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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. Background image for Police Buff
    8.4/10(112 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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for The Twenty-Four Karat Plague
    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:Unknown
  3. Background image for Dead Air
    8.2/10(114 votes)

    #3 - 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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for The Honorable Profession
    8.2/10(103 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 The Programming of Charlie Blake
    8.1/10(130 votes)

    #5 - The Programming of Charlie Blake

    S3:E19

    A supposedly reformed sex offender believes he is going insane.

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  6. Background image for Harem
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #6 - 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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Flags of Terror
    8.0/10(130 votes)

    #7 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for Letters from the Grave
    8.0/10(131 votes)

    #8 - Letters from the Grave

    S3:E16

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for The Glass Dart Board
    8.0/10(110 votes)

    #9 - 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:Unknown
  11. Background image for Trail of Terror
    8.0/10(135 votes)

    #10 - 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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    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for In Case of Madness
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - 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.

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

    #12 - 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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    7.9/10(119 votes)

    #13 - Asylum

    S3:E21

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

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    7.9/10(122 votes)

    #14 - Labyrinth

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for Most Likely to Succeed
    7.9/10(118 votes)

    #15 - Most Likely to Succeed

    S4:E14

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for The Most Deadly Species
    7.8/10(141 votes)

    #16 - 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...

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for License to Kill
    7.8/10(119 votes)

    #17 - 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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for The Twenty-Five Caliber Plague
    7.8/10(126 votes)

    #18 - The Twenty-Five Caliber Plague

    S3:E13

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for Endgame
    7.8/10(122 votes)

    #19 - Endgame

    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:Unknown
  21. Background image for Ten Dollar Murder
    7.8/10(124 votes)

    #20 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
  22. Background image for Poisoned Snow
    7.8/10(130 votes)

    #21 - 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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    Director:Unknown
  23. Background image for Murder by Proxy
    7.8/10(111 votes)

    #22 - 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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for Target: Red
    7.7/10(146 votes)

    #23 - 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.

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    Director:Barry Crane
    Writer:Unknown
  25. Background image for Jacob's Boy
    7.7/10(131 votes)

    #24 - Jacob's Boy

    S3:E7

    A bum blackmails a black guy. The bum's friends roll him for the money and attempt to pin his death on the black guy, who is the lovable and successful nanny to a young kid. What's the black guy hiding?...

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    Director:Harry Falk
  26. Background image for Cry Help!
    7.7/10(134 votes)

    #25 - Cry Help!

    S3:E9

    A troubled teen from a broken home is suspected of shooting a friend's stepfather.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Police Buff" is the best rated episode of "The Streets of San Francisco". It scored 8.4/10 based on 112 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, "The Twenty-Four Karat Plague".