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Sledge Hammer!

Tue, Sep 23, 1986
  • Comedy
  • Crime
  • Action & Adventure
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Synopsis

Sledge Hammer! is an American satirical police sitcom produced by New World Television that ran for two seasons on ABC from 1986 to 1988. The series was created by Alan Spencer and stars David Rasche as Inspector Sledge Hammer, a preposterous caricature of the standard "cop on the edge" character. Al Jean and Mike Reiss, best known for their work on The Simpsons, wrote for the show and worked as story editors.

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Cast

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  • David Rasche
    David Rasche
    as Sledge Hammer
  • Anne-Marie Martin
    Anne-Marie Martin
    as Dori Doreau
  • Harrison Page
    Harrison Page
    as Captain Trunk
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Episodes

2 seasons · 41 episodes

Ended · 41 aired
Season 1
22 episodes · 22 aired
▾
  • E1
    Under the Gun
    Aired · Wed, Sep 24, 1986 · 30m

    Violence-prone Sledge Hammer is assigned to head up the investigation when the mayor's daughter is abducted, but he predictably objects to a requirement that he work with female detective Dori Doreau.

  • E2
    Hammer Gets Nailed
    Aired · Sat, Sep 27, 1986 · 30m

    A local TV newscaster creates bitter public feeling toward the police department when he reports and editorializes adversely on what he sees during a day-long ride with Sledge and Dori.

  • E3
    Witless
    Aired · Sat, Oct 4, 1986 · 30m

    When an organized crime boss puts a price on his head, Sledge is able to take refuge with a peace-loving "Maninote" farmer and his daughter.

  • E4
    They Shoot Hammers, Don't They?
    Aired · Sat, Oct 18, 1986 · 30m

    Prison escapee John Kogan commandeers a bus and launches a one-man wave of crime and violence, pledging to stop only if Sledge agrees to meet him in a one-on-one gunfight.

  • E5
    Dori Day Afternoon
    Aired · Sat, Oct 25, 1986 · 30m

    Sledge and Dori find themselves in a hostage situation as a result of a foiled bank robbery.

  • E6
    To Sledge, with Love
    Aired · Sat, Nov 1, 1986 · 30m

    Sledge is assigned to bring order to a notoriously dangerous local high school that is dominated by four young toughs who supply stolen cars to a crime boss.

  • E7
    All Shook Up
    Aired · Sat, Nov 8, 1986 · 30m

    Sledge goes undercover to learn why Elvis impersonators are being systematically murdered with a gold microphone.

  • E8
    Over My Dead Bodyguard
    Aired · Sat, Nov 15, 1986 · 30m

    The commissioner personally assigns Sledge to guard Captain Trunk in order to ensure the Captain's safety until he is able to provide critical testimony before a grand jury.

  • E9
    Magnum Farce
    Aired · Sun, Nov 23, 1986 · 30m

    Sledge becomes even more violent than usual as part of an attempt to infiltrate a group of vigilante police officers who are executing recently acquitted criminal defendants.

  • E10
    If I Had a Little Hammer
    Aired · Sun, Nov 30, 1986 · 30m

    Sledge and Dori pose as a well-to-do childless couple in an attempt to catch a pair of thieves who steal babies and sell them to prospective parents with ready cash.

  • E11
    To Live and Die on TV
    Aired · Sun, Dec 14, 1986 · 30m

    Sledge becomes a contestant on "The Million Dollar Question" in an attempt to prove that the show's host was responsible for the murder of a successful contestant.

  • E12
    Miss of the Spider Woman
    Aired · Sun, Dec 21, 1986 · 30m

    An exotic woman attempts to extract revenge on her ex-lover by poisoning him, but the near-sighted assassin gives the poison to Sledge instead.

  • E13
    The Old Man and the Sledge
    Aired · Sun, Jan 4, 1987 · 30m

    Sledge tries to provide help and guidance to Gil Yates, a retired trigger-happy police officer whom he idolized as a boy.

  • E14
    State of Sledge
    Aired · Sun, Jan 11, 1987 · 30m

    After Sledge arrests the leader of a Satanic cult, the undermanned precinct soon finds itself under siege by a mob of the cult leader's bloodthirsty followers.

  • E15
    Haven't Gun, Will Travel
    Aired · Sun, Jan 18, 1987 · 30m

    Sledge experiences a complete loss of confidence when his beloved .44 Magnum is stolen by a conniving gang of thieves.

