Starsky & Hutch (season 1)

Starsky & Hutch '(season 1)

Season 1 DVD cover
Country of origin United States
No. of episodes 23
Release
Original network ABC
Original release April 30, 1975 (1975-04-30) – April 21, 1976 (1976-04-21)
Season chronology

The first season of Starsky & Hutch, a 1970s American cop thriller television series,[1] consisted of 23 episodes that aired between April 30, 1975 and April 21, 1976. The show was created by William Blinn, produced by Spelling-Goldberg Productions, and broadcast between April 30, 1975, and May 15, 1979, on the ABC network. It was distributed by Columbia Pictures Television in the United States and, originally, Metromedia Producers Corporation in Canada and some other parts of the world. Sony Pictures Television is now the worldwide distributor for the series. The series featured Paul Michael Glaser as Detective David Starsky, David Soul as Detective Kenneth "Hutch" Hutchinson, Bernie Hamilton as Captain Harold Dobey, and Antonio Fargas as confidential informant "Huggy Bear".

Episodes

Episode # Title Directed by Written by Original air date
101"Pilot"Barry ShearWilliam Blinn & Jeff KanterApril 30, 1975 (1975-04-30)

Detectives David Starsky and Kenneth "Hutch" Hutchinson, investigating a double homicide, discover that the man and women who died were mistakenly murdered. The detectives themselves were the intended targets.

Note: The pilot was originally shot with Richard Ward as Captain Dobey.
102"Savage Sunday"Jack StarrettFred FreibergerSeptember 10, 1975 (1975-09-10)

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.

Note: Bernie Hamilton assumes the roles of Captain Dobey for the remainder of the series after Richard Ward had left the show after filming the pilot episode, and Suzanne Somers one of three guest appearances.
103"Texas Longhorn"Jack StarrettMichael MannSeptember 17, 1975 (1975-09-17)

The hideous rape-murder of the wife of a used-car salesman leads the salesman to pick up a huge revolver and go after the two killers, who also robbed him.

Note: This is Michael Lerner's last appearance on the show as Fat Rollie.
104"Death Ride (a.k.a. Hellride)"Gene NelsonEdward J. LaksoSeptember 25, 1975 (1975-09-25)
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.
105"Snowstorm (a.k.a. The Mexican Connection)"Bob KelljanRobert I. HoltOctober 1, 1975 (1975-10-01)

Cocaine kingpin Stryker targets Starsky and Hutch after a million dollars in coke goes missing. Dobey gives the duo 48 hours to crack the case before turning it over to Internal Affairs.

Note: George Dzundza appears in this episode as Crandell.
106"The Fix"William CrainRobert C. DennisOctober 8, 1975 (1975-10-08)

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?

Note: Originally banned by the BBC, the episode "The Fix" was first shown on British television on May 31, 1999 on Channel 4 as part of a Starsky & Hutch theme night. Edward Andrews has an uncredited role as the Crooked in the police station that was just arrested by Starsky, and Robert Loggia has a role as the Crime boss Benjamin Forest.
107"Death Notice"William CrainRobert C. DennisOctober 15, 1975 (1975-10-15)
Starsky and Hutch uncover the man and motive behind a series of stripper slayings.
108"Pariah (a.k.a. What Do You Do When Justice Fails)"Bob KelljanMichael FisherOctober 22, 1975 (1975-10-22)

After Starsky shoots a 16-year-old armed robber, a crazed ex-con vows to kill uniformed policemen until Starsky resigns from the force.

Note: This is Stephan McNally's first of two appearances as Crazy George Prudholm, and Anita Ford also appears in this episode.
109"Kill Huggy Bear"Michael SchultzFred FreibergerOctober 29, 1975 (1975-10-29)
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.
110"The Bait"Ivan DixonStory by: Don Balluck & James Schmerer
Teleplay by: Don Balluck & James Schmerer & Edward J. Lakso		November 5, 1975 (1975-11-05)
Starsky and Hutch go undercover as Rafferty and O'Brien, Texas-based drug 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.
111"Lady Blue (a.k.a. Lady Killer)"Don WeisMichael MannNovember 12, 1975 (1975-11-12)

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.

Note: Elisha Cook Jr. appears in this episode as Polly The Snitch.
112"Captain Dobey, You're Dead"Michael SchultzMichael FisherNovember 19, 1975 (1975-11-19)

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.

Note: Only episode in which Captain Dobey's family appear. Lynn Hamilton appears in this episode as Edith Dobey, and Taaffe O'Connell also appears as Lola Brenner.
113"Terror On The Docks"Randal KleiserFred FreibergerNovember 26, 1975 (1975-11-26)

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.

Note: Steven McHattie appears in this episode as Billy.
114"The Deadly Imposter"Dick ModerStory by: Mann Rubin
Teleplay by: Mann Rubin & Michael Fisher & Parke Perine		December 10, 1975 (1975-12-10)

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.

Note: Gordon Jump's last appearance as the owner of Vinnie's Gym, also Art Hindle appears in this episode as John Colby, and this is the first of Ann Foster's four guest appearances as Abigail Crabtree.
115"Shootout"Fernando LamasDavid P. HarmonDecember 17, 1975 (1975-12-17)

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.

Note: Huggy Bear says Starsky's full name: David Michael Starsky. Danny Wells appears in this episode as Harry Sample, Jess Walton appears in this episode as Theresa Defusto, also Farrah Fawcett has an uncredited role as the party guest, and Norman Fell appears in this episode as Sammy Grover.
116"The Hostages"George McCowanEdward J. LaksoJanuary 7, 1976 (1976-01-07)

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.

Note: John Ritter appears in this episode as Tom Cole, Linda Kelsey also appears in this episode as Ellie Cole, and Nellie Bellflower one of two appearances as Sweet Alice.
117"Losing Streak"Don WeisStory by: Robert I. Holt
Teleplay by: Michael Fisher		January 14, 1976 (1976-01-14)

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.

Note: Dane Clark and Jacqueline Scott appear in this episode as Vic and Evelyn Rankin, Zitto Kazann also appears in this episode as Gordon Foote, an earlier appearance from Arthur Roberts, and Connie Hoffman's one of two appearances.

Trivia

Inspired by the same two undercover NYC detectives that also inspired the film The Super Cops. Ford Motor Company marketed around 1,000 special edition Gran Torino hardtops during the 1976 model year with the Starsky and Hutch paint job - the shape of the white stripe was not the same as the TV cars. The Torino was redesigned for 1977 as the LTD II, with the station wagon the sole survivor. The producer wanted to use a green and white Camaro instead of the red and white Ford Torino but the Chevy company were unable to help them. Huggy Bear's last name is Brown. Producer Aaron Spelling wrote that he and the other producers liked to refer to this as TV's first heterosexual love affair. Starsky appeared with his trademark cardigan only three times: Pilot, Terror on the Docks, and Running. In the pilot Starsky uses a Baretta 9mm automatic pistol and Hutch a Smith & Wesson .38 Special revolver. In the regular series, Starsky has swapped to a Colt .45 and Hutch a Colt Python .357 Magnum revolver. Hutch's handgun is the same weapon used by David Soul's vigilante cop character in the Dirty Harry film Magnum Force.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Ozersky, Josh (2003). Archie Bunker's America: TV in an era of change, 1968-1978. SIU Press. p. 120. ISBN 0-8093-2507-1.
  2. ↑ "Starsky and Hutch Trivia". imdb.com. Retrieved January 6, 2012.
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