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The Worst 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. 6.4/10(98 votes)

    #1 - Castle of Fear

    S5:E10

    A man who has been tormented by mysterious, threatening phone calls believes that his stalker has entered his property, and shoots him. Unfortunately for the man, his victim was a totally innocent cop...

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    Director:Allen Reisner
    Writer:N/A
  2. 6.6/10(106 votes)

    #2 - Runaway

    S4:E23

    Stone searches for a fugitive, and is dogged by the fugitive's innocent and naive daughter.

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    Director:Harry Falk
  3. 6.7/10(97 votes)

    #3 - Requiem for Murder

    S4:E17

    A bishop (Mike's friend) tries to protect the person who shot him, but revelations in the course of the investigation start to shed suspicion on the bishop's accounting of events entirely.

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    Director:Harry Falk
    Writer:N/A
  4. 6.7/10(104 votes)

    #4 - Superstar

    S4:E21

    Stone clashes with an abrasive NYC cop who is on the trail of his partner's killer.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  5. 6.8/10(214 votes)

    #5 - 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:N/A
  6. 6.9/10(153 votes)

    #6 - Shattered Image

    S1:E24

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

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    Writer:N/A
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  8. 7.0/10(220 votes)

    #7 - 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:N/A
  9. 7.0/10(226 votes)

    #8 - 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:N/A
  10. 7.0/10(97 votes)

    #9 - Underground

    S4:E18

    A cop seeks to catch his brother's murderer by going undercover in an illegal gambling operation.

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    Director:Paul Stanley
    Writer:N/A
  11. 7.0/10(87 votes)

    #10 - 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:N/A
  12. 7.0/10(88 votes)

    #11 - Monkey is Back

    S5:E12

    As a dare to try to win a spot among a gang of high school thugs in the 1950's, Charley Belasco commits a crime that sends him to prison for 20 years. Upon his release, he goes on a murderous rampage to hunt down the the high school thugs who spurned him.

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    Director:Richard Lang
    Writer:N/A
  13. 7.0/10(200 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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  14. 7.1/10(282 votes)

    #13 - 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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  15. 7.1/10(179 votes)

    #14 - 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:N/A
  16. 7.1/10(196 votes)

    #15 - 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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  17. 7.1/10(187 votes)

    #16 - 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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  18. 7.1/10(186 votes)

    #17 - 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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  19. 7.1/10(161 votes)

    #18 - Deadline

    S1:E19

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

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  20. 7.1/10(140 votes)

    #19 - 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:N/A
  21. 7.1/10(146 votes)

    #20 - The Runaways

    S2:E12

    The oldest of a set of three young sibling runaways is suspected of the murder of a drugstore owner. His animosity towards authority doesn't do him any favors.

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  22. 7.1/10(97 votes)

    #21 - Merchants of Death

    S4:E11

    A youth-center worker is caught in a war between two teenaged street gangs, a war that really has the heat turned up when one of the gangs obtains automatic rifles.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  23. 7.1/10(90 votes)

    #22 - Clown of Death

    S4:E20

    Two retired brothers, both having worked as riggers for circuses many years before, are found murdered while a circus happens to be performing in San Francisco at the Cow Palace.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  24. 7.1/10(88 votes)

    #23 - Child of Anger

    S5:E8

    A clothing designer finds herself on the front page after her daughter confesses to the murder of her latest fling. Stone and Robbins realize the girl's really a witness and not a murderer.

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    Director:N/A
  25. 7.2/10(137 votes)

    #24 - No Badge For Benjy

    S2:E8

    A black police informant is murdered, but the police seem more concerned with the death of a white business man. His flinty daughter forces the police to go after his killers.

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  26. 7.2/10(136 votes)

    #25 - One Chance to Live

    S3:E6

    An average older woman is concealing an affair with a married diplomat and believes she is targeted for death.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Castle of Fear" is the worst rated episode of "The Streets of San Francisco". It scored 6.4/10 based on 98 votes. Directed by Allen Reisner and written by N/A, it aired on 12/23/1976. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Runaway".