Hooperman

Hooperman

A full-time police detective becomes a part-time landlord when he inherits his murdered landlady's building — along with her ferocious little dog.

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1. Hooperman (Pilot)

Air Date: 1987-09-23

The beloved owner of the apartment building is killed by a burglar and Hooperman inherits both the building and her dog, Bijoux.

2. The Answer My Friend, Is Passing in the Wind

Air Date: 1987-09-30

Bijoux is on trial. Hooperman claims Bijoux is a 'police sniffer' and has 24 hours to prove it.

3. Don We Now Our Gay Apparel

Air Date: 1987-10-07

Things start warming up between Hooperman and his fix-it person and DeMott is again a victim of cupid's arrow.

4. Aria Da Capo

Air Date: 1987-10-14

A witness in the Federal Witness Protection Program rapes a woman and Hooperman is ordered to look the other way.

5. John Doe, We Hardly Knew Ye

Air Date: 1987-10-28

A psychic tenant helps identify an unidentified body found at the docks. Also, a 'nephew' claims he is entitled to the apartment.

6. The Shooting

Air Date: 1987-11-11

Hooperman can't bring himself to shoot an escaping robbery suspect.

7. Hot Wired

Air Date: 1987-11-18

Hooperman gets all wired up to go undercover.

8. Baby Talk

Air Date: 1987-11-25

Hooperman is assigned to baby-sit an Arab sheik's spoiled daughter while DeMott and Silardi pose as a couple to catch a baby broker who steals children.

9. Blues for Danny Welles

Air Date: 1987-12-02

Hooperman befriends an inmate with AIDS.

10. I, Witness

Air Date: 1987-12-09

Hooperman and Stern dismiss a lonely old man's claim that he can identify a masked murderer- until he calls a press conference.

11. Deck the Cell With Bars of Folly

Air Date: 1987-12-23

The precinct is in the holiday spirit and holds an open house for a colorful array of petty criminals.

12. The Naked and the Dead

Air Date: 1988-01-06

Hooperman is after the thief who's robbing stiffs from a cemetery, and Susan's dead sure that her new novel will make a killing.

13. The Snitch

Air Date: 1988-01-13

Hooperman's informant is petrified of tattling on thugs and needs police protection.

14. Chariots of Fire

Air Date: 1988-01-20

Hooperman buys a vintage sports car from a convicted drug dealer and Susan is writing an article about women involved with cops.

15. High Noon

Air Date: 1988-02-03

While working undercover as a fence, Hopperman discovers that a convict who threatened to kill him has just escaped from prison.

16. Blaste From the Past

Air Date: 1988-02-10

Love draws Stern to a precinct shrink, Susan to a muscle-bound airhead, and Hooperman to a recently divorced ex-girlfriend.

17. Tomato Can

Air Date: 1988-03-09

Hooperman befriends an illiterate boxer who wants to be a cop and McNeil gets a bad case of the jitters right before he's to appear on a game show.

18. Me and Mr. Magoo

Air Date: 1988-03-16

Hooperman enlists the aid of an eccentric pilot when a child-abuse case calls for some airbourne assistance.

19. Baby On Board

Air Date: 1988-04-06

Hoopperman learns he's the father of Susan's unborn child.

20. Trudy and Clyde

Air Date: 1988-04-13

Stakeout experts Hooperman and Pritzger spend days ogling a robbery suspect's girlfriend who does aerobics in the buff, until she calls for help and pulls a gun on them.

21. Nick Derringer, P.I.

Air Date: 1988-05-04

Out to nail an elusive drug dealer, Hooperman sides with a pint-size private eye who makes short shrift of his clients and the police department.

22. Surprise Party

Air Date: 1988-05-18

It's showdown time when Silardi's homophobic twin brother and Susan's Hooperphobic mother both show up in time to celebrate Hooperman's birthday.

1. Requiem for an S.O.B.

Air Date: 1988-11-30

Harry must deliver the eulogy for a despised colleague and a cop killer is tricked with a winning Lotto ticket.

2. We'll Always Have Paris

Air Date: 1988-12-07

Grief over the loss of their unborn child leads to a fight between Hooperman and Smith and a hasty proposal from Hooperman.

3. Who Do You Truss?

Air Date: 1988-12-14

Hooperman gets a hernia and won't have it treated because he doesn't trust hospitals or surgeons.

4. In Search of Bijoux

Air Date: 1988-12-21

Hooperman must appear on TV to recover an ungrateful Bijoux. Also, Hooperman goes undercover in drag to hunt down a slasher.

5. Look Homeward, Dirtbag

Air Date: 1989-01-11

A former inmate released from prison harasses Hooperman to put him back in the slammer.

6. Nightmare in Apartment One

Air Date: 1989-01-18

Hooperman figures- wrongly- that renting an apartment to McNeil will prevent a big headache.

7. Hooperman Goes to Hell in a Handcart

Air Date: 1989-01-25

When a gunshot sends Hooperman falling down a flight of stairs and into unconsciousness, he wakes up to discover that he is chained to a wall in a tacky underworld whose only other inhabitant is a red-suited demon who takes devilish delight in playing Pat Boone's 'April Love' on an old phonograph.

8. Rashomanny

Air Date: 1989-02-01

Hooperman is found in a compromising position with a female suspect whose retelling of the incident differs wildly from his.

9. In the Still of My Pants

Air Date: 1989-02-08

Hooperman falls for Lisa's roommate and doesn't know how to handle it. A bunco artist zeros in on elderly women.

10. The Dating Game

Air Date: 1989-02-15

When his girlfriend goes out of town to visit her parents, Hooperman is left dateless for the annual policeman's ball.

11. Intolerance

Air Date: 1989-02-22

Star-struck Hooperman allows a movie producer fresh out of film school to use the apartment building as a set for a gory movie.

12. The Nun and I

Air Date: 1989-03-01

Hooperman is in love with a new woman; a nun.

13. The Sure Thing

Air Date: 1989-03-15

Hooperman's colleagues are furious with him after he persuades them to join him in an investment scheme.

14. The Long So Long

Air Date: 1989-03-22

Hooperman and McNeil must cart around a corpse during a transportation strike.

15. Stakeout

Air Date: 1989-06-14

Hooperman is forced on a stakeout with a good-natured lout, but must bite his tongue because his new partner is the Commissioner's nephew.

16. Dog Day Afternoon, Morning and Night

Air Date: 1989-06-21

A ventriloquist asks Hooperman to retrieve a stolen dummy, and Hooperman seeks professional help when Bijoux won't stop biting Alex.

17. Love Bytes

Air Date: 1989-06-28

Hooperman sets up a love connection between a convicted computer criminal and the woman who spurned his advances, but used his crooked program for her own profit.

18. Take My Building, Please

Air Date: 1989-07-05

Two renters in the building are at each other's throats after one puts down a deposit on an apartment that the other won't vacate. Also, a building inspector finds numerous violations and Mrs. Davis offers to buy the apartment building. Hooperman confronts a pregnant thief.

19. Some of That Jazz

Air Date: 1989-07-12

While moonlighting as a jazz saxophonist, Hooperman considers trading his life as a cop for a life of music. Also, DeMott is guilt-ridden after accidentally shooting Silardi.

20. Goodnight, Sweet Hooperman

Air Date: 1989-07-26

A precinct-wide sleep-deprivation experiment withholds sweet slumber from Hooperman, but something in the sleeplessness makes DeMott seem suddenly seductive.

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Rating

6.1/10

Release Date

1987-09-23

Episodes

42 (2 seasons)

Status

Ended

Cast