Hunter: Season 5
Season 5 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Hunter Season 4.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 5 Progress Shield
Heir of Neglect
Oct 29, 1988 · 60 min
Hunter investigates the case of a teenage boy who mistakenly shot his parents during what he claimed was a home invasion.
The Baby Game
Nov 5, 1988 · 60 min
Hunter and McCall enter the world of baby brokering when they find the murdered body of an expensive call girl, and a two-year-old toddler left unharmed in front of the woman's tel
Dead on Target (1)
Nov 12, 1988 · 60 min
While investigating the apparent suicide of Hunter's friend from the Vietnam War, Hunter and McCall uncover a twenty-year-old betrayal with a rising body count.
Dead on Target (2)
Nov 19, 1988 · 60 min
Hunter uncovers a gem-smuggling operation while investigating his war buddy's death.
Presumed Guilty
Nov 26, 1988 · 60 min
McCall finds her loyalties sharply divided when an important murder case being prosecuted by her lover is jeopardized by Hunter, who thinks the defendant is innocent.
No Good Deed Ever Goes Unpunished
Dec 3, 1988 · 60 min
Mysterious tape recordings accusing a powerful company of illegally dumping toxic waste seem like a prank, until Hunter and McCall find that someone is willing to kill to conceal t
Honorable Profession
Dec 10, 1988 · 60 min
Hunter puts his job on the line when he defends a female officer wounded and possibly killed in the line of duty.
Payback
Dec 17, 1988 · 60 min
Hunter and McCall try to solve a bank robbery and murder, while attempting to cope with the double and triple-crossing schemes of a small time criminal who once saved Hunter's life
Partners
Jan 7, 1989 · 60 min
When the husband of a policewoman is murdered, evidence of wife abuse makes Hunter and McCall suspect the woman's patrol partner who knew about the beatings.
The Pit
Jan 14, 1989 · 60 min
The son of an LAPD dispatcher lands himself in hot water when he accumulates gambling debts.
City Under Siege (1)
Feb 4, 1989 · 60 min
Hunter and McCall track a pair of killers through a Los Angeles suburb where a crime wave and backlash vigilantism threaten to tear the community apart.
City Under Siege (2)
Feb 11, 1989 · 60 min
An escaped killer continues to stalk Hunter; a desperate vigilante fights crime in his neighborhood.
City Under Siege (3)
Feb 18, 1989 · 60 min
Hunter nabs an escaped convict after a neighborhood vigilante is found dead.
Me, Myself & Die
Feb 25, 1989 · 60 min
A woman is the prime suspect in a brutal murder case after she stops taking her experimental medication.
Informant
Mar 18, 1989 · 60 min
An informant to whom Hunter promised anonymity seven years earlier represents himself when his case is re-tried.
Blood Line
Apr 1, 1989 · 60 min
Hunter and McCall follow the trail of revenge and fraud while investigating the murder of a thoroughbred racehorse.
Shoot to Kill
Apr 8, 1989 · 60 min
McCall is suspected of having shot an innocent man during a shootout in an alley and fights to clear her name with help from Hunter and Sporty James. While helping McCall, they dis
Code 3
Apr 15, 1989 · 60 min
When a nurse she recently befriended is killed in a car accident related to alcohol just a few days later, McCall suspects foul play. She is even more convinced of that after learn
Ring of Honor
Apr 29, 1989 · 60 min
When a series of murders hits the prize-fighting community, a boxing trainer helps Hunter and McCall investigate. Boxing turns deadly when the manager of promising fighter Sonny Ru
Teen Dreams
May 6, 1989 · 60 min
Prostitutes are being murdered by a man who lures them disguised as a police officer. When McCall's friend Debbie Small (from the "City Under Siege" saga) returns to the profession
Last Run
May 13, 1989 · 60 min
Hunter and McCall try to rescue an undercover female agent who was kidnapped during an investigation into money laundering, and have to deal with interference from the girl's fathe
Return of White Cloud
May 21, 1989 · 60 min
Hunter and McCall investigate the murder of an art gallery owner involved in illegal sales of Native American artifacts, and find themselves drawn into a mysterious world of Native