The Best Episodes of Starsky & Hutch Season 1

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.5/10(889 votes)

   #1 - Savage Sunday

   S1:E19/10/1975

   An elderly couple, desperate to draw attention to the poor living conditions in their old folk’s home, have rigged the trunk of their car with fifty sticks of dynamite and a timer, planning to set it off outside City Hall. But the car is stolen by two thugs on a spree of armed liquor store robberies, unaware that the car is loaded with explosives, ticking towards detonation in the trunk.

   Director:Jack Starrett

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Jack Starrett

   Writer:Unknown
2. 

   7.4/10(411 votes)

   #2 - Texas Longhorn

   S1:E29/17/1975

   Wealthy used-car dealer Zack Tyler and his wife stop to help two men seemingly having car trouble, only for the two thugs to rob Zack, and rape and murder his wife. Starsky and Hutch work all out using their underground contacts to track down the two murderers, but they don't quite realise that once they have found the culprits, that Zack intends to get even with his wife's killers by taking the law into his own hands.

   Director:Jack Starrett

   Writer:Fred Freiberger

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   Director:Jack Starrett

   Writer:Fred Freiberger
3. 

   7.5/10(387 votes)

   #3 - Death Ride

   S1:E39/24/1975

   On assignment to protect the daughter of a crime czar who's agreed to testify against mob bosses Starsky and Hutch must drive her back home from San Francisco pursued by ruthless killers all along the way

   Director:Gene Nelson

   Writer:Edward J. Lakso

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   Director:Gene Nelson

   Writer:Edward J. Lakso
4. 

   7.6/10(381 votes)

   #4 - Snowstorm

   S1:E410/1/1975

   Starsky and Hutch, along with three other Detectives, are involved in a large drug bust, where pure cocaine with a street value three million dollars is seized. But following the successful raid, the detective duo come under suspicion when $1m worth of the drugs disappear. They have 48 hours to clear their names.

   Director:Gene Nelson

   Writer:Edward J. Lakso

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   Director:Gene Nelson

   Writer:Edward J. Lakso
5. 

   7.4/10(333 votes)

   #5 - The Fix

   S1:E510/8/1975

   Hutch is dating a girl who was formerly associated with a big-time mobster. But Hutch is abducted by the jealous mobster, who forcibly gets him hooked on heroin, in order to find out where the girl is.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Unknown

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6. 

   7.9/10(402 votes)

   #6 - Death Notice

   S1:E610/15/1975

   When a message is left scrawled on a table cloth in a strip club that one of the strippers will be killed, Starsky and Hutch are called in to protect the dancing girls and find the strange man who was sitting at the table.

   Director:William Crain

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:William Crain

   Writer:Unknown
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   7.4/10(347 votes)

   #7 - Pariah

   S1:E710/22/1975

   After shooting a homicidal teen during a hold-up Starsky is cleared of any wrongdoing. But, when fellow policemen are being murdered by a killer out to punish Starsky, he feels responsible and takes immediate action.

   Director:William Crain

   Writer:Robert C. Dennis

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   Director:William Crain

   Writer:Robert C. Dennis
8. 

   7.9/10(336 votes)

   #8 - Kill Huggy Bear

   S1:E810/29/1975

   Big pimping confidant Huggy Bear is marked for death after being robbed of a fortune owed to a ruthless racketeer. Starsky and Hutch must locate the stolen loot before their friend winds up murdered by the mob.

   Director:Michael Schultz

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Michael Schultz

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9. 

   7.4/10(324 votes)

   #9 - The Bait

   S1:E911/5/1975

   Dressed as flashy hustlers and using a beautiful blonde as a bait Starsky and Hutch pose as a pair of high rolling heroin dealers, climbing up the underworld ladder to nail the city's top dope distributors

   Directors:Michael Schultz, Ivan Dixon

   Writer:Fred Freiberger

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   Directors:Michael Schultz, Ivan Dixon

   Writer:Fred Freiberger
10. 

    7.2/10(315 votes)

    #10 - Lady Blue

    S1:E1011/12/1975

    A former girlfriend of Starsky's is found brutally murdered, with the body bizarrely wrapped in radio antenna wire. As the detective duo investigate, it emerges that the girl had been working undercover as a cocktail waitress while tracking down a psychotic killer. But there are several suspects as to the murderer's identity... are Starsky and Hutch on the right track?

    Directors:Don Weis, Ivan Dixon

    Writer:Edward J. Lakso

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    Directors:Don Weis, Ivan Dixon

    Writer:Edward J. Lakso
11. 

    7.4/10(325 votes)

    #11 - Captain Dobey, You're Dead!

    S1:E1111/19/1975

    When racist industrialist C.J. Woodfield puts out a contract on Captain Dobey and his family after the police chief a civil right's leader's assasination, Starsky and Hutch must infiltrate Woodfield's organisation before it's too late

    Directors:Don Weis, Michael Schultz

    Writer:Michael Mann

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    Directors:Don Weis, Michael Schultz

    Writer:Michael Mann
12. 

