Episode
Starsky & Hutch: The Specialist
Overview
Starsky, Hutch, and two other officers respond to an armed robbery at a jeweler's, only for a woman to accidentally get shot dead from one of the lawmen. The dead woman's husband is a Special Agent, paranoid after being retired from the service, and convinced that the officers were really hit-men after him, and sets about extracting his revenge.
Details
- Series
- Starsky & Hutch
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 8
- Air date
- 1976-11-06
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
The Specialist is Episode 8 in Season 2 of Starsky & Hutch. It aired on 1976-11-06. The runtime is 60 min.
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