Season 2, Episode 11 · Episode 22 of 79

Random Target

First aired Saturday, December 8, 1984

Synopsis

When a business partner is murdered by mobsters, Hawke investigates whether he and Santini filmed the hit.

Episode recap

A mob hit, a murdered business partner, and a terrible possibility: the victim's death may be connected to footage Hawke and Santini shot on an aerial job. "Random Target" grounds the series in organized crime — no defectors, no superweapons, just men in suits who solve problems with contracts. The question of what the camera caught turns Santini Air's honest work into a liability, and the team into loose ends. It's a lean, noir-flavored hour that reminds the audience the Lady's crew can be threatened by something as small as a strip of film.

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