The Best Episodes of The Streets of San Francisco Season 1
Every episode of The Streets of San Francisco Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover 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 a second father to Keller as he learned the rigors and procedures of detective work.
Season 1 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "The Streets of San Francisco" season 1 is "The Thirty-Year Pin", rated 7.1/10 from 268 user votes. It was directed by Bernard L. Kowalski and written by Robert Lewin. "The Thirty-Year Pin" aired on 9/23/1972 and is rated 0.2 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "The First Day of Forever".
7.1/10 268 votes#1 - The Thirty-Year Pin
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/1972
When a police officer is fatally shot 3 days before he is due to retire, Stone undertakes a relentless search for the killer.
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski
Writer: Robert Lewin
7.3/10 236 votes#2 - The First Day of Forever
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/1972
Stone and Keller finally get a lead on a serial killer who has been knifing prostitutes when one of the victims survives the attack.
Director: Walter Grauman
Writer: N/A
7.4/10 234 votes#3 - 45 Minutes from Home
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/7/1972
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.
Director: Walter Grauman
Writer: N/A
7.0/10 211 votes#4 - Whose Little Boy Are You?
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/14/1972
A Vietnam veteran goes AWOL from the army in order to kidnap the son he has never seen.
Director: Walter Grauman
Writer: N/A
7.0/10 213 votes#5 - Tower Beyond Tragedy
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/28/1972
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.
Director: Walter Grauman
Writer: N/A
6.8/10 204 votes#6 - Hall of Mirrors
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/4/1972
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.
Director: Arthur H. Nadel
Writer: N/A
7.1/10 172 votes#7 - Timelock
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/11/1972
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.
Director: Robert Douglas
Writer: N/A
7.1/10 190 votes#8 - In the Midst of Strangers
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/25/1972
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.
Director: Robert Douglas
Writer: N/A
7.4/10 179 votes#9 - The Takers
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/2/1972
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.
Director: Arthur H. Nadel
Writer: N/A
7.1/10 181 votes#10 - The Year of the Locusts
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/9/1972
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.
Director: Arthur H. Nadel
Writer: Theodore J. Flicker
7.6/10 185 votes#11 - The Bullet
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/16/1972
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.
Director: Walter Grauman
Writer: N/A
7.4/10 192 votes#12 - Bitter Wine
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/23/1972
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.
Director: Christian Nyby
Writer: N/A
7.1/10 182 votes#13 - A Trout in the Milk
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/6/1973
Stone and Keller suspect that an artist's fatal fall from his studio window was not an accident.
Director: Lawrence Dobkin
Writer: N/A
7.3/10 162 votes#14 - Deathwatch
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/13/1973
Two fishermen (Colasanto and Caruso) decide to keep quiet after witnessing a human smuggling ring.
Director: Walter Grauman
Writer: N/A
7.6/10 180 votes#15 - Act of Duty
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/18/1973
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.
Director: Lawrence Dobkin
Writer: N/A
7.4/10 158 votes#16 - The Set-Up
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/25/1973
A retired hit man returns to San Francisco, not knowing that he will be the target of a hit.
Director: George McCowan
Writer: N/A
7.3/10 167 votes#17 - A Collection of Eagles
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/1/1973
A murder brings to light a coin dealer's plan to substitute fakes for the rare coins in a collection.
Director: Walter Grauman
Writer: N/A
7.3/10 169 votes#18 - A Room With a View
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/8/1973
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.
Director: Walter Grauman
Writer: N/A
7.1/10 157 votes#19 - Deadline
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/15/1973
Stone discovers that a murdered woman was involved with both a famous newspaper reporter and his son.
Director: Seymour Robbie
Writer: David Friedkin
7.5/10 148 votes#20 - Trail of the Serpent
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/22/1973
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.
Director: John Badham
Writer: N/A
7.6/10 174 votes#21 - The House on Hyde Street
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 3/1/1973
When a boy disappears after school, suspicion falls on the neighborhood recluse, who is popularly known as a pedophile, although never convicted.
Director: Walter Grauman
Writer: N/A
7.6/10 162 votes#22 - Beyond Vengeance
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 3/8/1973
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/10 151 votes#23 - The Albatross
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/15/1973
A father finds out that the man who murdered his deaf son is released on a technicality.
Director: Robert Day
Writer: N/A
6.9/10 147 votes#24 - Shattered Image
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/22/1973
Mike Stone has reason to believe that the death of a politician is no accident.
Director: Michael O'Herlihy
Writer: N/A
7.1/10 137 votes#25 - The Unicorn
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 4/5/1973
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Morton S. Fine