Starsky & Hutch - Episode Guide

A execution style shooting in which two young lovers are brutally killed indicates that the intended targets were actually Bay City Police Detectives Starsky and Hutchinson, when the victims' car turns out to match Starsky's. All leads point toward a local crime lord awaiting trial as being behind their (intended) murders. But when he flatly denies the charge, the pair set out to hunt down the real culprits...and motive.

Originally aired as an ABC Movie of the Week.

Starsky and Hutch pursue two thieves who don't know their stolen car contains a powerful time bomb set to explode.

After drug addicts murder his wife, a used-car tycoon races Starsky and Hutch to find the killers.

Killers pursue the detectives as they transport a girl whose mobster father will testify if she arrives.

Drug dealers and the police accuse the detectives of taking $1 million in cocaine seized during a raid.

A hood injects Hutch with heroin to force him to reveal the location of the gangster's girlfriend.

When a message is left scrawled on a table cloth in a strip club that one of the strippers will be killed, Starsky and Hutch are called in to protect the dancing girls and find the strange man who was sitting at the table.

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

Huggy Bear is marked for death after being mugged while trying to return stolen money to a notorious racketeer.

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.

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.

A millionaire bigot orders Dobey's family executed to stop his probe of a civil rights leader's death.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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 priest.

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.

Federal agents release a rapist arrested by Starsky and Hutch, hoping he will lead them to a drug ring leader.

Starsky risks his badge to protect a former classmate who is the sole witness to a killer's identity.

A chemical expert seeking revenge on Hutch mistakenly injects Starsky with poison that kills in 24 hours.

Starsky and Hutch investigate an arson and murder, instigated by the ruthless owner of a bail bonds company, and the dangerous bounty hunter protecting her interests.

Starsky and Hutch are in Las Vegas to catch a serial killer who has strangled a string of chorus girls. What they don't realize is the prime suspect is an old high school friend of Hutch's.

Starsky and Hutch continue to uncover the clues that will lead them to the Las Vegas Strangler. Hutch helps his troubled friend Jack while Starsky enjoys a brief encounter with a beautiful showgirl with a heartbreaking back story.

After a ship's purser is murdered, Starsky and Hutch pose as onboard entertainment directors Hack & Zack to unravel a mystery involving cocaine, the syndicate, and a homicide witness who may not be who she appears to be. 

The detectives subsequent investigation uncovers another murder and a meeting between rival mob bosses to determine the leader of organized crime activity in Bay City. When the meeting goes awry, five explosive devices are set to destroy the ship eliminating all witnesses.

While working a case, Starsky learns that Hutch's new girlfriend Gillian is a high class prostitute working for some criminals they're investigating.

Starsky and Hutch pursue a major narcotics dealer whose main clients are young prostitutes.

When dancers are discovered strangled and with their necks punctured, Starsky and Hutch head out to put the bite on the blood sucking freak behind the series of vampire style slayings.

A woman is accidentally killed from gun fire during an armed robbery. 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 on each of the cops involved in the death of his wife.

Starsky goes undercover as Ramon the dance instructor and Hutch as wealthy Texan rancher and dance student Charlie McCabe to expose a blackmail operation.

A deranged man specializing in coercion uses an escapee from an asylum for the criminally insane to wreak havoc on his enemies.

An ambitious district attorney claims a mentally impaired 19-year-old enticed her rapists.

Starsky and Hutch inadvertently discover that a highly revered police captain may be in collusion with a criminal.

A young girl living with her alcoholic, ex-con father finds herself suddenly orphaned just before Christmas. Will Starsky and Hutch be there to help her when her father's partners in crime come looking for her?

In retaliation for arresting the mass murdering cult leader Simon Marcus, Starsky is kidnapped and held prisoner in a secret cult compound. 

A psychic running a diner helps Starsky and Hutch when the schoolgirl daughter of a wealthy football team owner is kidnapped.

A notorious gang leader is killed while guarded by Starsky and Hutch, and a man's confession leads to confusion.

Deadly mishaps plague Starsky and Hutch as their investigation leads them to organized-crime kingpins.

When Hutch goes missing after he is ambushed on a mountain road, Starsky must depend on the help of a mentally addled WW II veteran and a child ham radio operator to find him before it's too late.

A man seeking revenge for his son's death shoots Starsky's girlfriend, leaving a bullet fragment lodged in her brain.

Huggy Bear goes into business on his own with an aspiring white private eye.

A cadre of corrupt cops is taking the law into its own hands, acting as judge, jury and executioner on hardened criminals freed by a soft judicial system. Starsky plays a disgruntled cop in order to infiltrate the vigilante group.

A Costa Rican seamstress is murdered in the garment district, but an immigration official seeks to squash Starsky and Hutch's investigation. The interference only stirs their suspicions and strengthens their resolve to catch the killer.

A pretty country singer is plagued by telephone calls from a raspy voiced stranger deman­ding money and when the police are called in, he takes out his anger on innocent people.

The detectives pose as movie stuntmen to nab an ex-comedian seeking revenge for his downfall.

