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The Worst Episodes of Sledge Hammer!

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Worst episode
S2E2 Big Nazi on Campus
6.9148 votes
Best episode
S1E18 Desperately Seeking Dori
7.9172 votes
Top season
Season 1
7.5avg
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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Sledge Hammer! Season 2 Episode 2 - Big Nazi on Campus
    6.9/10(148 votes)

    S2:E2

    Sledge and Dori investigate the death of a college coed.

    Director:Charles Braverman
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Sledge Hammer! Season 2 Episode 15 - Sledge, Rattle 'n' Roll
    7.0/10(133 votes)

    S2:E15

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

    Director:Bill Bixby
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Sledge Hammer! Season 2 Episode 5 - The Death of a Few Salesmen
    7.1/10(138 votes)

    S2:E5

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

    Director:Bill Bixby
    Writer:Rod Ash

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  4. Sledge Hammer! Season 2 Episode 11 - Sledge in Toyland
    7.1/10(132 votes)

    S2:E11

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

    Director:Gary Walkow
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Sledge Hammer! Season 2 Episode 1 - A Clockwork Hammer
    7.2/10(152 votes)

    S2:E1

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

    Director:Reza Badiyi
    Writer:Chris Ruppenthal

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  6. Sledge Hammer! Season 2 Episode 16 - Suppose They Gave a War and Sledge Came?
    7.2/10(132 votes)

    S2:E16

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

    Director:Dick Martin
    Writer:Chris Ruppenthal

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  7. Sledge Hammer! Season 1 Episode 6 - To Sledge, with Love
    7.3/10(194 votes)

    S1:E6

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Sledge Hammer! Season 1 Episode 10 - If I Had a Little Hammer
    7.3/10(172 votes)

    S1:E10

    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:Unknown

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  9. Sledge Hammer! Season 1 Episode 13 - The Old Man and the Sledge
    7.3/10(171 votes)

    S1:E13

    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:Unknown

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  10. Sledge Hammer! Season 1 Episode 17 - Brother, Can You Spare a Crime?
    7.3/10(160 votes)

    S1:E17

    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

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  11. Sledge Hammer! Season 2 Episode 3 - Play It Again, Sledge
    7.3/10(148 votes)

    S2:E3

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

    Director:Bill Bixby
    Writer:David Ketchum

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  12. Sledge Hammer! Season 2 Episode 12 - Icebreaker
    7.3/10(134 votes)

    S2:E12

    Sledge finds himself competing with a British cop.

    Director:Bill Bixby
    Writer:Rod Ash

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  13. Sledge Hammer! Season 2 Episode 14 - Model Dearest
    7.3/10(134 votes)

    S2:E14

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

    Director:Dick Martin
    Writer:David Ketchum

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  14. Sledge Hammer! Season 2 Episode 7 - Dressed to Call
    7.3/10(132 votes)

    S2:E7

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

    Director:Jackie Cooper
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Sledge Hammer! Season 2 Episode 17 - The Secret of My Excess
    7.3/10(122 votes)

    S2:E17

    Sledge tracks down a yuppie's dirty deeds.

    Director:Dick Martin
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Sledge Hammer! Season 1 Episode 4 - They Shoot Hammers, Don't They?
    7.4/10(209 votes)

    S1:E4

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Alan Spencer

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  17. Sledge Hammer! Season 1 Episode 7 - All Shook Up
    7.4/10(201 votes)

    S1:E7

    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

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  18. Sledge Hammer! Season 1 Episode 19 - Sledgepoo
    7.4/10(156 votes)

    S1:E19

    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:Unknown

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  19. Sledge Hammer! Season 2 Episode 4 - Wild About Hammer
    7.4/10(149 votes)

    S2:E4

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

    Director:Gary Walkow
    Writer:Alan Spencer

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  20. Sledge Hammer! Season 2 Episode 6 - Vertical
    7.4/10(139 votes)

    S2:E6

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

    Director:Reza Badiyi
    Writer:David Ketchum

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  21. Sledge Hammer! Season 2 Episode 13 - They Call Me Mr. Trunk
    7.5/10(129 votes)

    S2:E13

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

    Director:Seymour Robbie
    Writer:Rod Ash

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  22. Sledge Hammer! Season 2 Episode 10 - Hammeroid
    7.5/10(146 votes)

    S2:E10

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

    Director:Gary Walkow
    Writer:Ron Friedman

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  23. Sledge Hammer! Season 2 Episode 9 - Last of the Red Hot Vampires
    7.5/10(149 votes)

    S2:E9

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

    Director:Bill Bixby
    Writer:Alan Spencer

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  24. Sledge Hammer! Season 1 Episode 16 - The Color of Hammer
    7.5/10(159 votes)

    S1:E16

    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:Unknown

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  25. Sledge Hammer! Season 1 Episode 15 - Haven't Gun, Will Travel
    7.5/10(160 votes)

    S1:E15

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Gerald Gardner

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Big Nazi on Campus" is the worst rated episode of Sledge Hammer!. It scored 6.9/10 from 148 votes. Directed by Charles Braverman and written by Unknown, it aired on September 24, 1987. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Sledge, Rattle 'n' Roll".

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