ABC · Ended

Sledge Hammer!

Comedy, Action · 1986 · Rated 7.9/10

Last aired: S2 E19, Here's to You, Mrs. Hammer · 1988-02-12

Meet Inspector Sledge Hammer, a new kind of hero who makes Rambo look like Pee Wee Herman. Sledge is the trigger-happy lawman whose hatred of criminal scum and yogurt eatin' creeps was matched only by his love of excessive force and a .44 Magnum. Over the next two seasons, this hilariously deranged lampoon of Dirty Harry and plenty of other targets became one of the most notorious series in television history and launched a rabid cult of fans that grows to this day.

Cast

David Rasche Inspector Sledge Hammer

Anne-Marie Martin Detective Dori Doreau

Harrison Page Captain Trunk

John Lawlor Chief Reisner

Season 2

Season 1 Season 2

E1 A Clockwork Hammer 1987-09-17 · 30 min Sledge is abducted by a former television executive whose brainwashing operation reprograms its victim's minds through unrelenting and unmerciful exposure to television programming.

E2 Big Nazi on Campus 1987-09-24 · 30 min Sledge and Dori investigate the murder of a history student who was studying Hitler's Third Reich. Suspects include her burly quarterback boyfriend and her kindly, old history professor.

E3 Play It Again, Sledge 1987-10-01 · 30 min When Sledge gets suspended he decides to try being a P.I.

E4 Wild About Hammer 1987-10-08 · 30 min A female cop with a sadomasochistic fetish falls for and kidnaps Sledge.

E5 Death of a Few Salesmen 1987-10-15 · 30 min Sledge poses as an Australian car magnate, Crocodile Bruce, to catch the killer of used car dealers.

E6 Vertical 1987-10-29 · 30 min While suffering from vertigo, Sledge must protect the girlfriend of a mobster.

E7 Dressed to Call 1987-11-05 · 30 min Sledge must discover who's making threatening calls to a radio psychologist.

E8 Hammer Hits the Rock 1987-11-12 · 30 min Sledge poses as an assassin to discover a mobster's secret hideout.

E9 Last of the Red Hot Vampires 1987-11-19 · 30 min An old-time actor who played vampires in the movies dies, but a vampire is then seen at two murders where the victims are drained of blood.

E10 Hammeroid 1987-11-26 · 30 min After breaking nearly all his bones, Sledge encases himself in a robotic suit to stop a robot.

E11 Sledge in Toyland 1987-12-03 · 30 min Toy company tycoon Milo Tieup is in a hotel room with his mistress preparing for a romantic tryst. While she is in the bathroom, a toy tank sneaks into the room through a doggie door, and shoots Tieup with a real bullet. Hammer and Doreau arrive at the scene, and question the mistress. Upon reporting back to Captain Trunk, Hammer accidentally let's it slip to Mrs. Tieup about her husband's affair. It turns out she was having her own affair with the company's lead toy designer, and that they were together when the murder took place. A short time later, the mistress winds up up dead as well having been killed in her bathtub by a toy submarine. Hammer and Doreau suddenly find themselves without suspects and a murderer still on the loose.

E12 Icebreaker 1987-12-10 · 30 min When a British agent arrives and informs them of a terrorist in the city, Sledge and Doreau work with him. When Doreau takes a liking to him, Sledge butts in and Doreau is upset with him.

E13 They Call Me Mr. Trunk 1987-12-17 · 30 min Trunk must solve the puzzle of why the army has surrounded the entire precinct before the entire staff dies.

E14 Model Dearest 1988-01-07 · 30 min Dori poses as a model to get the dirt on a white slavery ring.

E15 Sledge, Rattle, 'n' Roll 1988-01-15 · 30 min Hammer investigates the mysterious deaths of a heavy metal group and their manager.

E16 Suppose They Gave a War and Sledge Came? 1988-01-22 · 30 min To investigate the death of a prominent businessman, Sledge joins a weekend war gaming organization.

E17 The Secret of My Excess 1988-01-29 · 30 min Sledge tries to find the whereabouts of a woman for the Governor.

E18 It Happened What Night? 1988-02-05 · 30 min The precinct thinks that Sledge and Dori have slept together when all that appears on a surveillance tape is them drunk and in bed.

E19 Here's to You, Mrs. Hammer 1988-02-12 · 30 min Sledge runs into his best bud from high school, now a defense lawyer. Rekindling of their friendship comes to a halt when he learns that his friend is about to marry his ex-wife. Sledge is forced to face the fact that he has no one.

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