It's double the fun but double the danger when Starsky and Hutch look-alikes hit the streets in an imitation Striped Tomato and terrorize citizens. 

The detectives go undercover on an island resort to protect a rich man from murder by voodoo.

The detectives' only hope to save their wealthy charge is to get him off the island quickly.

Hutch becomes involved with a woman whose jealousy leads her to vandalism and murder.

Starsky's love for a gangster's daughter puts him at odds with two government lawyers pursuing the mob boss.

Hutch and Starsky pose as doctor and patient to investigate deaths at a mental hospital.

When a veteran officer is found dead, Starsky and Hutch are shocked to discover his secret life as a homosexual.

When their schoolteacher friend discovers a terrible secret about one of her students, she turns to Starsky and Hutch for help. They learn about the challenges facing the Child Abuse Unit.

Reporter Chris Phelps rides along with Starsky and Hutch in order to research an article on "the counter-culture cops, the new breed," as they investigate pushers that are cutting their drugs with strychnine.

Starsky and Hutch race against time while searching for an international hit man carrying a deadly virus.

As Hutch lies ill, Starsky resorts to a televised plea to urge the carrier of a fatal disease to surrender.

An acrophobic former child star turned loan shark, suddenly finds herself working with a new collector with a hidden agenda.

A boy turns to crime after his father is shot by a rookie officer.

Hutch and Starsky pose as high rollers to infiltrate a gambling ring.

Starsky and Hutch intervene when a brutal gangster terrorizes a professional boxer who witnessed three murders and a robbery.

Starsky and Hutch are assigned to protect a beautiful Russian ballerina whose life has been threatened.

Starsky and Hutch are lured into a trap by an ex-con seeking revenge for the death of his brother, which he blames on Hutch. They discover a stowaway in the Torino, which complicates matters.

A weekend trip to Captain Dobey's cabin turns sinister for Starsky & Hutch when they discover a cult across the lake and try to determine why the sheriff and inhabitants of the nearby small town are treating them so strangely.

Hutch goes undercover as a college student to catch a professor committing murder.

When a warrant is issued for Hutch's arrest following the murder of his ex-wife, Starsky attempts to clear his partner.

Starsky and Hutch piece together a case involving murder, a seemingly innocent witness and $2 million in stolen marked bills.

During a high-speed chase, Starsky's reckless driving lands the partners in the hospital, where Hutch appears to be stricken with amnesia. Starsky attempts to revive Hutch's memory by reminding him of their past adventures.

Note: Mostly a clip episode.

Starsky poses as a cabbie in order to catch a serial killer who has already murdered four other taxi drivers.

A serial killer who preys on prostitutes is wounded during his latest attack. When he takes Hutch's friend and her invalid mother hostage in their home, Hutch poses as a paramedic to get inside the house.

Starsky and Hutch infiltrate the disco scene while investigating the mysterious disappearances of several beautiful girls.

A playful hide and seek wager between the detectives becomes a life or death search when Hutch is unknowingly exposed to botulism.

A bullet from Starsky's gun blinds an art student during a shootout with a jewel thief.

A photographer friend of Starsky's is sought by the good guys and the bad guys when her timely photograph reveals a killer's identity.

Starsky and Hutch pose as good old country boys in order to track down moonshiners who have brewed up a lethal batch of bootleg hooch.

Starsky and Hutch become suspicious when a respected detective posts bail for the man who raped his daughter.

Starsky becomes involved with a woman whose previous lovers died at the hands of a psychopathic killer.

Starsky and Hutch work undercover in a beauty salon in order to set a trap for an international jewel thief.

Hutch is wounded by a teenage thief, Starsky dubiously goes to work with his new partner.

Starsky and Hutch pose as an eccentric photographer and a timid swimwear buyer when the duo enter the fashion world to investigate a garment business racketeering ring.

Starsky and Hutch attempt to intercept a hit man hired by a model who believes she is dying.

Starsky's younger brother is taken hostage by ruthless counterfeiters hoping to lure Starsky into a death trap.

In order to draw out a suspect, Starsky goes into the ring when he and Hutch are assigned to protect a wrestler who has received a death threat.

Hutch dates a lounge singer and is badly beaten and marked for death by her racketeer brother.

Hutch learns that a policeman friend of his agreed to exchange the life of an informer for the cancellation of gambling debts.

Hutch poses as a hitman and bluffs the murder of Starsky to support his identity after a kid accidentally blows his cover.

Huggy Bear works alone to help a friend retrieve some stolen money.

After Huggy's friend volunteers information to Starsky and Hutch in an important drug case, he is killed before being able to testify. The case looks lost, and the cops lose Huggy's friendship.

Starsky and Hutch have retired voluntarily but become involved in a blackmail case.

Starsky and Hutch discover a link between a friend and a crooked judge.

Hutch and Starsky date the same policewoman while trying to catch a dance hall killer.

Bent on revenge, a man with enormous political and financial clout plans to eliminate Starsky and Hutch.

(Last show of the series)