September 12, 1978: Discomania
Season 4, episode 1
W: Rick Edelstein   D: Arthur Marks
With Pierrino Mascarino (Tony Mariposa), Adrian Zmed (Marty Decker), Bruce Scott (Walt), Susan Duvall (Judith), Amanda McBroom (Sergeant Lizzie Thorpe), Tom Tarpey (Officer Harding), Deborah Chaffin (Rita), Paula Sills (Michelle Brady), Bunny Summers (Mrs. Anderson).
Season premiere. Starsky and Hutch join the flashy-shirt, gold chain set when they penetrate the glamorous, glittering disco scene to investigate the puzzling disappearance of a number of beautiful girls.

_____________________________________________________________

September 19, 1978: The Game
Season 4, episode 2
W: Tim Maschler   D: Leo Penn
With Jack Ging (Ray Pardee), Suzanne Charny (Gina), Liz Torres (Anita), Joseph R. Sicari (Ernie Silvers), David Pendleton (Doctor), C.J. O'Neill (Officer Simmons), Herbert S. Braha (Officer Babcock), Raymond Allen (Merl The Earl).
A playful hide-and-seek wager that Hutch can elude Starsky for an entire weekend turns into a life-or-death search when it is learned that Hutch has 48 hours to live after contracting deadly botulism.

_____________________________________________________________

September 26, 1978: Blindfold
Season 4, episode 3
W: Pat Fielder, Richard Bluel   D: Leo Penn
With Kim Cattrall (Emily Harrison), Gary Wood (Don Widdicombe), Robin Strand (Kenny Widdicombe), Sheldon Allman (Doctor), Joan Pringle (Sharon), Howard George (Pinky).
Hutch must persuade Starsky not to quit the force after Starsky accidentally blinds a beautiful bystander during a robbery shootout and then falls in love with her.

_____________________________________________________________

October 10, 1978: Photo Finish
Season 4, episode 4
W: Robert Swanson   D: Sutton Roley
With Graham Jarvis (Basil Monk), Brit Lind (Marcie Fletcher), Shera Danese (Nicole Monk), Fran Ryan (Landlady), Lois Areno (Paula), Sally Kirkland (Greta Wren / Dora Pruitt), Hank Brandt (John Reinhart), Jayson Kane (Troy Braddock).
A contract killer threatens the life of a female photographer.

_____________________________________________________________

October 17, 1978: Moonshine
Season 4, episode 5
W: Fred Freiberger   D: Reza Badiyi
With Billy Green Bush (Willy Hall), Zachary Lewis (Melvin Hall), Shug Fisher (Sam Ivers), James Noble (Treasury Agent Kendall), Mary Louise Weller (Dolly Ivers), Lee McLaughlin (Earl), Pat Corley (Ben Meadows), Bruce M. Fischer (Rudy), Dennis Fimple (Virgil), Johnnie Collins III (Frank), William Cort (Detective Munson).
Starsky and Hutch vie for the affections of a Southern girl, unaware that she and her father are bootleggers.

_____________________________________________________________

October 24, 1978: Strange Justice
Season 4, episode 6
W: Rick Kelbaugh   D: Reza Badiyi
With Joseph Reale (Lenny Biggs), Woody Eney (D.A. Arnold Rich), Leslie Bloom (Officer O'Reilly), John Lisbon Wood (Higgins), Juli Andelman (Lori Prescott), Kenneth McMillan (Lieutenant Slate), Tom Baker (Officer Dobson), Carl Anderson (Marsellus Cobb), Mary Crosby (Leslie Slate), John Zenda (Captain Myerson), Susan Heldfond (Cassie).
Starsky and Hutch become embroiled in a bizarre plan by a respected detective who sets his own deadly system of justice into motion to avenge the rape of his young daughter.

_____________________________________________________________

October 31, 1978: The Avenger
Season 4, episode 7
W: Robert Swanson   D: Sutton Roley
With Marki Bey (Officer Minnie Kaplan), Joanna Cassidy (Monique Travers), Tim Thomerson (Phil), Michael DeLano (Roger), Hildy Brooks (Bobbie), Charles Cyphers (Medical Examiner Delaney).
Starsky finds himself entangled with a swinging singles beauty whose other lovers have met bizarre deaths.

