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Sledge Hammer! is an American satirical police sitcom produced by New World Television that ran for two seasons on ABC from 1986 to 1988. The...
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Season 1

  • Under the Gun
    7.8/10258 votes
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    Under the Gun

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/1986

    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."

    Director: Martha Coolidge

    Writer: Alan Spencer

  • Hammer Gets Nailed
    7.7/10187 votes
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    Hammer Gets Nailed

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/26/1986

    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

    Director: Charles Braverman

    Writer: Al Jean, Mike Reiss

  • Witless
    7.6/10169 votes
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    Witless

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/3/1986

    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.

    Director: Jackie Cooper

    Writer: Alan Spencer

  • They Shoot Hammers, Don't They?
    7.5/10158 votes
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    They Shoot Hammers, Don't They?

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/17/1986

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Alan Spencer

  • Dori Day Afternoon
    7.8/10155 votes
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    Dori Day Afternoon

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/24/1986

    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.

    Director: James Sheldon

    Writer: N/A

  • To Sledge, with Love
    7.2/10147 votes
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    To Sledge, with Love

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/31/1986

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • All Shook Up
    7.4/10154 votes
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    All Shook Up

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/6/1986

    Hammer and Dori are assigned to locate a serial killer who is bumping off Elvis impersonators. In order to flush out the killer Hammer attends The Famous School For Elvis Impersonators where all the victims were once students. Complete with sequins and pompadour, Hammer enters an Elvis contest and sings The Battle Hymn of the Republic… setting himself up as bait.

    Director: Jackie Cooper

    Writer: Alan Spencer

  • Over My Dead Bodyguard
    7.8/10140 votes
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    Over My Dead Bodyguard

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/13/1986

    When the press reveals that Capt. Trunk is scheduled to testify against a mob boss, Hammer is assigned as his bodyguard. In an attempt on his life Trunk is wounded and taken to the hospital. Sledge decides to make a bogus report that the captain’s been killed, but an assassin learns Trunk is still alive and infiltrates the tightly secured hospital posing as a physician.

    Director: Charles S. Dubin

    Writer: Al Jean, Mike Reiss

  • Magnum Farce
    7.6/10142 votes
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    Magnum Farce

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/22/1986

    When a group of vigilante cops begin killing criminals who have gotten off due to legal technicalities, Hammer is assigned to infiltrate the group. To test his loyalty the rogues assign him the task of killing a female district attorney who is out to stop them. While this same D.A. tries to seduce Hammer in her home, Sledge learns that she is really the leader of the vigilantes and plans to kill him.

    Director: Charles Braverman

    Writer: N/A

  • If I Had a Little Hammer
    7.3/10130 votes
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    If I Had a Little Hammer

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/29/1986

    Hammer and Dori pose as a couple wanting to adopt a baby in order to discover who is kidnapping infants from a hospital maternity ward. They learn that the hospital’s head nurse and her brother are behind the abductions, which lead to an incongruous shootout in a baby supply warehouse.

    Director: Kim Manners

    Writer: N/A

  • To Live and Die on TV
    7.4/10135 votes
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    To Live and Die on TV

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/13/1986

    After a winning game show contestant is murdered, Hammer investigates. He learns that the show’s host did the killing, obscuring the fact that he’d also embezzled the prize money. Hammer signs on as a contestant to make the host try to kill again.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Miss of the Spider Woman
    7.6/10129 votes
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    Miss of the Spider Woman

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/20/1986

    Hammer is poisoned by a mysterious woman and learns that he has only twelve hours to live. Hammer learns that the only cure for the poison is held by a group of monks in the Andes who have taken a vow of silence. Severely weakened, Hammer must hunt down the perpetrators before it’s too late… made worse by the fact that it’s also daylight savings time.

    Director: Charles Braverman

    Writer: Al Jean, Mike Reiss

  • The Old Man and the Sledge
    7.3/10137 votes
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    The Old Man and the Sledge

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/3/1987

    Hammer gets to meet his idol, a retired police detective with a reputation for old school toughness, and gets him a job as a security guard at a local jewelry store. When the store is robbed, the old man is wounded and ends up at a retirement home. Hammer feels responsible for what happened and vows to get revenge on the thieves… not realizing he’s also giving the old man one last shot at glory.

    Director: Charles Braverman

    Writer: N/A

  • State of Sledge
    7.6/10137 votes
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    State of Sledge

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/10/1987

    When Hammer arrests the leader of a Satanic cult, Internal Affairs insists that the cultist be allowed his one phone call. Soon after the cultist makes the call, the precinct headquarters is surrounded by hundreds of demented devil worshippers. With communications to the outside cut off, Hammer devises a risky plan to lift the state of siege.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Al Jean, Mike Reiss

  • Haven't Gun, Will Travel
    7.5/10127 votes
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    Haven't Gun, Will Travel

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/17/1987

    A gang of silver thieves, working in cahoots with an unscrupulous police psychiatrist, destroys Hammer's psyche when they steal his beloved 44 Magnum… effectively crippling the crime fighter.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Gerald Gardner

  • The Color of Hammer
    7.5/10128 votes
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    The Color of Hammer

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/24/1987

    When Hammer's favorite hanging judge dismisses charges against a local mobster, Hammer investigates. The judge is found murdered with the only clue leading to a shady pool hall. Sledge poses as a pool shark to uncover the racketeer who has been blackmailing city officials.

    Director: Bruce Bilson

    Writer: N/A

  • Brother, Can You Spare a Crime?
    7.4/10130 votes
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    Brother, Can You Spare a Crime?

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/31/1987

    When a handsome jewel thief is arrested, he manages to convince Hammer that he’s his long-lost brother… enlisting Sledge’s aid in his rehabilitation.

    Director: Charles Braverman

    Writer: Gerald Gardner

  • Desperately Seeking Dori
    7.8/10141 votes
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    Desperately Seeking Dori

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/7/1987

    While pursuing a counterfeiter, Doreau gets knocked on the head. The results are a personality disorder that makes her behave in the same anti-social, violent manner as her partner Hammer.

    Director: Bob Sweeney

    Writer: Al Jean, Mike Reiss

  • Sledgepoo
    7.4/10125 votes
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    Sledgepoo

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/14/1987

    Hammer's search for a jewel thief leads to an upscale beauty salon, where henchmen rob the society matrons’ homes during their hair appointments. Hammer goes undercover as a hairdresser in order to stop the British thieves who are after the ladies' jewels.

    Director: Thomas Schlamme

    Writer: N/A

  • Comrade Hammer
    7.5/10129 votes
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    Comrade Hammer

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/21/1987

    Hammer is assigned to protect a Russian scientist who is being pursued by the KGB, leading to a cross country train journey fraught with peril.

    Director: Bruce Bilson

    Writer: David Ketchum

  • Jagged Sledge
    7.6/10129 votes
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    Jagged Sledge

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 4/21/1987

    Hammer goes on trial for the murder of the city's leading crime boss. Capt. Trunk and Dori are called upon to give damaging testimony against Hammer and everyone is convinced he’s guilty, including Hammer himself.

    Director: Reza Badiyi

    Writer: Chris Ruppenthal

  • The Spa Who Loved Me
    8.0/10148 votes
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    The Spa Who Loved Me

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 4/28/1987

    Bodybuilding terrorists led by a female aerobics instructor steal a nuclear warhead from the military and threaten to destroy the entire country. Hammer and Dori are assigned to the case and are captured by the group. When Hammer gets control of the situation he tries to disarm the device. Seconds later, the bomb explodes.

    Director: Jackie Cooper

    Writer: Robert Wuhl