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The Best Episodes of The Streets of San Francisco

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Network:ABC

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!

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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  • Police Buff
    8.3/10(102)
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    #1 - Police Buff

    Season 4 Episode 15

    Aired 1/8/1976

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Programming of Charlie Blake
    8.1/10(125)
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    #2 - The Programming of Charlie Blake

    Season 3 Episode 19

    Aired 2/6/1975

    A supposedly reformed sex offender believes he is going insane.

    Director: Nicholas Colasanto

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Glass Dart Board
    8.1/10(107)
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    #3 - The Glass Dart Board

    Season 4 Episode 2

    Aired 9/18/1975

    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: N/A

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  • Dead Air
    8.1/10(106)
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    #4 - Dead Air

    Season 4 Episode 10

    Aired 11/13/1975

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Honorable Profession
    8.1/10(98)
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    #5 - The Honorable Profession

    Season 4 Episode 16

    Aired 1/15/1976

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

    Director: Harry Falk

    Writer: Paul Robert Coyle

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  • The Thrill Killers (1)
    8.1/10(129)
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    #6 - The Thrill Killers (1)

    Season 5 Episode 1

    Aired 9/30/1976

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Flags of Terror
    8.0/10(129)
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    #7 - Flags of Terror

    Season 3 Episode 8

    Aired 10/31/1974

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Letters from the Grave
    8.0/10(129)
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    #8 - Letters from the Grave

    Season 3 Episode 16

    Aired 1/16/1975

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Ten Dollar Murder
    8.0/10(121)
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    #9 - Ten Dollar Murder

    Season 3 Episode 18

    Aired 1/30/1975

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: D.C. Fontana

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  • Labyrinth
    8.0/10(119)
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    #10 - Labyrinth

    Season 3 Episode 22

    Aired 2/27/1975

    A prizefighter refuses to throw a fight, instead opting to throw the gangsters out the window of his hotel room. Injured, he hides in the hotel as both the police and mob close in.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Trail of Terror
    8.0/10(130)
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    #11 - Trail of Terror

    Season 4 Episode 8

    Aired 10/30/1975

    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.

    Director: Michael Preece

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Twenty-Five Caliber Plague
    7.9/10(124)
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    #12 - The Twenty-Five Caliber Plague

    Season 3 Episode 13

    Aired 12/12/1974

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Asylum
    7.9/10(117)
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    #13 - Asylum

    Season 3 Episode 21

    Aired 2/20/1975

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

    Director: Robert Douglas

    Writer: Larry Brody

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  • Poisoned Snow
    7.9/10(125)
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    #14 - Poisoned Snow

    Season 4 Episode 1

    Aired 9/11/1975

    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: N/A

    Writer: Paul Savage

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  • Murder by Proxy
    7.9/10(106)
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    #15 - Murder by Proxy

    Season 4 Episode 7

    Aired 10/23/1975

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Most Likely to Succeed
    7.9/10(109)
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    #16 - Most Likely to Succeed

    Season 4 Episode 14

    Aired 12/18/1975

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Thrill Killers (2)
    7.9/10(110)
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    #17 - The Thrill Killers (2)

    Season 5 Episode 2

    Aired 10/7/1976

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • No Minor Vices
    7.9/10(106)
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    #18 - No Minor Vices

    Season 5 Episode 5

    Aired 11/4/1976

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

    Director: William Wiard

    Writer: Arthur Bernard Lewis

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  • Breakup
    7.9/10(98)
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    #19 - Breakup

    Season 5 Episode 21

    Aired 5/12/1977

    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.

    Director: Harry Falk

    Writer: Anthony Lawrence

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  • Blockade
    7.8/10(142)
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    #20 - Blockade

    Season 2 Episode 17

    Aired 1/24/1974

    A woman who has dedicated her life to a prominent family fails to see her neglected son has fallen in with a psycho—and may have helped him kill a woman.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Most Deadly Species
    7.8/10(139)
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    #21 - The Most Deadly Species

    Season 3 Episode 2

    Aired 9/19/1974

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • License to Kill
    7.8/10(119)
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    #22 - License to Kill

    Season 3 Episode 12

    Aired 12/5/1974

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Endgame
    7.8/10(120)
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    #23 - Endgame

    Season 3 Episode 17

    Aired 1/23/1975

    While investigating a lead, Steve is run over by a car and rendered a vegetable. Mike insists on taking revenge, and is demoted to walking a beat.

    Director: Jerry Jameson

    Writer: N/A

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    0
  • River of Fear
    7.8/10(120)
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    #24 - River of Fear

    Season 3 Episode 20

    Aired 2/13/1975

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Hot Dog
    7.8/10(98)
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    #25 - Hot Dog

    Season 5 Episode 9

    Aired 12/9/1976

    Inpector Stone and Robbins go after a gang of thieves who use motor cycles to make their get away.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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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 102 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/8/1976. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Programming of Charlie Blake".