Cannon Death of a Hunter (1971–1976) watch online HD

Often police and detective shows do a good job of misdirecting the audience and get them to wonder who is responsible for the crimes in the show. However, oddly, the writers didn't bother doing this at all with "Death of a Hunter" and the only logical suspect IS the one who is behind everything...a weakness of the episode.

When the episode begins, a supposedly experienced vet is killed when the lion he anesthetized turns out to be wide awake and angry...and it mauls him. Cannon investigates and finds that the tranquilizer dart was filled partially with the anesthetic...and partially with a stimulant!! Regardless, this scene was handled very poorly, as the dead vet shot the lion and entered the cage 30 seconds later...something you cannot do with a properly functioning tranquilizer dart! This and other killings are all caused by the guy you suspect five minutes into the show and so it's not hard for Cannon to put all the pieces together and solve the case.

As Martin Hafer has mentioned the writing was pretty lazy from the beginning of this as far as creating any suspense. The bad guys decide to start attacking Cannon when he really has not learned anything to put them at risk. But the ending is really bad.... were the writers tired and just decided to do it quickly?

The villain goes in the cage and gets attacked by the lion... who wrestles with him instead of biting him and throws him around. At this point the guy has very minor injuries when he would really have major damage or be dead. Then Cannon pulls up fast, jumps out, and goes running in at full speed... because he knows the guy is being attacked... how? I guess they imagined he was yelling for help, but he never did. Then some random pistol shots scare the lion off... maybe.... but then when Cannon talks to the guy he immediately confesses to everything and explains it. Why? Cannon sees you attacked by a lion so he has proof? Even though he had figured part of it out he still had no real proof. But hey, there is only 10 minutes left and we have to finish the show, right.....