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The Best Episodes of The Hat Squad Season 1

Every episode of The Hat Squad Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Hat Squad Season 1!

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The Hat Squad is a crime drama television series that ran for only one season on CBS, during the 1992–1993 season. 13 episodes were made, but only 11 of them aired.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Hat Squad Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    7.2/10(13 votes)

    #1 - Pilot

    S1:E1

    Debut: Three young men, each orphaned by crime, make up a police team specializing in violent crimes. Their first case: catch a murderer who has terrorized a young boy.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Hat Squad Season 1 Episode 2 - The Widow Maker
    9.2/10(6 votes)

    #2 - The Widow Maker

    S1:E2

    The brother of a girl Matty's interested in tells him that there's a guy hassling her. So Matty goes to see him and the guy beats him up. At the hospital, along with Rags, Buddy, and Raffy deduce that they guy is a cop because of the way he behaved and things he said. They later learn that he is, Dallas Germany, a cop and that Rags knows he is a sadist. They also discover that he is now a killer for hire. they discover, who his next target and Buddy and a female cop take their places. But something goes wrong and Dallas shows up and holds them. It seems that in addition to being a killer, he is also a shakedown artist; he asks his marks for money for him not to kill them but he kills them anyway. Buddy bluffs him into waiting until the morning. Raffy shows up as a pizza delivery man and he tells him what's going on. Rags clears the street which alerts Dallas to what's going on. In the morning they go off and they try to get him but Buddy's shot and Dallas gets away but Buddy told him t

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Hat Squad Season 1 Episode 3 - 92 Seconds to Midnight
    7.8/10(7 votes)

    #3 - 92 Seconds to Midnight

    S1:E3

    Raffi goes undercover to protect a little girl when her father is forced out of his retirement from crime by a robber planning a $2 million subway heist.

    Director:Rob Bowman
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Hat Squad Season 1 Episode 4 - Family Business
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #4 - Family Business

    S1:E4

    The guys must act quickly when a deranged explosives expert escapes from prison and targets Mile, the cope who put him behind bars for murder.

    Director:Kim Manners
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Hat Squad Season 1 Episode 5 - Phoenix Rising
    8.2/10(8 votes)

    #5 - Phoenix Rising

    S1:E5

    It's a family feud when the hats clash with a family of ex-terrorist that uses strong-arm tactics; an additional obstacle: saving the family's tormented youngest member from a life of crime.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Hat Squad Season 1 Episode 6 - Ten
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #6 - Ten

    S1:E6

    Bad brothers blow away Buddy's buddy, leaving a young boy father less, so the Hats scramble to confront the hit man before they leave town.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Hat Squad Season 1 Episode 7 - Rest in Peace
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #7 - Rest in Peace

    S1:E7

    Buddy travels to Las Vegas as he tracks a mob boss he thinks murdered his natural father. But the killer is closer to home, as is someone who has a contract to kill buddy.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Hat Squad Season 1 Episode 8 - Lifestyles of the Rich and Infamous
    8.4/10(6 votes)

    #8 - Lifestyles of the Rich and Infamous

    S1:E8

    The squad must sharpen its skills to track down a twisted heir to a razor fortune who stalks a young female witness to his latest killing. Meanwhile, Raffi is mistaken for the ""Kissing Bandit"".

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Hat Squad Season 1 Episode 9 - A Dog's Life
    8.0/10(6 votes)

    #9 - A Dog's Life

    S1:E9

    Frustrated by a canine of detecting smuggled drugs, a drug lord puts a bounty on the dog's life. So the DEA sniffs out They Hat Squad to protect the dog, but the brothers can't help but sink their teeth into the larger case.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Hat Squad Season 1 Episode 10 - Dead Man Walking
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #10 - Dead Man Walking

    S1:E10

    A mob hires a hit man to kill his son's girlfriend after she goes to the DA with potentially devastating information, and the Hats are called on to protect the woman and track down the killer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Hat Squad Season 1 Episode 11 - The Liquidator
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #11 - The Liquidator

    S1:E11

    A death-row inmate tips the Hats to a group of killer cops, so the squad must compile evidence against the miscreants before they wipe the brothers out.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Pilot" is the best rated episode of "The Hat Squad" season 1. It scored 7.2/10 based on 13 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/16/1992. This episode is rated 2.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Widow Maker".