Sledge Hammer!

Épisode 1 - Under the Gun

23 septembre 1986 - 5/5

Sledge Hammer is a no-nonsense cop whose best friend is his .44 Magnum, and who just loves to use excessive force to collar criminals. In the opener, the mayor's daughter is kidnapped, and Hammer vows to bring her back -- "dead or alive."

Épisode 2 - Hammer Gets Nailed

26 septembre 1986 - 5/5

A reporter spends a day with Hammer and gets more than he bargained for, and Hammer gets fired. Guest Stars Ronnie Schell as Phil Gumm

Épisode 3 - Witless

3 octobre 1986

After a mobster puts out a “one week only” million-dollar contract on Hammer, every killer in the city, and some financially strapped cops, tries to claim the prize. After an attempted hit takes place in Capt. Trunk' s office, Hammer is ordered to spend the week in a small "Hamish” village. Hammer proceeds to disrupt the lives of this pacifistic community. By the time the hired gunmen arrive, the formerly peaceful farmers, who Hammer corrupted into the ways of violence, assist him.

Épisode 4 - They Shoot Hammers, Don't They?

17 octobre 1986

An escaped convict wrecks havoc in the city, promising even more destruction unless Hammer agrees to meet him in an old west style showdown. The convict is John Kogan, Hammer's childhood rival as well as former partner in the police department. Kogan is also the only man faster on the draw than Hammer… a fact that Sledge is well aware of.

Épisode 5 - Dori Day Afternoon

24 octobre 1986

When Hammer and Dori make a trip to the bank they become involved in an armed robbery. The detectives are taken hostage and the robbers demand a plane to take them to Rio. Dori tries to convince Hammer to let her use her training in terrorist psychology and persuasion before he starts blowing everyone away.

Épisode 6 - To Sledge with Love

31 octobre 1986

Hammer is asked to straighten out some young hoods that have taken over their high school. He discovers that the gang is working for a local car theft ring. Hammer convinces the teens to put their violent nature to good use by training them to become cops.

Épisode 7 - All Shook Up

6 novembre 1986

Hammer and Dori are assigned to locate a serial killer who is bumping off Elvis impersonators. In order to flush out the killer Hammer attends The Famous School For Elvis Impersonators where all the victims were once students. Complete with sequins and pompadour, Hammer enters an Elvis contest and sings The Battle Hymn of the Republic… setting himself up as bait.

Épisode 8 - Over My Dead Bodyguard

13 novembre 1986

When the press reveals that Capt. Trunk is scheduled to testify against a mob boss, Hammer is assigned as his bodyguard. In an attempt on his life Trunk is wounded and taken to the hospital. Sledge decides to make a bogus report that the captain’s been killed, but an assassin learns Trunk is still alive and infiltrates the tightly secured hospital posing as a physician.

Épisode 9 - Magnum Farce

22 novembre 1986

When a group of vigilante cops begin killing criminals who have gotten off due to legal technicalities, Hammer is assigned to infiltrate the group. To test his loyalty the rogues assign him the task of killing a female district attorney who is out to stop them. While this same D.A. tries to seduce Hammer in her home, Sledge learns that she is really the leader of the vigilantes and plans to kill him.

Épisode 10 - If I Had a Little Hammer

29 novembre 1986

Hammer and Dori pose as a couple wanting to adopt a baby in order to discover who is kidnapping infants from a hospital maternity ward. They learn that the hospital’s head nurse and her brother are behind the abductions, which lead to an incongruous shootout in a baby supply warehouse.

Épisode 11 - To Live and Die on TV

13 décembre 1986

After a winning game show contestant is murdered, Hammer investigates. He learns that the show’s host did the killing, obscuring the fact that he’d also embezzled the prize money. Hammer signs on as a contestant to make the host try to kill again.

Épisode 12 - Miss of the Spider Woman

20 décembre 1986

Hammer is poisoned by a mysterious woman and learns that he has only twelve hours to live. Hammer learns that the only cure for the poison is held by a group of monks in the Andes who have taken a vow of silence. Severely weakened, Hammer must hunt down the perpetrators before it’s too late… made worse by the fact that it’s also daylight savings time.

Épisode 13 - The Old Man and the Sledge

3 janvier 1987

Hammer gets to meet his idol, a retired police detective with a reputation for old school toughness, and gets him a job as a security guard at a local jewelry store. When the store is robbed, the old man is wounded and ends up at a retirement home. Hammer feels responsible for what happened and vows to get revenge on the thieves… not realizing he’s also giving the old man one last shot at glory.

Épisode 14 - State of Sledge

10 janvier 1987

When Hammer arrests the leader of a Satanic cult, Internal Affairs insists that the cultist be allowed his one phone call. Soon after the cultist makes the call, the precinct headquarters is surrounded by hundreds of demented devil worshippers. With communications to the outside cut off, Hammer devises a risky plan to lift the state of siege.

Épisode 15 - Haven't Gun, Will Travel

17 janvier 1987

A gang of silver thieves, working in cahoots with an unscrupulous police psychiatrist, destroys Hammer's psyche when they steal his beloved 44 Magnum… effectively crippling the crime fighter.

