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Starsky and Hutch Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
23 Episodes 1975 - 1976
Episode 1
Pilot
Wed, Apr 30, 197560 mins
The two detectives, investigating a double homicide, discover that the man and woman who died in a car identical to Starsky's were mistakenly murdered - it was the detectives themselves who were the intended targets.
Episode 2
Savage Sunday
Wed, Sep 10, 197560 mins
A pair of small-time crooks steal a car not knowing it has a bomb in its trunk set to detonate at five o'clock. Starsky and Hutch have to do detective work on a deadline, locate the car, collar the crooks and beat the clock before it blows.
Episode 3
Texas Longhorn
Wed, Sep 17, 197560 mins
After two thugs rob him, then rape and murder his wife, a used car salesman decides to administer his own brand of Texas justice with a large revolver. Starsky and Hutch who are investigating these crimes race the grieving Texan to stop from killing the two men responsible.
Episode 4
Death Ride
Wed, Sep 24, 197560 mins
Starsky and Hutch are assigned to escort the daughter of a crime boss from San Francisco to Los Angeles, but a security leak has unleashed hordes of hit men that they must evade en route.
Episode 5
Snowstorm
Wed, Oct 1, 197560 mins
Starsky and Hutch and some other cops make a big drug bust. Later Starsky and Hutch are approached by Stryker the man whom the drugs belong to and tells then that a million worth of drugs was not turned in he accuses them of stealing it and tells them he wants it back or else. They don't want to inform IA cause they don't want the cops they worked with to go through the scrutiny of an investigation. So they decide to investigate. But the other cops might not be innocent. And Stryker gets inpatient and tries to have them killed.
Episode 6
The Fix
Wed, Oct 8, 197560 mins
Hutch's girlfriend is a drug kingpin's moll attempting to start a new life. The kingpin wants her back and orders his goons to abduct Hutch and addict him to heroin. For another fix, will the strung-out Hutch divulge her hidden location?
Episode 7
Death Notice
Wed, Oct 15, 197560 mins
At a strip club a customer asks to speak to one of the girls but he's told that's not allowed so he leaves a message saying the girl will die. Starsky and Hutch go there and tell the girl not to leave but she sneaks out and they find her dead. They proceed to find the guy but no one got a good look at him. The man returns and says another girl will die. They find her dead. They also find the guy who says he didn't kill them. Because of something he did to his phone he overheard a couple of conversations wherein the girls were told to be killed. So they try to find out who wanted them dead.
Episode 8
Pariah
Wed, Oct 22, 197560 mins
After Starsky shoots a 16-year-old armed robber, a crazed ex-con vows to kill uniformed policemen until Starsky resigns from the force.
Episode 9
Kill Huggy Bear
Wed, Oct 29, 197560 mins
When a punk robs the wrong place, knowing that "the people" who run it will come after him so he turns to his old friend, Huggy Bear to make things right with "them". Huggy calls the boss who tells him to just return it. But his friend tells his girlfriend what happened but she wants the money and it turns out she's seeing someone else so they kill him and take the money from Huggy Bear leaving him holding the bag. So Huggy turns to Starsky and Hutch for help.
Episode 10
The Bait
Wed, Nov 5, 197560 mins
Starsky and Hutch go undercover as Rafferty and O'Brien, Texas-based dealers looking to make a five-kilo heroin buy from drug kingpin Danner. Assisting them is Cheryl, a wide-eyed country girl and one of Danner's reluctant drug mules.
Episode 11
Lady Blue
Wed, Nov 12, 197560 mins
A go-go dancer is discovered murdered and bound with television antenna wire. She was a former policewoman and girlfriend of Starsky's, which sparks him and Hutch to tap several eccentric informants for a lead on the crazed killer.
Episode 12
Captain Dobey, You're Dead !
Wed, Nov 19, 197560 mins
Captain Dobey's determination to heat up a cold case puts him and his family in the crosshairs of a grudge-nursing ex-cop sprung from prison by a corrupt corporate CEO who wants both Dobey and the case put on ice.
Episode 13
Terror on the Docks
Wed, Nov 26, 197560 mins
A criminal investigation becomes personal for Hutch when he learns the homicidal maniac among a band of thieving dockworkers is engaged to marry Hutch's childhood friend Nancy.
Episode 14
The Deadly Imposter
Wed, Dec 10, 197560 mins
Starsky and Hutch make time to help an old friend just back in town locate his ex-wife and son while also attempting to uncover the identity of a hitman hired to assassinate a secret witness in a drug kingpin's trial.
Episode 15
Shootout
Wed, Dec 17, 197560 mins
A taut hostage drama featuring a wounded Starsky, Hutch and other patrons of an Italian restaurant held captive while a pair of hit-men await the midnight arrival of a mob boss targeted for assassination.
Episode 16
The Hostages
Wed, Jan 7, 197660 mins
An armored car driver is forced to collect money for a band of robbers who are holding his pregnant wife hostage. Starsky and Hutch have only a few hours to locate his wife and rescue the driver, as this gang's m.o. is to leave no witnesses alive.
Episode 17
Losing Streak
Wed, Jan 14, 197660 mins
Starsky and Hutch have to locate and rescue a washed-up jazz pianist now compulsive gambler running for his life after stealing $2,000 in counterfeit bills from a mob-connected club owner.
Episode 18
Silence
Wed, Jan 21, 197660 mins
An investigation of a safe-blowing jewel heist and murder lead Starsky and Hutch to a childlike deaf mute resident of a halfway house for ex-cons overseen by a hard-bitten, cigar-chomping priest.
Episode 19
Omaha Tiger
Wed, Jan 28, 197660 mins
A series of suspicious deaths at a professional wrestling arena bring Starsky and Hutch into the squared circle, a world of outsized stars, misfits and greed-consumed con men.
Episode 20
JoJo
Wed, Feb 18, 197660 mins
Starsky and Hutch run afoul of federal agent Bettin when his scheme to collar crime kingpin Dombarris puts back on the streets the serial rapist Jojo, a psychopath Starsky and Hutch are determined to put away for good.
Episode 21
Running
Wed, Feb 25, 197660 mins
Starsky risks his badge to nurse back to health and sobriety a former classmate now an alcoholic fashion model who is also the only person who can describe a homicidal burglar, which is why that killer is determined to see her dead.
Episode 22
A Coffin for Starsky
Wed, Mar 3, 197660 mins
A vengeance-seeking fiend injects Starsky with a chemical compound that will kill him in 24 hours, sparking Starsky and Hutch to race against time to track down the criminal and his poison formula so an antidote can be created.
Episode 23
Bounty Hunter
Wed, Apr 21, 197660 mins
The owners of a seedy bail bonds agency are really extortionists who keep crooks out of jail -- for hefty fees. One of their "clients" balks at paying them off any more, pulls a gun on them and tries to exit the office. The female half of the group pulls out her own gun and drills the man through the head. The two of them conspire to keep the dead man "alive" by sending the beefy male half of the team on a crime spree which imitates the modus operandi of the dead criminal.
