Welcome to Late Night Retro Television Reviews, a feature where we review some of our favorite and least favorite shows of the past!  On Thursdays, I will be reviewing Hunter, which aired on NBC from 1984 to 1991.  The entire show is currently streaming on Tubi and several other services!

I’m on vacation so this review is going to be a quick one.

Episode 2.10 “Waiting For Mr. Wrong”

(Dir by Ron Satlof, originally aired on December 7th, 1985)

While investigating a deadly jewelry robbery, Hunter meets and falls for a model named Angie (Ada Maris), the girlfriend of the thief.  She appears to fall for him as well but McCall suspects that she might know more about the robbery then she’s letting on.  And, of course, she does.  This is yet another episode that ends with Hunter looking at a lot of dead bodies but this time, it’s more emotional because he slept with one of them.

This episode of Hunter allowed Fred Dryer to show his more sensitive side.  Unfortunately, as an actor, Dryer seems to struggle with that.  Dryer is totally believable when he’s shooting a gun, chasing a suspect, or joking with McCall.  He’s even got decent comic timing.  But asking him to fall in love on screen and behave in a melancholy fashion afterwards seems like it may have been outside of his comfort zone.

This episode didn’t really work.  We all know Hunter is really in love with McCall.