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The Worst Episodes of The Streets of San Francisco

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Worst episode
S4E23 Runaway
6.6116 votes
Best episode
S4E15 Police Buff
8.2128 votes
Top season
Season 3
7.7avg
Binge time
4d 19h
119 episodes
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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    The Streets of San Francisco Season 4 Episode 23 - Runaway
    6.6/10(116 votes)

    S4:E23

    Stone searches for a fugitive, and is dogged by the fugitive's innocent and naive daughter.

    Director:Harry Falk
    Writer:Paul Savage

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  2. The Streets of San Francisco Season 4 Episode 17 - Requiem for Murder
    6.7/10(108 votes)

    S4:E17

    A bishop (Mike's friend) tries to protect the person who shot him, but revelations in the course of the investigation start to shed suspicion on the bishop's accounting of events entirely.

    Director:Harry Falk
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Streets of San Francisco Season 5 Episode 10 - Castle of Fear
    6.7/10(108 votes)

    S5:E10

    A man who has been tormented by mysterious, threatening phone calls believes that his stalker has entered his property, and shoots him. Unfortunately for the man, his victim was a totally innocent cop...

    Director:Allen Reisner
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Streets of San Francisco Season 4 Episode 21 - Superstar
    6.8/10(113 votes)

    S4:E21

    Stone clashes with an abrasive NYC cop who is on the trail of his partner's killer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Streets of San Francisco Season 1 Episode 6 - Hall of Mirrors
    6.9/10(233 votes)

    S1:E6

    Keller, temporarily partnered with a hotshot detective, sets out to discover why his new partner seems to be absolutely convinced of a murder suspect's guilt for no apparent reason.

    Director:Arthur H. Nadel
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Streets of San Francisco Season 1 Episode 5 - Tower Beyond Tragedy
    7.0/10(252 votes)

    S1:E5

    Stone and Keller face off against Gilliam, a wealthy executive who transforms women into his own special image of perfection, then kills them when they inevitably fail to live up to every demented standard of his.

    Director:Walter Grauman
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Streets of San Francisco Season 5 Episode 20 - Dead Lift
    7.0/10(224 votes)

    S5:E20

    Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a bodybuilder with a strong body but a fragile ego, who causes trouble wherever he goes.

    Director:Michael Preece
    Writer:Larry Brody

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  8. The Streets of San Francisco Season 1 Episode 24 - Shattered Image
    7.0/10(174 votes)

    S1:E24

    Mike Stone has reason to believe that the death of a politician is no accident.

    Director:Michael O'Herlihy
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Streets of San Francisco Season 1 Episode 1 - The Thirty-Year Pin
    7.1/10(318 votes)

    S1:E1

    When a police officer is fatally shot 3 days before he is due to retire, Stone undertakes a relentless search for the killer.

    Director:Bernard L. Kowalski
    Writer:Robert Lewin

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  10. The Streets of San Francisco Season 1 Episode 4 - Whose Little Boy Are You?
    7.1/10(245 votes)

    S1:E4

    A Vietnam veteran goes AWOL from the army in order to kidnap the son he has never seen.

    Director:Walter Grauman
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Streets of San Francisco Season 1 Episode 13 - A Trout in the Milk
    7.1/10(212 votes)

    S1:E13

    Stone and Keller suspect that an artist's fatal fall from his studio window was not an accident.

    Director:Lawrence Dobkin
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Streets of San Francisco Season 1 Episode 10 - The Year of the Locusts
    7.1/10(210 votes)

    S1:E10

    In their attempt to bring down a family of con artists who victimize entire neighborhoods, Stone and Keller are aided by dissension among the gang members.

    Director:Arthur H. Nadel
    Writer:Theodore J. Flicker

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  13. The Streets of San Francisco Season 1 Episode 7 - Timelock
    7.1/10(197 votes)

    S1:E7

    Stone appears to be the only one willing to give the benefit of the doubt to a convict who is accused of a murder while out of prison on a 36-hour pass.

    Director:Robert Douglas
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Streets of San Francisco Season 1 Episode 25 - The Unicorn
    7.1/10(161 votes)

    S1:E25

    A priest (Fr. Scarne) won't tell Stone where a murderer (Abel Hoffman) is hiding. Stakes are raised by drug smugglers looking for a stolen shipment of heroin.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Morton S. Fine

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  15. The Streets of San Francisco Season 4 Episode 11 - Merchants of Death
    7.1/10(111 votes)

    S4:E11

    A youth-center worker is caught in a war between two teenaged street gangs, a war that really has the heat turned up when one of the gangs obtains automatic rifles.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Streets of San Francisco Season 4 Episode 18 - Underground
    7.1/10(108 votes)

    S4:E18

    A cop seeks to catch his brother's murderer by going undercover in an illegal gambling operation.

    Director:Paul Stanley
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Streets of San Francisco Season 5 Episode 6 - In Case of Madness
    7.1/10(105 votes)

    S5:E6

    A music producer turns up dead; a popular singer he was producing an album for is convinced that he is going insane and killed the producer, but the truth is stranger.

    Director:Barry Shear
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Streets of San Francisco Season 4 Episode 20 - Clown of Death
    7.1/10(101 votes)

    S4:E20

    Two retired brothers, both having worked as riggers for circuses many years before, are found murdered while a circus happens to be performing in San Francisco at the Cow Palace.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Streets of San Francisco Season 5 Episode 12 - Monkey is Back
    7.1/10(100 votes)

    S5:E12

    As a dare to try to win a spot among a gang of high school thugs in the 1950's, Charley Belasco commits a crime that sends him to prison for 20 years. Upon his release, he goes on a murderous rampage to hunt down the the high school thugs who spurned him.

    Director:Richard Lang
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Streets of San Francisco Season 5 Episode 8 - Child of Anger
    7.1/10(99 votes)

    S5:E8

    A clothing designer finds herself on the front page after her daughter confesses to the murder of her latest fling. Stone and Robbins realize the girl's really a witness and not a murderer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Charles Larson

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  21. The Streets of San Francisco Season 1 Episode 8 - In the Midst of Strangers
    7.2/10(219 votes)

    S1:E8

    When a corner newspaper vendor goes after the muggers who stole his life savings, Stone and Keller discover that the crime is linked to the murder of a housing commissioner.

    Director:Robert Douglas
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Streets of San Francisco Season 1 Episode 19 - Deadline
    7.2/10(185 votes)

    S1:E19

    Stone discovers that a murdered woman was involved with both a famous newspaper reporter and his son.

    Director:Seymour Robbie
    Writer:David Friedkin

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  23. The Streets of San Francisco Season 2 Episode 12 - The Runaways
    7.2/10(158 votes)

    S2:E12

    The oldest of a set of three young sibling runaways is suspected of the murder of a drugstore owner. His animosity towards authority doesn't do him any favors.

    Director:Seymour Robbie
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Streets of San Francisco Season 2 Episode 18 - Crossfire
    7.2/10(156 votes)

    S2:E18

    A philandering professor is killed and his mistress shot by a sniper who has been terrorizing a college campus.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Jerry McNeely

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  25. The Streets of San Francisco Season 2 Episode 8 - No Badge For Benjy
    7.2/10(154 votes)

    S2:E8

    A black police informant is murdered, but the police seem more concerned with the death of a white business man. His flinty daughter forces the police to go after his killers.

    Director:Seymour Robbie
    Writer:George Bellak

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Runaway" is the worst rated episode of The Streets of San Francisco. It scored 6.6/10 from 116 votes. Directed by Harry Falk and written by Paul Savage, it aired on March 18, 1976. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Requiem for Murder".

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