8.4/1095 votesLoading...#1 - Unfinished Business
Season 6 Episode 15 - Aired 2/24/1990
No description available
Director: Corey Allen
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/10118 votesLoading...
#2 - Saturday Night Special
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 5/20/1986
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/10117 votesLoading...
#3 - City of Passion (1)
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 11/7/1987
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.
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/10101 votesLoading...
#4 - City of Passion (2)
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/14/1987
No description available
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1085 votesLoading...
#5 - Hot Prowl
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 12/8/1987
No description available
Director: Jefferson Kibbee
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1096 votesLoading...
- 8.1/10105 votesLoading...
#7 - On Air
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 10/14/1989
No description available
Director: Corey Allen
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1080 votesLoading...
#8 - Shield of Honor
Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 12/2/1989
No description available
Director: James Darren
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/10142 votesLoading...
#9 - Rape and Revenge (1)
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/2/1985
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: N/A
- 8.0/1094 votesLoading...
#10 - Any Second Now
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 2/28/1987
A fan who was convicted of attacking a pianist is released from prison and is, once again, a threat to the pianist.
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/10103 votesLoading...
#11 - Black Dahlia
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 1/12/1988
No description available
Director: Michael Preece
Writer: N/A
8.0/1083 votesLoading...#12 - Naked Justice (1)
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 2/2/1988
Hunter and McCall investigate the mysterious death of a famous movie actress and encounter a surviving sister hungry for the inheritance.
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Writer: Dallas L. Barnes
- 8.0/1079 votesLoading...
#13 - Naked Justice (2)
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 2/9/1988
No description available
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1086 votesLoading...
#14 - Girl On the Beach
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 2/16/1988
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1088 votesLoading...
#15 - Boomerang
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 3/19/1988
No description available
Director: Jefferson Kibbee
Writer: N/A
8.0/1096 votesLoading...#16 - The Baby Game
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 11/5/1988
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
- 8.0/1084 votesLoading...
#17 - Shoot to Kill
Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 4/8/1989
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/1082 votesLoading...#18 - Unacceptable Loss
Season 6 Episode 14 - Aired 2/10/1990
Hunter and McCall investigate the illegal disposal of poisonous gas that kills a young boy.
Director: Corey Allen
Writer: Catherine Clinch
- 7.9/10105 votesLoading...
#19 - The Beautiful & the Dead (1)
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 4/1/1986
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: N/A
Writer: Roy Huggins
- 7.9/1094 votesLoading...
#20 - Contract
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 12/13/1986
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
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/10110 votesLoading...
#21 - Straight to the Heart
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 1/24/1987
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.
Director: Tony Mordente
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1097 votesLoading...
#22 - Hot Pursuit (1)
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 5/2/1987
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).
Director: Michael Preece
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1088 votesLoading...
#23 - Hot Pursuit (2)
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 5/9/1987
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).
Director: Stepfanie Kramer
Writer: N/A
7.9/1086 votesLoading...#24 - Playing God
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 10/3/1987
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.
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Writer: Richard C. Okie
- 7.9/1098 votesLoading...
#25 - Night On Bald Mountain
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/31/1987
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Hunter
Every episode of Hunter ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into 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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Network:NBC
Best Episodes Summary
"Unfinished Business" is the best rated episode of "Hunter". It scored 8.4/10 based on 95 votes. Directed by Corey Allen and written by N/A, it aired on 2/24/1990. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Saturday Night Special".