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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. 8.3/10(104 votes)

    #1 - Police Buff

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    S4:E15

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

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  2. 8.1/10(127 votes)

    #2 - The Programming of Charlie Blake

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    S3:E19

    A supposedly reformed sex offender believes he is going insane.

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    Writer:N/A
  3. 8.1/10(109 votes)

    #3 - Dead Air

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    S4:E10

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

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  4. 8.1/10(100 votes)

    #4 - The Honorable Profession

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    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. 8.1/10(132 votes)

    #5 - The Thrill Killers (1)

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    S5:E1

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

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  6. 8.0/10(129 votes)

    #6 - Flags of Terror

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    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.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
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  8. 8.0/10(130 votes)

    #7 - Letters from the Grave

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    S3:E16

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

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  9. 8.0/10(109 votes)

    #8 - The Glass Dart Board

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    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.

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    Director:Harry Falk
    Writer:N/A
  10. 8.0/10(132 votes)

    #9 - Trail of Terror

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    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.

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    Writer:N/A
  11. 7.9/10(118 votes)

    #10 - Asylum

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    S3:E21

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

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  12. 7.9/10(121 votes)

    #11 - Labyrinth

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    S3:E22

    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.

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    Director:N/A
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  13. 7.9/10(109 votes)

    #12 - Murder by Proxy

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    S4:E7

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

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  14. 7.9/10(112 votes)

    #13 - Most Likely to Succeed

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    S4:E14

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

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    Director:N/A
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  15. 7.9/10(112 votes)

    #14 - The Thrill Killers (2)

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    S5:E2

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

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    Director:N/A
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  16. 7.9/10(107 votes)

    #15 - No Minor Vices

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    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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  17. 7.9/10(96 votes)

    #16 - Who Killed Helen French?

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    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.

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    Director:Allen Reisner
    Writer:N/A
  18. 7.8/10(144 votes)

    #17 - Blockade

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    S2:E17

    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.

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    Director:N/A
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  19. 7.8/10(140 votes)

    #18 - The Most Deadly Species

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    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...

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    Director:N/A
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  20. 7.8/10(118 votes)

    #19 - License to Kill

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    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.

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    Director:N/A
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  21. 7.8/10(125 votes)

    #20 - The Twenty-Five Caliber Plague

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    S3:E13

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

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    Director:N/A
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  22. 7.8/10(121 votes)

    #21 - Endgame

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    S3:E17

    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.

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    Director:Jerry Jameson
    Writer:N/A
  23. 7.8/10(123 votes)

    #22 - Ten Dollar Murder

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    S3:E18

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

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    Director:N/A
  24. 7.8/10(127 votes)

    #23 - Poisoned Snow

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    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.

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    Director:N/A
  25. 7.8/10(93 votes)

    #24 - Till Death Do Us Part

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    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.

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    Director:William Wiard
    Writer:N/A
  26. 7.8/10(99 votes)

    #25 - Breakup

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    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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Best Episodes Summary

"Police Buff" is the best rated episode of "The Streets of San Francisco". It scored 8.3/10 based on 104 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".