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The Best Episodes of Mike Hammer

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The Best Episodes of Mike Hammer

Private detective Mike Hammer hunts down criminals on the mean streets of New York City.

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  1. Background image for Who Killed Sister Lorna?
    8.1/10(35 votes)

    #1 - Who Killed Sister Lorna?

    S3:E14

    Sister Lorna disappears and Hammer is hired to find her. It turns out her husband was in a big payroll robbery and the money disappeared. When Sister Lorna is murdered, Hammer is determined to find the murderer and the money.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for A Face in the Night
    8.1/10(38 votes)

    #2 - A Face in the Night

    S3:E22

    An Australian private detective approaches Hammer to find a missing author. Her only clue is 'The Face', Hammer's mysterious woman. He catches up with the The Face and finds out her story. Together they find out why the author is wanted.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for Dead Pigeon
    7.8/10(34 votes)

    #3 - Dead Pigeon

    S3:E2

    An undercover cop is murdered and Hammer is framed for his murder. In the middle is Sheila Forbes, the cop's wife and Hammer's former girlfriend. Hammer has to find out who really did the murder and why.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Elegy for a Tramp
    7.8/10(31 votes)

    #4 - Elegy for a Tramp

    S3:E12

    When actress whom Mike knows dies when she jumped off her apartment, MIke wonders if someone pushed her to it. He starts by asking around and learns that she was abused emotionally.

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  5. Background image for Mistress for the Prosecution
    7.7/10(32 votes)

    #5 - Mistress for the Prosecution

    S3:E6

    Barrington is drugged and a blackmailer takes some compromising photos of him. He is being asked to lose all his current cases. He then asks Hammer to help him find out who is blackmailing him and why.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for Little Miss Murder
    7.7/10(36 votes)

    #6 - Little Miss Murder

    S3:E10

    A private school girl hires Hammer to find her father, a man who was the getaway driver for a hotel robbery to order to fund his daughter's school fees. The solution goes all the way up the social ladder to a senate candidate.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Body Shot
    7.7/10(31 votes)

    #7 - Body Shot

    S3:E13

    An aging boxer, desperate for money, is training for a fight but his sister is concerned as he is having blackouts. She asks Hammer to find out what is happening. When he investigates there seem to be other factors affecting the fight.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for A Death in the Family
    7.5/10(37 votes)

    #8 - A Death in the Family

    S2:E9

    Hammer witnesses the murder of a mobster and, in the shooting, the owner of the café is seriously injured. Hammer is determined to avenge her shooting and is out to find the killers, which will also stop a potential mob war.

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    Director:Ray Danton
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for Green Blizzard
    7.5/10(30 votes)

    #9 - Green Blizzard

    S3:E16

    Mike helps an amateur counterfeiter who's gotten herself in trouble with the mob. Those gambling debts paid off with funny money didn't amuse them!

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for Green Lipstick
    7.5/10(30 votes)

    #10 - Green Lipstick

    S3:E21

    A woman in distress appears in Hammer's office asking for his help. It turns out to be his daughter, a woman that he didn't know existed. She is a singer in a band and the money she is raising for a charity is disappearing.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for Mike's Baby
    7.4/10(29 votes)

    #11 - Mike's Baby

    S3:E4

    Hammer finds an abandoned baby boy that is struggling to live, addicted to heroin. Searching for the boy's mother, Hammer finds her overdosed on heroin and strychnine. Who killed her, who's the boy's father and why did she really die?

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for Bonecrunch
    7.3/10(38 votes)

    #12 - Bonecrunch

    S2:E6

    Hammer is on the sidelines at a football game when the quarterback is killed. Hammer investigates and finds that there were plenty of reasons because man was into gambling and throwing games. However, finding the killer is more difficult.

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    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for To Kill a Friend
    7.3/10(24 votes)

    #13 - To Kill a Friend

    S3:E5

    Hammer leads a manhunt for a hood who, in the course of a jewel robbery, has gunned down Hammer's friend and left him with a bullet-riddled right arm.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for Requiem for Billy
    7.3/10(30 votes)

    #14 - Requiem for Billy

    S3:E9

    Mike Hammer looks for the answer to who killed his young friend, but all he encounters are more questions.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for Torch Song
    7.2/10(40 votes)

    #15 - Torch Song

    S2:E1

    Mike gets a friend of his a job as a security guard but he is killed by an explosion in a building on his first day on the job. Mike works along with the insurance investigator to find what caused the explosion and who set it off.

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    Director:James Frawley
    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for Deirdre
    7.2/10(26 votes)

    #16 - Deirdre

    S3:E1

    Mae-Marie hires Hammer to find her sister Deirdre only to be tied up with a philandering preacher called the Reverend Blessing, murder and some missing video tapes.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for Too Young to Die
    7.1/10(38 votes)

    #17 - Too Young to Die

    S2:E2

    Hammer helps a very young hooker and talks her into taking a legitimate job. When she is murdered he helps her sister find the murderer. The clue turns out to be the owner of a black limousine.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for Kill Devil
    7.1/10(39 votes)

    #18 - Kill Devil

    S2:E3

    Velda is mugged and the gang vows revenge when Hammer intervenes. They frame Hammer for murder and he is on the run until he is able to find the real killer and bring him to justice. Help comes from an unlikely source.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for Cold Target
    7.1/10(37 votes)

    #19 - Cold Target

    S2:E10

    A reporter friend of Hammer's is murdered she found some information about a crime gang. Hammer witnesses the killing but there are attempts on his life to stop him testifying. He has to work hard to find the leader of a criminal gang.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for A Bullet for Benny
    7.1/10(32 votes)

    #20 - A Bullet for Benny

    S2:E11

    A small shopkeep is murdered and a customer is severely injured in his shop. There doesn't seem to be a motive but the clues point to his connections with the mob. The federal authorities are also interested in what is happening.

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    Director:Ray Danton
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for Deadly Reunion
    7.1/10(31 votes)

    #21 - Deadly Reunion

    S2:E14

    An old school friend comes to Hammer with an invitation to a retirement dinner for one of their old teachers. The friend, who works for a congressman, is found murdered, as is another alumni. Hammer sets to work to find out why.

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    Director:Sutton Roley
    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for Lady Killer
    7.1/10(32 votes)

    #22 - Lady Killer

    S3:E18

    A murderer is killing successful businesswomen many of whom appeared on a TV show. Hammer must act quickly before his client, a women's magazine editor, is also killed.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for Harlem Nocturne
    7.0/10(38 votes)

    #23 - Harlem Nocturne

    S3:E7

    A man on parole wants Hammer to find his former girlfriend, who he hasn't seen for eight years. The man had been in jail for an armoured car robbery where the money wasn't found, which is crucial to understanding her current whereabouts.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  25. Background image for Murder in the Cards
    7.0/10(29 votes)

    #24 - Murder in the Cards

    S3:E8

    Mike Hammer's determination to rescue the son of an old army buddy from a trial for robbery and murder sends him on an eerie mission to an upstate fishing lodge where danger waits.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  26. Background image for To Kill John Doe
    7.0/10(30 votes)

    #25 - To Kill John Doe

    S3:E11

    A man with no memory walks into Hammer's office and wants to know who he is. It turns out he is an scientist wanted by the KGB. There are many twists and turns as Hammer tries to save him despite not being helped by the local agents.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

Best Episodes Summary

"Who Killed Sister Lorna?" is the best rated episode of "Mike Hammer". It scored 8.1/10 based on 35 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 2/11/1987. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "A Face in the Night".