Series synopsis
Starsky & Hutch is an American action & adventure drama crime television series that premiered on ABC on September 10, 1975. It ended on May 15, 1979. It was created by William Blinn. It stars David Soul, Paul Michael Glaser, Antonio Fargas and Bernie Hamilton.
Streetwise Detective David Starsky partners up with a more intellectual partner, Kenneth 'Hutch' Hutchinson, to protect citizens and patrol the streets of Bay City.
Premise
Streetwise Detective David Starsky partners up with a more intellectual partner, Kenneth 'Hutch' Hutchinson, to protect citizens and patrol the streets of Bay City.
Premise: Me and Thee
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- David Soul as Kenneth Hutchinson
- Paul Michael Glaser as David Starsky
- Antonio Fargas as Huggy Bear Brown
- Bernie Hamilton as Harold Dobey
- Carl Anderson as Ralph
- Jean-Pierre Aumont
- Carole Mallory
- Paul Benjamin
Supporting cast
- Patrick Labyorteaux as Richie Yeager
- Dick Wesson
- Veronica Hamel as Vanessa
- Sally Kirkland as Greta Wren / Dora Pruitt
- Lenore Kasdorf
- Susan Tyrrell as Annie / Isabelle Oates
- Dick Anthony Williams
- Robert Tessier as Soldier
- James Keach
- Colleen Camp
- Wayde Preston
- William Bogert
Guest cast
- Carl Anderson as Ralph
- Jean-Pierre Aumont
- Carole Mallory
- Paul Benjamin
- Patrick Labyorteaux as Richie Yeager
- Dick Wesson
- Veronica Hamel as Vanessa
- Sally Kirkland as Greta Wren / Dora Pruitt
- Lenore Kasdorf
- Susan Tyrrell as Annie / Isabelle Oates
- Dick Anthony Williams
- Robert Tessier as Soldier
Episodes
This series spans 5 seasons with 99 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 7 | April 23, 1975 | March 2, 1980 |
| Season 1 | 22 | September 10, 1975 | April 21, 1976 |
| Season 2 | 25 | September 25, 1976 | April 16, 1977 |
| Season 3 | 23 | September 17, 1977 | May 17, 1978 |
| Season 4 | 22 | September 12, 1978 | May 15, 1979 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Pilot An execution-style shooting in which two young lovers are brutally killed indicates that the intended targets were actually Bay City Police Detectives Starsky and Hutchinson, when the victims' car turns out to match Starksy's. All leads point toward a local crime-lord awaiting trial as being behind their (intended) murders. But when he flatly denies the charge, the pair set out to hunt down the real culprits... and motive. |
April 23, 1975 |
| 2 | Featurette - "Starsky & Hutch - The Movie" | |
| 3 | Featurette - The Third Star |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Savage Sunday An elderly couple, desperate to draw attention to the poor living conditions in their old folk’s home, have rigged the trunk of their car with fifty sticks of dynamite and a timer, planning to set it off outside City Hall. But the car is stolen by two thugs on a spree of armed liquor store robberies, unaware that the car is loaded with explosives, ticking towards detonation in the trunk. |
September 10, 1975 |
| 2 |
Texas Longhorn Wealthy used-car dealer Zack Tyler and his wife stop to help two men seemingly having car trouble, only for the two thugs to rob Zack, and rape and murder his wife. Starsky and Hutch work all out using their underground contacts to track down the two murderers, but they don't quite realise that once they have found the culprits, that Zack intends to get even with his wife's killers by taking the law into his own hands. |
September 17, 1975 |
| 3 |
Death Ride On assignment to protect the daughter of a crime czar who's agreed to testify against mob bosses Starsky and Hutch must drive her back home from San Francisco pursued by ruthless killers all along the way |
September 24, 1975 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Las Vegas Strangler (1) 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 strangled a string of chorus girls. But the pair don't realise that they've been chosen for the case on more than merit alone - the prime suspect is an old high-school friend of Hutch's. While tracking down the killer, Starsky starts seeing an attractive show-girl - who could be the killer's next victim... |
September 25, 1976 |
| 2 |
The Las Vegas Strangler (2) 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, startling implications about several people linked to the case... |
September 25, 1976 |
| 3 |
Murder at Sea (1) 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, where the case leads to them uncovering drug smuggling... |
October 2, 1976 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Starsky & Hutch on Playboy Island (a.k.a. Murder on Voodoo Island) (1) | September 17, 1977 |
| 2 |
Starsky & Hutch on Playboy Island (a.k.a. Murder on Voodoo Island) (2) Concluding this feature-length / two-part story. Still undercover at the lush resort of Playboy Island, Starsky and Hutch must find out who is behind the voodoo murders and why, but as they look into the strange goings-on surrounding billionaire recluse William Thorne, they find themselves battling the black magic of a powerful witch doctor... |
September 17, 1977 |
| 3 |
Fatal Charm While Starsky, Hutch and Officer Linda Baylor are working on an operation to trap a wanted drug dealer, Hutch receives a minor wound, and reports to hospital, where he meets nurse Diana Harmon. After they meet later at a bar, they spend a romantic evening together. But when afterwards Hutch, concerned by her possessive ways, doesn't plan to continue with the relationship, Diana starts displaying unbalanced, obsessive behaviour that not only jeopardises the Police operation, but puts Hutch in great danger... |
September 24, 1977 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Discomania The streetwise Detective partners go incognito as disco dudes at Fever, a popular dance club, where Sergeant Lizzie Thorpe is laid as bait in a trap set for a serial killer, who is drugging, abducting and murdering attractive women who refuse to dance with him... |
September 12, 1978 |
| 2 |
The Game When they blow the capture of a wanted felon, Starsky and Hutch each blame the other, and lay down a bet to see whether or not Hutch can successfully elude Starsky for a whole weekend. But the exercise in hide-and-seek becomes more than just a game when Starsky realises that Hutch has unknowingly eaten contaminated soup, and could die from the potentially lethal botulism poisoning. It's a race against time as Starsky struggles to locate Hutch to warn him, but Hutch, unawares to the poisoning, assumes it's all part of Starsky's attempts to draw him out, and dons a number of disguises in order to stay one step ahead... |
September 19, 1978 |
| 3 |
Blindfold Responding to a jewellery store robbery, Starsky is distraught when he accidentally shoots an art student caught in the cross-fire, costing the girl her sight. Guilt-stricken, he forcefully strikes up friendship with the blinded young woman, without confessing that he's the law officer that caused her to loose her vision. But their subsequent relationship soon proves to be very dangerous, as someone seems determined to keep him away from her, and Hutch comes to question just how much of a chance by-stander she really was in the incident... |
September 26, 1978 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | ABC |
|---|---|
| First aired | September 10, 1975 |
| Last aired | May 15, 1979 |
| Runtime | 60 minutes |
| Status | ended |