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The Worst Episodes of Hunter

Every episode of Hunter ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst 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....
Genres:Action & AdventureDrama
Network:NBC

Worst Episodes Summary

"Flight on a Dead Pigeon" is the worst rated episode of "Hunter". It scored 6.8/10 based on 166 votes. Directed by Michael Preece and written by E. Nick Alexander, it aired on 11/9/1984. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Beach Boy".

  • Flight on a Dead Pigeon
    6.8/10166 votes
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    #1 - Flight on a Dead Pigeon

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/9/1984

    A little girl has faith in the carrier pigeons, so she reports them stolen. No one listens until she is the target of a kidnapper.

    Director: Michael Preece

    Writer: E. Nick Alexander

  • The Beach Boy
    6.8/10133 votes
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    #2 - The Beach Boy

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 4/6/1985

    Drug dealers are feeling the wrath of a supplier they refused and the penalty is death.

    Director: Richard A. Colla

    Writer: N/A

  • Legacy
    6.9/10167 votes
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    #3 - Legacy

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/2/1984

    A gangster was killed. Now Terwilliger believes that it was a burglar who did but Hunter finds a few loose ends. Now the eldest son, Nick, who is a carouser fears what will happen if the girl whom he came home with the night his father was killed is found. Hunter and McCall eventually learn about her and find her she tells them that when they arrived at the house his father was upset with him and a fight broke out and then she heard the shot then the alarm. Which leads them to think that maybe Nick was the one who killed his father. However, the captain doesn't think that she's a credible witness, because she was drunk and was going to go bed with him. When she calls Nick demanding some hush money they agree to meet when Nick arrives someone shoots him and Hunter finds that he was going to pay her. Hunter then realizes that it was the other son, Billy who did it. He finds the girl with at the hospital and holds her hostage when Hunter arrives and manages to shoot him.

    Director: Ron Satlof

    Writer: Chris Bunch, Allan Cole

  • High Bleacher Man
    6.9/10137 votes
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    #4 - High Bleacher Man

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/7/1984

    Hunter and McCall arrest a man named Gavin, who is a street thug. They are then shocked to learn that the D.A. has made a deal with him. It seems that Gavin can link crime boss Nate Demarest to four murders. And Hunter is not pleased with it, cause if they let Gavin go, he will kill someone eventually. After an attempt is made on Gavin, Hunter suggests that they limit the knowledge of Gavin's whereabouts to just two people, and Gavin says that he wants Hunter and McCall to be those two. Cause he knows that they only way Hunter can prove that he didn't sell Gavin out, is to take a bullet for him. And it is while they are protecting Gavin that McCall recalls an old case wherein she and her partner were investigating Demarest for murdering an undercover Fed. McCall begins by talking to the man's wife and tells about a girl named Crissy who worked for Demarest, whom her husband took an interest in. Hunter then goes to talk to a man who once worked for Demarest, Whitey McPhee. And when he g

    Director: Arnold Laven

    Writer: N/A

  • Sniper
    6.9/10119 votes
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    #5 - Sniper

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 5/11/1985

    Hunter,and McCall investigate the mysterious Sniper shootings of blond women.Meanwhie,the Police Department personnel is being audited by a most efficient IRS Agent.

    Director: James Whitmore Jr.

    Writer: Sidney Ellis

  • Night of the Dragons
    6.9/10120 votes
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    #6 - 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 Incident
    6.9/1073 votes
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    #7 - The Incident

    Season 7 Episode 5 - Aired 10/24/1990

    No description available

    Director: Fred Dryer

    Writer: Kathy McCormick

  • Pen Pals
    7.0/10162 votes
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    #8 - Pen Pals

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/16/1984

    When a kid dies from smoking a joint laced with PCP, Hunter tracks down the slime-ball responsible. Hunter is then for murder. Dee Dee has to deal with a new partner and try to prove Hunter's innocence. Meanwhile, Hunter has to survive the attempts by the Hammer and his three lackeys to kill him.

