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The Worst Episodes of Sledge Hammer!

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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 series was created by Alan Spencer and stars David Rasche

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Sledge Hammer! Season 2 Episode 14 - Model Dearest
    2.3/10(2 votes)

    #1 - Model Dearest

    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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  2. Sledge Hammer! Season 2 Episode 8 - Hammer Hits the Rock (a.k.a. Sledge on the Rock)
    3.5/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Hammer Hits the Rock (a.k.a. Sledge on the Rock)

    S2:E8

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

    Director:Bill Bixby
    Writer:Rod Ash

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  3. Sledge Hammer! Season 2 Episode 9 - Last of the Red Hot Vampires
    3.5/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Last of the Red Hot Vampires

    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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  4. Sledge Hammer! Season 2 Episode 10 - Hammeroid
    3.5/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Hammeroid

    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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  5. Sledge Hammer! Season 2 Episode 11 - Sledge in Toyland
    3.5/10(1 votes)

    #5 - Sledge in Toyland

    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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  6. Sledge Hammer! Season 2 Episode 12 - Icebreaker
    3.5/10(1 votes)

    #6 - Icebreaker

    S2:E12

    Sledge finds himself competing with a British cop.

    Director:Bill Bixby
    Writer:Rod Ash

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  7. Sledge Hammer! Season 2 Episode 13 - They Call Me Mr. Trunk
    3.5/10(1 votes)

    #7 - They Call Me Mr. Trunk

    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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  8. Sledge Hammer! Season 2 Episode 15 - Sledge, Rattle 'n' Roll
    3.5/10(1 votes)

    #8 - Sledge, Rattle 'n' Roll

    S2:E15

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

    Director:Bill Bixby
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Sledge Hammer! Season 2 Episode 16 - Suppose They Gave a War and Sledge Came?
    3.5/10(1 votes)

    #9 - Suppose They Gave a War and Sledge Came?

    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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  10. Sledge Hammer! Season 2 Episode 17 - The Secret of My Excess
    3.5/10(1 votes)

    #10 - The Secret of My Excess

    S2:E17

    Sledge tracks down a yuppie's dirty deeds.

    Director:Dick Martin
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Sledge Hammer! Season 2 Episode 18 - It Happened What Night?
    3.5/10(1 votes)

    #11 - It Happened What Night?

    S2:E18

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

    Director:Bill Bixby
    Writer:Rod Ash

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  12. Sledge Hammer! Season 2 Episode 19 - Here's to You, Mrs. Hammer
    3.5/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Here's to You, Mrs. Hammer

    S2:E19

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

    Director:Bill Bixby
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Sledge Hammer! Season 1 Episode 22 - The Spa Who Loved Me
    4.0/10(3 votes)

    #13 - The Spa Who Loved Me

    S1:E22

    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

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  14. Sledge Hammer! Season 1 Episode 2 - Hammer Gets Nailed
    5.3/10(2 votes)

    #14 - Hammer Gets Nailed

    S1:E2

    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
    Writers:Al Jean, Mike Reiss

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  15. Sledge Hammer! Season 1 Episode 3 - Witless
    5.3/10(2 votes)

    #15 - Witless

    S1:E3

    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

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  16. Sledge Hammer! Season 1 Episode 4 - They Shoot Hammers, Don't They?
    5.3/10(2 votes)

    #16 - They Shoot Hammers, Don't They?

    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 5 - Dori Day Afternoon
    5.3/10(2 votes)

    #17 - Dori Day Afternoon

    S1:E5

    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:Unknown

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  18. Sledge Hammer! Season 1 Episode 6 - To Sledge, with Love
    5.3/10(2 votes)

    #18 - To Sledge, with Love

    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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  19. Sledge Hammer! Season 1 Episode 7 - All Shook Up
    5.3/10(2 votes)

    #19 - All Shook Up

    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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  20. Sledge Hammer! Season 1 Episode 8 - Over My Dead Bodyguard
    5.3/10(2 votes)

    #20 - Over My Dead Bodyguard

    S1:E8

    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
    Writers:Al Jean, Mike Reiss

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  21. Sledge Hammer! Season 1 Episode 9 - Magnum Farce
    5.3/10(2 votes)

    #21 - Magnum Farce

    S1:E9

    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:Unknown

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  22. Sledge Hammer! Season 1 Episode 10 - If I Had a Little Hammer
    5.3/10(2 votes)

    #22 - If I Had a Little Hammer

    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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  23. Sledge Hammer! Season 1 Episode 11 - To Live and Die on TV
    5.3/10(2 votes)

    #23 - To Live and Die on TV

    S1:E11

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Sledge Hammer! Season 1 Episode 12 - Miss of the Spider Woman
    5.3/10(2 votes)

    #24 - Miss of the Spider Woman

    S1:E12

    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
    Writers:Al Jean, Mike Reiss

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  25. Sledge Hammer! Season 1 Episode 13 - The Old Man and the Sledge
    5.3/10(2 votes)

    #25 - The Old Man and the Sledge

    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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Worst Episodes Summary

"Model Dearest" is the worst rated episode of "Sledge Hammer!". It scored 2.3/10 based on 2 votes. Directed by Dick Martin and written by David Ketchum, it aired on 1/7/1988. This episode scored 1.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Hammer Hits the Rock (a.k.a. Sledge on the Rock)".