X

Join or Sign In

Sign in to customize your TV listings

Continue with Facebook Continue with email

By joining TV Guide, you agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy.

Hooperman Season 1 Episodes

Season 1 Episode Guide

22 Episodes 1987 - 1988

Episode 1

Pilot Episode

Wed, Sep 23, 1987 30 mins

Full-time detective Harry Hooperman (John Ritter) becomes a part-time landlord when he inherits his murdered landlady's building---and her ferocious little dog. Hooperman then must search for a manager to calm his rabid tenants. Captain Stern: Barbara Bosson. Betty Bushkin: Alix Elias. Bobo Pritzger: Clarence Felder.

Where to Watch

Episode 2

The Answer, My Friend, Is Passing in the Wind

Wed, Sep 30, 1987 30 mins

Hooperman (John Ritter) sees red when Bijoux develops a taste for the mailman's blood and the building's plumbing goes haywire. Susan: Debrah Farentino. Stern: Barbara Bosson. DeMott: Sydney Walsh.

Where to Watch

Episode 3

Don We Now Our Gay Apparel

Wed, Oct 7, 1987 30 mins

Things start warming up between Hooperman (John Ritter) and his new fix-it person (Debrah Farentino), but DeMott (Sydney Walsh) is again the victim of Cupid's arrow. Silardi: Joseph Gian. Vinnie Corral: Geoffrey Scott. Stern: Barbara Bosson.

Where to Watch

Episode 4

Aria da Copa

Wed, Oct 14, 1987 30 mins

A witness in the Federal protection program rapes a woman and Hooperman (John Ritter) is ordered to look the other way. Stern: Barbara Bosson. McNeil: Felton Perry. Cespido: Joe Restivo. Susan: Debrah Farentino.

Where to Watch

Episode 5

John Doe, We Hardly Knew Ye

Wed, Oct 28, 1987 30 mins

Hooperman (John Ritter) goes overboard to identify a body found in the bay when he turns to a fishy psychic for help. Stern: Barbara Bosson. Susan: Debrah Farentino. Mrs. Peralta: Eda Reiss Merin. Pritzger: Clarence Felder.

Where to Watch

Episode 6

The Shooting

Wed, Nov 4, 1987 30 mins

Trigger-unhappy Hooperman (John Ritter) can't bring himself to shoot an escaping robbery suspect. Pritzger: Clarence Felder. Stern: Barbara Bosson. McNeil: Felton Perry. DeMott: Sydney Walsh. Silardi: Joseph Gian.

Where to Watch

Episode 7

Hot Wired

Wed, Nov 18, 1987 30 mins

Hooperman (John Ritter) gets all wired up in an undercover assignment, while the static gets worse between Stern (Barbara Bosson) and Pritzger (Clarence Felder). Susan: Debrah Farentino. McNeil: Felton Perry.

Where to Watch

Episode 8

Baby Talk

Wed, Nov 25, 1987 30 mins

Hooperman is assigned to baby-sit an Arab sheik's spoiled daughter, while DeMott and Silardi (Sydney Walsh, Joseph Gian) try to catch a baby broker who steals children. Hooperman: John Ritter. Stern: Barbara Bosson. Pritzger: Clarence Felder.

Where to Watch

Episode 9

Blues for Danny Welles

Wed, Dec 2, 1987 30 mins

Hooperman (John Ritter) befriends a convict with AIDS; DeMott brings in a shoplifter who claims that Captain Stern's estranged husband is her boy friend. Danny Welles: Dennis Christopher. Lou Stern: Dan Lauria. McNeil: Felton Perry. Pritzger: Clarence Felder.

Where to Watch

Episode 10

I Witness

Wed, Dec 9, 1987 30 mins

Hooperman and Stern (John Ritter, Barbara Bosson) dismiss an old man's claim that he can identify a masked murderer---until he calls a press conference. Max: Jack Gilford. Pritzger: Clarence Felder.

