Hunter: Season 6
Season 6 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 5.
- 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 6 Progress Shield
On Air
Oct 14, 1989 · 60 min
Hunter becomes involved with a beautiful radio host when he goes undercover to catch a killer who threatens the men in her life.
Shillelagh
Oct 21, 1989 · 60 min
Hunter and McCall are assigned to protect the Irish patriot brother of Devane's new lady friend, but find the man is the assassin instead of the intended victim.
Investment in Death
Oct 28, 1989 · 60 min
Hunter and McCall pursue the killer of college student who was the brother of Hunter's old friend.
A Girl Named Hunter
Nov 4, 1989 · 60 min
Hunter searches for the killer of a runaway girl whose baby he helped to deliver.
The Legion (1)
Nov 11, 1989 · 60 min
Hunter defies departmental policy to save McCall from a kidnapper and bring her back to the police force.
The Legion (2)
Nov 18, 1989 · 60 min
Hunter stalks the white supremacists who took McCall hostage; McCall considers leaving the force.
Yesterday's Child
Nov 25, 1989 · 60 min
Hunter receives a life-altering shock when he is asked to take the case of a Vietnamese teenager who is accused of murdering a car salesman.
Shield of Honor
Dec 2, 1989 · 60 min
Hunter's new trainee, the son of a career officer, has problems doing his duty as they investigate a series of robbery-murders.
The Fifth Victim
Dec 9, 1989 · 60 min
Hunter and McCall track down a departmental leak in the investigation of a serial killer and his victims.
Brotherly Love
Jan 6, 1990 · 60 min
Hunter and McCall investigate a teenager who accidentally kills a drug dealer and flees with the money, hoping to find the boy before the drug dealer's boss does.
The Nightmare
Jan 13, 1990 · 60 min
Hunter and McCall pursue the killer of McCall's cleaning woman, a ruthless Central American doctor who brutally tortured the woman and her family many years before.
Broken Dreams
Jan 27, 1990 · 60 min
An old flame of Hunter's witnesses a murder but withholds information while her husband blackmails the killer.
Son and Heir
Feb 3, 1990 · 60 min
Hunter and McCall investigate a mobster's son who kills an undercover officer, unaware the cop is his half-brother.
Unacceptable Loss
Feb 10, 1990 · 60 min
Hunter and McCall investigate the illegal disposal of poisonous gas that kills a young boy.
Unfinished Business
Feb 24, 1990 · 60 min
Hunter and McCall's visit to a police psychiatrist regarding a work-related incident reveals a more intimate relationship years before.
Lullaby
Mar 3, 1990 · 60 min
The investigation into the death of a British prostitute teams Hunter and McCall with a beautiful inspector from Scotland Yard.
Final Confession
Mar 17, 1990 · 60 min
After serving a 20-year prison term, a convicted murderer hunts down his accomplices who avoided prosecution. One of the accomplices has since become a priest.
Blind Ambition
Mar 31, 1990 · 60 min
When a young, convicted murderer commits suicide, his vengeful brother holds McCall and the judge she's dating captive, forcing McCall to discover the truth of the case.
Sudden Withdrawal
Apr 16, 1990 · 60 min
Hunter and McCall search for a beautiful woman whose numerous liaisons are linked to a series of bank robberies.
Second Sight
Apr 23, 1990 · 60 min
Hunter and McCall investigate a psychic's deadly premonitions.
Street Wise (1)
Apr 30, 1990 · 60 min
As McCall rekindles an old romance, Hunter insinuates himself into a case involving the mysterious theft of a vagrant's Medal of Honor.
Street Wise (2)
May 7, 1990 · 60 min
As an investigation into an elaborate fencing operation leads Hunter to the killer of a fellow officer and friend, McCall weighs the decision to marry and quit the force.