    7.7/10(309 votes)

    #12 - Terror on the Docks

    S1:E1211/26/1975

    Starsky and Hutch set about tracking down a dock-worker suspected of murdering an undercover Policeman who was investigating a series of waterfront heists. But a childhood friend of Hutch's is preparing to get married, and it seems that her groom-to-be might be involved.

    Directors:Randal Kleiser, Michael Schultz

    Writer:Unknown

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    Directors:Randal Kleiser, Michael Schultz

    Writer:Unknown
13. 

    7.4/10(304 votes)

    #13 - The Deadly Impostor

    S1:E1312/10/1975

    John Colby, an old friend of Starsky and Hutch's, returns to town, and asks them to use their connections to help him find his ex-wife Karen. But as they look for the woman, the duo find that there are things that don't quite add up, and, unbeknownst to them, the man holds a sinister and deadly secret.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Fred Freiberger

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    Writer:Fred Freiberger
14. 

    7.4/10(298 votes)

    #14 - Shootout

    S1:E1412/17/1975

    After a particularly long and awkward interrogation, Starsky and Hutch decide to unwind for the evening by going for a meal at an Italian restaurant. But the evening out is hardly the relaxing time anticipated when the restaurant is taken over by two syndicate hit-men planning to take out a Mob boss when he arrives at the diner.

    Director:Fernando Lamas

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Fernando Lamas

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15. 

    7.8/10(343 votes)

    #15 - The Hostages

    S1:E151/7/1976

    When Starsky offers for himself and Hutch to check on a waitress's missing friend, they find the man dead, leading them to stumble across a plot to rob an armoured car by a gang that are holding the driver's pregnant wife hostage, forcing the driver to go along with the plan.

    Directors:Fernando Lamas, George McCowan

    Writer:Unknown

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    Directors:Fernando Lamas, George McCowan

    Writer:Unknown
16. 

    7.8/10(325 votes)

    #16 - Losing Streak

    S1:E161/14/1976

    Down-on-his-luck jazz pianist, Vic Rankin, steals some money owed to him from a former boss, unaware that the cash is actually counterfeit. In over his head, Vic finds himself a hunted man and goes on the run.

    Directors:George McCowan, Don Weis

    Writer:Edward J. Lakso

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    Directors:George McCowan, Don Weis

    Writer:Edward J. Lakso
17. 

    7.2/10(294 votes)

    #17 - Silence

    S1:E171/21/1976

    The Detective duo meet Larry—a friendly ex-con, deaf-mute—living at a local half-way house, when they book him on a small charge. But when the trail from a series of robberies leads to Larry being the culprit, the pair are convinced of his innocence, and that someone else is using him as the ideal pawn.

    Directors:George McCowan, Don Weis

    Writer:Unknown

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    Directors:George McCowan, Don Weis

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18. 

    7.4/10(291 votes)

    #18 - The Omaha Tiger

    S1:E181/28/1976

    The dare-devil detectives become involved in the wild world of professional wrestling when they visit Mac Johnson, a retired colleague, now a promoter in the sport, who has some information for them about a recent suspicious accident in which a man was killed.

    Directors:George McCowan, Don Weis

    Writer:Unknown

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    Directors:George McCowan, Don Weis

    Writer:Unknown
19. 

    7.2/10(296 votes)

    #19 - Jojo

    S1:E192/18/1976

    Starsky and Hutch blow a Federal stake-out in order to intervene and stop violent rapist Jojo Forentic from committing his latest attack. But after they apprehend the attacker, who sprays his victims with orange paint, the duo find themselves struggling in an up-hill battle trying to get Forentic put away.

    Directors:George McCowan, Don Weis

    Writer:Edward J. Lakso

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    Directors:George McCowan, Don Weis

    Writer:Edward J. Lakso
20. 

    7.6/10(301 votes)

    #20 - Running

    S1:E202/25/1976

    A washed up, alcoholic former model, who Starsky went to school with, is the only person to get a good look at a murderous thief when she finds him robbing her apartment. But when she refuses assistance from the Police, Starsky risks both his career and his life as he breaks procedure and hides the girl out at his home to safeguard her until the killer is caught.

    Directors:George McCowan, Don Weis

    Writer:Michael Mann

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    Directors:George McCowan, Don Weis

    Writer:Michael Mann
21. 

    7.1/10(303 votes)

    #21 - A Coffin for Starsky

    S1:E213/3/1976

    Bent on seeking revenge against Hutch, a mad chemist mistakenly injects Starsky with a lethal poison that will kill him in 24 hours unless he finds the antidote in time. Things get worse when Starsky kills the only prime suspect who can identify the poison.

    Directors:George McCowan, Don Weis

    Writer:Unknown

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    Directors:George McCowan, Don Weis

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22. 

    8.1/10(339 votes)

    #22 - Bounty Hunter

    S1:E224/21/1976

    When a cop is shot dead, apparently by a bail-jumper, the detective duo pursue the alleged murderer. But as Starsky and Hutch search for the felon, they find that they are not the only ones after the felon.

    Directors:George McCowan, Don Weis

    Writer:Unknown

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    Directors:George McCowan, Don Weis

    Writer:Unknown