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Season 1

Sep. 18, 1984
Hunter
This was the pilot to the long running series, about a cop, Rick Hunter, who has two things going against him. The first is that his family is involved with organized crime. So, most of the cops don't trust him. And most of his partners get seriously injured. Now his commanding officer, Captain Cain, has it in for him. Currently, he is forcing him to see a psychiatrist, and that if he wants to work in the field, he has to have a partner and the only one who is willing to work with him, Bernie Terwilleger, a less than competent cop. Hunter then decides to team with the...
 
Sep. 28, 1984
Hard Contract
Hunter & McCall make a promise of loyalty and protectiveness toward each other after she is nearly killed by her old partner.
 
Oct. 5, 1984
The Hot Grounder
When the wife of the commissioner is killed in car bomb that was planted in the commissioner's car, Hunter is assigned the case knowing well that he could get booted out. When Hunter arrives, he discovers a few anomalies like how his car was parked like he wanted his wife to move it and his attitude when they arrive. The chief intercedes on his behalf threatening to have Hunter booted if he keeps doing this. But Hunter nevertheless still perseveres and finds a secret the man wanted to keep quiet.
 
Oct. 26, 1984
A Long Way from L.A.
Hunter and McCall are transporting a prisoner back to L.A. when they have to stop at a small town. They place their prisoner in the custody of the Sheriff. Later that evening after the waitress from the local café brings the prisoner his dinner she's attacked and at the same time the prisoner's cell is opened. He runs out and everyone assumes he attacked her. However Hunter and McCall think the Sheriff had something to do with it. When they try to question him, they learn the Sheriff is the step-son of the town's wealthiest man.
 
Nov. 2, 1984
Legacy
When a mobster is killed, Hunter who knew the man, checks it out. Everybody thinks that he was killed by a burglar. But they later learn that one of the man's sons who is wild playboy brought home a girl. When his father saw him, they had an argument then he was killed. Hunter finds the girl, but her account of what happened is a bit off. He thinks there's more going on.
 
Nov. 9, 1984
Flight on a Dead Pigeon
Hunter and McCall try to help a young girl whose Uncle was killed. It seems the man races pigeons and they're missing. Later someone tries to grab the girl, Hunter and McCall try to find out why.
 
Nov. 16, 1984
Pen Pals
Hunter does not receive a warm welcome when he is imprisoned over false allegations.
 
Dec. 7, 1984
High Bleacher Man
Hunter and McCall apprehend Gavin, a murdering street punk. They later learn that he made a deal with the D.A. to implicate a mobster, Nate Demarest for four murders. Hunter knows if Gavin is back on the streets he will kill again. When Demarest tries to get Gavin, Hunter suggests limiting the number of people who knows his location and Gavin wants Hunter to be that person because he knows if anything happens to him Hunter will be under suspicion. It's while watching Gavin that McCall recalls she once investigated Demarest for killing a Fed but it went cold. Hunter ...
 
Jan. 11, 1985
The Garbage Man
When a parole officer is killed, the prime suspect is one of his charges. While Hunter and McCall try to find him, another parole officer is also trying to find and is going to extreme measures to find him. When Hunter finds the man, he tells Hunter that his parole suspected that another parole officer is killing other parolees so his parole officer asked him to help. So he altered his file to make it appear he's a violent criminal. Hunter thinks he knows who the killer is.
 
Jan. 18, 1985
The Avenging Angel
Hunter gets an anonymous tip involving a man who killed his wife. After investigating and arresting the man, he is tried but the key witness against him changes his testimony; suggesting that the defendant managed to indirectly sway the testimony of the witness. When Hunter gets proof, he arrests him but a bomb goes off killing the man and later someone runs over the witness. Hunter gets a call from someone claiming to be the one who sent him the tip, claiming to also have killed the two men. It seems obvious that this guy is fixated on Hunter, even idolizes him which...
 
May 18, 1985
Sniper
Hunter is looking for a sniper who is killing women who look similar. He thinks the man has military training so he goes to the base and butts heads with a sergeant. At the same an IRS man shows up at the station to talk to Hunter about a unusual deduction he made.
 

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