List of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1984 TV series) episodes

This is a list of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer episodes.

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
Season		Episodes	First aired	Last aired
	TV Movie 1	1	April 9, 1983 (1983-04-09)
	1	12	January 26, 1984 (1984-01-26)	April 14, 1984 (1984-04-14)
	2	14	September 29, 1984 (1984-09-29)	January 12, 1985 (1985-01-12)
	TV Movie 2	1	April 18, 1986 (1986-04-18)
	3	22	September 22, 1986 (1986-09-22)	May 13, 1987 (1987-05-13)
	TV Movie 3	1	May 21, 1989 (1989-05-21)

Episodes

TV Movie 1 (1983)

No. overall	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	Murder Me, Murder You	Gary Nelson	Bill Stratton	April 9, 1983 (1983-04-09)
Hammer is hired to protect an old flame who he hasn't seen in almost 20 years. Hammer has to investigate links between the woman's all female courier agency and bribes being given by an American helicopter manufacturer to a corrupt general in Central America.

Season 1 (1984)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
2 3	1 2	"More than Murder"	Gary Nelson	Bill Stratton	January 26, 1984 (1984-01-26)
In the two-part opening pilot, Mike's fellow Vietnam War veteran, Captain Pat Chambers (Don Stroud), is gunned down during a drug bust at a high-stakes poker game, and implicated in drug trafficking.
4	3	"24 Karat Dead"	Paul Krasny	Bill Froehlich & Mark Lisson	January 28, 1984 (1984-01-28)
After being swindled out of their life savings, an elderly couple hire Mike to go after a fraudulent gold investment company. Recurring characters in this episode include Ozzie the Answer, Jenny the Barmaid and Detective Hennessey. Guest stars include Larry Gelman as Kreiger, Hugh Gorrian as Slerick, James Hong as Ducky, Bennet Guillory as Mr. Lionel, Marla Heasly as Samantha, Tracy Scoggins as Claire DeVoe, Tom Hallick and Barbara Stock.
5	4	"Hot Ice"	Bernard Kowalski	Frank Abatemarco	February 4, 1984 (1984-02-04)
When Mike's god daughter Mei Ling (Dorlie Fong) is taken hostage he finds himself caught-up in the world of Chinese Triads with a million-dollar diamond at the centre of it all. Recurring characters in this episode include Ozzie the Answer, Jenny the Barmaid and Detective Hennessey. Guest stars include Frank Ashmore as Alex, Joan Chen as Ti, Michael Constantine as Mel Hurock, Catherine Parks, George Lee Cheung, Floyd Levine, and Keye Luke.
6	5	"Seven Dead Eyes"	James Frawley	Joe Gores	February 11, 1984 (1984-02-11)
Mike's mentor, Ridge Grundy (Myron Healey), is killed in an explosion, and the only clue he has to the mystery is a list of seven private detectives, who are being murdered one by one. Recurring characters in this episode include Ozzie the Answer, Jenny the Barmaid and Detective Hennessey. Guest stars include Dr. Joyce Brothers as herself, Dani Douthette as Leslie, Carol Portez as Floppie, Pamela Bowman as the Redhead, Irena Ferris, Sandy Lang as the claimant, Pamela West as the Brunette, Dani Douthette as Leslie, James Carroll Jordan as McCabe, Javier Grajeda as the Knifer, Mieko Kobayashi as Kyoko, John Walsh as the Announcer, John Riley, Priscilla Pointer, Les Lannom, Irena Ferris, Clayton Landey and Robert Costanzo.
7	6	"Vickie's Song"	Michael Preece	Joe Gunn	February 18, 1984 (1984-02-18)
Vickie (Linda Leilani Brown), a young songstress whom Mike had previously helped get off heroin, turns up dead from an overdose. Undercover narcotics officer Harry Welch writes it off as a routine overdose, but Mike's sure it's murder. Recurring characters in this episode include Moochie and narcotics officer Harry Welch. Guest stars include Ernie Sabella as Salvatore Juno, Reid Smith as Gary Reddin, Gary Watkins as Jake Gill, Larry Dilg as Jason, Winnie Gardner as Kim, Dana Halsted as Dede, Lynn Herring as Georgette, Jan McGill as Nancy, Marilyn Staley as Collette, Zetta Whitlow as Betty, Leigh McCloskey, Tori Lysdahl, Spencer Milligan and Shawn Southwick.
8	7	"Shots in the Dark"	Michael Preece	Larry Gross	March 3, 1984 (1984-03-03)
A mugging victim Mike rescued is found murdered and her roommate has gone missing. But the authorities claim nothing has happened.
9	8	"Dead on a Dime"	Arnold Laven	B.W. Sandefur	March 10, 1984 (1984-03-10)
Mike kills an ex-cop who is shooting up a restaurant he is at. Mike finds himself wanting know why this happened. Recurring characters in this episode include Ben Powers as Moochie.
10	9	"Sex Trap"	James Frawley	B.W. Sandefur	March 24, 1984 (1984-03-24)
Mike finds out a former lover is blackmailing foreign diplomats with tapes of them in compromising situations. Recurring characters in this episode include Ben Powers as Moochie.
11	10	"Negative Image"	Leo Penn	George Lee Marshall	March 31, 1984 (1984-03-31)
Mike believes a photo negative might hold clues to why a photographer was murdered and his models are coming up missing or dead.
12	11	"The Perfect Twenty"	John Patterson	Joe Viola	April 7, 1984 (1984-04-07)
Mike believes finding a set of counterfeit bill plates and their creator may help him solve the murder of two models and save the life of another. Recurring characters in this episode include Ben Powers as Moochie.
13	12	"Satan, Cyanide, and Murder"	Michael Preece	Stephen Downing	April 14, 1984 (1984-04-14)
A client is shot and killed in Mike's office, and the police believe it was someone trying to kill Mike. But Mike thinks otherwise. Guest stars include Stepfanie Kramer

