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The Best Episodes of Stingray

Every episode of Stingray ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Stingray!

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Ray is an enigmatic adventurer with no traceable past who travels from place to place fighting crime and helping people in trouble. He refuses to be paid for his services; however, those seeking his assistance

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Stingray Season 1 Episode 6 - Abnormal Psych
    7.8/10(39 votes)

    #1 - Abnormal Psych

    S1:E6

    Ray is put on the defensive when an old enemy attacks him via college students who have been programmed to kill.

    Director:Michael Preece
    Writer:Lawrence Hertzog

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  2. Stingray Season 2 Episode 1 - The Greeter
    7.8/10(42 votes)

    #2 - The Greeter

    S2:E1

    After the head chemist at a pharmaceutical company hires Ray to look into lethal drugs being made for sale in Africa, he vanishes without a trace.

    Director:David Hemmings
    Writer:Stephen J. Cannell

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  3. Stingray Season 1 Episode 1 - Stingray
    7.7/10(57 votes)

    #3 - Stingray

    S1:E1

    An attractive district attorney asks Ray for help in dealing with a Mexican crime lord responsible for kidnapping and brainwashing several prominent people.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Stephen J. Cannell

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  4. Stingray Season 1 Episode 4 - Below the Line
    7.6/10(37 votes)

    #4 - Below the Line

    S1:E4

    When a woman's husband disappears and everyone at the oceanic research lab he worked at claims not to know him, she turns to Ray for help.

    Director:Larry Shaw
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Stingray Season 1 Episode 5 - Sometimes You Gotta Sing the Blues
    7.5/10(42 votes)

    #5 - Sometimes You Gotta Sing the Blues

    S1:E5

    Ray is brought in by the police, only to find out that the Captain, Nelson Riskin, wants to "hire" him, favor for favor. Riskin is being framed for his wife's murder. Helped by Riskin's assistant Candace, Ray goes undercover in a variety of guises. He eventually finds out that Riskin had incriminating information on a former Police Chief, Donald Dixon, who is now running for governor. Dixon and his squad of policemen framed Riskin. Ray escapes an execution squad, and reveals the evidence to Dixon's political backer. Dixon and his head goon try to escape, only to be stopped by Ray. At the end, Riskin is cleared but is unaware that Candace is romantically interested in him.

    Director:Kim Manners
    Writer:Stephen J. Cannell

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  6. Stingray Season 2 Episode 10 - Night Maneuvers
    7.5/10(32 votes)

    #6 - Night Maneuvers

    S2:E10

    Ray goes undercover as an instructor at a military academy to help a student who witnessed his classmates commit murder.

    Director:James Darren
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Stingray Season 1 Episode 8 - Less Than the Eye Can See
    7.4/10(34 votes)

    #7 - Less Than the Eye Can See

    S1:E8

    While relaxing at one of his favor-ower's homes, Ray finds himself drawn into a plan by an insane doctor to let loose a highly virulent strain of anthrax when one victim literally pulls up in front of the house. Fighting against time and the possibility of his own contagious infection, Ray dodges corrupt government officials trying to cover up the incident as he tries to prevent the scientist from infecting the local water supply with the anthrax.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Lawrence Hertzog

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  8. Stingray Season 2 Episode 13 - Anytime, Anywhere
    7.3/10(32 votes)

    #8 - Anytime, Anywhere

    S2:E13

    Ray travels to Vietnam where an exploding bomb blinds him, hindering his search for a statue which can provide clues to the whereabouts of American MIA's.

    Director:Chuck Bowman
    Writer:Randall Wallace

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  9. Stingray Season 1 Episode 2 - Ancient Eyes
    7.1/10(44 votes)

    #9 - Ancient Eyes

    S1:E2

    On the trail of a missing fieldworker Ray discovers a marijuana farm whose owners kill the workers when the harvest is over.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Stephen J. Cannell

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  10. Stingray Season 2 Episode 2 - Gemini
    7.1/10(37 votes)

    #10 - Gemini

    S2:E2

    Women are mysteriously being murdered by a serial killer. Each of them advertised for help using an ad for a black Stingray Corvette, and the murderer drives around in a Stingray. One of Ray's former clients, a councilwoman, helps to bring him in. Ray pulls in a favor or two to get out of jail, and begins to investigate. He eventually finds out that an old friend from his mysterious past, Edward Benton, is trying to get revenge on him. During a mission in East Germany, Benton was left behind and imprisoned and tortured as a spy. Now he is seeking to even the score. Ray tracks him down and rather then let himself capture, Benton drives his car into a wall.

    Director:Kim Manners
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Stingray Season 2 Episode 6 - The First Time is Forever
    7.1/10(29 votes)

    #11 - The First Time is Forever

    S2:E6

    After a TV reporter who Ray refused to help is killed, Ray decides to find out what the man was working on.

