Hooperman (1987)
Hooperman is an American television series which ran on ABC from September 23, 1987 until July 26, 1989. A comedy-drama, the show centered around the professional and personal lives of San Francisco plainclothes detective Harry Hooperman, played by John Ritter. The series was created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher, who were the team responsible for creating L.A. Law.
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Episode 1 - Requiem for an S.O.B.
Release Date: 1988-11-30Harry must deliver the eulogy for a despised colleague and a cop killer is tricked with a winning Lotto ticket.
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Episode 2 - We'll Always Have Paris
Release Date: 1988-12-07Grief over the loss of their unborn child leads to a fight between Hooperman and Smith and a hasty proposal from Hooperman.
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Episode 3 - Who Do You Truss?
Release Date: 1988-12-14Hooperman gets a hernia and won't have it treated because he doesn't trust hospitals or surgeons.
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Episode 4 - In Search of Bijoux
Release Date: 1988-12-21Hooperman must appear on TV to recover an ungrateful Bijoux. Also, Hooperman goes undercover in drag to hunt down a slasher.
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Episode 5 - Look Homeward, Dirtbag
Release Date: 1989-01-11A former inmate released from prison harasses Hooperman to put him back in the slammer.
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Episode 6 - Nightmare in Apartment One
Release Date: 1989-01-18Hooperman figures- wrongly- that renting an apartment to McNeil will prevent a big headache.
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Episode 7 - Hooperman Goes to Hell in a Handcart
Release Date: 1989-01-25When a gunshot sends Hooperman falling down a flight of stairs and into unconsciousness, he wakes up to discover that he is chained to a wall in a tacky underworld whose only other inhabitant is a red-suited demon who takes devilish delight in playing Pat Boone's 'April Love' on an old phonograph.
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Episode 8 - Rashomanny
Release Date: 1989-02-01Hooperman is found in a compromising position with a female suspect whose retelling of the incident differs wildly from his.
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Episode 9 - In the Still of My Pants
Release Date: 1989-02-08Hooperman falls for Lisa's roommate and doesn't know how to handle it. A bunco artist zeros in on elderly women.
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Episode 10 - The Dating Game
Release Date: 1989-02-15When his girlfriend goes out of town to visit her parents, Hooperman is left dateless for the annual policeman's ball.
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Episode 11 - Intolerance
Release Date: 1989-02-22Star-struck Hooperman allows a movie producer fresh out of film school to use the apartment building as a set for a gory movie.
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Episode 12 - The Nun and I
Release Date: 1989-03-01Hooperman is in love with a new woman; a nun.
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Episode 13 - The Sure Thing
Release Date: 1989-03-15Hooperman's colleagues are furious with him after he persuades them to join him in an investment scheme.
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Episode 14 - The Long So Long
Release Date: 1989-03-22Hooperman and McNeil must cart around a corpse during a transportation strike.
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Episode 15 - Stakeout
Release Date: 1989-06-14Hooperman is forced on a stakeout with a good-natured lout, but must bite his tongue because his new partner is the Commissioner's nephew.
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Episode 16 - Dog Day Afternoon, Morning and Night
Release Date: 1989-06-21A ventriloquist asks Hooperman to retrieve a stolen dummy, and Hooperman seeks professional help when Bijoux won't stop biting Alex.
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Episode 17 - Love Bytes
Release Date: 1989-06-28Hooperman sets up a love connection between a convicted computer criminal and the woman who spurned his advances, but used his crooked program for her own profit.
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Episode 18 - Take My Building, Please
Release Date: 1989-07-05Two renters in the building are at each other's throats after one puts down a deposit on an apartment that the other won't vacate. Also, a building inspector finds numerous violations and Mrs. Davis offers to buy the apartment building. Hooperman confronts a pregnant thief.
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Episode 19 - Some of That Jazz
Release Date: 1989-07-12While moonlighting as a jazz saxophonist, Hooperman considers trading his life as a cop for a life of music. Also, DeMott is guilt-ridden after accidentally shooting Silardi.
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Episode 20 - Goodnight, Sweet Hooperman
Release Date: 1989-07-26A precinct-wide sleep-deprivation experiment withholds sweet slumber from Hooperman, but something in the sleeplessness makes DeMott seem suddenly seductive.