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The Worst Episodes of Starsky & Hutch

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Streetwise Detective David Starsky partners up with a more intellectual partner, Kenneth 'Hutch' Hutchinson, to protect citizens and patrol the streets of Bay City.

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Starsky & Hutch Season 1 Episode 6 - Death Notice
    0.0/10(410 votes)

    #1 - Death Notice

    S1:E6

    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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  2. Starsky & Hutch Season 1 Episode 10 - Lady Blue
    0.0/10(323 votes)

    #2 - Lady Blue

    S1:E10

    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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  3. Starsky & Hutch Season 1 Episode 11 - Captain Dobey, You're Dead!
    0.0/10(332 votes)

    #3 - Captain Dobey, You're Dead!

    S1:E11

    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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  4. Starsky & Hutch Season 1 Episode 12 - Terror on the Docks
    0.0/10(315 votes)

    #4 - Terror on the Docks

    S1:E12

    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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  5. Starsky & Hutch Season 1 Episode 13 - The Deadly Impostor
    0.0/10(310 votes)

    #5 - The Deadly Impostor

    S1:E13

    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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  6. Starsky & Hutch Season 1 Episode 14 - Shootout
    0.0/10(304 votes)

    #6 - Shootout

    S1:E14

    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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  7. Starsky & Hutch Season 1 Episode 15 - The Hostages
    0.0/10(349 votes)

    #7 - The Hostages

    S1:E15

    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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  8. Starsky & Hutch Season 1 Episode 16 - Losing Streak
    0.0/10(332 votes)

    #8 - Losing Streak

    S1:E16

    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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  9. Starsky & Hutch Season 1 Episode 17 - Silence
    0.0/10(300 votes)

    #9 - Silence

    S1:E17

    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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  10. Starsky & Hutch Season 1 Episode 19 - Jojo
    0.0/10(302 votes)

    #10 - Jojo

    S1:E19

    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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  11. Starsky & Hutch Season 1 Episode 20 - Running
    0.0/10(307 votes)

    #11 - Running

    S1:E20

    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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  12. Starsky & Hutch Season 1 Episode 22 - Bounty Hunter
    0.0/10(347 votes)

    #12 - Bounty Hunter

    S1:E22

    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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  13. Starsky & Hutch Season 2 Episode 1 - The Las Vegas Strangler (1)
    0.0/10(330 votes)

    #13 - The Las Vegas Strangler (1)

    S2:E1

    First part of a feature-length / two-part story. Dare-devil Detective duo Starsky and Hutch are loaned to the Las Vegas Police Department to snare a serial killer that has strangled a string of chorus girls. But the pair don't realise that they've been chosen for the case on more than merit alone - the prime suspect is an old high-school friend of Hutch's. While tracking down the killer, Starsky starts seeing an attractive show-girl - who could be the killer's next victim...

    Director:George McCowan
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Starsky & Hutch Season 2 Episode 2 - The Las Vegas Strangler (2)
    0.0/10(279 votes)

    #14 - The Las Vegas Strangler (2)

    S2:E2

    Concluding part of this feature-length / two-part story. The duo close in on the serial strangler who is singling out chorus girls, but the investigation holds some unexpected, startling implications about several people linked to the case...

    Director:George McCowan
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Starsky & Hutch Season 2 Episode 3 - Murder at Sea (1)
    0.0/10(277 votes)

    #15 - Murder at Sea (1)

    S2:E3

    First part of a feature-length / two-part story. Investigating a murder, the tough duo go undercover on luxury cruise ship The Amolola, as entertainment directors Hack and Zack, where the case leads to them uncovering drug smuggling...

    Director:George McCowan
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Starsky & Hutch Season 2 Episode 4 - Murder at Sea (2)
    0.0/10(245 votes)

    #16 - Murder at Sea (2)

    S2:E4

    Concluding part of this feature-length / two-part story. The Detective duo, undercover as cruise ship entertainers Hack and Zack, find that they have stumbled onto something much bigger than dope dealers – the ship is to be the meeting place for a group of leading syndicate figures...

