Starsky & Hutch: Season 2
Season 2 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 Starsky & Hutch Season 1.
- 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 2 Progress Shield
The Las Vegas Strangler (1)
Sep 25, 1976 · 60 min
First part of a feature-length / two-part story. Dare-devil Detective duo Starsky and Hutch are loaned to the Las Vegas Police Department to snare a serial killer that has strangle
The Las Vegas Strangler (2)
Sep 25, 1976 · 60 min
Concluding part of this feature-length / two-part story. The duo close in on the serial strangler who is singling out chorus girls, but the investigation holds some unexpected,
Murder at Sea (1)
Oct 2, 1976 · 60 min
First part of a feature-length / two-part story. Investigating a murder, the tough duo go undercover on luxury cruise ship The Amolola, as entertainment directors Hack and Zack, wh
Murder at Sea (2)
Oct 2, 1976 · 60 min
Concluding part of this feature-length / two-part story. The Detective duo, undercover as cruise ship entertainers Hack and Zack, find that they have stumbled onto something much b
Gillian
Oct 16, 1976 · 60 min
The Detective duo investigate a killing that is latest in a string of crimes in the red-light district. Off duty, Hutch is getting serious with his new girl-friend, the classy Gill
Bust Amboy (a.k.a. Nightlight)
Oct 23, 1976 · 60 min
The Detective pair are determined to nail the wealthy Amboy, a crafty narcotics dealer who is supplying young prostitutes, and always avoids Police arrest with legal loop-holes...
The Vampire
Oct 30, 1976 · 60 min
When a dancer is murdered in bizarre circumstances, with marks resembling fang bites on her neck and an unusually large quantity of blood missing from her body, Starsky and Hutch d
The Specialist
Nov 6, 1976 · 60 min
Starsky, Hutch, and two other officers respond to an armed robbery at a jeweler's, only for a woman to accidentally get shot dead from one of the lawmen. The dead woman's husband i
Tap Dancing Her Way Right Back Into Your Hearts
Nov 20, 1976 · 60 min
Dedicated Detectives Starsky and Hutch are working undercover at a plush Hollywood dance studio, as a dance teacher and student respectively, to investigate an extortion racket ope
Vendetta (a.k.a. The Monster)
Nov 27, 1976 · 60 min
The Detective duo are on the case as criminals and public alike are endangered when Solkin, a Fagin-like felon, uses an imbalanced teenager to commit crimes - including brutal assa
Nightmare
Nov 28, 1976 · 60 min
A gang of rapists who attacked a 19-year-old girl may go free because an ambitious district attorney thinks that the victim's testimony may be worthless in court.
Iron Mike
Dec 18, 1976 · 60 min
The crime-busting pair's suspicions are aroused when they spot highly respected Police Captain "Iron Mike" Ferguson accepting an envelope from an underworld kingpin.
Little Girl Lost
Dec 25, 1976 · 60 min
It's the Christmas season, and while Starsky is happily getting into the festivities, Hutch is far more sceptical about people's sudden goodwill over the period. Responding to a ca
Bloodbath
Jan 1, 1977 · 60 min
On the day of trial of Simon Marcus, a murderous cult leader that Starsky and Hutch arrested, Starsky is snatched away by the cult leader's followers just before judgement is passe
The Psychic
Jan 15, 1977 · 60 min
Huggy introduces the Detective duo to a friend of his, opening up a new café, who unwittingly has clairvoyant visions. Starsky is sceptical of such psychic ability, Hutch more will
The Set-Up (1)
Jan 22, 1977 · 60 min
First episode of a two-part story. The tough Detective partners are working incognito as truckers, in an operation to safely transport Joe Durniak - a man with Mob connections whom
The Set-Up (2)
Jan 29, 1977 · 60 min
Conclusion of this two-part story. The duo try to uncover the truth behind Terry Nash - the well-intentioned gun-man out to avenge the murder of his wife and who, until recently, d
Survival
Feb 5, 1977 · 60 min
After Hutch plays the key part in a successful undercover operation to nail a wanted racketeer, the captured felon hires a hit-man to prevent Hutch from testifying in court.
Starsky's Lady (a.k.a. Revenge; a.k.a. Snowball)
Feb 12, 1977 · 60 min
Crazed killer Prudholm returns to extract his revenge on Starsky, who he blames for the death of his son while in Police custody.
Huggy Bear and the Turkey
Feb 19, 1977 · 60 min
Huggy Bear has linked up with his friend, former Sheriff "Turkey" Turquet, to set up their own Private Detective Agency. Their first case sees them hired to find a woman's missing
The Committee
Feb 26, 1977 · 60 min
After the streetwise Detectives capture a rapist, they are outraged when the thug is let off with a lenient court sentence. Starsky openly vents his disgust at such light punishmen
The Velvet Jungle
Mar 5, 1977 · 60 min
An illegal immigrant witnesses the murder of a co-worker who was threatening to expose the illegal activities of crooked Immigration officials, and is forced to hide out in fear as
Long Walk Down a Short Dirt Road
Mar 12, 1977 · 60 min
The dashing Detectives try to catch the deranged stalker who is hounding a successful country singer, and will only stop if she pays him $10,000.
Murder on Stage 17
Mar 19, 1977 · 60 min
The dare-devil Detectives work undercover as stunt-men on the set of a new Western movie, in order to investigate a series of suspicious, fatal "accidents" that have befallen sever
Starsky and Hutch are Guilty
Apr 16, 1977 · 60 min
When a Police informant is brutally beaten, witnesses point the finger at Starsky and Hutch. As the vicious assaults continue, the Detective partners are dropped increasingly deepe