Where to Watch

Episode 11

Deck the Cell with Bars of Folly

Wed, Dec 23, 1987 30 mins

When the precinct holds an open house for a colorful array of petty criminals, the ghosts of Christmases past and future are revealed in their personal histories. Hooperman: John Ritter. DeMott: Sydney Walsh. Silardi: Joseph Gian. Stern: Barbara Bosson.

Where to Watch

Episode 12

The Naked and the Dead

Wed, Jan 6, 1988 30 mins

Hooperman is after the thief who's robbing stiffs in a mortuary, and Susan's sure that her novel will make a killing. Susan: Debrah Farentino. Hooperman: John Ritter.

Where to Watch

Episode 13

The Snitch

Wed, Jan 13, 1988 30 mins

Hooperman's snitch is bone weary and needs police protection; a chef (Chuck Bilot) who has a bone to pick with his wife bops her on the head with one---but Bijoux eats the evidence. Hooperman: John Ritter. Stern: Barbara Bosson. Susan: Debrah Farentino.

Where to Watch

Episode 14

Chariots of Fire

Wed, Jan 20, 1988 30 mins

Hooperman buys a car from a questionable character; Susan pens an article about women dating cops.

Where to Watch

Episode 15

High Noon

Wed, Feb 3, 1988 30 mins

Hooperman (John Ritter) discovers that a convict who threatened to ice him has just escaped from Club Fed. Lucius Cain: John Delancie. Floyd Kelson: Michael Champion. Stern: Barbara Bosson.

Where to Watch

Episode 16

Blaste from the Past

Wed, Feb 10, 1988 30 mins

Love draws Stern to a precinct shrink, Susan to a muscle-bound airhead, and Hooperman (John Ritter) to a recently divorced ex-girl friend (Joanna Kerns). Dr. Kenwood: Stanley Kamel. Reed: Michael Scott King.

Where to Watch

Episode 17

Tomato Can

Wed, Mar 9, 1988 30 mins

Hooperman befriends an illiterate boxer who wants to be a cop, while McNeil (Felton Perry) gets the jitters before he's to appear on a game show. Freddie Lopez: Scott Colomby. Stern: Barbara Bosson.

Where to Watch

Episode 18

Me and Mr. Magoo

Wed, Mar 16, 1988 30 mins

Hooperman enlists the aid of an eccentric pilot (Terry Kiser) when a child-abuse case calls for airborne assistance. Anthony: Barret Oliver. Miriam: Nora Heflin. Hooperman: John Ritter.

Where to Watch

Episode 19

Baby on Board

Wed, Apr 6, 1988 30 mins

An investigation into a series of assaults is in its infancy when Hooperman learns that he's going to be a father. Susan: Debrah Farentino. Nurse Belzer: Kit McDonough. DeMott: Sydney Walsh. McNeil: Felton Perry.

Where to Watch

Episode 20

Trudy and Clyde

Wed, Apr 13, 1988 30 mins

Stakeout experts Hooperman and Pritzger trail a robbery suspect's girl friend who does aerobics in the buff---until she pulls a gun on them. Trudy: Leslie Bevis. Clyde: Stuart Pankin. Susan: Debrah Farentino.

Where to Watch

Episode 21

Nick Derringer, P.I.

Wed, May 4, 1988 30 mins

Out to nail a drug dealer, Hooperman sides with a pint-size private eye (David Rappaport) who makes short shrift of his clients. Mrs. Smith: Barbara Rush. Stern: Barbara Bosson. Hooperman: John Ritter.

Where to Watch

Episode 22

Surprise Party

Wed, May 18, 1988 30 mins

It's Hooperman's birthday, but it's also showdown time between Silardi and his homophobic brother (Joseph Gian in a dual role). Amanda: Barbara Rush. Susan: Debrah Farentino. Hooperman: John Ritter.

Where to Watch