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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 The Big Fall
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - The Big Fall

    S2:E9

    Hunter and McCall are one of the teams assigned to protect a government witness. But when he is thrown out the window of the hotel room, Hunter and Dee Dee are in the middle of a Bullit-style conspiracy of deadly double crosses. Someone in the department killed the witness and Rick and McCall must find out who and why before Hunter is pinned to the wall for murder one.

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    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Death Machine

    S2:E18

    A couple of young punks rip off the house of Lucky Lacy, an underworld jewelry connection, and get away with $2,000,000 in jewels. But when Lacy hires Lincoln, a huge punk killer to find them, dead bodies start piling up and Hunter and McCall are up against their biggest foe yet!

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    Director:Kim Manners
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for Not Just Another John Doe
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Not Just Another John Doe

    S4:E1

    When Hunter and McCall investigate the murder of an unidentified man, their interest is piqued because the victim seemingly never existed -- and the killing appears to be a professional murder.

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    Writers:Doug Heyes, Jr.
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    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Playing God

    S4:E2

    After learning the circumstances leading up to the murder of a notorious Latino crime boss, Hunter and McCallface an ethical dilemma: whether to arrest the killer or let him go free.

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  5. Background image for Renegade
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - Renegade

    S4:E12

    When Hunter investigates a drug ring, his ex-partner, Frank Garriman, becomes a suspect in the murder of the dealers.

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    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - Death Signs

    S4:E18

    Hunter is assisted in a murder investigation by a sign language interpreter when the murder victim is a deaf man.

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  8. Background image for Unacceptable Loss
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - Unacceptable Loss

    S6:E14

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

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    8.1/10(101 votes)

    #8 - 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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    8.1/10(100 votes)

    #9 - Last Run

    S5:E21

    No description available

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for Rape and Revenge (1)
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - 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.

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    Director:Gary Winter
    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for Saturday Night Special
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - 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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    8.0/10(104 votes)

    #12 - 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).

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    Writer:Unknown
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    8.0/10(95 votes)

    #13 - 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).

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    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for Naked Justice (1)
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - Naked Justice (1)

    S4:E14

    Hunter and McCall investigate the mysterious death of a famous movie actress and encounter a surviving sister hungry for the inheritance.

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    8.0/10(104 votes)

    #15 - 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.

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    Director:James Fargo
    Writer:Tom Chehak
  17. Background image for Shoot to Kill
    8.0/10(88 votes)

    #16 - Shoot to Kill

    S5:E17

    No description available

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - Shallalagh

    S6:E2

    No description available

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for Deadly Encounters (1)
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - Deadly Encounters (1)

    S7:E1

    No description available

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    Director:Winrich Kolbe
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for Change Partners and Dance
    7.9/10(110 votes)

    #19 - Change Partners and Dance

    S3:E2

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

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  21. Background image for True Confessions
    7.9/10(104 votes)

    #20 - 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.

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

    #21 - 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.

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    Director:Les Sheldon
  23. Background image for Straight to the Heart
    7.9/10(116 votes)

    #22 - Straight to the Heart

    S3:E13

    While Hunter is on leave preparing to testify before a grand jury, he becomes involved with a woman who is the girlfriend of the accused.

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    Director:Tony Mordente
    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for Presumed Guilty
    7.9/10(93 votes)

    #23 - Presumed Guilty

    S5:E5

    No description available

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    Writer:Unknown
  25. Background image for High Noon in L.A.
    7.8/10(108 votes)

    #24 - High Noon in L.A.

    S3:E5

    Carlos Mariano, the brother of Raul Mariano, the man who raped McCall and shot Hunter, whom Hunter would eventually kill, (see Rape and Revenge) has come to L.A. to get Hunter for killing his brother. And just like his brother, is shielded by diplomatic immunity. The State Department man warns him not to do anything, because his country is a vital ally to the U.S. Hunter tries to reason with him by saying what his brother did and that he killed his brother in self-defense but is unmoved. He eventually abducts Hunter and taunts him first, eventually Hunter gets free and only wounds him. Hunter turns him in and because of what he did, the country can have deported. At the airport, he tries to make sure that he has given up his quest for vengeance.

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  26. Background image for From San Francisco With Love
    7.8/10(108 votes)

    #25 - From San Francisco With Love

    S3:E6

    A San Francisco cop joins Hunter and McCall in investigating a case after someone attempts to shoot his son.

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    Director:Tony Mordente
    Writer:Unknown

Best Episodes Summary

"The Big Fall" is the best rated episode of "Hunter". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by James Whitmore Jr. and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/23/1985. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Death Machine".