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The Streets of San Francisco (1972)

Season 1

Pilot. The Streets of San Francisco  

Community Score

7.2 Good 2
reviews
First aired: 9/16/1972

Detectives Stone and Keller try to reconstruct the final days of a murdered young woman in order to find clues to identify her killer.

1. The Thirty-Year Pin  

Community Score

8.4 Great 3
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First aired: 9/23/1972    Production Code: 186227

When a police officer is fatally shot three days before he is due to retire, Stone undertakes a relentless search for the killer.

2. The First Day of Forever  

Community Score

8.7 Great 1
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First aired: 9/30/1972    Production Code: 186231

Stone and Keller finally get a lead on a serial killer who has been knifing prostitutes when one of the victims survives the attack.

3. 45 Minutes from Home  

Community Score

9.1 Superb 1
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First aired: 10/7/1972    Production Code: 186228

A salesman attending a convention wrongly believes that he is responsible for the death of an attractive female hitchhiker who had lured him to her houseboat.

4. Whose Little Boy Are You?  

Community Score

7.3 Good 1
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First aired: 10/14/1972    Production Code: 186243

A Vietnam veteran goes AWOL from the army in order to kidnap the son he has never seen.

5. Tower Beyond Tragedy  

Community Score

7.4 Good
First aired: 10/28/1972    Production Code: 186232

Investigating a young woman's death, Stone ends up saving another from murder at the hands of the same mentally-unbalanced man.

6. Hall of Mirrors  

Community Score

8.1 Great 1
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First aired: 11/4/1972    Production Code: 186230

Stone sets out to discover why a young detective seems to be absolutely convinced of a murder suspect's guilt for no apparent reason.

7. Timelock  

Community Score

7.8 Good
First aired: 11/11/1972    Production Code: 186236

Stone appears to be the only one willing to give the benefit of the doubt to a convict who is accused of a murder while out of prison on a 36-hour pass.

8. In the Midst of Strangers  

Community Score

8.4 Great
First aired: 11/25/1972    Production Code: 186229

When a corner newspaper vendor goes after the muggers who stole his life savings, Stone and Keller discover that the crime is linked to the murder of a housing commissioner.

9. The Takers  

Community Score

8.7 Great
First aired: 12/2/1972    Production Code: 186237

The murders of a flight attendant and a nurse who were rooming together lead Stone and Keller to suspect a jewelry salesman and his wife.

10. The Year of the Locusts  

Community Score

7.6 Good
First aired: 12/9/1972    Production Code: 186241

In their attempt to bring down a family of con artists who victimize entire neighborhoods, Stone and Keller are aided by dissension among the gang members.

11. The Bullet  

Community Score

8.9 Great
First aired: 12/16/1972    Production Code: 186240

A college professor, shot accidentally while trying to pay off a blackmailer, refuses to co-operate with Stone's investigation for fear that the publicity will lose him an upcoming promotion.

12. Bitter Wine  

Community Score

7.8 Good
First aired: 12/23/1972    Production Code: 186233

A man who served twelve years in prison to protect his brother gets out only to find that the brother never told their father, a Greek restaurant owner, the truth about who should have gone to jail.

13. A Trout in the Milk  

Community Score

6.4 Fair
First aired: 1/6/1973    Production Code: 186235

Stone and Keller suspect that an artist's fatal fall from his studio window was not an accident.

14. Deathwatch  

Community Score

7.5 Good
First aired: 1/13/1973    Production Code: 186244

Two fishermen decide to keep quiet after witnessing a human smuggling ring.

15. Act of Duty  

Community Score

7.6 Good
First aired: 1/18/1973    Production Code: 186243

The roommate of a slain police officer agrees to be bait in a rape investigation. After Mike Stone kicks her off the case, she continues on her own, hurtling headlong into peril.

16. The Set-Up  

Community Score

8.5 Great
First aired: 1/25/1973    Production Code: 186239

A retired hit man returns to San Francisco, not knowing that he will be the target of a hit.

17. A Collection of Eagles  

Community Score

7.6 Good 1
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First aired: 2/1/1973    Production Code: 186238

A murder brings to light a coin dealer's plan to substitute fakes for the rare coins in a collection.

18. A Room With a View  

Community Score

7.4 Good
First aired: 2/8/1973    Production Code: 186242

One witness in a racketeering trial is killed with a booby-trapped car, and Stone worries that the remaining witness, Roy Chaffee, will be picked off by a hit man if he surfaces.

19. Deadline  

Community Score

7.9 Good
First aired: 2/15/1973    Production Code: 186247

Stone discovers that a murdered woman was involved with both a famous newspaper reporter and his son.

20. Trail of the Serpent  

Community Score

8.6 Great
First aired: 2/22/1973    Production Code: 186248

A gang takes Mike Stone hostage after killing a policeman in an attempt to flee from a grocery store robbery. They want to trade Stone in for their leader, Buddy Sims.

21. The House on Hyde Street  

Community Score

8.2 Great
First aired: 3/1/1973    Production Code: 186250

When a boy disappears after school, suspicion falls on the neighborhood recluse.

22. Beyond Vengeance  

Community Score

8.9 Great
First aired: 3/8/1973    Production Code: 186251

After spending twelve years in prison for a rape, torture, and murder, a young punk returns to San Francisco to seek revenge against Mike Stone, who was the arresting officer.

23. The Albatross  

Community Score

7.5 Good
First aired: 3/15/1973    Production Code: 186252

A father finds out that the man who murdered his son is released on a technicality.

24. Shattered Image  

Community Score

7.5 Good
First aired: 3/22/1973    Production Code: 186245

Mike Stone has reason to believe that the death of a politician is no accident.

25. The Unicorn  

Community Score

6.9 Fair
First aired: 4/5/1973    Production Code: 186246

A priest won't tell Stone where a murderer is hiding. Stakes are raised by drug smugglers looking for a stolen shipment of heroin.

26. Legion of the Lost  

Community Score

8.5 Great
First aired: 4/12/1973    Production Code: 186249

Stone and Keller look into the beating death of three homeless men.

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