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.

    Director:Anson Williams
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Hooperman Season 1 Episode 12 - The Naked and the Dead
    7.6/10(9 votes)

    #7 - The Naked and the Dead

    S1:E12

    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.

    Director:Paul Lynch
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Hooperman Season 1 Episode 19 - Baby On Board
    7.6/10(8 votes)

    #8 - Baby On Board

    S1:E19

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Hooperman Season 2 Episode 7 - Hooperman Goes to Hell in a Handcart
    7.6/10(7 votes)

    #9 - Hooperman Goes to Hell in a Handcart

    S2:E7

    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.

    Director:Ron Lagomarsino
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Hooperman Season 1 Episode 22 - Surprise Party
    7.5/10(8 votes)

    #10 - Surprise Party

    S1:E22

    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.

    Directors:John Patterson, Tom Moore
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Hooperman Season 1 Episode 10 - I, Witness
    7.4/10(9 votes)

    #11 - I, Witness

    S1:E10

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

    Director:Kim Friedman
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Hooperman Season 1 Episode 14 - Chariots of Fire
    7.4/10(9 votes)

    #12 - Chariots of Fire

    S1:E14

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

    Director:Michael Zinberg
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Hooperman Season 1 Episode 5 - John Doe, We Hardly Knew Ye
    7.3/10(10 votes)

    #13 - John Doe, We Hardly Knew Ye

    S1:E5

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

    Director:John Patterson
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Hooperman Season 1 Episode 13 - The Snitch
    7.3/10(9 votes)

    #14 - The Snitch

    S1:E13

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

    Director:Rick Wallace
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Hooperman Season 1 Episode 17 - Tomato Can
    7.2/10(7 votes)

    #15 - Tomato Can

    S1:E17

    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.

    Director:John Patterson
    Writer:John Schulian

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  16. Hooperman Season 1 Episode 1 - Hooperman (Pilot)
    7.0/10(16 votes)

    #16 - Hooperman (Pilot)

    S1:E1

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

    Director:Gregory Hoblit
    Writers:Terry Louise Fisher, Steven Bochco

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  17. Hooperman Season 1 Episode 3 - Don We Now Our Gay Apparel
    7.0/10(10 votes)

    #17 - Don We Now Our Gay Apparel

    S1:E3

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

    Director:Rick Wallace
    Writers:Terry Louise Fisher, Steven Bochco

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  18. Hooperman Season 1 Episode 4 - Aria Da Capo
    7.0/10(9 votes)

    #18 - Aria Da Capo

    S1:E4

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

    Director:John Patterson
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Hooperman Season 1 Episode 11 - Deck the Cell With Bars of Folly
    7.0/10(12 votes)

    #19 - Deck the Cell With Bars of Folly

    S1:E11

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

    Director:Peter Werner
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Hooperman Season 1 Episode 2 - The Answer My Friend, Is Passing in the Wind
    6.9/10(9 votes)

    #20 - The Answer My Friend, Is Passing in the Wind

    S1:E2

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

    Director:Gregory Hoblit
    Writers:Terry Louise Fisher, Steven Bochco

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  21. Hooperman Season 1 Episode 18 - Me and Mr. Magoo
    6.7/10(8 votes)

    #21 - Me and Mr. Magoo

    S1:E18

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

    Director:Carl Gottlieb
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Hooperman Season 1 Episode 21 - Nick Derringer, P.I.
    6.2/10(8 votes)

    #22 - Nick Derringer, P.I.

    S1:E21

    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.

    Director:Michael Zinberg
    Writer:Steven Bochco

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  23. Hooperman Season 1 Episode 15 - High Noon
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #23 - High Noon

    S1:E15

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

    Director:Kim Friedman
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Hooperman Season 2 Episode 1 - Requiem for an S.O.B.
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #24 - Requiem for an S.O.B.

    S2:E1

    Harry must deliver the eulogy for a despised colleague and a cop killer is tricked with a winning Lotto ticket.

    Director:Win Phelps
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Hooperman Season 2 Episode 2 - We'll Always Have Paris
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #25 - We'll Always Have Paris

    S2:E2

    Grief over the loss of their unborn child leads to a fight between Hooperman and Smith and a hasty proposal from Hooperman.

    Director:Alan J. Levi
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Blaste From the Past" is the best rated episode of "Hooperman". It scored 8.2/10 based on 8 votes. Directed by Anson Williams and written by Unknown, it aired on 2/10/1988. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "Blues for Danny Welles".