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The Best Episodes of Hunter

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

The Best Episodes of Hunter

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....

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  1. Background image for Unfinished Business
    8.3/10(104 votes)

    #1 - Unfinished Business

    S6:E15

    No description available

    Director:Corey Allen
    Writer:Unknown
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  2. Background image for Rape and Revenge (1)
    8.1/10(153 votes)

    #2 - Rape and Revenge (1)

    S2:E6

    McCall is raped and beaten by a diplomat who has a strange opinion of the way to treat women. Hunter is angry, but can do nothing when the culprit claims diplomatic immunity. McCall is appalled to find that the man's father shares his attitude toward women.

    Director:Gary Winter
    Writer:Unknown
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  3. Background image for Any Second Now
    8.1/10(101 votes)

    #3 - Any Second Now

    S3:E17

    A fan who was convicted of attacking a pianist is released from prison and is, once again, a threat to the pianist.

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  4. Background image for City of Passion (1)
    8.1/10(124 votes)

    #4 - City of Passion (1)

    S4:E6

    Hunter and McCall investigate a series of bizarre murders, which take on the appearance of the result of a Satanic cult rite. Based on a book by Dallas Barnes.

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  5. Background image for City of Passion (2)
    8.1/10(109 votes)

    #5 - City of Passion (2)

    S4:E7

    Hunter spends the night at McCall's house after she receives a threatening phone call from the man known as "Bigfoot," whom they were investigating for the rapes. Brad Navarro's wife kicks him out of the house and hits the LAPD with a massive and somewhat humorous lawsuit, claiming their marriage was failing because of Brad's "unusual appetite for sex" due to being paired up with attractive female partners. Hunter's investigation of a missing girl uncovers a local satanic cult, led by the very judge McCall arrested. The LAPD conduct a stakeout in an attempt to catch "Bigfoot," but he outsmarts them and nearly claims Sgt. McCall as his next victim.

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  6. Background image for Last Run
    8.1/10(105 votes)

    #6 - Last Run

    S5:E21

    Hunter and McCall try to rescue an undercover female agent who was kidnapped during an investigation into money laundering, and have to deal with interference from the girl's father, who's a cop himself.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for On Air
    8.1/10(110 votes)

    #7 - On Air

    S6:E1

    No description available

    Director:Corey Allen
    Writer:Unknown
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  9. Background image for Shield of Honor
    8.1/10(85 votes)

    #8 - Shield of Honor

    S6:E8

    No description available

    Director:James Darren
    Writer:Unknown
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  10. Background image for The Beautiful & the Dead (1)
    8.0/10(112 votes)

    #9 - The Beautiful & the Dead (1)

    S2:E20

    She is exquisitely beautiful with perfect features. She is sitting in Hunter's chair waiting for him to come home. She is also dead! A clean professional hit in an adult motel throws Rick and Dee Dee into a case that includes Russian and Federal Agents, espionage, and a strangely intriguing, nameless beauty who is the final piece in a jigsaw puzzle that won't come together

    Director:Unknown
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  11. Background image for Saturday Night Special
    8.0/10(126 votes)

    #10 - Saturday Night Special

    S2:E23

    A series of murders on skid row smash across the headlines. But when Hunter and McCall dig into the case, they discover a witness who swears the killer is a reporter covering the story

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  12. Background image for Hot Pursuit (1)
    8.0/10(107 votes)

    #11 - Hot Pursuit (1)

    S3:E20

    McCall and an informant are shot after the informant gives her information regarding a prostitution ring being run along truck routes. Hunter is accused of murder when he travels to Mexico to meet with the pimp (part 1 of 2).

    Writer:Unknown
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  13. Background image for Hot Pursuit (2)
    8.0/10(98 votes)

    #12 - Hot Pursuit (2)

    S3:E21

    McCall and an informant are shot after the informant gives her information regarding a prostitution ring being run along truck routes. Hunter is accused of murder when he travels to Mexico to meet with the pimp (part 2 of 2).

    Writer:Unknown
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  14. Background image for Hot Prowl
    8.0/10(91 votes)

    #13 - Hot Prowl

    S4:E10

    The victim of a robbery attempts to buy the stolen item from the robber without reporting him to the police.

