Mike Hammer backdrop
Mike Hammer poster
Crime
Drama
Mystery

The Best Episodes of Mike Hammer

Every episode of Mike Hammer ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Mike Hammer!

The Best Episodes of Mike Hammer

Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer, with Stacy Keach in the title role, is a television series that originally aired on CBS from January 28, 1984 to...

Filter By Season3

  1. 8.1/10(35 votes)

    #1 - Who Killed Sister Lorna?

    Loading...
    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.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  2. 8.1/10(37 votes)

    #2 - A Face in the Night

    Loading...
    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.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  3. 7.8/10(34 votes)

    #3 - Dead Pigeon

    Loading...
    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.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  4. 7.8/10(31 votes)

    #4 - Elegy for a Tramp

    Loading...
    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.

    0 Comments
    View all
  5. 7.7/10(32 votes)

    #5 - Mistress for the Prosecution

    Loading...
    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.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  6. 7.7/10(36 votes)

    #6 - Little Miss Murder

    Loading...
    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.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  7. Trending NowTRENDING NOW

    The 20 WORST Episodes of Mike Hammer

    READ
  8. 7.7/10(31 votes)

    #7 - Body Shot

    Loading...
    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.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  9. 7.6/10(29 votes)

    #8 - Green Lipstick

    Loading...
    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.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  10. 7.5/10(44 votes)

    #9 - Satan, Cyanide and Murder

    Loading...
    S1:E10

    A fashion designer is killed in Hammer's office and it appears that Hammer was the target. However, Hammer's investigations show that there is much more to it, involving murder and international intrigue.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Writer:N/A
  11. 7.5/10(37 votes)

    #10 - A Death in the Family

    Loading...
    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.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Ray Danton
    Writer:N/A
  12. 7.5/10(30 votes)

    #11 - Green Blizzard

    Loading...
    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!

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  13. 7.4/10(83 votes)

    #12 - 24 Karat Dead

    Loading...
    S1:E1

    An elderly couple goes to Mike and tells them that they placed all their money in gold. And the one handling their money won't give it to them. Mike initially tells them to go to a lawyer he knows. But when they're killed Mike decides to investigate and finds himself in the middle of something involving the Feds.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  14. 7.4/10(36 votes)

    #13 - Vickie's Song

    Loading...
    S1:E4

    The secrets of a rich and powerful family are revealed when Hammer looks into the overdose death of a friend, a popular singer.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Writer:N/A
  15. 7.4/10(36 votes)

    #14 - The Perfect Twenty

    Loading...
    S1:E9

    A fashion model is burnt to death in her apartment in what looks like a robbery gone wrong. When Hammer investigates he realises that there is much more to it. The trail leads to a surprising conclusion.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Writer:N/A
  16. 7.4/10(29 votes)

    #15 - Mike's Baby

    Loading...
    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?

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  17. 7.3/10(38 votes)

    #16 - Bonecrunch

    Loading...
    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.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Writer:N/A
  18. 7.3/10(24 votes)

    #17 - To Kill a Friend

    Loading...
    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.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  19. 7.3/10(30 votes)

    #18 - Requiem for Billy

    Loading...
    S3:E9

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

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  20. 7.2/10(48 votes)

    #19 - Hot Ice

    Loading...
    S1:E2

    A friend of Hammer's is kidnapped and held for ransom during a jewelry store robbery. Things go wrong during the handover of a valuable diamond and Hammer has a lot of work to do before he finally works out what is happening.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Writer:N/A
  21. 7.2/10(39 votes)

    #20 - Seven Dead Eyes

    Loading...
    S1:E3

    A friend of Hammer's is killed by a car bomb and Hammer is determined to find the killer by using a list of names found in his office. Unfortunately, the people on the list are being killed off but Hammer still has to find the reason.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:James Frawley
    Writer:N/A
  22. 7.2/10(51 votes)

    #21 - Shots in the Dark

    Loading...
    S1:E5

    Hammer saves a woman in Central Park only to see her killed in front of him a short time later on her front door steps. When police aren't looking for the killer, Hammer realizes that the mystery is bigger than he thought.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Writer:N/A
  23. 7.2/10(40 votes)

    #22 - Torch Song

    Loading...
    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.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:James Frawley
    Writer:N/A
  24. 7.2/10(26 votes)

    #23 - Deirdre

    Loading...
    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.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  25. 7.1/10(38 votes)

    #24 - Dead on a Dime

    Loading...
    S1:E6

    A former detective suddenly shoots a man for no reason and forces Hammer to kill him. Hammer is determined to find out why, with the clues being a blonde and a marked dime. These clues lead him to a psychiatric clinic.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  26. 7.1/10(36 votes)

    #25 - Negative Image

    Loading...
    S1:E8

    A friend of Hammer's, a fashion photographer is murdered after doing a fashion shoot. It takes Hammer and the police officer he is working with a long time to find a motive. There's betrayal and double-cross before the mystery is solved.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Leo Penn
    Writer:N/A

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 N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 2/11/1987. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "A Face in the Night".