    Director:George McCowan
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Starsky & Hutch Season 2 Episode 5 - Gillian
    0.0/10(314 votes)

    #17 - Gillian

    S2:E5

    The Detective duo investigate a killing that is latest in a string of crimes in the red-light district. Off duty, Hutch is getting serious with his new girl-friend, the classy Gillian, but as the intreptid Detectives investigate the killing, Starsky by chance finds that Hutch's new love is a prostitute.

    Director:George McCowan
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Starsky & Hutch Season 2 Episode 6 - Bust Amboy (a.k.a. Nightlight)
    0.0/10(269 votes)

    #18 - Bust Amboy (a.k.a. Nightlight)

    S2:E6

    The Detective pair are determined to nail the wealthy Amboy, a crafty narcotics dealer who is supplying young prostitutes, and always avoids Police arrest with legal loop-holes...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Starsky & Hutch Season 2 Episode 10 - Vendetta (a.k.a. The Monster)
    0.0/10(279 votes)

    #19 - Vendetta (a.k.a. The Monster)

    S2:E10

    The Detective duo are on the case as criminals and public alike are endangered when Solkin, a Fagin-like felon, uses an imbalanced teenager to commit crimes - including brutal assaults and murder - for his own nefarious purposes.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Starsky & Hutch Season 2 Episode 12 - Iron Mike
    0.0/10(262 votes)

    #20 - Iron Mike

    S2:E12

    The crime-busting pair's suspicions are aroused when they spot highly respected Police Captain "Iron Mike" Ferguson accepting an envelope from an underworld kingpin.

    Director:Don Weis
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Starsky & Hutch Season 2 Episode 14 - Bloodbath
    0.0/10(287 votes)

    #21 - Bloodbath

    S2:E14

    On the day of trial of Simon Marcus, a murderous cult leader that Starsky and Hutch arrested, Starsky is snatched away by the cult leader's followers just before judgement is passed.

    Director:Paul Michael Glaser
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Starsky & Hutch Season 2 Episode 15 - The Psychic
    0.0/10(304 votes)

    #22 - The Psychic

    S2:E15

    Huggy introduces the Detective duo to a friend of his, opening up a new café, who unwittingly has clairvoyant visions. Starsky is sceptical of such psychic ability, Hutch more willing to believe.

    Director:Don Weis
    Writer:Michael Mann

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  23. Starsky & Hutch Season 2 Episode 16 - The Set-Up (1)
    0.0/10(301 votes)

    #23 - The Set-Up (1)

    S2:E16

    First episode of a two-part story. The tough Detective partners are working incognito as truckers, in an operation to safely transport Joe Durniak - a man with Mob connections whom Starsky knows from his childhood - who is promised protection and a new identity in return for giving testimony as a key state witness.

    Director:George McCowan
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Starsky & Hutch Season 2 Episode 17 - The Set-Up (2)
    0.0/10(300 votes)

    #24 - The Set-Up (2)

    S2:E17

    Conclusion of this two-part story. The duo try to uncover the truth behind Terry Nash - the well-intentioned gun-man out to avenge the murder of his wife and who, until recently, didn't seem to even exist - but in doing so, they are framed and wind up suspended from duty and becoming fugitives.

    Director:George McCowan
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Starsky & Hutch Season 2 Episode 18 - Survival
    0.0/10(292 votes)

    #25 - Survival

    S2:E18

    After Hutch plays the key part in a successful undercover operation to nail a wanted racketeer, the captured felon hires a hit-man to prevent Hutch from testifying in court.

    Director:David Soul
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Death Notice" is the worst rated episode of "Starsky & Hutch". It scored 0/10 based on 410 votes. Directed by William Crain and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/15/1975. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Lady Blue".