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The Best Episodes of The Streets of San Francisco

Every episode of The Streets of San Francisco ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Streets of San Francisco!

Best episode
S4E15 Police Buff
8.2128 votes
Worst episode
S4E23 Runaway
6.6116 votes
Top season
Season 3
7.7avg
Binge time
4d 19h
119 episodes
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Episode Rankings

  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    The Streets of San Francisco Season 4 Episode 15 - Police Buff
    8.2/10(128 votes)

    S4:E15

    A vigilante is methodically and savagely wiping out criminals who have managed to slip through the fingers of the legal system.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Streets of San Francisco Season 4 Episode 16 - The Honorable Profession
    8.2/10(115 votes)

    S4:E16

    Stone and Keller search for the only eyewitness to a shooting -- a self-proclaimed doctor who gave them a false name.

    Director:Harry Falk
    Writer:Paul Robert Coyle

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  3. The Streets of San Francisco Season 3 Episode 8 - Flags of Terror
    8.1/10(142 votes)

    S3:E8

    Domestic terrorists take several people hostage, including Keller. Stone has to deal with not only the terrorists but a right-wing journalist and a vengeful father whose daughter was killed.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Streets of San Francisco Season 3 Episode 19 - The Programming of Charlie Blake
    8.1/10(138 votes)

    S3:E19

    A supposedly reformed sex offender believes he is going insane.

    Director:Nicholas Colasanto
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Streets of San Francisco Season 4 Episode 10 - Dead Air
    8.1/10(133 votes)

    S4:E10

    A sleazy radio host is accused of murder when a former girlfriend, who was pregnant, is shot.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Streets of San Francisco Season 4 Episode 2 - The Glass Dart Board
    8.1/10(121 votes)

    S4:E2

    While a psychopathic killer uses San Francisco hi-rises as target practice, Stone and Keller have to contend with a new Captain who immediately countermands everything they do.

    Director:Harry Falk
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Streets of San Francisco Season 5 Episode 1 - The Thrill Killers (1)
    8.0/10(160 votes)

    S5:E1

    Misguided radicals take a jury hostage in a case where corrupt "movement leaders" are being tried for murder.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Streets of San Francisco Season 4 Episode 8 - Trail of Terror
    8.0/10(144 votes)

    S4:E8

    When a gang of smuggling sailors kills a jeweler, they realize they have to eliminate his girlfriend for being a witness, and Keller, who is transporting the girlfriend to jail.

    Director:Michael Preece
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Streets of San Francisco Season 3 Episode 16 - Letters from the Grave
    8.0/10(143 votes)

    S3:E16

    A skeleton discovered on Alcatraz is that of a convict who'd supposedly escaped in the 1950s.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Streets of San Francisco Season 4 Episode 1 - Poisoned Snow
    7.9/10(141 votes)

    S4:E1

    When a lady cop is killed in a drug sting gone wrong, her boyfriend cop decides to take matters into his own hands. Stone and Keller try to stop him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Paul Savage

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  11. The Streets of San Francisco Season 5 Episode 2 - The Thrill Killers (2)
    7.9/10(133 votes)

    S5:E2

    Mike and Inspector Dan Robbins make a last-ditch effort to save the jury from execution at the hands of the radicals.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Streets of San Francisco Season 4 Episode 14 - Most Likely to Succeed
    7.9/10(130 votes)

    S4:E14

    A teacher is murdered at an exclusive all-boys prep school.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Streets of San Francisco Season 5 Episode 21 - Breakup
    7.9/10(112 votes)

    S5:E21

    An episode where there are two parallel stories: A small business owner is going through divorce proceedings while his business is in financial straits. His wife's lawyer just happens to also be hunted by a revenge-seeking ex-con.

    Director:Harry Falk
    Writer:Anthony Lawrence

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  14. The Streets of San Francisco Season 5 Episode 14 - Who Killed Helen French?
    7.9/10(110 votes)

    S5:E14

    An abused wife vanishes after a vicious attack by her drunken husband and all clues point to murder with the husband as the prime suspect, but he can't remember if he did it or not.

    Director:Allen Reisner
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Streets of San Francisco Season 5 Episode 7 - Till Death Do Us Part
    7.9/10(107 votes)

    S5:E7

    Stone must protect a former book keeper's wife, in order to have her testify against several high profile mobsters who want her dead because of the evidence she has against them.

    Director:William Wiard
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Streets of San Francisco Season 2 Episode 2 - Betrayed
    7.8/10(199 votes)

    S2:E2

    One of the girlfriends of a young charmer recognizes her boyfriend as the man who stuck up her bank.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Streets of San Francisco Season 2 Episode 10 - Shield of Honor
    7.8/10(167 votes)

    S2:E10

    Internal affairs suspects that something is amiss when a witness under police protection is killed. Someone in the Department is a Syndicate informer--and everyone is under suspicion, even Stone and Keller.

    Director:Eric Till
    Writer:D.C. Fontana

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  18. The Streets of San Francisco Season 3 Episode 2 - The Most Deadly Species
    7.8/10(155 votes)

    S3:E2

    A high-ranking hoodlum hires the androgynously-named "Sidney"--a hitwoman who's assigned to murder the three thugs responsible for the death of his son. She decides to let the police do her digging for her and moves in next door to Keller...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Streets of San Francisco Season 3 Episode 13 - The Twenty-Five Caliber Plague
    7.8/10(138 votes)

    S3:E13

    A single .25 caliber pistol affects many lives in a single weekend.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Streets of San Francisco Season 3 Episode 18 - Ten Dollar Murder
    7.8/10(138 votes)

    S3:E18

    A policewoman's son has an unusual hobby -- he holds up taxicabs. Eventually this results in the murder of an undercover cop.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:D.C. Fontana

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  21. The Streets of San Francisco Season 3 Episode 12 - License to Kill
    7.8/10(131 votes)

    S3:E12

    Mike's former partner returns to San Francisco, but not because of any longing for the good old days. He's back in town to kill the hired gunman who murdered his son years before.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Streets of San Francisco Season 3 Episode 21 - Asylum
    7.8/10(130 votes)

    S3:E21

    Keller goes undercover at a mental hospital to uncover the truth about a string of mysterious deaths.

    Director:Robert Douglas
    Writer:Larry Brody

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  23. The Streets of San Francisco Season 3 Episode 22 - Labyrinth
    7.8/10(130 votes)

    S3:E22

    A prizefighter refuses to throw a fight, instead opting to throw the gangsters out the window of his hotel room. Injured, he hides in the hotel as both the police and mob close in.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Streets of San Francisco Season 4 Episode 7 - Murder by Proxy
    7.8/10(124 votes)

    S4:E7

    Property owners who refuse to sell their parcels find themselves murder victims at the hands of a developer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The Streets of San Francisco Season 4 Episode 19 - Judgment Day
    7.8/10(118 votes)

    S4:E19

    Four judges have been murdered, and in each case an obsolete pamphlet on disbarrment proceedings is found near the body...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Police Buff" is the best rated episode of The Streets of San Francisco. It scored 8.2/10 from 128 votes. Written and directed by Unknown, it aired on January 8, 1976.

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