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The Best Episodes of The Streets of San Francisco

Every episode of The Streets of San Francisco ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Streets of San Francisco!

The Best Episodes of The Streets of San Francisco

Two police officers, the older Lt. Stone and the young upstart Inspector Keller, investigate murders and other serious crimes in San Francisco. Stone would become...

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  1. Background image for Police Buff
    8.3/10(116 votes)

    #1 - Police Buff

    S4:E15

    A vigilante is methodically and savagely wiping out criminals who have managed to slip through the fingers of the legal system.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  2. Background image for Dead Air
    8.2/10(119 votes)

    #2 - Dead Air

    S4:E10

    A sleazy radio host is accused of murder when a former girlfriend, who was pregnant, is shot.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  3. Background image for The Programming of Charlie Blake
    8.1/10(134 votes)

    #3 - The Programming of Charlie Blake

    S3:E19

    A supposedly reformed sex offender believes he is going insane.

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  4. Background image for The Honorable Profession
    8.1/10(106 votes)

    #4 - The Honorable Profession

    S4:E16

    Stone and Keller search for the only eyewitness to a shooting -- a self-proclaimed doctor who gave them a false name.

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  5. Background image for Flags of Terror
    8.0/10(134 votes)

    #5 - Flags of Terror

    S3:E8

    Domestic terrorists take several people hostage, including Keller. Stone has to deal with not only the terrorists but a right-wing journalist and a vengeful father whose daughter was killed.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  6. Background image for Letters from the Grave
    8.0/10(134 votes)

    #6 - Letters from the Grave

    S3:E16

    A skeleton discovered on Alcatraz is that of a convict who'd supposedly escaped in the 1950s.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for The Glass Dart Board
    8.0/10(114 votes)

    #7 - The Glass Dart Board

    S4:E2

    While a psychopathic killer uses San Francisco hi-rises as target practice, Stone and Keller have to contend with a new Captain who immediately countermands everything they do.

    Director:Harry Falk
    Writer:Unknown
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  9. Background image for Trail of Terror
    8.0/10(139 votes)

    #8 - Trail of Terror

    S4:E8

    When a gang of smuggling sailors kills a jeweler, they realize they have to eliminate his girlfriend for being a witness, and Keller, who is transporting the girlfriend to jail.

    Writer:Unknown
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  10. Background image for The Thrill Killers (1)
    8.0/10(144 votes)

    #9 - The Thrill Killers (1)

    S5:E1

    Misguided radicals take a jury hostage in a case where corrupt "movement leaders" are being tried for murder.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  11. Background image for Asylum
    7.9/10(125 votes)

    #10 - Asylum

    S3:E21

    Keller goes undercover at a mental hospital to uncover the truth about a string of mysterious deaths.

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  12. Background image for The Thrill Killers (2)
    7.9/10(121 votes)

    #11 - The Thrill Killers (2)

    S5:E2

    Mike and Inspector Dan Robbins make a last-ditch effort to save the jury from execution at the hands of the radicals.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  13. Background image for Who Killed Helen French?
    7.9/10(102 votes)

    #12 - Who Killed Helen French?

    S5:E14

    An abused wife vanishes after a vicious attack by her drunken husband and all clues point to murder with the husband as the prime suspect, but he can't remember if he did it or not.

    Director:Allen Reisner
    Writer:Unknown
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  14. Background image for The Most Deadly Species
    7.8/10(143 votes)

    #13 - The Most Deadly Species

    S3:E2

    A high-ranking hoodlum hires the androgynously-named "Sidney"--a hitwoman who's assigned to murder the three thugs responsible for the death of his son. She decides to let the police do her digging for her and moves in next door to Keller...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  15. Background image for License to Kill
    7.8/10(123 votes)

    #14 - License to Kill

    S3:E12

    Mike's former partner returns to San Francisco, but not because of any longing for the good old days. He's back in town to kill the hired gunman who murdered his son years before.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  16. Background image for The Twenty-Five Caliber Plague
    7.8/10(130 votes)

    #15 - The Twenty-Five Caliber Plague

    S3:E13

    A single .25 caliber pistol affects many lives in a single weekend.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  17. Background image for Ten Dollar Murder
    7.8/10(129 votes)

    #16 - Ten Dollar Murder

    S3:E18

    A policewoman's son has an unusual hobby -- he holds up taxicabs. Eventually this results in the murder of an undercover cop.

    Director:Unknown
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  18. Background image for River of Fear
    7.8/10(126 votes)

    #17 - River of Fear

    S3:E20

    A man seduces the widow of a bank robber. The money he stole was never found. When she tells him where it is, he kills her and sets out to take the money from her children out in the country.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  19. Background image for Poisoned Snow
    7.8/10(136 votes)

    #18 - Poisoned Snow

    S4:E1

    When a lady cop is killed in a drug sting gone wrong, her boyfriend cop decides to take matters into his own hands. Stone and Keller try to stop him.

    Director:Unknown
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  20. Background image for Murder by Proxy
    7.8/10(115 votes)

    #19 - Murder by Proxy

    S4:E7

    Property owners who refuse to sell their parcels find themselves murder victims at the hands of a developer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  21. Background image for Most Likely to Succeed
    7.8/10(121 votes)

    #20 - Most Likely to Succeed

    S4:E14

    A teacher is murdered at an exclusive all-boys prep school.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  22. Background image for No Minor Vices
    7.8/10(114 votes)

    #21 - No Minor Vices

    S5:E5

    A nice, normal 16-year-old hooker keeps having her johns turn up dead; Dan is particularly horrified by the case.

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  23. Background image for Till Death Do Us Part
    7.8/10(98 votes)

    #22 - Till Death Do Us Part

    S5:E7

    Stone must protect a former book keeper's wife, in order to have her testify against several high profile mobsters who want her dead because of the evidence she has against them.

    Director:William Wiard
    Writer:Unknown
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  24. Background image for Breakup
    7.8/10(104 votes)

    #23 - Breakup

    S5:E21

    An episode where there are two parallel stories: A small business owner is going through divorce proceedings while his business is in financial straits. His wife's lawyer just happens to also be hunted by a revenge-seeking ex-con.

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  25. Background image for Betrayed
    7.7/10(186 votes)

    #24 - Betrayed

    S2:E2

    One of the girlfriends of a young charmer recognizes her boyfriend as the man who stuck up her bank.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  26. Background image for Harem
    7.7/10(160 votes)

    #25 - Harem

    S2:E7

    A flute-playing "Pied Piper" (played by Ricky Nelson) talks teenage girls into prostitution, then disposes of them when they are no longer convenient. Stone's daughter helps him break up this murderous prostitution ring.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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Best Episodes Summary

"Police Buff" is the best rated episode of "The Streets of San Francisco". It scored 8.3/10 based on 116 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/8/1976. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Dead Air".