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The Best Episodes of Hunter Season 5

Every episode of Hunter Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Hunter Season 5!

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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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Hunter Season 5 Episode 1 - Heir of Neglect
    7.6/10(103 votes)

    #1 - Heir of Neglect

    S5:E1

    Hunter investigates the case of a teenage boy who mistakenly shot his parents during what he claimed was a home invasion.

    Director:Alexander Singer
    Writer:David Kemper

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  2. Hunter Season 5 Episode 2 - The Baby Game
    8.0/10(107 votes)

    #2 - 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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  3. Hunter Season 5 Episode 3 - Dead on Target (1)
    7.2/10(101 votes)

    #3 - Dead on Target (1)

    S5:E3

    While investigating the apparent suicide of Hunter's friend from the Vietnam War, Hunter and McCall uncover a twenty-year-old betrayal with a rising body count.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Hunter Season 5 Episode 4 - Dead on Target (2)
    7.3/10(94 votes)

    #4 - Dead on Target (2)

    S5:E4

    Hunter uncovers a gem-smuggling operation while investigating his war buddy's death.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Hunter Season 5 Episode 5 - Presumed Guilty
    8.0/10(98 votes)

    #5 - Presumed Guilty

    S5:E5

    McCall finds her loyalties sharply divided when an important murder case being prosecuted by her lover is jeopardized by Hunter, who thinks the defendant is innocent.

    Director:Alexander Singer
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Hunter Season 5 Episode 6 - No Good Deed Ever Goes Unpunished
    7.6/10(100 votes)

    #6 - No Good Deed Ever Goes Unpunished

    S5:E6

    Mysterious tape recordings accusing a powerful company of illegally dumping toxic waste seem like a prank, until Hunter and McCall find that someone is willing to kill to conceal the truth.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Hunter Season 5 Episode 7 - Honorable Profession
    7.7/10(102 votes)

    #7 - Honorable Profession

    S5:E7

    Hunter puts his job on the line when he defends a female officer wounded and possibly killed in the line of duty.

    Director:Michael O'Herlihy
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Hunter Season 5 Episode 8 - Payback
    7.2/10(97 votes)

    #8 - Payback

    S5:E8

    Hunter and McCall try to solve a bank robbery and murder, while attempting to cope with the double and triple-crossing schemes of a small time criminal who once saved Hunter's life and won't let him forget it.

    Director:Alexander Singer
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Hunter Season 5 Episode 9 - Partners
    7.9/10(96 votes)

    #9 - Partners

    S5:E9

    When the husband of a policewoman is murdered, evidence of wife abuse makes Hunter and McCall suspect the woman's patrol partner who knew about the beatings.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Hunter Season 5 Episode 10 - The Pit
    7.4/10(99 votes)

    #10 - The Pit

    S5:E10

    The son of an LAPD dispatcher lands himself in hot water when he accumulates gambling debts.

    Director:Randy Roberts
    Writer:Joe Menosky

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  11. Hunter Season 5 Episode 11 - City Under Siege (1)
    7.8/10(116 votes)

    #11 - City Under Siege (1)

    S5:E11

    Hunter and McCall track a pair of killers through a Los Angeles suburb where a crime wave and backlash vigilantism threaten to tear the community apart.

    Director:James Fargo
    Writer:Joe Menosky

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  12. Hunter Season 5 Episode 12 - City Under Siege (2)
    7.7/10(105 votes)

    #12 - City Under Siege (2)

    S5:E12

    An escaped killer continues to stalk Hunter; a desperate vigilante fights crime in his neighborhood.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Hunter Season 5 Episode 13 - City Under Siege (3)
    7.8/10(109 votes)

    #13 - City Under Siege (3)

    S5:E13

    Hunter nabs an escaped convict after a neighborhood vigilante is found dead.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Hunter Season 5 Episode 14 - Me, Myself & Die
    7.2/10(98 votes)

    #14 - Me, Myself & Die

    S5:E14

    A woman is the prime suspect in a brutal murder case after she stops taking her experimental medication.

    Director:Jefferson Kibbee
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Hunter Season 5 Episode 15 - Informant
    7.8/10(92 votes)

    #15 - Informant

    S5:E15

    An informant to whom Hunter promised anonymity seven years earlier represents himself when his case is re-tried.

    Director:James Whitmore Jr.
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Hunter Season 5 Episode 16 - Blood Line
    7.1/10(93 votes)

    #16 - Blood Line

    S5:E16

    Hunter and McCall follow the trail of revenge and fraud while investigating the murder of a thoroughbred racehorse.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Hunter Season 5 Episode 17 - Shoot to Kill
    8.1/10(92 votes)

    #17 - 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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  18. Hunter Season 5 Episode 18 - Code 3
    7.9/10(93 votes)

    #18 - Code 3

    S5:E18

    When a nurse she recently befriended is killed in a car accident related to alcohol just a few days later, McCall suspects foul play. She is even more convinced of that after learning the nurse was pregnant, and would not have mixed alcohol with the morning sickness medication she was taking.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Hunter Season 5 Episode 19 - Ring of Honor
    7.7/10(94 votes)

    #19 - Ring of Honor

    S5:E19

    When a series of murders hits the prize-fighting community, a boxing trainer helps Hunter and McCall investigate. Boxing turns deadly when the manager of promising fighter Sonny Ruiz and a doctor are both murdered. Hunter penetrates the world of prizefighting.

    Director:Fred Dryer
    Writer:Asher Brauner

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  20. Hunter Season 5 Episode 20 - Teen Dreams
    7.6/10(100 votes)

    #20 - Teen Dreams

    S5:E20

    Prostitutes are being murdered by a man who lures them disguised as a police officer. When McCall's friend Debbie Small (from the "City Under Siege" saga) returns to the profession, she may be the next target.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Hunter Season 5 Episode 21 - Last Run
    8.2/10(105 votes)

    #21 - 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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  22. Hunter Season 5 Episode 22 - Return of White Cloud
    6.9/10(89 votes)

    #22 - Return of White Cloud

    S5:E22

    Hunter and McCall investigate the murder of an art gallery owner involved in illegal sales of Native American artifacts, and find themselves drawn into a mysterious world of Native American politics.

    Director:Stepfanie Kramer
    Writer:Stepfanie Kramer

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Heir of Neglect" is the best rated episode of "Hunter" season 5. It scored 7.6/10 based on 103 votes. Directed by Alexander Singer and written by David Kemper, it aired on 10/29/1988. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "The Baby Game".