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  • ABC
  • Feb 14, 1987
  • ABC
  • Feb 14, 1987
Sledge Hammer!

Summary Sledge Hammer is the ultimate tough cop with a big gun, a parody of the type popularized by Clint Eastwood in the "Dirty Harry" films. Of course, though he claims "I know what I'm doing," his cases are usually solved by his female partner, Dori Doreau, if she can only keep him from being suspended for shooting a jaywalker or litterer wi...

Directed By: Thomas Schlamme

Written By: Alan Spencer, Alan Mandel

  • ABC
  • Feb 14, 1987
  • ABC
  • Feb 14, 1987
Sledge Hammer!
S1 • Episode 19
Sledgepoo
Air Date: Feb 14, 1987
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Summary Sledge Hammer is the ultimate tough cop with a big gun, a parody of the type popularized by Clint Eastwood in the "Dirty Harry" films. Of course, though he claims "I know what I'm doing," his cases are usually solved by his female partner, Dori Doreau, if she can only keep him from being suspended for shooting a jaywalker or litterer wi...

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Episode 1 • Sep 23, 1986 • 29 m
Under the Gun
Violence-prone Sledge Hammer is assigned to head up the investigation when the mayor's daughter is abducted, but he predictably objects to a requirement that he work with female detective Dori Doreau.
Episode 2 • Sep 26, 1986
Hammer Gets Nailed
A local TV newscaster creates bitter public feeling toward the police department when he reports and editorializes adversely on what he sees during a day-long ride with Sledge and Dori.
Episode 3 • Oct 3, 1986
Witless
When an organized crime boss puts a price on his head, Sledge is able to take refuge with a peace-loving "Maninote" farmer and his daughter.
Episode 4 • Oct 17, 1986
They Shoot Hammers, Don't They?
Prison escapee John Kogan commandeers a bus and launches a one-man wave of crime and violence, pledging to stop only if Sledge agrees to meet him in a one-on-one gunfight.
Episode 5 • Oct 24, 1986
Dori Day Afternoon
Sledge and Dori find themselves in a hostage situation as a result of a foiled bank robbery.
Episode 6 • Oct 31, 1986
To Sledge, with Love
Sledge is assigned to bring order to a notoriously dangerous local high school that is dominated by four young toughs who supply stolen cars to a crime boss.
Episode 7 • Nov 7, 1986
All Shook Up
Sledge goes undercover to learn why Elvis impersonators are being systematically murdered with a gold microphone.
Episode 8 • Nov 14, 1986
Over My Dead Bodyguard
The commissioner personally assigns Sledge to guard Captain Trunk in order to ensure the Captain's safety until he is able to provide critical testimony before a grand jury.
Episode 9 • Nov 22, 1986
Magnum Farce
Sledge becomes even more violent than usual as part of an attempt to infiltrate a group of vigilante police officers who are executing recently acquitted criminal defendants.
Episode 10 • Nov 29, 1986
If I Had a Little Hammer
Sledge and Dori pose as a well-to-do childless couple in an attempt to catch a pair of thieves who steal babies and sell them to prospective parents with ready cash.
Episode 11 • Dec 13, 1986
To Live and Die on TV
Sledge becomes a contestant on "The Million Dollar Question" in an attempt to prove that the show's host was responsible for the murder of a successful contestant.
Episode 12 • Dec 20, 1986
Miss of the Spider Woman
An exotic woman attempts to extract revenge on her ex-lover by poisoning him, but the near-sighted assassin gives the poison to Sledge instead.
Episode 13 • Jan 3, 1987
The Old Man and the Sledge
Sledge tries to provide help and guidance to Gil Yates, a retired trigger-happy police officer whom he idolized as a boy.
Episode 14 • Jan 10, 1987
State of Sledge
After Sledge arrests the leader of a Satanic cult, the undermanned precinct soon finds itself under siege by a mob of the cult leader's bloodthirsty followers.
Episode 15 • Jan 17, 1987
Haven't Gun, Will Travel
Sledge experiences a complete loss of confidence when his beloved .44 Magnum is stolen by a conniving gang of thieves.
Episode 16 • Jan 24, 1987
The Color of Hammer
When a hard-line judge is blackmailed and later murdered, Sledge and Dori's best available clue is that he was an inveterate pool player.
Episode 17 • Jan 31, 1987
Brother, Can You Spare a Crime?
Episode 18 • Feb 7, 1987
Desperately Seeking Dori
Bad news for the city's scum suckers: a blow to the head results in Dori Doreau adopting the ultra-violent personality and mannerisms of her partner, Sledge Hammer.
Episode 19 • Feb 14, 1987
Sledgepoo
The Earl of Curl beauty parlor is a front for a cat burglar ring targeting wealthy women. Sledge infiltrates the ring by going undercover as a second-story man.
Episode 20 • Feb 21, 1987
Comrade Hammer
Sledge and Dori must safely escort a defecting Soviet scientist on a passenger train filled with communist agents determined to take him back.
Episode 21 • Apr 21, 1987
Jagged Sledge
Sledge is on trial for the cold-blooded murder of racketeer Hugo Victor. Serving as his own attorney, Sledge sets out to prove his innocence in the face of overwhelming evidence of his guilt.
Episode 22 • Apr 28, 1987 • 24 m
The Spa Who Loved Me
A bevy of bikini-clad 'terrorettes' steal a nuclear warhead and threaten to blow up the city unless their billion dollar demand is met. Sledge and Dori trace the suspects to a health spa operated by aerobics video magnate Jill Taylor.

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