_____________________________________________________________

November 14, 1978: Dandruff
Season 4, episode 8
W: Ron Friedman   D: Sutton Roley
With Rene Auberjonois (The Baron), Madison Arnold (Dinty), Blackie Dammett (Ellis), Tracey Walter (Leo), Jacques Aubuchon (Davidowsky), Audrey Meadows (Hilda Zuckerman), Norman Alden (Buddy Owens), Leigh Hamilton (Vivian), F. William Parker (Harry), Alex Rodine (Van Dam), John Fujioka (Adachi), Sydney Blake (Lorraine), Susan McIver (Nurse), Pearl Shear (Bernice).
Starsky and Hutch pose as hairdressers to apprehend an infamous jewel thief preparing for a multi-million dollar heist.

_____________________________________________________________

November 21, 1978: Black And Blue
Season 4, episode 9
W: Rick Edelstein   D: Rick Edelstein
With Vonetta McGee (Inspector Joan Meredith), Rene Levant (Train), Candace Bowen (Vivian), Lili Valenty (Mrs. Greene), Regina Baff (Elaine), Susan Kellerman (Mary), Mykelti Williamson (Bruce), Maurice Sneed (James), Judy Jean Berns (Mrs. Freemont).
A young policewoman is assigned to help Starsky track down the juvenile crime ring responsible for seriously wounding Hutch.

_____________________________________________________________

November 28, 1978: The Groupie
Season 4, episode 10
W: Robert Dellinger   D: Nicholas Colasanto
With Caren Kaye (Melinda Rogers), John Ashton (Roy Sears), David Knapp (Bill Walters), Arthur Roberts (Agent Ohlin), Marianne Bunch (Barbara Wilson), Gerald Hiken (Mr. Marks), Robert Loggia (Jack Parker / Tony Zucker).
When investigating organized crime in the high fashion world, Starsky and Hutch encounter a beautiful model who collects cops as trophies.

_____________________________________________________________

December 12, 1978: Cover Girl
Season 4, episode 11
W: Robert Dellinger, Rick Edelstein   D: Rick Edelstain
With Marki Bey (Officer Minnie Kaplan), Maud Adams (Kate Larrabee), Allan Miller (James Brady), Calvin Lockhart (Walter "Angel" Allen), Jerome Guardino (Lindsay), Russ Marin (Dr. Harriman), Bo Byers (Officer Richards), Frank Geraci (Bartender), Jeffrey Tambor (Randy), Ken Olfson (Big Ed).
A model who thinks she's dying arranges to be killed -- then discovers that her disease is in remission.

_____________________________________________________________

December 19, 1978: Starsky's Brother
Season 4, episode 12
W: Ralph Wallace Davenport, Robert Earll   D: Arthur Marks
With John Herzfeld (Nick Starsky), John O'Leary (Gerold Victor), Nicholas Worth (Al), Eddie Fontaine (Jake), Stanley Grover (Agent Weldon), David Moses (Agent Bronson), Elisabeth Brooks (Marlene), Antony Ponzini (Frank Stryker), Joan Shawlee (Mrs. Krupp), Liberty Godshall (Katie), Linda Lawrence (Carol), Jill Jaress (Officer Sweeney).
Starsky's petty hoodlum little brother is kidnapped by a gang of ruthless counterfeiters.

_____________________________________________________________

January 16, 1979: The Golden Angel
Season 4, episode 13
W: George Arthur Bloom, Robert Dellinger, Joe Reb Moffly   D: Sutton Roley
With Ray Walston (Tommy Reese), Hilary Beane (Camille Boone), Steve Oliver (Buzzy Boone), Richard Karron (Hammerlock Grange), Paula Victor (Stella), Lynn Benesch (Candy Reese).
Starsky poses as a wrestler when a mysterious person places a death threat against one of the ring warriors.

