Sledge Hammer is a no-nonsense cop whose best friend is his .44 Magnum, and who just loves to use excessive force to collar criminals. In the opener, the mayor's daughter is kidnapped, and Hammer vows to bring her back -- "dead or alive."

The precinct thinks that Sledge and Dori have slept together when all that appears on a surveillance tape is them drunk and in bed.

Sledge's ex-wife marries his best high school friend & forces Sledge to think about his lifestyle.

While suffering from vertigo, Sledge must protect the girlfriend of a mobster.

After breaking nearly all his bones, Sledge encases himself in a robotic suit to stop a robot.

Trunk must solve the puzzle of why the army has surrounded the entire precinct before the entire staff dies.

Dori poses as a model to get the dirt on a white slavery ring.

Sledge must discover who's making threatening calls to a radio psychologist.

Sledge poses as an assassin to discover a mobster's secret hideout.

An old time movie vampire is falsely accused of murdering his cast and crew.

Sledge finds himself competing with a British cop.

To investigate the death of a prominent businessman, Sledge joins a weekend war gaming organization.

When Sledge and Dori get suspended from the force, they open a private investigation firm with counseling from Bogart's ghost.

A female cop with a sadistic/ masochistic fetish falls for and kidnaps Sledge.

Sledge is sent to investigate when a toy manufacturer is attacked by one of his own toys.

Hammer investigates the mysterious deaths of a heavy metal group and their manager.

Vile Video Concepts conditions cops not to testify against a mobster; Hammer meets a computerized version of himself.

Sledge poses as an Australian car magnate, Crocodile Bruce, to catch the killer of used car dealers.

Sledge tracks down a yuppie's dirty deeds.

Sledge and Dori investigate the death of a college coed.

A reporter spends a day with Hammer and gets more than he bargained for, and Hammer gets fired. Guest Stars Ronnie Schell as Phil Gumm

After a mobster puts out a “one week only” million-dollar contract on Hammer, every killer in the city, and some financially strapped cops, tries to claim the prize. After an attempted hit takes place in Capt. Trunk' s office, Hammer is ordered to spend the week in a small "Hamish” village. Hammer proceeds to disrupt the lives of this pacifistic community. By the time the hired gunmen arrive, the formerly peaceful farmers, who Hammer corrupted into the ways of violence, assist him.

An escaped convict wrecks havoc in the city, promising even more destruction unless Hammer agrees to meet him in an old west style showdown. The convict is John Kogan, Hammer's childhood rival as well as former partner in the police department. Kogan is also the only man faster on the draw than Hammer… a fact that Sledge is well aware of.

When Hammer and Dori make a trip to the bank they become involved in an armed robbery. The detectives are taken hostage and the robbers demand a plane to take them to Rio. Dori tries to convince Hammer to let her use her training in terrorist psychology and persuasion before he starts blowing everyone away.

Hammer is asked to straighten out some young hoods that have taken over their high school. He discovers that the gang is working for a local car theft ring. Hammer convinces the teens to put their violent nature to good use by training them to become cops.