Hunter/Overnight Sensation

Overnight Sensation
Season 3, Episode 1
Airdate	September 27, 1986
Production Number	5306
Written by	Richard Okie
Directed by	Tony Mordente
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Hunter — Season Three

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Overnight Sensation is the first episode of the third season of Hunter, and the forty-fourth episode overall.

Starring: Fred Dryer (Det. Sgt. Rick Hunter), Stepfanie Kramer (Det. Sgt. Dee Dee McCall)

Also Starring: Charles Hallahan (Captain Charles Devane)

Guest Stars: Michael Wren (Raul Marcado), Alex Courtney (Driscoll), Anne Curry (Jenny), James Whitmore, Jr. (Sgt. Bernie Terwilliger), John Shearin (Lt. Ambrose Finn)

with Garrett Morris (Sporty James)

Jeff Doucette (Vaughn), Sal Lopez (Melendez)

Co-Starring: Joseph Chapman (Patrick Green), Heidi Banks (Melendez's Girl), Liz Torres (Maria Fuentes), Victor Brandt (Don Soames), Larry Carroll (Melendez's Lawyer)

Featuring: Kelly Lynn Pushkin (Lisa), Don "Bubba" Bexley (Kirby), Don Edmonds (Det. Raymond), Hardy Rawls (Asst. Director), Earlene Davis (Secretary)

Plot Overview

During a high-speed chase with murderous armed robbers, a TV news crew interferes with the pursuit, allowing one of the two robbers to escape, and Hunter winds up arresting the mouthy reporter and team leader for interfering with police. He in turn responds with a hatchet-job report on Hunter that focuses on the brutality in some of his arrests. Hunter confronts the reporter, who responds with more negative broadcasts that turn people against the cop. When the reporter's place is trashed and he later is shot at in his parking lot, suspicion initially falls on Hunter, who goes through the reporter's hate mail to find a better suspect. Hunter and McCall have more work to do when the reporter is killed shortly after meeting with them.