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The Best Episodes of The Streets of San Francisco Season 1

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The Best Episodes of The Streets of San Francisco Season 1

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 The Thirty-Year Pin
    7.1/10(282 votes)

    #1 - The Thirty-Year Pin

    S1:E1

    When a police officer is fatally shot 3 days before he is due to retire, Stone undertakes a relentless search for the killer.

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  2. Background image for The First Day of Forever
    7.3/10(251 votes)

    #2 - The First Day of Forever

    S1:E2

    Stone and Keller finally get a lead on a serial killer who has been knifing prostitutes when one of the victims survives the attack.

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    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for 45 Minutes from Home
    7.4/10(248 votes)

    #3 - 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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Whose Little Boy Are You?
    7.0/10(220 votes)

    #4 - Whose Little Boy Are You?

    S1:E4

    A Vietnam veteran goes AWOL from the army in order to kidnap the son he has never seen.

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    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for Tower Beyond Tragedy
    7.0/10(226 votes)

    #5 - Tower Beyond Tragedy

    S1:E5

    Stone and Keller face off against Gilliam, a wealthy executive who transforms women into his own special image of perfection, then kills them when they inevitably fail to live up to every demented standard of his.

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    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for Hall of Mirrors
    6.8/10(214 votes)

    #6 - 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.

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    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Timelock
    7.1/10(179 votes)

    #7 - Timelock

    S1:E7

    Stone appears to be the only one willing to give the benefit of the doubt to a convict who is accused of a murder while out of prison on a 36-hour pass.

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    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for In the Midst of Strangers
    7.1/10(196 votes)

    #8 - In the Midst of Strangers

    S1:E8

    When a corner newspaper vendor goes after the muggers who stole his life savings, Stone and Keller discover that the crime is linked to the murder of a housing commissioner.

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    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for The Takers
    7.4/10(187 votes)

    #9 - The Takers

    S1:E9

    The murders of a flight attendant and a nurse who were rooming together lead Stone and Keller to suspect a jewelry salesman and his wife.

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    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for The Year of the Locusts
    7.1/10(187 votes)

    #10 - The Year of the Locusts

    S1:E10

    In their attempt to bring down a family of con artists who victimize entire neighborhoods, Stone and Keller are aided by dissension among the gang members.

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  12. Background image for The Bullet
    7.5/10(193 votes)

    #11 - The Bullet

    S1:E11

    A college professor, shot accidentally while trying to pay off a blackmailer, refuses to co-operate with Stone's investigation for fear that the publicity will lose him an upcoming promotion.

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    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for Bitter Wine
    7.4/10(199 votes)

    #12 - Bitter Wine

    S1:E12

    A man who served 12 years in prison to protect his brother gets out only to find that the brother never told their father, a Greek restaurant owner, the truth about who should have gone to jail.

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    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for A Trout in the Milk
    7.1/10(188 votes)

    #13 - A Trout in the Milk

    S1:E13

    Stone and Keller suspect that an artist's fatal fall from his studio window was not an accident.

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    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for Deathwatch
    7.3/10(169 votes)

    #14 - Deathwatch

    S1:E14

    Two fishermen (Colasanto and Caruso) decide to keep quiet after witnessing a human smuggling ring.

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    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for Act of Duty
    7.6/10(188 votes)

    #15 - Act of Duty

    S1:E15

    After a female detective is killed by the rapist she had been bait for, her roommate (played by Brenda Vaccaro) goes on the warpath to catch him. After Mike Stone kicks her off the case, she continues on her own, hurtling headlong into peril.

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    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for The Set-Up
    7.4/10(165 votes)

    #16 - The Set-Up

    S1:E16

    A retired hit man returns to San Francisco, not knowing that he will be the target of a hit.

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    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for A Collection of Eagles
    7.3/10(172 votes)

    #17 - A Collection of Eagles

    S1:E17

    A murder brings to light a coin dealer's plan to substitute fakes for the rare coins in a collection.

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    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for A Room With a View
    7.3/10(173 votes)

    #18 - A Room With a View

    S1:E18

    One witness in a racketeering trial is killed with a booby-trapped car, and Stone worries that the remaining witness, Roy Chaffee, will be picked off by a hit man if he surfaces.

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    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for Deadline
    7.1/10(162 votes)

    #19 - Deadline

    S1:E19

    Stone discovers that a murdered woman was involved with both a famous newspaper reporter and his son.

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  21. Background image for Trail of the Serpent
    7.5/10(154 votes)

    #20 - Trail of the Serpent

    S1:E20

    A gang takes Mike Stone hostage after killing a policeman in an attempt to flee from a grocery store robbery. They want to trade Stone in for their leader, Buddy Sims.

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    Director:John Badham
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for The House on Hyde Street
    7.6/10(181 votes)

    #21 - The House on Hyde Street

    S1:E21

    When a boy disappears after school, suspicion falls on the neighborhood recluse, who is popularly known as a pedophile, although never convicted.

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    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for Beyond Vengeance
    7.6/10(169 votes)

    #22 - Beyond Vengeance

    S1:E22

    After spending a "lousy" 12 years in prison for a brutal sexual assault and murder, a young punk returns to San Francisco to seek revenge against Mike Stone (who was the arresting officer). And he's not picky about how he'll take that revenge -- or on who.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for The Albatross
    7.5/10(154 votes)

    #23 - The Albatross

    S1:E23

    A father finds out that the man who murdered his deaf son is released on a technicality.

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    Director:Robert Day
    Writer:Unknown
  25. Background image for Shattered Image
    6.9/10(153 votes)

    #24 - Shattered Image

    S1:E24

    Mike Stone has reason to believe that the death of a politician is no accident.

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    Writer:Unknown
  26. Background image for The Unicorn
    7.1/10(140 votes)

    #25 - The Unicorn

    S1:E25

    A priest (Fr. Scarne) won't tell Stone where a murderer (Abel Hoffman) is hiding. Stakes are raised by drug smugglers looking for a stolen shipment of heroin.

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    Director:Unknown

Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Thirty-Year Pin" is the best rated episode of "The Streets of San Francisco" season 1. It scored 7.1/10 based on 282 votes. Directed by Bernard L. Kowalski and written by Robert Lewin, it aired on 9/23/1972. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "The First Day of Forever".