1x1 - All In a Day's Work

September 19, 1987

Hildy discovers the true meaning of trouble when Gussie gets a driver's license and collides with a reindeer statue.

1x2 - Butterfly Is Free

September 26, 1987

1x3 - Unsafe at Any Speed

October 3, 1987

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.

1x4 - A Little Romance

October 10, 1987

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).

1x5 - Lover Boy

October 17, 1987

Rudy encourages Gussie to date but is disappointed by her choice in men -- Frank Rubin, Max's father!

1x6 - Monkey Business

October 24, 1987

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.

1x7 - Max Moves In

October 31, 1987

Hildy goes undercover as a hooker to arrest a notorious madam and puts her career on the line when she makes a bad bust.

1x8 - Poker Fever (AKA: The Golden Streak)

November 7, 1987

Hildy disguises herself as a hit woman to supposedly get evidence incriminating a notorious mobster nicknamed ""The Exterminator.""

1x9 - Hildy Gets Shot

November 14, 1987

Hildy's decision to temporarily house a young shoplifter backfires when the boy convinces her son Kenny to run away from home.

1x10 - Child's Play

November 21, 1987

When Hildy releases a bogus fortune with only a warning, the gypsy shows her gratitude by bestowing the legendary ""Golden Streak"" of luck.

1x11 - Call Me Madam

November 28, 1987

1x12 - The Perils of Pauline

December 5, 1987

The deputies are convinced that Hildy is having an affair with her henpecked handyman.

1x13 - The Hero

December 12, 1987

1x14 - The Feds

December 19, 1987

Hildy and the deputies are held hostage by a jilted husband gone berserk.

1x15 - New Year's Eve

January 2, 1988

1x16 - The Great Escape?

January 9, 1988

Hildy is determined to stop Max's mail-order-bride business.

1x18 - All Alone

January 30, 1988

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.

1x19 - Hildy, the Homewrecker

February 6, 1988

A famous escape artist attempts to break out of Hildy's jail as a publicity stunt.

1x20 - Hair

February 13, 1988

Hildy develops her first romantic crush since the death of her husband.

1x21 - A Hero

December 8, 1987

Badly shaken after having shot a robbery suspect, Putnam announces he is quitting the force.

1x22 - Hildy's First Kiss

February 27, 1988

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.