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The Best Episodes of The Streets of San Francisco

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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 Mask of Death
    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."

    Director:Harry Falk
    Writer:Unknown
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  2. Background image for Dead Air
    8.5/10(2 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 Twenty-Four Karat Plague
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #3 - 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.

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown
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  4. Background image for Harem
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #4 - 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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  5. Background image for One Last Shot
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #5 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
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  6. Background image for License to Kill
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #6 - 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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  8. Background image for Police Buff
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #7 - 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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  9. Background image for In Case of Madness
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - In Case of Madness

    S5:E6

    A music producer turns up dead; a popular singer he was producing an album for is convinced that he is going insane and killed the producer, but the truth is stranger.

    Director:Barry Shear
    Writer:Unknown
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  10. Background image for Dead Lift
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #9 - Dead Lift

    S5:E20

    Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a bodybuilder with a strong body but a fragile ego, who causes trouble wherever he goes.

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  11. Background image for Time Out
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #10 - Time Out

    S5:E23

    A San Quentin prison guard tries to hunt down the criminals who escaped while under his guard.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  12. Background image for The Canine Collar
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #11 - The Canine Collar

    S5:E24

    Mike and Dan pursue a smuggler who will stop at nothing to locate a dog collar containing stolen diamonds.

    Director:Harry Falk
    Writer:Unknown
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  13. Background image for Legion of the Lost
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #12 - Legion of the Lost

    S1:E26

    Stone goes undercover as a bum to investigate the beating death of three homeless men.

    Writer:Unknown
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  14. Background image for Inferno
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #13 - Inferno

    S2:E20

    Stone looks for the arsonists who set a fire that killed two firemen.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  15. Background image for Bird of Prey
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #14 - Bird of Prey

    S3:E11

    Women keep turning up in hotel rooms strangled; the only lead is a witness who thinks he saw an air force Colonel's uniform. Keller goes undercover as an air force officer to infiltrate the base.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  16. Background image for Poisoned Snow
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #15 - 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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  17. Background image for School of Fear
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #16 - School of Fear

    S4:E5

    A retired history teacher goes off the deep end and takes it upon himself to take a group of his former students hostage in an empty, condemned school. There, at gunpoint, he proceeds to teach them the finer points of history.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  18. Background image for Who Killed Helen French?
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #17 - 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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  19. Background image for 45 Minutes from Home
    7.3/10(4 votes)

    #18 - 45 Minutes from Home

    S1:E3

    A salesman attending a convention wrongly believes that he is responsible for the death of an attractive female hitchhiker who had lured him to her houseboat.

    Writer:Unknown
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  20. Background image for The Most Deadly Species
    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #19 - 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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  21. Background image for Target: Red
    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #20 - Target: Red

    S3:E3

    Bill Bixby plays a former CIA hitman who is hired by some kooky generals to assassinate a Red Chinese envoy on a state visit to San Francisco.

    Director:Barry Crane
    Writer:Unknown
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  22. Background image for The Twenty-Five Caliber Plague
    7.3/10(2 votes)

    #21 - 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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  23. Background image for False Witness
    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #22 - False Witness

    S3:E15

    When a patrolman and personal friend of Keller has his arrestee turned loose on insufficient evidence, he goes on the warpath, endangering both of their careers.

    Director:Paul Stanley
    Writer:Unknown
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  24. Background image for The Programming of Charlie Blake
    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #23 - The Programming of Charlie Blake

    S3:E19

    A supposedly reformed sex offender believes he is going insane.

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  25. Background image for Asylum
    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #24 - Asylum

    S3:E21

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

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  26. Background image for Hall of Mirrors
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #25 - Hall of Mirrors

    S1:E6

    Keller, temporarily partnered with a hotshot detective, sets out to discover why his new partner seems to be absolutely convinced of a murder suspect's guilt for no apparent reason.

    Writer:Unknown
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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 Unknown, it aired on 10/3/1974. This episode scored 0.5 points higher than the second highest rated, "Dead Air".