    Director:Rob Bowman
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Stingray Season 2 Episode 11 - Cry Wolf
    7.0/10(35 votes)

    #12 - Cry Wolf

    S2:E11

    Ray gets drawn into a case of a drugged-up TV star, Ty Gardiner, who tries to hire him despite Ray's misgivings. Turns out Gardiner's name and celebrity were used by his unscrupulous partner to rip off both the Mafia and the Yakuza. Now that the partner has disappeared, Gardiner is left holding the bag with both sides trying to kill him, and the Feds looking for him as well. Ray's attempts to negotiate the matter aren't helped by Gardiner, who fancies himself the big dramatic hero that he plays on TV. Ray manages to set up both the Mafia and the Yakuza to shoot it out with each other, using Gardiner as bait so that he isn't wanted by the Feds. In the subsequent shootout Ray and Ty both end up in hospital beds, with Gardiner hatching another nutty scheme.

    Director:Don Chaffey
    Writer:Stephen J. Cannell

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  13. Stingray Season 2 Episode 14 - Caper
    7.0/10(24 votes)

    #13 - Caper

    S2:E14

    Ray must rescue the father of a Soviet defector who is being held captive by the Russians in the hold of an ocean liner.

    Director:Rob Bowman
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Stingray Season 2 Episode 4 - Bring Me the Hand That Hit Me
    6.9/10(39 votes)

    #14 - Bring Me the Hand That Hit Me

    S2:E4

    A rather dimwitted garage worker and his criminal buddy steal $700,000 from a Mafioso who launders his money through the garage which he owns. The garage worker's sister is concerned that her brother is going to blow it: he doesn't seem to realize that quitting the day after you rob your boss and going crazy spending the money on coll stuff is a bad thing. She contacts Ray, who pretends to be another dimwitted crook and tries to get the two criminals out of trouble. The brother's buddy tries to double-cross them, and eventually despite Ray's best efforts to work things out, the sister is killed by the Mafioso Godfather. Her brother is left to mourn, as Ray warns him that he'll have to repay the favor his sister owed him.

    Director:Don Chaffey
    Writers:Stephen J. Cannell, Frank Lupo

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  15. Stingray Season 2 Episode 12 - Blood Money
    6.9/10(29 votes)

    #15 - Blood Money

    S2:E12

    Ray helps the principal of an urban high school prevent a gang war from erupting.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Tom Blomquist

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  16. Stingray Season 1 Episode 3 - Ether
    6.8/10(41 votes)

    #16 - Ether

    S1:E3

    Ray goes undercover at a hospital as a surgeon to discover the cause of missing records for patients who are dying there under mysterious circumstances.

    Director:David Hemmings
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Stingray Season 1 Episode 7 - Orange Blossom
    6.8/10(32 votes)

    #17 - Orange Blossom

    S1:E7

    In order to substantiate claims that a Soviet helicopter is taking patients away from a mental hospital, Ray has himself committed there.

    Director:Rob Bowman
    Writer:Stephen J. Cannell

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  18. Stingray Season 2 Episode 3 - Playback
    6.7/10(37 votes)

    #18 - Playback

    S2:E3

    Ray recreates a space isolation experiment to try and clear an old friend of murder charges which stem from the fact he was the sole survivor of the first experiment.

    Directors:David Hemmings, Kim Manners
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Stingray Season 2 Episode 5 - Echoes
    6.7/10(29 votes)

    #19 - Echoes

    S2:E5

    An artist, a former client of Ray's, is getting threatening calls from a stalker who Ray helped her out with, years before. In fact, the guy apparently died during his final encounter with Ray the last time around. The trail leads to a relative of the first stalker who is trying to get revenge.

    Directors:David Hemmings, Kim Manners
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Stingray Season 2 Episode 8 - The Neniwa
    6.7/10(32 votes)

    #20 - The Neniwa

    S2:E8

    Ray attempts to resolve a dispute between a land developer and Indians who claim the proposed building site is on sacred ground.

    Director:Les Sheldon
    Writer:Carol Mendelsohn

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  21. Stingray Season 2 Episode 9 - The Second Finest Man Who Ever Lived
    6.7/10(27 votes)

    #21 - The Second Finest Man Who Ever Lived

    S2:E9

    Ray helps a man by going undercover as a dock worker at the dock where his father was killed in a suspicious accident.

    Director:Larry Shaw
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Stingray Season 2 Episode 7 - Autumn
    6.5/10(29 votes)

    #22 - Autumn

    S2:E7

    Ray ends up in real trouble when he gets involved in a fantasy case made up by an author who needed an idea for his book.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Lawrence Hertzog

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  23. Stingray Season 2 Episode 15 - One Way Ticket to the End of the Line
    6.1/10(28 votes)

    #23 - One Way Ticket to the End of the Line

    S2:E15

    Ray comes to the aid of a crop duster pilot who gets caught in the middle when two rival marijuana growers insist that he poisoned the other's fields.

    Director:Larry Shaw
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Stingray Season 1 Episode 9 - That Terrible Swift Sword
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #24 - That Terrible Swift Sword

    S1:E9

    When a series of brutal prostitute murders seem to follow a revival crusade around, Ray goes undercover as a minister and gets blamed for the latest murder.

    Director:David Hemmings
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Abnormal Psych" is the best rated episode of "Stingray". It scored 7.8/10 based on 39 votes. Directed by Michael Preece and written by Lawrence Hertzog, it aired on 4/15/1986. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Greeter".