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The Hot Grounder

Episode Number: 3    Season Num: 1    First Aired: Friday October 5, 1984    Prod Code: 5107
When the Police Commissioner's wife is murdered, the chief becomes the prime suspect. Hunter and McCall have to clear his name.

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Writer: Stephen J. Cannell
Director: Bill Duke
Star: Fred Dryer (Detective Sergeant Rick Hunter),  James Whitmore Jr. (Sergeant Bernie Terwilliger),  John Amos (Captain Dolan),  Stepfanie Kramer (Detective Sergeant Dee Dee McCall)
Recurring Role: Gary Crosby (Smitty),  Arthur Rosenberg (Captain Lester Cain)
Guest Star: Joseph Whipp (Himself),  Gloria Gifford (Herself),  Rick Fitts (Himself),  Ray Girardin (Manny Roth),  Joe Santos (Oretga),  Rosemarie Thomas (Connie Crenshaw),  William C. Schilling (Mark Leland),  Jason Bernard (Chief Kenny Lanark),  Beau Billingslea (Police Officer),  Paul Willson (Shriver),  Sam J. Jones (Lance Lane),  William Windom (Commissioner Larry Crenshaw)

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Sam J. Jones is credited as Sam Jones. (edit)

Quotes

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(Hunter and McCall dining at a small cafe)
McCall: I guess the sexual revolution hasn't made it to that table over there.
Man at next table: Like your purse there big fella. (smirking at Hunter) (edit)
Hunter: McCall (knocks on ladies' room door), we got it. You can come out now girls it's safe.
(Long line of women parade out of the ladies' room)
McCall: Why didn't you hide, Hunter?
Hunter: I was in the men's room. What did you want me to do climb up in a vent? I'm too big.
Ortega: Hey Hunter, Can I have your desk and your locker? (laughter) (edit)

Trivia

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Goof: Hunter and McCall are sitting in a local restaurant after doing an investigation at the commissioner's house (For point of reference, this occurred at 16m 45s - 17m into the episode). Hunter has the commissioner's dearly departed wife's purse with him. A thief walks into the restaurant and eyes Hunter. When Hunter slings the purse over his shoulder, the thief runs in, grabs the purse from Hunter and flees. That starts an action scene where the duo runs out of the restaurant to apphrend the thief. Right before they flee the restaurant, McCall jumps up on a table. She is wearing black sneakers when she jumps up on the table, but she takes her shoes off before she runs out the door of the restaurant and they are stilettos. (edit)

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