MIKE HAMMER PRIVATE EYE(1997)
The full run of Mike Hammer Private Eye(1997 starring
Stacy Keach!! There's quite a bit of humor in this!
SEASON ONE
EPISODE # 01: PRODIGAL SON(Sept. 28, 1997):
A friend of Mike's from the force gets killed while
trying to find out who was supplying his son with
drugs that killed him! B+
EPISODE # 02: BEAT STREET(Oct. 05, 1997):
A TV tabloid editor gets killed and the main suspect
is his current client!!
Tracy Scoggins guest stars here!! B+
EPISODE # 03: WWW.MURDER(Oct. 12, 1997):
A girl disappears and her grammaa asks Mike to find her!
Turns out her brother knows more than the gramma and it
all revolves around internet porn!!! B+
EPISODE # 04: HOOP NIGHTMARES(Oct. 19, 1997):
A big name sports dude gets arrested for murder and
Stacy goes on the hunt for answers!
James Hong is here in his first appearance as
Charlie's son!! A
EPISODE # 05: FALSE TRUTHS(Oct. 26, 1997):
A friend of Mike's gets tagged for the murder of her
boyfriend! Mike to the rescue!!!
Guest starring here is Ed Wasser(Babylon 5) & Barry
Jenner(Star Trek: DS9)!! A-
EPISODE # 06: HALLOWEEN(Nov. 02, 1997):
This one hits a little close to home for Mike as his
current girlfriend gets killed and he's hot to get the
purp!! B
EPISODE # 07: BODY ODOR(Nov. 09, 1997):
Stop me if you've heard this before: A man goes into the
hospital and dies - oh, and winds up killing everyone in
the operating room! He's a writer and his daughter goes
to Hammer for help! B
EPISODE # 08: SINS OF THE FATHER(Nov. 16, 1997:
Someone is going around killing call girls, and they
decide to advance to priests!! The priest happens to
be a friend of Mike's and he gets on the case pronto! B+
EPISODE # 09: A PENNY SAVED(Nov. 23, 1997):
A janitor for a stock brocker gets framed for murder
whaen the head of the company gets killed and he is
found litterally holding the gun!! He stumbles to
Mike for help!!
Guest starring here is Kent McCord(Adam-12! B+
SEASON TWO
EPISODE # 01: THE LIFE YOU SAVE(Jan. 18, 1998):
Mike gets a new cell phone for his birthday! The first call
he gets a someone threatening to kill him!!! B+
EPISODE # 02: THE LONG ROAD TO NOWHERE(Jan. 25, 1998):
A writer of mystery novels asks Mike for help with the
ending of his newest novel! Shortly thereafter, said
writer is dead a Mike is on the job!! B+
EPISODE # 03: THE ART OF MURDER(Feb. 01, 1998):
An artist friend of Velda's is killed and Mike swears to
find the murderer!! B
EPISODE # 04: COUNTDOWN TO MURDER(Feb 08, 1998):
Mike's new actress girlfriend gets framed for murder! B+
EPISODE # 05: THE CUTTING EDGE(Feb. 15, 1998):
A person with a noticable limp goes into a software manufacturing
and still a state of the art computer chip and kills a guard!
Mike just happened to be having drinks with the number one
suspect at the time!! B
EPISODE # 06: BIG BROTHER'S SECRET(Feb. 22, 1998):
A reporter friend of Mike's gets killed and Mike's on
the case which takes him to outer space!!! B
EPISODE # 07: A CNDIDATE FOR MURDER(Mar. 01, 1998):
One of Mike's best friends(LOL), Deputy Mayor Barry Lawerence,
is running for DA, and his fling on the side is killed! This of
course gets Mike's attention and he his hustling to nail Barry
for the deed!! B+
EPISODE # 08: DUMP THE CREEP(Apr. 12, 1998):
Mike's girlfriend of the week calls a help line and
she tells her to "DUMP THE CREEP"! She does and Mike
goes to the station to give her a piece of his mind!
She gets killed and Mike is of course the main suspect! B+
EPISODE # 09: CHOP SHOP(Apr. 19, 1998):
Mike gets invited to a friend's wedding and Mike gets
involved with illegal aliens and their plight of being
used as unwilling organ donors! B
EPISODE # 10: THE MAYA CONNECTION(Apr. 26, 1998):
This one's about Hammer's business neighbor Maya, and
her on again/off again boyfriend who gets killed by
bad guys and she gets kidnapped by Iraquis! This
gets just about every annitaled agency involved! B
EPISODE # 11: LUCKY IN LOVE(May 03, 1998):
After a "friendly" poker game one of the participants gets
killed! Hammer is a suspect, as well as several of his gambling
pals! Also, the captain gets suspended by the DA(a real hateful
dude) and Mike talks him into helping him find out the real
murderer! AAAAAAANNDD, the dude who got killed owned a horse
and Mike's the new owner!!
Guest starring here is none other than THE Mickey Rooney!! B+
EPISODE # 12: SONGBIRD: PART 1(May 10, 1998):
All about the jazz scene in NY and a couple of murders!
This guest stars both Frank Stallone(Sylvester's younger
brother) and Jack Sheldon(got his start as Merv Griffin's
sidekick on Merv's late night TV show, also in one episode
of Star Trek: TNG, "11001001", great horn man, good pianist,
fair singer!!)! B+
EPISODE # 13: SONGBIRD: PART 2(May 10, 1998):
Continued from the previous episode!! B+
EPISODE # 14: GONE FISHIN'(May 24, 1998):
Except they don't! Mike and the Captain are planning a
fishing trip but stop off at Lou's bar for a couple of
drinks before taking off! They get interupted by a gang
of no-good who just robbed a bank and killed some people
and they just happen to choose Lou's bar to celebrate!!! I
I am not a fan of these kinds of shows!! D
EPISODE # 15: DEAD MEN TALK(May 31, 1998):
Mike comes back to his appartment to find his dead friend
asleep in his bed! It's all about greed and a wife wanting
more from her husband!! B
EPISODE # 16: A NEW LEAF: PART 1(June 07, 1998):
Mike gets involved with tobacco moguls! A dude who
had contacted Mike for help bcause he's been threatened
after he was going to testify against the cigarette
manufacturere! He's Mike's cliant for about five
minutes after contacting him, and it's not from smoking!
He gets killed and this gets Mike into the fray!
I am shocked this ever got on the air! It really shows
the tobacco company in a terrible light! This was
later made into a movie!
Gordonn Jump(WKRP In Cincinatti) guest stars here! B+
EPISODE # 17: A NEW LEAF: PART 2(June 14, 1998):
Continueed from the previous episode, this closes out
the series! Perhaps this episode is why it was cut so
short!! B+
There are no special features in this release!!
From a reviewer at IMDb.com:
This syndicated show is a much grittier version of the
show that was on the network in the 80's. Hammer is a
tougher guy and is much more like the Darren McGavin
version of the 50's which I liked best of all. There
are no better scenes than when he tangles with the D.A.
Barrington played by Kent Williams who should have gotten
an Emmy. I hope that Stacy makes newer episodes as this
character will never die. - TC-4