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The Best Episodes of The Streets of San Francisco

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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. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Mask of Death

    S3:E4

    A professional female impersonator, whose headline act is a perfect imitation of 1930s movie star Carol Marlowe, is overwhelmed with an alternate personality -- and murdering any man who is unlucky enough to be attracted to "Carol."

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    Director:Harry Falk
    Writer:N/A
  2. 8.3/10(3 votes)

    #2 - The Twenty-Four Karat Plague

    S2:E9

    Crooks heist a truck filled with gold, not knowing that the gold is the irradiated byproduct of a power plant experiment and extremely toxic.

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    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:N/A
  3. 8.3/10(106 votes)

    #3 - 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.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  4. 8.1/10(109 votes)

    #4 - Dead Air

    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
  5. 8.1/10(100 votes)

    #5 - 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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  6. 8.1/10(136 votes)

    #6 - The Thrill Killers (1)

    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
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  8. 8.0/10(2 votes)

    #7 - 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.

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  9. 8.0/10(3 votes)

    #8 - One Last Shot

    S3:E1

    Alcoholic officer Joe Landers accidentally gets his partner killed and clumsily tries to cover it up as Stone and Keller work their way to the truth.

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    Director:N/A
  10. 8.0/10(2 votes)

    #9 - 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.

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    Director:N/A
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  11. 8.0/10(109 votes)

    #10 - 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.

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    Director:Harry Falk
    Writer:N/A
  12. 8.0/10(132 votes)

    #11 - 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.

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  13. 7.9/10(109 votes)

    #12 - Murder by Proxy

    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(114 votes)

    #13 - Most Likely to Succeed

    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(116 votes)

    #14 - 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.

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  16. 7.9/10(108 votes)

    #15 - 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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  17. 7.9/10(96 votes)

    #16 - 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.

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    Director:Allen Reisner
    Writer:N/A
  18. 7.8/10(128 votes)

    #17 - 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.

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  19. 7.8/10(102 votes)

    #18 - Judgment Day

    S4:E19

    Four judges have been murdered, and in each case an obsolete pamphlet on disbarrment proceedings is found near the body...

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  20. 7.8/10(93 votes)

    #19 - 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.

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    Director:William Wiard
    Writer:N/A
  21. 7.8/10(99 votes)

    #20 - 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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  22. 7.7/10(109 votes)

    #21 - Web of Lies

    S4:E9

    Keller and Stone's sole witness in a jewel robbery turns out to be a compulsive liar.

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  23. 7.7/10(107 votes)

    #22 - Spooks for Sale

    S4:E13

    The death of a night-watchman during a burglary puts Stone and Keller into the midst of a spy-vs.-spy conflict between high-tech industrial espionage firms.

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  24. 7.7/10(103 votes)

    #23 - Hot Dog

    S5:E9

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

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  25. 7.7/10(92 votes)

    #24 - A Good Cop...But

    S5:E15

    A cop-killer's henchmen hunt the only witnesses to his crime, an officer and an informer.

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    Director:Harry Falk
  26. 7.7/10(94 votes)

    #25 - Hang Tough

    S5:E16

    A narcotics cop who has only four months to go 'til retirement roughs up a drug pusher and plants a knife on him. Meanwhile, an operation begins to uncover the "Tucson connection," a major drug ring operating in San Francisco.

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    Director:N/A

Best Episodes Summary

"Mask of Death" is the best rated episode of "The Streets of San Francisco". It scored 9/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Harry Falk and written by N/A, it aired on 10/3/1974. This episode scored 0.7 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Twenty-Four Karat Plague".