- 7.3/10108 votes
#1 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/4/1985
Jesse's best friend is killed by a black truck and Jesse himself is injured in the accident. He can't ride a motorcycle again until a man named Norman Tuttle turns up and offers him a knee operation and a job as a test pilot for a top-secret government project, code named Street Hawk.
Director: Virgil W. Vogel
Writer: Paul M. Belous, Robert Wolterstorff
- 7.2/1097 votes
#2 - A Second Self
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/11/1985
Jesse's old mate (George Clooney) shows up in town after years of not seeing him. Unknown to Jesse he is in town to kill Street Hawk.
Director: Virgil W. Vogel
Writer: Bruce Cervi, Nicholas Corea
- 6.6/1061 votes
#3 - The Adjuster
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/18/1985
Jesse impedes a jewel sale, but a murderer, pretending to be a cop, retrieves the gems. This episodes introduces an enemy unknown to Street Hawk. This enemy is the masquerading cop boss whom we only know of via telephone conversations.
Director: Virgil W. Vogel
Writer: Nicholas Corea
- 6.6/1055 votes
#4 - Vegas Run
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/22/1985
Unwittingly Jesse and Norman become embroiled in the case of Linda Martin, an important witness against a mobster. She is persued by the mobster's henchman who are hell-bent on getting rid of her.
Director: Virgil W. Vogel
Writer: Deborah Dean Davis
- 5.9/1054 votes
#5 - Dog Eat Dog
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 1/30/1985
Jesse attempts to convince a rock star to appear in a public service announcement.
Director: Daniel Haller
Writer: Bruce Cervi, Nicholas Corea
- 6.3/1049 votes
#6 - Fire on the Wing
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/5/1985
A series of arson attacks at six different factories make Jesse and Norman doubt about their fortuity. Yet, when they set out to investigate, they are both completely baffled by the fact that the detonator responsible for each incident is untraceable.
Director: Virgil W. Vogel
Writer: John Huff, L. Ford Neale
- 5.7/1050 votes
#7 - Chinatown Memories
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/14/1985
Jesse comes to the assistance of an old girlfriend. Her family gets in trouble after an statue is stolen.
Director: Paul Stanley
Writer: Deborah Dean Davis
- 6.0/1046 votes
#8 - The Unsinkable 453
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2/20/1985
The Widow of an overthrown dictator employs an escaped prisoner for a hideous scheme. Jesse investigates after the prisoner leaves a stand-in at the jail.
Director: Kim Manners
Writer: Paul M. Belous, Robert Wolterstorff
- 6.4/1047 votes
#9 - Hot Target
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 2/27/1985
Jesse pursues a gang of gunrunners and their trail leads him to a laser weaponry. There Norman re-encounters an old flame, gets captured, and Jesse is left to do all work on his own.
Director: Harvey S. Laidman
Writer: Shel Willens
- 6.0/1044 votes
#10 - Murder Is a Novel Idea
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/7/1985
Jesse helps an author solve a murder committed years earlier. The writer is about to release an book which supposedly incriminates those responsible, but only puts her in danger since the killers now need to get rid of her.
Director: Harvey S. Laidman
Writer: Karen Harris
- 6.0/1045 votes
#11 - The Arabian
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 5/2/1985
Jesse competes with a beautiful and intelligent Insurance Agent when they investigate a horse switching scheme and a murder of a stable hand.
Director: Richard Compton
Writer: Joseph Gunn
- 6.5/1047 votes
#12 - Female of the Species
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 5/9/1985
Altobelli comes to Jesse's aid when a Federal Agent tries to justify his failure to stop an assassination. However, the assassin is really seeking revenge against the fed who put her away years earlier. Watch out for the face to face confrontation between Altobelli and Jesse as Street Hawk.
Director: Harvey S. Laidman
Writer: Karen Harris
- 6.1/1043 votes
#13 - Follow the Yellow Gold Road
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 5/16/1985
Street hawk is up against a band of Gold thieves with a little help from the neighbourhood watch.
Director: Daniel Haller
Writer: Burton Armus
The Best Episodes of Street Hawk Season 1
Every episode of Street Hawk Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Street Hawk Season 1!
Street Hawk is an American television series that aired for 13 episodes on ABC in 1985. The series is a Limekiln and Templar Production in...
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Network:ABC
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Pilot" is the best rated episode of "Street Hawk" season 1. It scored 7.3/10 based on 108 votes. Directed by Virgil W. Vogel and written by Paul M. Belous, Robert Wolterstorff, it aired on 1/4/1985. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "A Second Self".