    Director: Larry Stewart

    Writer: N/A

  • The Last Kill
    7.0/10118 votes
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    #9 - The Last Kill

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 4/20/1985

    Hunter and McCall trail a hit man who leaves a napkin with a purple circle on it at the scene of each crime. Hunter believes that the killer is the husband of his former girlfriend, a former magazine model. McCall believes Hunter is focusing on the husband of his ex out of jelousy. And Hunter's ex believes her husband is cheating on her, never suspecting the true nature of her spouse's activities.

    Director: Bruce Kessler

    Writer: N/A

  • Fire Man
    7.0/10124 votes
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    #10 - Fire Man

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 5/4/1985

    Hunter and McCall are brought in to help solve an arson/murder case. Someone has been setting fires to empty warehouses all over the city.

    Director: Tony Mordente

    Writer: N/A

  • Return of White Cloud
    7.0/1081 votes
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    #11 - Return of White Cloud

    Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 5/21/1989

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    Director: Stepfanie Kramer

    Writer: Stepfanie Kramer

  • A Long Way From L.A.
    7.1/10189 votes
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    #12 - A Long Way From L.A.

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/26/1984

    Hunter and McCall are transporting a prisoner back to L.A. when they have to stop at a small town. They place their prisoner in the custody of the Sheriff. Later that evening after the waitress from the local café brings the prisoner his dinner she's attacked and at the same time the prisoner's cell is opened. He runs out and everyone assumes he attacked her. However Hunter and McCall think the Sheriff had something to do with it. When they try to question him, they learn the Sheriff is the step-son of the town's wealthiest man.

    Director: Arnold Laven

    Writer: Frank Lupo

  • Dead or Alive
    7.1/10157 votes
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    #13 - Dead or Alive

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/30/1984

    Hunter and McCall track a bounty hunter who is not fussy about the condition of his prey.

    Director: Guy Magar

    Writer: Frank Lupo

  • Kill Zone
    7.1/1068 votes
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    #14 - Kill Zone

    Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 10/10/1990

    No description available

    Director: Corey Allen

    Writer: N/A

  • The Usual Suspects
    7.1/1069 votes
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    #15 - The Usual Suspects

    Season 7 Episode 8 - Aired 11/14/1990

    No description available

    Director: Alan Myerson

    Writer: N/A

  • Hard Contract
    7.2/10199 votes
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    #16 - Hard Contract

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/1984

    Hunter & McCall make a pact of protectiveness and loyalty toward each other when she is nearly killed by her old partner after she tries to stop him from a killer-for-hire assignment.

    Director: Bruce Kessler

    Writer: Frank Lupo, Stephen J. Cannell

  • The Garbage Man
    7.2/10146 votes
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    #17 - The Garbage Man

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1/11/1985

    Hunter and a friend of the victim, a parole officer, are both on the trail of the killer, only to cause a lot of problems for Hunter along the way.

    Director: Bruce Kessler

    Writer: N/A

  • Guilty
    7.2/10128 votes
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    #18 - Guilty

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 4/13/1985

    Hunter and McCall disobey orders and investigate a possible connection between two homicides instead of chasing muggers.

    Director: Michael Lange

    Writer: N/A

  • Rich Girl
    7.2/10133 votes
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    #19 - 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

  • 62 Hrs. of Terror
    7.2/10104 votes
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    #20 - 62 Hrs. of Terror

    Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 2/15/1986

    No description available

    Director: Michael Preece

    Writer: N/A

  • Blood Line
    7.2/1082 votes
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    #21 - Blood Line

    Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 4/1/1989

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Where Echoes End
    7.2/1068 votes
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    #22 - Where Echoes End

    Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 10/3/1990

    No description available

    Director: James Darren

    Writer: N/A

  • Shadows of the Past
    7.2/1065 votes
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    #23 - Shadows of the Past

    Season 7 Episode 17 - Aired 2/20/1991

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    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Avenging Angel
    7.3/10137 votes
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    #24 - The Avenging Angel

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/18/1985

    A surveillance expert decides to punish a murder suspect and the witness who was bought off.

    Director: James Whitmore Jr.

    Writer: N/A

  • Case X
    7.3/10127 votes
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    #25 - 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