Season 2 (1984–85)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
14	1	"Torch Song"	James Frawley	Sy Salkowitz	September 29, 1984 (1984-09-29)
Mike pulls some strings to get a reformed arsonist a new job. But when he ends up getting killed in a fire on his first day of work, Mike has to figure out why. Recurring characters in this episode include Moochie.
15	2	"Too Young to Die"	Russ Mayberry	Ed Scharlach	October 6, 1984 (1984-10-06)
Mike investigates the strangling deaths of teenage runaways involved in prostitution. Recurring characters in this episode include Moochie.
16	3	"Kill Devil"	Russ Mayberry	B.W. Sandefur	October 13, 1984 (1984-10-13)
After Mike's gun is used to kill a gang leader at a truce meeting, he'll stop at nothing to clear his name. But his detective work becomes sticky business when both gang-members and the police label him as the enemy. Recurring characters in this episode include Ozzie the Answer and Moochie. Guest stars include Ray Liotta as Tony Cable, Deborah Goodrich, Dan Lauria, Faith Minton, David Labiosa as Sammy, Vincent Keith Ford as Krager, and Debi Richter as Chi Chi.
17	4	"Catfight"	Christian I. Nyby II	Stephen J. Cannell	October 20, 1984 (1984-10-20)
Mike believes his friend's murder may have something to do with a dead mobster. The only clue comes in the form of the gangster's will, which was distributed in the form of a puzzle to three women who can't get along. Recurring characters in this episode include Moochie.
18	5	"Warpath"	James Frawley	Sy Salkowitz	October 27, 1984 (1984-10-27)
Mike works with members of a Native American tribal council that may be murdered because of an oil deal.
19	6	"Bonecrunch"	Michael Preece	Stephen Kandel	November 3, 1984 (1984-11-03)
After an unpopular quarterback is murdered at a game in front of 60,000 spectators, Mike believes gambling may have been involved.
20	7	"Dead Card Down"	Leo Penn	B.W. Sandefur	November 10, 1984 (1984-11-10)
When a friend that asked him for protection is murdered, Mike is left with only two clues, fake diamonds and half of a $10,000 bill.
21	8	"The Deadly Prey"	Paul Stanley	B.W. Sandefur	November 10, 1984 (1984-11-10)
After living abroad for a prolonged period, Velda's brother Gary returns to New York bearing gifts. But the happy reunion turns tragic when Gary is murdered in a dark alley. Mike soon finds that a smuggling ring involving exotic animals and priceless Chinese jade is his best lead. Recurring characters in this episode include Ozzie the Answer.
22	9	"A Death in the Family"	Ray Danton	Marvin Kupfer & B.W. Sandefur	November 24, 1984 (1984-11-24)
Mike is caught in a war between two crime families after one of their leaders is killed. Recurring characters in this episode include Moochie.
23	10	"Cold Target"	Jon C. Andersen	B.W. Sandefur & Duke Sandefur	December 1, 1984 (1984-12-01)
Mike becomes a target for murder when testifying at a case against a member of a group of secret killers. Recurring characters in this episode include Moochie.
24	11	"A Bullet for Benny"	Ray Danton	Chester Krumholz	December 8, 1984 (1984-12-08)
Mike attracts the attention of both the FBI and racketeers while investigating the death of a shopkeeper. Recurring characters in this episode include Moochie.
25	12	"Dead Man's Run"	Michael Preece	B.W. Sandefur	December 29, 1984 (1984-12-29)
Mike gets involved in a revolution in a small country while searching for the killer of his former Army commander.
26	13	"Firestorm"	Cliff Bole	Stephen Kandel	January 5, 1985 (1985-01-05)
After a rock singer is electrocuted at a rehearsal, Mike is suspicious when the band members aren't so much concerned about her death as they are for a missing demo tape of her new songs. Recurring characters in this episode include Moochie.
27	14	"Deadly Reunion"	Sutton Roley	Jay Bernstein	January 12, 1985 (1985-01-12)
Mike's old schoolmate Jimmy Fuller (Les Jankey) invites him to a retirement party for his favourite high school teacher Viola Green (Esther Rolle). The reunion turns ugly when revelers start turning up dead. Recurring characters in this episode include Ozzie the Answer and Moochie. Guest Stars include George Benson as George Langdon, Esther Rolle (Good Times) as Viola Green, Simone Griffeth, Chip Lucia, Steve Carelson, Lana Wood as Virginia Warburton, Cynthia Cypert as Marilyn, Alex Henteloff as Errol Ford, Terrence McGovern as Taylor Wilson, and Michael Gregory as Rick Osgoode. This is the first of two episodes to feature jazz legend George Benson as a guest star. He performs the title track from his album 20/20 on stage at the retirement party. Benson will appear again as a different character in season three's Harlem Nocturne.

