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Mike Hammer, Private Eye - Season 2

Series: Mike Hammer, Private Eye

4.1

(17)

Episodes

Rating

TV14

Year

1998

Language

English

Publisher

Multicom Entertainment Group

About

Working the chaotic streets of New York is no easy gig, but Mike Hammer is ordinary private eye. This adaptation Mickey Spillane's legendary detective puts grit and hard-boiled sleuthing into the 1990's with new cases, a new team, and plenty of new danger. Constant danger and deception are the norm for this streetwise sleuth. Mystery, peril, and seduction barely scratch the surface of what Mike Hammer sees on a daily basis.

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Episodes

1. The Life You Save

45m

While on a stakeout, Mike steps in to save a cop and arrest a mobster. Lingering doubts about the scenario trouble Hammer, and he searches for a connection. A surprise birthday party interrupts his train of thought, but a threatening phone call puts the private investigator right back in the thick of things. When the caller tell Mike Hammer that he has 24 hours to live, he must uncover the truth at the bottom of the mystery.

2. The Long Road To Nowhere

45m

Mike Hammer is a big fan and old friend of Buzz MacClaine, a popular mystery writer, and the author asks the private eye to help edit his latest work. When Buzz meets his own violent end, Mike Hammer takes on the case to find the killer. But in this case, life seems to imitate art. Hammer and his team realize that his manuscript is filled with clues to an actual crime, and they must decode the mystery novel in order to find Buzz's killer.

3. The Art of Murder

45m

There's more than just paint on the walls when Mike tries to help Velda after her boyfriend, an artist, is murdered in his studio before an exhibition. But Hammer struggles to connect the dots in this mysterious case, and a long list of suspects emerges when he discovers that the artist often made others see red. Could it be the artist's jealous ex, the wealthy art collector, the corrupted art critic, the gallery owner, or even Velda herself?

4. Countdown to Murder

45m

Hammer's on-again off-again flame is a Broadway star named Linda Fortunato, but her latest role is as primary suspect in the murder investigation of her ex-husband and co-star. The whole city is convinced of her guilt after the spatting couple was seen fighting during rehearsals, but Mike Hammer is determined to clear her name. Drama and mystery unfold while Hammer investigates a whole cast of suspects.

5. The Cutting Edge

45m

After being released from his time in prison, Mike Hammer's old friend Herman Simpson joins him for dinner. The discussion turns techie when Simpson brings up the computer revolution that is underway. However, a bank robbery involving this same technology-- and a suspiciously similar criminal --takes place the same evening. Simpson becomes the prime suspect, and Hammer is his only hope at staying free.

6. Big Brother's Secret

45m

Mike's journalist friend, Pete, misses their scheduled meeting. But the apparent suicide raises questions that lead Mike to follow up on Pete's latest investigative assignment, an exposé on surveillance. Hammer finds out that Pete was writing about the shadows and powers behind modern surveillance, an entity known as Big Brother. Now Hammer must track down the killer that's always watching everybody.