Épisode 16 - The Color of Hammer

24 janvier 1987

When Hammer's favorite hanging judge dismisses charges against a local mobster, Hammer investigates. The judge is found murdered with the only clue leading to a shady pool hall. Sledge poses as a pool shark to uncover the racketeer who has been blackmailing city officials.

Épisode 17 - Brother Can You Spare a Crime?

31 janvier 1987

When a handsome jewel thief is arrested, he manages to convince Hammer that he’s his long-lost brother… enlisting Sledge’s aid in his rehabilitation.

Épisode 18 - Desperately Seeking Dori

7 février 1987

While pursuing a counterfeiter, Doreau gets knocked on the head. The results are a personality disorder that makes her behave in the same anti-social, violent manner as her partner Hammer.

Épisode 19 - Sledgepoo

14 février 1987

Hammer's search for a jewel thief leads to an upscale beauty salon, where henchmen rob the society matrons’ homes during their hair appointments. Hammer goes undercover as a hairdresser in order to stop the British thieves who are after the ladies' jewels.

Épisode 20 - Comrade Hammer

21 février 1987

Hammer is assigned to protect a Russian scientist who is being pursued by the KGB, leading to a cross country train journey fraught with peril.

Épisode 21 - Jagged Sledge

21 avril 1987

Hammer goes on trial for the murder of the city's leading crime boss. Capt. Trunk and Dori are called upon to give damaging testimony against Hammer and everyone is convinced he’s guilty, including Hammer himself.

Épisode 22 - The Spa Who Loved Me

28 avril 1987 - 5/5

Bodybuilding terrorists led by a female aerobics instructor steal a nuclear warhead from the military and threaten to destroy the entire country. Hammer and Dori are assigned to the case and are captured by the group. When Hammer gets control of the situation he tries to disarm the device. Seconds later, the bomb explodes.

Épisode 23 - Go Ahead, Make Me Laugh!

10 juillet 2004

Features all new interviews with Alan Spencer, David Rasche, Anne-Marie Martin and Harrison Page. We had no choice but to give good interviews because, as you can see, we all had guns to our heads!

Épisode 1 - A Clockwork Hammer

17 septembre 1987

Vile Video Concepts conditions cops not to testify against a mobster; Hammer meets a computerized version of himself.

Épisode 2 - Big Nazi on Campus

24 septembre 1987

Sledge and Dori investigate the death of a college coed.

Épisode 3 - Play It Again, Sledge

1 octobre 1987

When Sledge and Dori get suspended from the force, they open a private investigation firm with counseling from Bogart's ghost.

Épisode 4 - Wild About Hammer

8 octobre 1987

A female cop with a sadistic/ masochistic fetish falls for and kidnaps Sledge.

Épisode 5 - Death of a Few Salesmen

15 octobre 1987

Sledge poses as an Australian car magnate, Crocodile Bruce, to catch the killer of used car dealers.

Épisode 6 - Vertical

29 octobre 1987

While suffering from vertigo, Sledge must protect the girlfriend of a mobster.

Épisode 7 - Dressed to Call

5 novembre 1987

Sledge must discover who's making threatening calls to a radio psychologist.

Épisode 8 - Hammer Hits the Rock (a.k.a. Sledge on the Rock)

12 novembre 1987

Sledge poses as an assassin to discover a mobster's secret hideout.

Épisode 9 - Last of the Red Hot Vampires

19 novembre 1987

An old time movie vampire is falsely accused of murdering his cast and crew.

Épisode 10 - Hammeroid

26 novembre 1987

After breaking nearly all his bones, Sledge encases himself in a robotic suit to stop a robot.

Épisode 11 - Sledge in Toyland

3 décembre 1987

Sledge is sent to investigate when a toy manufacturer is attacked by one of his own toys.

Épisode 12 - Icebreaker

10 décembre 1987

Sledge finds himself competing with a British cop.

Épisode 13 - They Call Me Mr. Trunk

17 décembre 1987

Trunk must solve the puzzle of why the army has surrounded the entire precinct before the entire staff dies.

Épisode 14 - Model Dearest

7 janvier 1988

Dori poses as a model to get the dirt on a white slavery ring.

Épisode 15 - Sledge, Rattle, 'n' Roll

15 janvier 1988

Hammer investigates the mysterious deaths of a heavy metal group and their manager.

Épisode 16 - Suppose They Gave a War and Sledge Came?

22 janvier 1988

To investigate the death of a prominent businessman, Sledge joins a weekend war gaming organization.

Épisode 17 - The Secret of My Excess

29 janvier 1988

Sledge tries to find the whereabouts of a woman for the Governor.

Épisode 18 - It Happened What Night?

5 février 1988

The precinct thinks that Sledge and Dori have slept together when all that appears on a surveillance tape is them drunk and in bed.

Épisode 19 - Here's to You, Mrs. Hammer

12 février 1988

Sledge's ex-wife marries his best high school friend & forces Sledge to think about his lifestyle.

Épisode 20 - Gun Crazy

12 avril 2005

Memorable Moments with the Cast of Sledge Hammer. This nearly 15 minute featurette has the three main cast members picking their favorite shows and talking about why they liked them so much.

Épisode 21 - The Making of Sledge Hammer!