TV Movie 2 (1986)

No. overall	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
28	The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer	Ray Danton	Larry Brody, Janis Hendler & James M. Miller	April 18, 1986 (1986-04-18)
Hammer becomes involved in a child-selling ring that has its origins in Vietnam when he witnesses the attempted kidnapping of the daughter of actress Joanna Lake (Lauren Hutton) during a shoot on a New York street. The made for TV movie—aimed at relaunching the Hammer franchise—starred the original cast, with guest appearances from Vince Edwards, John Karlen, Frank Mcrae, Leo Penn, Mike Preston, Stephen Macht, Mickey Rooney, and Bruce Boxleitner.

The New Mike Hammer, Season 3 (1986–87)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
29	1	"Deirdre"	TBA	Herman Miller	September 27, 1986 (1986-09-27)
Mae-Marie Corrigan (Leslie Wing) hires Hammer to find her sister Deirdre, whose disappearance may be connected to a religious radio show. The trail leads Hammer to murder, missing video tapes, and a philandering preacher called the Reverend Blessing (John S. Ragin).
30	2	"Dead Pigeon"	Bruce Kessler	Fred Freiberger	October 4, 1986 (1986-10-04)
An undercover cop is murdered and Hammer is framed for it. In the middle is Sheila Forbes, the cop's wife and Hammer's former girlfriend. Hammer has to find out who really did the murder and why.
31	3	"Golden Lady"	Ray Danton	Duke Sandefur	October 11, 1986 (1986-10-11)
A union worker is murdered and Hammer is employed by his widow to help her get money owed to her from his pension fund. Hammer finds that the money has been embezzled through overseas accounts, but who was overseeing the fraud?
32	4	"Mike's Baby"	Bruce Kessler	B.W. Sandefur	October 18, 1986 (1986-10-18)
Hammer finds an abandoned baby boy that is struggling to live, addicted to heroin. Searching for the boy's mother, Hammer finds her overdosed on heroin and strychnine. Who killed her, who's the boy's father and why did she really die?
33	5	"To Kill a Friend"	Don Weis	B.W. Sandefur	November 5, 1986 (1986-11-05)
Hammer leads a manhunt for a hood who, in the course of a jewel robbery, has gunned down Hammer's friend and left him with a bullet-riddled right arm.
34	6	"Mistress for the Prosecution"	Bruce Kessler	Arthur Ginsberg	November 12, 1986 (1986-11-12)
Barrington is drugged and a blackmailer takes some compromising photos of him. He is being asked to lose all his current cases. He then asks Hammer to help him find out who is blackmailing him and why.
35	7	"Harlem Nocturne"	Bruce Kessler	Arthur Ginsberg	November 26, 1986 (1986-11-26)
A man on parole wants Hammer to find his former girlfriend, who he hasn't seen for eight years. The man had been in jail for an armoured car robbery where the money wasn't found, which is crucial to understanding her current whereabouts. Guest Stars include George Benson as Sweet Billy Marvel, Ernie Hudson as Digger Love, and Isabel Sanford (The Jeffersons) as Hot Mama Vibes. This is George Benson's second time appearing as a guest star in the series and he and his music are featured prominently. A performance of "Love Is Here Tonight", from his then recently released album While the City Sleeps... is featured in its entirety.
36	8	"Murder in the Cards"	Don Weis	Jay Bernstein & S.S. Schweitzer	December 3, 1986 (1986-12-03)
Mike Hammer's determination to rescue the son of an old army buddy from a trial for robbery and murder sends him on an eerie mission to an upstate fishing lodge where danger waits.
37	9	"Requiem for Billy"	Sigmund Neufeld Jr.	Herman Miller	December 10, 1986 (1986-12-10)
Mike Hammer looks for the answer to who killed his young friend, but all he encounters are more questions.
38	10	"Little Miss Murder"	John Herzfeld	Ed Scharlach	January 7, 1987 (1987-01-07)
A private school girl hires Hammer to find her father, a man who was the getaway driver for a hotel robbery to order to fund his daughter's school fees. The solution goes all the way up the social ladder to a senate candidate.
39	11	"Kill John Doe"	TBA	Howard Berk	January 21, 1987 (1987-01-21)
A man with no memory walks into Hammer's office and wants to know who he is. It turns out he is a scientist wanted by the KGB. There are many twists and turns as Hammer tries to save him despite not being helped by the local agents.
