Episode
Hunter: Playing God
Overview
After learning the circumstances leading up to the murder of a notorious Latino crime boss, Hunter and McCallface an ethical dilemma: whether to arrest the killer or let him go free.
Details
- Series
- Hunter
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 2
- Air date
- 1987-10-03
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
Playing God is Episode 2 in Season 4 of Hunter. It aired on 1987-10-03. The runtime is 60 min.
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Episode 1: Not Just Another John Doe
When Hunter and McCall investigate the murder of an unidentified man, their interest is piqued because the victim seemingly never existed, and the killing appears to be a professional murder.
Episode 3: The Jade Woman
Hunter investigates the disappearance of a friend's mail-order bride while he is off duty. The case becomes a homicide investagation when the marriage broker is murdered.
More episodes from this season
Episode 4: Flashpoint
Racial tensions mount as Hunter and McCall investigate the accidental shooting by the police of Antonio Elandro, the son of a Hispanic councilman.
Episode 5: Night on Bald Mountain
When Hunter & McCall travel to a mountaintop mansion to investigate a murder, they are trapped there overnight with the victim's entire family in the midst of a massive snowstorm.
Episode 6: City of Passion (1)
Hunter and McCall investigate a series of bizarre murders, which take on the appearance of the result of a Satanic cult rite. Based on a book by Dallas Barnes.
Episode 7: City of Passion (2)
A serial rapist known as Big Foot stalks McCall while Hunter investigates the death of a teenage prostitute who may have had ties to a Satanic cult.
Episode 8: City of Passion (3)
McCall risks losing her job when she fails to report a felony, and Hunter tries to trap the killer of a teenage prostitute with possible ties to a Satanic cult.
Episode 9: Turning Point
When Hunter and McCall investigate the alleged death of reporter Ralph Ormond they uncover an extortion plot involving George Shadwell a wealthy industrialist.
Episode 10: Hot Prowl
Hunter and McCall become suspicious when a Bel Air housewife refuses to identify the man who robbed her of a million-dollar necklace.
Episode 11: Allegra
Hunter and McCall investigate the mysterious death of Allegra, Hunter's former girlfriend, to determine if the beautiful young heiress jumped or was pushed from a skyscraper window.
Episode 12: Renegade
When Hunter investigates a drug ring, his ex-partner, Frank Garriman, becomes a suspect in the murder of the dealers.
Episode 13: Black Dahlia
Lawrence Tierney guest stars as Detective Doyle, who comes out of retirement to help Hunter and McCall investigate the real life murder of actress-turned-prostitute Elizabeth Short, who was cut in half 41 years before.