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The Best Episodes of Hunter Season 2

Every episode of Hunter Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Hunter Season 2!

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. Dee Dee McCall, which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1991. However, Kramer left after the sixth season to pursue other acting and musical opportunities. In the seventh season, Hunter partnered with two different women officers. The titular character, Sgt. Rick Hunter, was a wily, physically imposing, and often rule-breaking homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. The show's main characters, Hunter and McCall, resolve many of their cases by shooting dead the perpetrators. The show's executive producer during the first season was Stephen J. Cannell, whose company produced the series.

Genres:Action & AdventureDrama
Network:NBC

Season 2 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "Hunter" season 2 is "Case X", rated 7.3/10 from 124 user votes. It was directed by David Soul and written by N/A. "Case X" aired on 9/21/1985 and is rated 0.0 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Night of the Dragons".

  • Case X
    7.3/10 124 votes

    #1 - Case X

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/1985

    A modeling agent is a front for a photographer's personal pornography ring, and when the female porn stars start turning up dead, McCall goes undercover.

    Director: David Soul

    Writer: N/A

  • Night of the Dragons
    7.3/10 118 votes

    #2 - Night of the Dragons

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/1985

    Hunter and McCall witness a shooting in Chinatown and follow up on their off time, but the officer-in-charge resents their meddling.

    Director: James Whitmore Jr.

    Writer: Herbert Wright

  • The Biggest Man in Town
    7.6/10 111 votes

    #3 - The Biggest Man in Town

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/5/1985

    The murder looks like a professional execution. But why would a small time accountant be killed when he is eighty miles from home and using an alias? For Hunter and Dee Dee the only clue is to go to the source - a small, wealthy resort community that is controlled by one man. Hunter can feel this guy is responsible but proving it is a deadly proposition

    Director: Bob Bralver

    Writer: N/A

  • Rich Girl
    7.1/10 131 votes

    #4 - Rich Girl

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/19/1985

    Hunter,and McCall investigate the attempted shooting of a wealthy businessman.The man's young wife was the prime suspect when arrested,put on trial,and aquitted for the crime(lack of proof).The young woman then dies,the victim of an apparent suicide.Hunter,and McCall then shifts their investigation to another suspect somebody that they had not previously suspected.

    Director: James Whitmore Jr.

    Writer: N/A

  • Killer in a Halloween Mask
    7.6/10 120 votes

    #5 - Killer in a Halloween Mask

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/26/1985

    No description available

    Director: Sidney Hayers

    Writer: N/A

  • Rape and Revenge (1)
    8.0/10 139 votes

    #6 - 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

  • Rape and Revenge (2)
    7.8/10 114 votes

    #7 - Rape and Revenge (2)

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/9/1985

    Hunter ends up in San Pablo wanting to shoot Raul Mariano, the man who raped McCall and shot Hunter. McCall comes and tries to stop Hunter from killing Mariano. She fails, and Hunter shoots Mariano four times. After, Hunter and McCall must escape from an army that is trying to kill them

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Million Dollar Misunderstanding
    7.8/10 116 votes

    #8 - Million Dollar Misunderstanding

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/16/1985

    A ruthless robbery of an armoured car goes awry when Dunbar, the leader of the gang, kills his partner only to have his car stolen with the $1,000,000 in the trunk. When the owner of the car is later killed, Hunter and McCall find themselves on a case that gets deadlier at every turn and puts Rick against as tough and mean a man as he'll ever meet

    Director: Michael Preece

    Writer: Frank Lupo

  • The Big Fall
    7.4/10 108 votes

    #9 - The Big Fall

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/23/1985

    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.

    Director: James Whitmore Jr.

    Writer: N/A

  • Waiting for Mr. Wrong
    7.6/10 112 votes

    #10 - Waiting for Mr. Wrong

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/7/1985

    A flashy yet deadly jewelry store robbery leaves Hunter and McCall with a dead body and a cold trail. When Angelita, a beautiful young model who is their only connection to one of the killers, boards a train to San Diego, Hunter is right behind her. But her surveillance accidentally becomes contact and contact turns to passion. Is she an innocent victim of a ruthless killer, or is she just as deadly? Rick must make a decision and the wrong decision could be a killer.

    Director: Ron Satlof

    Writer: N/A

  • Think Blue
    7.5/10 101 votes

    #11 - Think Blue

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/14/1985

    No description available

    Director: Michael O'Herlihy

    Writer: Sidney Ellis

  • Blow-up
    7.6/10 106 votes

    #12 - Blow-up

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/4/1986

    Someone bombs the angel on a grave and Hunter thinks it was done by a man he arrested a long time ago.

    Director: Douglas Heyes

    Writer: Herbert Wright

  • War Zone
    7.3/10 102 votes

    #13 - War Zone

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 1/11/1986

    A hooker's murder and a pharmaceutical theft are connected.

    Director: Bob Bralver

    Writer: N/A

  • Burned
    7.5/10 102 votes

    #14 - Burned

    Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 1/18/1986

    A lawyer who was indicted for bribing a juror fakes his death.

    Director: Charlie Picerni

    Writer: N/A

  • Scrap Metal
    7.7/10 101 votes

    #15 - Scrap Metal

    Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 2/1/1986

    No description available

    Director: Michael Preece

    Writer: Sidney Ellis

  • Fagin 1986
    7.4/10 108 votes

    #16 - Fagin 1986

    Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 2/8/1986

    No description available

    Director: Douglas Heyes

    Writer: Randall Wallace

  • 62 Hrs. of Terror
    7.1/10 101 votes

    #17 - 62 Hrs. of Terror

    Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 2/15/1986

    No description available

    Director: Michael Preece

    Writer: N/A

  • Death Machine
    7.3/10 108 votes

    #18 - Death Machine

    Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 3/11/1986

    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!

    Director: Kim Manners

    Writer: N/A

  • The Setup
    7.7/10 96 votes

    #19 - The Setup

    Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 3/25/1986

    A beautiful young woman is killed in a very professional style and Hunter knows her death is a link to a three-year-old case of an elusive international criminal named Varn. But before Hunter and McCall can piece together the case, Hunter is framed for a brutal assualt. Why would the victim finger Hunter? Who killed the young woman? Where is Varn? Hunter and McCall must find the answers before Rick takes the fall and Varn disappears forever

    Director: James Whitmore Jr.

    Writer: N/A

  • The Beautiful & the Dead (1)
    7.8/10 103 votes

    #20 - 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

  • The Beautiful & the Dead (2)
    7.8/10 106 votes

    #21 - The Beautiful & the Dead (2)

    Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 4/8/1986

    No description available

    Director: Tony Mordente

    Writer: Roy Huggins

  • The Return of Typhoon Thompson
    7.3/10 101 votes

    #22 - The Return of Typhoon Thompson

    Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/6/1986

    Jerome Typhoon Thompson a once famous Middle-weight prizefighter is realeased from Prison after serving 5-years of a life sentence.He was convicted of murdering his manager,a charge that he says is false.Because of good behavior he was paroled.Once outside he is greetd by Hunter,who warns Typhoon not to seek revenge on those he feels had set him up.However Typhoon will not listen.He immediatly looks around,hoping to get information on the people that he knows are responsible for his imprisonment.His quest gets the attention of two people on motocycles who try to kill him .Foretunatly Hunter,and McCall were there(they were keeping surveillance on Typhoon)they arrested the would be killers.Hunter who earlier thought Typhoon was guilty isn't so sure now.He,and McCall will continue their investigation until something comes out .

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Saturday Night Special
    8.3/10 116 votes

    #23 - 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