1x01 Under the Gun (Pilot) - Sledge Hammer! Episode Guide

Sledge Hammer!

- Episode 01x01

Episode: 01x01 (pilot)
Title: Under the Gun (Pilot)
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: B-86100
First Aired: Sep. 23, 1986

Season 1 » Episode #01 - Under the Gun (Pilot)

Sledge Hammer! - 01x01 Under the Gun (Pilot)

Summary: Meet Hammer: a cop who's not afraid to skirt the law in order to catch criminals. Although just put on suspension, Hammer is personally brought back on the force by the mayor after his [mayor's] daughter is kidnapped. Hammer is all too happy until he is saddled with a female partner.

Who appeared in this episode?

Guest Stars:

Chief Reisner	played by John Lawlor
Mayor Jack Flambo	played by John Vernon
Francine Flambo	played by Judie Aronson
Kurt Kruggle	played by Don Stark
Mrs. Flambo	played by Joanne Baron
Weird Williard Luxley	played by D.W. Brown
Feliz Navidad	played by Jesse Aragon
Terrorist #3	played by Larry Wilmore
Cottage Cheese Clodman	played by Larry Wilmore

Season 1 / Episode 1: - Under the Gun (Pilot)

Dori: Could we kill the lights, please?

Captain Trunk: Keep that gun in your holster, Hammer!

Season 1 / Episode 1: - Under the Gun (Pilot)

Reporter: We're here at the scene of a liquor store robbery that was thwarted by the man beside me, Inspector Sledge Hammer. Inspector Hammer, tell us what happened.
Sledge Hammer: Well, Miss, I was in this store when two thugs entered and threatened the owner with shotguns. At that time, I drew my Magnum and killed them both. Then I bought some eggs, and some milk, and some of those little cocktail weinies.
Reporter: Inspector Hammer, was what you did in that store absolutely necessary?
Sledge Hammer: Oh, yes, I had no groceries at all.

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MISTAKES/GOOFS

FAKE: The bullet hits in Sledge's practice target are visible in the close-up before he shoots (there are 4 indentations that become holes one at a time).

TRIVIA

This very first episode includes what would go on to become Captain Trunk's trademark line: "HAMMER! In my office RIGHT NOW!"
Don Stark (I) was supposed to wear bikini-briefs when Hammer arrested him, but the network executives wouldn't allow it, so he wore boxers instead.
In the pilot episode, set in San Francisco, the Mayor Jack Flambo is played by John Vernon (I), who also played The Mayor (of San Francisco) in Dirty Harry (1971).
In the first scene in the police station, there are a couple of background-actors standing outside Trunk's office, looking exactly like Crockett and Tubbs from "Miami Vice" (1984), which was an intended joke by the creators.