    Writer:Unknown
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  15. Background image for Black Dahlia
    8.0/10(111 votes)

    #14 - Black Dahlia

    S4:E13

    Hunter & McCall post a (fictitious) conclusion to the Black Dahlia murder case, the most famous unsolved murder in the history of the LAPD.

    Writer:Unknown
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  16. Background image for Naked Justice (2)
    8.0/10(88 votes)

    #15 - Naked Justice (2)

    S4:E15

    A homeless person provides information about the murder of a movie star.

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  17. Background image for Girl On the Beach
    8.0/10(94 votes)

    #16 - Girl On the Beach

    S4:E16

    Captain Devane's ex-wife is convinced that she killed a woman while driving under the influence of alcohol, until a second body is found.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  18. Background image for The Baby Game
    8.0/10(106 votes)

    #17 - The Baby Game

    S5:E2

    Hunter and McCall enter the world of baby brokering when they find the murdered body of an expensive call girl, and a two-year-old toddler left unharmed in front of the woman's television set.

    Director:James Fargo
    Writer:Tom Chehak
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  19. Background image for Shoot to Kill
    8.0/10(90 votes)

    #18 - Shoot to Kill

    S5:E17

    McCall is suspected of having shot an innocent man during a shootout in an alley and fights to clear her name with help from Hunter and Sporty James. While helping McCall, they discover a ring of jewel thieves.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  20. Background image for Unacceptable Loss
    8.0/10(89 votes)

    #19 - Unacceptable Loss

    S6:E14

    Hunter and McCall investigate the illegal disposal of poisonous gas that kills a young boy.

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  21. Background image for Sudden Withdrawal
    8.0/10(79 votes)

    #20 - Sudden Withdrawal

    S6:E19

    No description available

    Director:Tony Mordente
    Writer:Unknown
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  22. Background image for Ex Marks the Spot
    8.0/10(79 votes)

    #21 - Ex Marks the Spot

    S7:E21

    No description available

    Director:Gus Trikonis
    Writer:Unknown
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  23. Background image for The Beautiful & the Dead (2)
    7.9/10(117 votes)

    #22 - The Beautiful & the Dead (2)

    S2:E21

    A body disappears from Hunter's apartment, and as he and McCall investigate they find that a Russian defector and Federal agents are connected to the case.

    Director:Tony Mordente
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  24. Background image for Change Partners and Dance
    7.9/10(110 votes)

    #23 - Change Partners and Dance

    S3:E2

    A cop is murdered after making arrangements to meet with Hunter.

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  25. Background image for True Confessions
    7.9/10(106 votes)

    #24 - True Confessions

    S3:E7

    When Jeffrey Wyatt, Robert Kephart, and Philip Epperson are involved in the drugging and rape of a young woman, Rhonda Burke, Hunter and McCall have to investigate the woman's grief-stricken older sister, who is furious when the three young men are acquited on a technicality...a young officer did not read them the Miranda warning before Jeffrey Wyatt confessed. Hunter maintains his suspicions of Sheila, even though he sympathizes with her frustration and continually advises her to plead insanity. McCall is convinced of the woman's innocence, and turns her attention to the older brother of one of the victims, David Kephart, who will be in charge of a sizable fortune with his younger half-brother Robert out of the way. When first Epperson then Kephart are shot and killed, Wyatt isn't sure who to turn to...and ends up trusting the wrong person.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  26. Background image for Contract
    7.9/10(100 votes)

    #25 - Contract

    S3:E9

    The wife of a wealthy man is kidnapped and the gardener is killed trying to save her. Hunter and McCall investigate but the husband just wants his wife back, so he agrees to pay the ransom and his wife is returned. Hunter and McCall question her but get nothing. She later meets her lover, the kidnapper. And she's despondent over the gardener. But he reminds her of why they did it--the prenup her husband that her husband made her sign. Her husband's secretary figurs out what theyn did and tries to blackmail them but he kills her. Later when she decides to come forward he tries to kill her but Hunter saves her. Later her husband tells them that he will use everything at his disposal to defend her cause he blames himself for what happened.

    Director:Les Sheldon
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Best Episodes Summary

"Unfinished Business" is the best rated episode of "Hunter". It scored 8.3/10 based on 104 votes. Directed by Corey Allen and written by Unknown, it aired on 2/24/1990. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Rape and Revenge (1)".