Hawk

Season

1966

USA

6.9

The crime busting techniques of Iroquois detective John Hawk of the New York City District Attorney's office.

Episode List

S1 • E1

Do Not Mutilate or Spindle

Houston Worth, a religious fanatic, is the missing link between the murder of an office worker and the threatening telephone calls received by a young fashion model.

S1 • E2

The Longleat Chronicles

The murder of a bookbinder, who was working on a wealthy client's chronicles, is somehow tied in with a young woman who Hawk is starting to become romantically involved with.

S1 • E3

Thanks for the Honeymoon

Nick Weller is the prime suspect in a murder, and the search is on for his alibi, a married woman being blackmailed for her liaison with him.

S1 • E4

Game with a Dead End

Hawk is on the hunt for a beautiful woman kidnapped off the street and held captive by the disgruntled ex-co-worker of her boyfriend.

S1 • E5

Death Comes Full Circle

Peter Jannus' new bride is killed in a hit-and-run by slick con man Nick Serri, and it's up to Hawk to prove Serri's guilt.

S1 • E6

The Theory of the Innocent Bystander

A brokerage firm is robbed of a million dollars worth in securities, and Hawk is sure an employee of the firm knows more than she is telling.

S1 • E7

The Man Who Owned Everyone

Hawk has personal reasons for his determination to get evidence against a powerful city contractor, despite the reluctance of many others who he needs to convince, including the district attorney, and despite the fact that of his two witnesses one turns up dead and the other is very unwilling.

S1 • E8

How Close Can You Get?

A maniac is trying to extort money from a renowned stage actor by threatening to kill an innocent person if the actor does not pay him a large sum of money. Unfortunately, he has already made good on his threat twice.

S1 • E9

The Living End of Sisterbaby

A very popular model is murdered at a crowded party, but no one can tell who shot her, even Hawk, who was at the scene.

S1 • E10

The Shivering Pigeon

An informant insists that he is being targeted for murder, and Hawk starts to believe him, but he can't get others on the force to take the man's claim seriously.

S1 • E11

Ulysses and the Republic

Ulysses Frost, an old friend of Hawk, calls him and begs to meet him because his life is in danger. Hawk tells him to meet him at his apartment, but the killers follow Frost there and kill him. Hawk is then incensed to learn that forensic reports on Frost's death have either disappeared or never been done, apparently on orders from higher-ups. What's more, Frost's sister, whom Hawk also knew well before, doesn't want to cooperate.

S1 • E12

Legacy for a Lousy Future

Hawk and two of his fellow lieutenants are determined to locate $750,000 that a man was sentenced to jail for stealing, and to do that they keep an eye on the man's wife. But they are not the only ones determined to find the money.

S1 • E13

"H" Is a Dirty Letter

Hawk works undercover by pretending to be on the take in order to smash a heroin selling ring, unaware that his assignment is made more precarious by some of the other people who the ring has working for them.

S1 • E14

Some Devil Whispered in His Ear

A psychopath who has already killed several people holds the customers of a bar as hostage.

S1 • E15

The Hands of Corbin Claybrooke

The murder of a minor grade artist and collector is linked to a series of break-ins at art galleries, where nothing is apparently stolen, but the paintings of another artist suddenly appear---paintings which consist exclusively of various views and colorations of the artist's left hand.

S1 • E16

Wall of Silence

An autistic teenage girl is the only witness to the murder of a cop. The killer knows that she saw him, but does not know that she is unable to speak and thus cannot identify him.