#AbyssalBlast
#FoxParadox
#Sledgehammer
02/02/2026
#RockNEat
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**Heather Rasche.** The final episode is a big departure from the rest of the series. It’s character-driven, and it contains moments of real growth and self-awareness for Sledge. Not that it’s not funny. It is. For instance, the voodoo doll sequence at the start is one of the funniest–and most memorable–scenes in the entire series. Ending the series this way is certainly a choice. That tag scene, with Sledge and Dori in the bar, is weird. _Jan-Feb 1988: ABC aired Sledge Hammer! in the middle hour of Friday prime time after The Thorns and before 20/20. Against it were Dallas on CBS and Miami Vice on NBC._ 8/10
**Stanley Brock.** One of the show’s very best episodes. It departs from formula by having Sledge and Dori investigated for being drunk on duty during a surveillance. Pretty much every scene is a comedy highlight. Some of the best scenes of the entire series are in this episode. For example, the fight between Sledge and Dori, Sledge’s speech in the courtroom, the antics in the honeymoon suite (while both detectives are drugged). 5th and final episode written by Mark Curtiss and Rod Ash. 7th of 8 episodes directed by Bill Bixby. _Jan-Feb 1988: ABC aired Sledge Hammer! in the middle hour of Friday prime time after The Thorns and before 20/20. Against it were Dallas on CBS and Miami Vice on NBC._ 10/10
**James Karen, Ernie Sabella, Mark Blankfield.** One of the best episodes. It breaks from formula by having Sledge (and, later, Dori) work in secret to find a missing woman. And it has some great gags. It is the only episode written by Alicia Marie Schudt. _Jan-Feb 1988: ABC aired Sledge Hammer! in the middle hour of Friday prime time after The Thorns and before 20/20. Against it were Dallas on CBS and Miami Vice on NBC._ 10/10
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