  • E16
    The Color of Hammer
    Aired · Sun, Jan 25, 1987 · 30m

    When a hard-line judge is blackmailed and later murdered, Sledge and Dori's best available clue is that he was an inveterate pool player.

  • E17
    Brother Can You Spare a Crime?
    Aired · Sun, Feb 1, 1987 · 30m

    A man shows up claiming to be Hammer's brother but Hammer claims he doesn't have a brother. Everyone's taken with him including Doreau who goes out with him. But while on their date she catches him in a lie proving that he isn't Hammer's brother.

  • E18
    Desperately Seeking Dori
    Aired · Sun, Feb 8, 1987 · 30m

    Bad news for the city's scum suckers: a blow to the head results in Dori Doreau adopting the ultra-violent personality and mannerisms of her partner, Sledge Hammer.

  • E19
    Sledgepoo
    Aired · Sun, Feb 15, 1987 · 30m

    The Earl of Curl beauty parlor is a front for a cat burglar ring targeting wealthy women. Sledge infiltrates the ring by going undercover as a second-story man.

  • E20
    Comrade Hammer
    Aired · Sun, Feb 22, 1987 · 30m

    Sledge and Dori must safely escort a defecting Soviet scientist on a passenger train filled with communist agents determined to take him back.

  • E21
    Jagged Sledge
    Aired · Wed, Apr 22, 1987 · 30m

    Sledge is on trial for the cold-blooded murder of racketeer Hugo Victor. Serving as his own attorney, Sledge sets out to prove his innocence in the face of overwhelming evidence of his guilt.

  • E22
    The Spa Who Loved Me
    Aired · Wed, Apr 29, 1987 · 30m

    A bevy of bikini-clad 'terrorettes' steal a nuclear warhead and threaten to blow up the city unless their billion dollar demand is met. Sledge and Dori trace the suspects to a health spa operated by aerobics video magnate Jill Taylor.

Season 2
19 episodes · 19 aired
▾
  • E1
    A Clockwork Hammer
    Aired · Fri, Sep 18, 1987 · 30m

    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
    Aired · Fri, Sep 25, 1987 · 30m

    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
    Aired · Fri, Oct 2, 1987 · 30m

    When Sledge gets suspended he decides to try being a P.I.

  • E4
    Wild About Hammer
    Aired · Fri, Oct 9, 1987 · 30m

    A female cop with a sadomasochistic fetish falls for and kidnaps Sledge.

  • E5
    Death of a Few Salesmen
    Aired · Fri, Oct 16, 1987 · 30m

    Sledge poses as an Australian car magnate, Crocodile Bruce, to catch the killer of used car dealers.

  • E6
    Vertical
    Aired · Fri, Oct 30, 1987 · 30m

    While suffering from vertigo, Sledge must protect the girlfriend of a mobster.

  • E7
    Dressed to Call
    Aired · Fri, Nov 6, 1987 · 30m

    Sledge must discover who's making threatening calls to a radio psychologist.

  • E8
    Hammer Hits the Rock
    Aired · Fri, Nov 13, 1987 · 30m

    Sledge poses as an assassin to discover a mobster's secret hideout.

  • E9
    Last of the Red Hot Vampires
    Aired · Fri, Nov 20, 1987 · 30m

    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
    Aired · Fri, Nov 27, 1987 · 30m

    After breaking nearly all his bones, Sledge encases himself in a robotic suit to stop a robot.

  • E11
    Sledge in Toyland
    Aired · Fri, Dec 4, 1987 · 30m

    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
    Aired · Fri, Dec 11, 1987 · 30m

    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
    Aired · Fri, Dec 18, 1987 · 30m

    Trunk must solve the puzzle of why the army has surrounded the entire precinct before the entire staff dies.

  • E14
    Model Dearest
    Aired · Fri, Jan 8, 1988 · 30m

    Dori poses as a model to get the dirt on a white slavery ring.

  • E15
    Sledge, Rattle, 'n' Roll
    Aired · Sat, Jan 16, 1988 · 30m

    Hammer investigates the mysterious deaths of a heavy metal group and their manager.

  • E16
    Suppose They Gave a War and Sledge Came?
    Aired · Sat, Jan 23, 1988 · 30m

    To investigate the death of a prominent businessman, Sledge joins a weekend war gaming organization.

  • E17
    The Secret of My Excess
    Aired · Sat, Jan 30, 1988 · 30m

    Sledge tries to find the whereabouts of a woman for the Governor.

  • E18
    It Happened What Night?
    Aired · Sat, Feb 6, 1988 · 30m

    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
    Aired · Sat, Feb 13, 1988 · 30m

    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.