_____________________________________________________________

January 23, 1979: Ballad For A Blue Lady
Season 4, episode 14
W: Paul Michael Glaser, Sidney Ellis   D: Paul Michael Glaser
With Jenny O'Hara (Marianne Owens), Stack Pierce (Chicky), Dominic Barto (Charlie Baron), Arell Blanton (Casey O'Brien), John Karlen (Deputy D.A. Stanton), Sandy Baron (Harry Owens), Malachi Throne (Nick Finch).
A witness is found dead before he can testify against a notorious racketeer. Hutch begins to suspect that his girfriend's brother may be involved.

_____________________________________________________________

January 30, 1979: Birds Of A Feather
Season 4, episode 15
W: Rick Edelstein, Amanda Green   D: Charlie Picerni
With Marki Bey (Officer Minnie Kaplan), Anne Ramsey (Evon / Gertrude), Edmund Stoiber (Det. Henderson), Charles Cyphers (Det. Webster), Martin Kove (Jimmy Lucas), Allan Arbus (Anthony Reuben), Barbara Stuart (Doris Huntley), John P. Ryan (Det. Huntley).
Hutch learns that a policeman friend of his agreed to exchange the life of an informer for the cancellation of gambling debts.

_____________________________________________________________

February 6, 1979: Ninety Pounds Of Trouble
Season 4, episode 16
W: Robert E. Swanson   D: Leo Penn
With Mare Winningham (Joey Carston), Joe Bonny (Officer Kromack), Ann Prentiss (Mrs. Carston), Lenny Baker (Damon), Kaz Garas (Eddie Carlyle), Peter Mark Richman (Schiller), Lana Wood (Sidney Acher).
Hutch, posing as a hit man, is forced to gun down Starsky to prove himself to the mob.

_____________________________________________________________

February 13, 1979: Huggy Can't Go Home
Season 4, episode 17
W: Rick Kelbaugh   D: David Soul
With Royce D. Applegate (Dolphin), Bryan O'Dell (Junior), Francesca P. Roberts (Cora), Lee Weaver (Bozeman), Richard Ward (Julius T. Washington), Liz Torres (Anita), Roger E. Mosley (Big Red McGee).
Huggy Bear refuses to tell Starsky and Hutch about a murder he witnessed.

_____________________________________________________________

March 6, 1979: Targets Without A Badge (1)
Season 4, episode 18
W: Rick Kelbaugh   D: Earl Bellamy
With Michelle Davison (Judge Belin), Heather Hobbs (Jaime Rigger), Troas Hayes (Mardean Rigger), Robert Tessier (Soldier/Barracuda), Ken Kercheval (Deputy D.A. Clayburn), Peter MacLean (Judge McClellan), Ted Neeley (Lionel Rigger).
After Huggy's friend volunteers information to Starsky and Hutch in an important drug case, he is killed before being able to testify and the two officers resign in anger.

_____________________________________________________________

March 11, 1979: Targets Without A Badge (2)
Season 4, episode 19
W: Joe Reb Moffly   D: Earl Bellamy
With William Prince (James Marshall Gunther), LaWanda Page (Mrs. Swayder), Gino Conforti (Blaze), Hilary Thompson (Laura Anderson), Bert Remsen (Franklin Anderson), Richard Herd (Smithers).
After leaving the force, Starsky and Hutch learn that an influential judge is involved in a million-dollar loan shark operation.

_____________________________________________________________

May 8, 1979: Starsky vs. Hutch
Season 4, episode 21
W: Rick Edelstein   D: Peter Levin
With Topo Swope (Arlene), Corinne Calvet (Mrs. Marlene Bouvet), Joyce Ingalls (Det. Kira), Richard Lynch (Joey Webster), Duncan Gamble (Officer Hardy), Yvonne Craig (Carol).
Starsky and Hutch become so involved in competition for a policewoman's affection that they almost forget about the murderer they were hunting.

_____________________________________________________________

May 15, 1979: Sweet Revenge
Season 4, episode 22
W: Steven Nalevansky   D: Paul Michael Glaser
With Beverly Hart (Jenny Brown), Conrad Bachmann (Doctor), Sean Griffin (Jonathan Welles), Alex Courtney (Bates), William Prince (James Marshall Gunther).
While a critically wounded Starsky fights for his life, Hutch goes out on a relentless search for the person responsible. (Last show of the series.)

Go back to the Main Page