Frank Lupo and Stephen J Cannell tapped into a paranoia of crime being out of control in the 1980s. The police had their hands tied behind their backs by bureaucratic bosses.
Hunter is basically a small screen version of Dirty Harry mixed with the cheesy vigilantism message of Cannon Films.
The first episode sees maverick cop Hunter clashing with his new boss who wants Hunter to pass a psychiatric assessment.
Hunter also teams up with a new partner, Dee Dee McCall who is just as independent and pig headed as him. In fact their initial arrangement is a marriage of convenience.
They go on the hunt for a serial killer. Every wednesday night a woman is killed in her home. The previous murder victim left a country & western club.
There is no doubt that Hunter is cheesy and not to be taken seriously. It has all the hallmarks of US cop shows of that era, slow going and it was still pushing the black pimp stereotype.
The serial killer angle with the psychiatrist becoming the prime suspect was straight out of a bad B movie.
There was a small role from John Diehl as a bank robber. He would soon get a regular role in Miami Vice which was also broadcast in 1984. That left shows like Hunter for dead.
Hunter is basically a small screen version of Dirty Harry mixed with the cheesy vigilantism message of Cannon Films.
The first episode sees maverick cop Hunter clashing with his new boss who wants Hunter to pass a psychiatric assessment.
Hunter also teams up with a new partner, Dee Dee McCall who is just as independent and pig headed as him. In fact their initial arrangement is a marriage of convenience.
They go on the hunt for a serial killer. Every wednesday night a woman is killed in her home. The previous murder victim left a country & western club.
There is no doubt that Hunter is cheesy and not to be taken seriously. It has all the hallmarks of US cop shows of that era, slow going and it was still pushing the black pimp stereotype.
The serial killer angle with the psychiatrist becoming the prime suspect was straight out of a bad B movie.
There was a small role from John Diehl as a bank robber. He would soon get a regular role in Miami Vice which was also broadcast in 1984. That left shows like Hunter for dead.