About Mike Hammer, Private Eye
Detective Mike Hammer uses his savvy grit against deceptive enemies in Southern California.
- Status
- Ended
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 from 11 votes
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 26
Seasons and episodes
The latest season with aired episodes is shown first. Specials are kept separate.
Latest aired season
Season 1
Prodigal Son
After a friend is killed investigating the death of his son, Mike keeps following the trail, leading to Russian mobsters.
Beat Street
An accused polluter hires Mike but then the reporter who did an expose on the him is found dead making him a murder suspect.
www.murder
Hammer is hired to look into the disappearance of a girl who may have been killed in a ""snuff film"" shown on the internet.
Hoop Nightmares
When a basketball player's sports agent is murdered just before he becomes the number one pick in the draft, he turns to Mike to prove his innocence. Was it the player, Mayron Hughes; his father Norton ""Norrie"" Hughes; his childhood friend who was injured and now has a licensing business, Desmond Ishmael; his new sports agent, Susan Wake; or his teammate and competitor, Elvin Grace?
False Truths
Mike flies to tinseltown to help an actress accused of murdering her lover and producer.
Halloween
Someone seems to be targeting Hammer's friends in the style of a cultist killer whom Mike put in jail.
Body Odor
A surgery patient's body emits noxious gasses, killing him and three members of a surgical team. His daughter hires Mike.
Sins of the Father
The murder of a priest puts Hammer on the trail of a serial killer murdering prostitutes. Spoilers Faith, a prostitute, is murdered. After a priest, Father Dressler, asks Hammer to protect ladies of the evening, he is murdered. Faith's body is found with a wooden cross and a red wig. The killer next murders Rosie. Suspects include Father James, the handyman Ozzie, construction executive Jason Carter and Slick, a pimp. Slick is murdered to draw Hammer into a trap. The killer tracks down and kills Angel, who saw him pick up Rosie. Finally, Candy, a prostitute and friend of the murdered girls, offers to be bait to draw out the killer but things go awry and Hammer races to find her before the killer adds her to his list of victims.
A Penny Saved
When a simple minded janitor all but frames himself for the murder of a stockbroker, he asks Mike Hammer to prove his innocence.
The Life You Save
After witnessing suspicious behavior between a cop and a mobster, Mike saves the cop's life and the mobster is arrested. Then on his birthday, Mike gets a call saying he has 24 hours to live.
The Long Road to Nowhere
After a hard boiled mystery writer hires Mike to help him with an ending to his latest book, he is murdered. Mike, Velda and Nick realize the book was based upon an actual disappearance or murder and try to solve it in order to find out who murdered the writer.
The Art of Murder
When the artist Velda is seeing is murdered, Mike looks into it. Was the killer the assistant artist who may have been painting forgeries, the gallery owner, the jealous ex-girlfriend who gets into a catfight with Velda, the rich collector whose daughter he was romancing or the art reviewer dabbling in blackmail?
Countdown to Murder
When Mike's former flame is accused of murdering her former husband and co-star right before their broadway play opens, Mike tries to clear her. Is the killer the producer / director, the business manager, her understudy, the victim's understudy or the stagehand who seems to be stalking her?
The Cutting Edge
Mike is a two time convict's alibi when a cutting edge computer chip stolen by a masked murderer with the same modus operandi and even the same limp.
Big Brother's Secret
The murder of an investigative reporter was a friend of Mike's leads the private eye to stolen satellite photos.
A Candidate for Murder
Barry Lawrence is running for district attorney and he becomes Hammer's main suspect when his mistress is murdered.
Dump the Creep
After Hammer berates a radio host on the air for telling Mike's girlfriend to dump him, he becomes a suspect when the host is murdered.
Chop Shop
Mike goes to Texas to attend a friend's wedding but organ thieves have kidnapped his fiancé.
The Maya Connection
When Maya Ricci's paramour comes to town, he draws Maya and Mike into a web of espionage and assassination.
Lucky in Love
When a gambling buddy of Mike's is murdered, he is asked to help out with the buddy's race horse.
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