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The Worst Episodes of The Streets of San Francisco

Every episode of The Streets of San Francisco ranked from worst to best. Explore 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...
Genres:CrimeDramaAction & Adventure
Network:ABC
Episodes
119
Avg. Rating
7.5
S1
S2
S3
S4
E1
E2
E3
7.1
7.6
7.6
7.9
7.3
7.7
7.8
8.1
7.4
7.6
7.7
7.6

Worst Episodes Summary

"Castle of Fear" is the worst rated episode of "The Streets of San Francisco". It scored 6.5/10 based on 96 votes. Directed by Allen Reisner and written by N/A, it aired on 12/23/1976. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Superstar".

  • Castle of Fear
    6.5/10(96)
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    #1 - Castle of Fear

    Season 5 Episode 10

    Aired 12/23/1976

    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...

    Director: Allen Reisner

    Writer: N/A

  • Superstar
    6.6/10(99)
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    #2 - Superstar

    Season 4 Episode 21

    Aired 3/4/1976

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Runaway
    6.6/10(102)
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    #3 - Runaway

    Season 4 Episode 23

    Aired 3/18/1976

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

    Director: Harry Falk

    Writer: Paul Savage

  • Requiem for Murder
    6.7/10(93)
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    #4 - Requiem for Murder

    Season 4 Episode 17

    Aired 1/22/1976

    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.

    Director: Harry Falk

    Writer: N/A

  • Hall of Mirrors
    6.8/10(211)
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    #5 - 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

  • Shattered Image
    6.9/10(150)
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    #6 - 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

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  • Whose Little Boy Are You?
    7.0/10(217)
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    #7 - 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

  • Tower Beyond Tragedy
    7.0/10(224)
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    #8 - 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

  • Underground
    7.0/10(94)
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    #9 - Underground

    Season 4 Episode 18

    Aired 1/29/1976

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

    Director: Paul Stanley

    Writer: N/A

  • Dead Lift
    7.0/10(197)
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    #10 - Dead Lift

    Season 5 Episode 20

    Aired 5/5/1977

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

    Director: Michael Preece

    Writer: Larry Brody

  • The Thirty-Year Pin
    7.1/10(277)
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    #11 - 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

  • Timelock
    7.1/10(177)
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    #12 - 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

  • In the Midst of Strangers
    7.1/10(194)
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    #13 - 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

  • The Year of the Locusts
    7.1/10(185)
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    #14 - 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

  • A Trout in the Milk
    7.1/10(185)
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    #15 - 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

  • Deadline
    7.1/10(160)
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    #16 - 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

  • The Unicorn
    7.1/10(138)
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    #17 - 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

  • Clown of Death
    7.1/10(86)
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    #18 - Clown of Death

    Season 4 Episode 20

    Aired 2/26/1976

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • In Case of Madness
    7.1/10(86)
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    #19 - In Case of Madness

    Season 5 Episode 6

    Aired 11/11/1976

    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: N/A

  • Child of Anger
    7.1/10(85)
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    #20 - Child of Anger

    Season 5 Episode 8

    Aired 12/2/1976

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Charles Larson

  • Monkey is Back
    7.1/10(85)
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    #21 - Monkey is Back

    Season 5 Episode 12

    Aired 1/13/1977

    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.

    Director: Richard Lang

    Writer: N/A

  • The Runaways
    7.2/10(145)
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    #22 - The Runaways

    Season 2 Episode 12

    Aired 12/6/1973

    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.

    Director: Seymour Robbie

    Writer: N/A

  • One Chance to Live
    7.2/10(135)
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    #23 - One Chance to Live

    Season 3 Episode 6

    Aired 10/17/1974

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

    Director: Seymour Robbie

    Writer: David Friedkin

  • Merchants of Death
    7.2/10(94)
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    #24 - Merchants of Death

    Season 4 Episode 11

    Aired 11/20/1975

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The First Day of Forever
    7.3/10(244)
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    #25 - 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