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The Best Episodes of Strike Force Season 1

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Strike Force is an American action-adventure/police procedural television series that aired on ABC during the 1981–1982 television season, and was produced by Aaron Spelling Productions. The program stars Robert Stack as Capt. Frank Murphy, the

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Strike Force Season 1 Episode 1 - Strike Force: Pilot
    7.3/10(9 votes)

    #1 - Strike Force: Pilot

    S1:E1

    Five bizarre and brutal decapitations bring together the Sheriff's Department, Los Angeles Police Department, and the Highway Patrol as a special strike force. Headed by Captain Frank Murphy, the force begins their investigation -- their only clue is that each victim served on the jury of an embezzlement case.

    Director:Richard Lang
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Strike Force Season 1 Episode 2 - Kidnap
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #2 - Kidnap

    S1:E2

    The team is tipped off about a kidnapping by Frank's ex-partner, a souse who claims he also witnessed a murder.

    Director:Lawrence Dobkin
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Strike Force Season 1 Episode 3 - The Victims
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #3 - The Victims

    S1:E3

    The Force gambles that money will motivate a woman to set up her colleagues in crime.

    Director:Lane Slate
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Strike Force Season 1 Episode 4 - The Predator
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #4 - The Predator

    S1:E4

    Murphy plays on the emotional insecurity of a sadistic rapist who stalks his victims in supermarkets.

    Director:Richard Lang
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Strike Force Season 1 Episode 5 - Magic Man
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #5 - Magic Man

    S1:E5

    A dealer uses pot and pills to lure teenagers into pushing harder drugs to their friends.

    Director:Richard Lang
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Strike Force Season 1 Episode 6 - Night Nurse
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #6 - Night Nurse

    S1:E6

    Patients have been dying inexplicably at four hospitals -- including the one where Klein is taken following a heart attack.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Strike Force Season 1 Episode 7 - The Hollow Man
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #7 - The Hollow Man

    S1:E7

    A bomber sends Klein a photograpic clue to his next target -- and then pays him a visit.

    Director:Richard Lang
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Strike Force Season 1 Episode 8 - The Outcast
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #8 - The Outcast

    S1:E8

    Strobber shoots a teen-age robber whose racist partners swear revenge in a taped message -- left on the body of a slain black cop.

    Director:Don Chaffey
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Strike Force Season 1 Episode 9 - Ice
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #9 - Ice

    S1:E9

    An international hit man plays cat and mouse with Frank, who has 48 hours to determine his target.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Strike Force Season 1 Episode 10 - Internal Affairs
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #10 - Internal Affairs

    S1:E10

    Clues in a string of jewelry-store robberis point to on-duty policemen -- and the captain of Internal Affairs, who try to pin the crimes on Gunzer.

    Director:Bob Sweeney
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Strike Force Season 1 Episode 11 - Lonely Ladies
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #11 - Lonely Ladies

    S1:E11

    The common element in a series of rape-murders is that the victims were last seen in singles bars.

    Director:Bob Sweeney
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Strike Force Season 1 Episode 12 - Fallen Angel
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #12 - Fallen Angel

    S1:E12

    A murderous cult is alerted to a police investigation by the mayor's premature press conference.

    Director:Lawrence Dobkin
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Strike Force Season 1 Episode 13 - Shark
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #13 - Shark

    S1:E13

    Muggings of the elderly go unchecked until a councilwoman is murdered trying to stop an attack.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Strike Force Season 1 Episode 14 - Turnabout
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #14 - Turnabout

    S1:E14

    A mobsters right-hand man uses Murphy's ex-wive to contact him about becoming a government-protected witness.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Strike Force Season 1 Episode 15 - The John Killer
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #15 - The John Killer

    S1:E15

    Conventioneers are being murdered by someone masquerading as a call girl.

    Director:Don Chaffey
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Strike Force Season 1 Episode 16 - Humiliation
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #16 - Humiliation

    S1:E16

    Young muggers out on bail terrorize witnesses scheduled to testify against them.

    Director:Robert Gist
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Strike Force Season 1 Episode 17 - Deadly Chemicals
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #17 - Deadly Chemicals

    S1:E17

    Prison escapees hijack a military van, unaware of the contents -- refrigerated germ-warfare cultures.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Strike Force Season 1 Episode 18 - Revenge
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #18 - Revenge

    S1:E18

    A high-school girl left for dead by kidnappers provides the break in a series of abductions.

    Director:Don Chaffey
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Strike Force Season 1 Episode 19 - Chinatown
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #19 - Chinatown

    S1:E19

    Gunzer and his girlfriend are wounded by hit men and the street talk is the girl was the target.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Strike Force Season 1 Episode 20 - Death Fire
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #20 - Death Fire

    S1:E20

    A policeman's widow is terrorized by phone calls from a man who claims to be her husband trying to avenge his ""death"".

    Director:Don Chaffey
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Strike Force: Pilot" is the best rated episode of "Strike Force" season 1. It scored 7.3/10 based on 9 votes. Directed by Richard Lang and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/13/1981. This episode is rated 7.3 points higher than the second-best, "Kidnap".