40	12	"Elegy for a Tramp"	Jon C. Andersen	B.W. Sandefur	January 28, 1987 (1987-01-28)
When actress whom Mike knows dies when she jumped off her apartment, MIke wonders if someone pushed her to it. He starts by asking around and learns that she was abused emotionally.
41	13	"Body Shot"	David Jackson	Ray Danton	February 4, 1987 (1987-02-04)
An aging boxer (played by Larry Wilcox of CHiPs fame), desperate for money, is training for a fight but his sister is concerned as he is having blackouts. She asks Hammer to find out what is happening. When he investigates there seem to be other factors affecting the fight.
42	14	"Who Killed Sister Lorna?"	Frank Beascoechea	Judy Burns	February 11, 1987 (1987-02-11)
Sister Lorna disappears and Hammer is hired to find her. It turns out her husband was in a big payroll robbery and the money disappeared. When Sister Lorna is murdered, Hammer is determined to find the murderer and the money.
43	15	"Deadly Collection"	David Hemmings	James Schmerer	February 25, 1987 (1987-02-25)
A friend of Hammer's is blown up investigating a protection racket that is extorting money from a high fashion designer. Hammer continues the investigation and there is cross and double cross before he solves the case.
44	16	"Green Blizzard"	Thomas J. Wright	Don Balluck	March 4, 1987 (1987-03-04)
Mike helps an amateur counterfeiter who's gotten herself in trouble with the mob. Those gambling debts paid off with funny money didn't amuse them!
45	17	"The Last Laugh"	David Jackson	Arthur Ginsberg	March 18, 1987 (1987-03-18)
Hammer's new receptionist asks him to find her manager, who has gone missing. After the man is murdered, Hammer heads to the west coast after his receptionist, looking for the murderer.
46	18	"Lady Killer"	Paul Lynch	Edward Di Lorenzo	March 25, 1987 (1987-03-25)
A murderer is killing successful businesswomen many of whom appeared on a TV show. Hammer must act quickly before his client, a women's magazine editor, is also killed.
47	19	"Mike Gets Married"	Charles Braverman	Paul Diamond	April 15, 1987 (1987-04-15)
A woman is held at the airport whose documents say that she's Mrs. Mike Hammer. She's a foreigner who claimed to be his wife so that she could get into the country quietly. She says that her country is trying to change things and is in New York to collect money intended for the reform. When someone tries to kill her, Mike kills him but without her testimony, it can't be proven that it was justified, and she's about to be deported. So Mike marries her. This episode features a guest appearance by Roxie Roker (The Jeffersons).
48	20	"A Blinding Fear"	Stacy Keach	Jay Bernstein	April 29, 1987 (1987-04-29)
An arms dealer, Decker, has a blind 12 year-old daughter, Jennifer. Her dog is stolen and Hammer is asked to find it. It turns out to be part of a plot to kidnap the daughter and hold her for ransom. Hammer must save her and the dog.
49	21	"Green Lipstick"	Ted Lange	Gregory S. Dinallo	May 6, 1987 (1987-05-06)
A singer appears in Hammer's office asking for his help to discover why the money she is raising for a charity is disappearing. She turns out to be the daughter he never knew existed.
50	22	"A Face in the Night"	TBA	TBA	May 13, 1987 (1987-05-13)
An Australian private detective approaches Hammer to find a missing author. Her only clue is "The Face," Hammer's mysterious woman. He catches up with The Face and finds out her story. Together they discover why the author is wanted.

TV Movie 3 (1989)

No. overall	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
51	Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All	John Nicolella	Mark Edward Edens & Rudy Day	May 21, 1989 (1989-05-21)
When Hammer refuses an invitation to Las Vegas by Johnny Roman (Edward Winter), a shady entertainer, he is abducted and dropped from a plane into the city. Roman is later killed and the evidence points to Hammer. As he sets out to clear his name more murders start piling up, with the evidence also pointing to him. This made for TV movie is the last of the core Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer franchise. It notably features Jim Carrey in a small part, shortly before he became famous in the sketch comedy, In Living Color.

References

External links

Mike Hammer – list of episodes at IMDb
Mike Hammer at epguides.com

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