Season 1
Episodes
1. All In a Day's Work
1987-09-19
Hildy discovers the true meaning of trouble when Gussie gets a driver's license and collides with a reindeer statue.
2. Butterfly Is Free
1987-09-26
No overview available.
3. Unsafe at Any Speed
1987-10-03
Max gives Rudy advice that he hopes will cause her early retirement as Sheriff, but his plan backfires and she nabs an international spy on her first day.
4. A Little Romance
1987-10-10
Eva Gabor reports a theft to Hildy, and gives her a rhyming note, signed ""The Butterfly,"" which communicates a threat to rob the Gabor family's ruby that is on exhibit at the International Jewelry Show. Hildy recognizes the suspect as the man who eluded her husband, the former Sheriff, five years earlier. Although she foils the theft and ""evens the score"" the thief cleverly escapes. Hildy plans to net The Butterfly, a notorious jewel thief who steals a priceless ruby owned by Eva Gabor (HERSELF).
5. Lover Boy
1987-10-17
Rudy encourages Gussie to date but is disappointed by her choice in men -- Frank Rubin, Max's father!
6. Monkey Business
1987-10-24
Hildy has to act more like a mom than a sheriff when Kenny lies to her, and Max, who is plotting a trap for Hildy with some chimpanzees, also gets caught in a lie.
7. Max Moves In
1987-10-31
Hildy goes undercover as a hooker to arrest a notorious madam and puts her career on the line when she makes a bad bust.
8. Poker Fever (AKA: The Golden Streak)
1987-11-07
Hildy disguises herself as a hit woman to supposedly get evidence incriminating a notorious mobster nicknamed ""The Exterminator.""
9. Hildy Gets Shot
1987-11-14
Hildy's decision to temporarily house a young shoplifter backfires when the boy convinces her son Kenny to run away from home.
10. Child's Play
1987-11-21
When Hildy releases a bogus fortune with only a warning, the gypsy shows her gratitude by bestowing the legendary ""Golden Streak"" of luck.
11. Call Me Madam
1987-11-28
No overview available.
12. The Perils of Pauline
1987-12-05
The deputies are convinced that Hildy is having an affair with her henpecked handyman.
13. The Hero
1987-12-12
No overview available.
14. The Feds
1987-12-19
Hildy and the deputies are held hostage by a jilted husband gone berserk.
15. New Year's Eve
1988-01-02
No overview available.
16. The Great Escape?
1988-01-09
Hildy is determined to stop Max's mail-order-bride business.
17. Hostage
1988-01-16
Hildy's New Year's Eve 'stay sober' party doesn't quite stay sober.
18. All Alone
1988-01-30
Jealous of the attention Hildy is getting as spokeswoman for the Tahoe Visitors Bureau, Max mentors an allegedly destitute woman under and receives donations and sympathy from everyone except Hildy, who suspects from the beginning that the woman is a fraud. One is a lonely number as only Hildy doubts a woman, supposedly down on her luck, who is collecting donations from everyone with her sob story.
19. Hildy, the Homewrecker
1988-02-06
A famous escape artist attempts to break out of Hildy's jail as a publicity stunt.
20. Hair
1988-02-13
Hildy develops her first romantic crush since the death of her husband.
21. A Hero
1987-12-08
Badly shaken after having shot a robbery suspect, Putnam announces he is quitting the force.
22. Hildy's First Kiss
1988-02-27
Hildy has run out of patience with Max's antics and suspends him from the force. But when Max takes a temporary job at a trendy beauty salon, he is so popular with the customers that he announces he is quitting police work for good.