She's the Sheriff
She's the Sheriff is an American sitcom created by Dan Guntzelman and Steve Marshall. Aired in syndication for two seasons from September 1987 to April 1989, the series stars Suzanne Somers as Hildy Granger, a young woman whose husband, the sheriff of fictional Lakes County, Nevada, is killed by a drunk driver. Now widowed with two teenage children to support, Hildy accepts the county commissioner's offer to appoint her as sheriff, despite her lack of relevant experience. The show focuses on her efforts to handle the daily problems of locals and tourists, while learning to work with her four deputies. In particular, Hildy has routine disagreements with Max Rubin, who sees her undeserving of the job.
Episodes
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While posing as Hildy's boyfriend during a stakeout, Rubin unexpectedly falls in love with her after they kiss in the spur of the moment.
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While working on a condominium timeshare scam, Hildy suddenly finds herself under the investigative eye of a younger public defender.
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Hildy prevents an old high school friend from committing suicide, but then she inadvertently complicates matters as they reminisce together.
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Mishaps abound when Hildy works to prepare the department for a surprise state inspection.
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During Hildy's first bid for reelection since being appointed, unexpected trouble begins when her mother is arrested and jailed during a 'Save the Trees' protest.
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Rubin becomes so obsessed with showing off his beautiful date to his doubting colleagues that he inadvertently ignores her.
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Hildy engages in a battle-of-the-sexes with her deputies when they disagree on how Mulcahy should reconcile his wife after a fight, during which she threw him out of the house.
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While working undercover as an actress at a musical audition, Hildy's long-forgotten dreams of stardom are reborn as she considers the benefits of life on stage.
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Hildy tries to prove 'mother knows best' when she battles with Kenny's baseball coach to be included in the annual father-son banquet.
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While attempting to play Cupid to her friends Terry and Putnam, Hildy discovers that Terry's current boyfriend, Biff, is really Rubin in disguise.
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Hildy's and the deputies' dreams of fame and riches end when the fighter in whom them invest turns out to be a 'lightweight'.
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A ruthless criminal is gunning for Hildy after she witnesses a bank robbery.
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At Hildy's fundraiser for state representative-hopeful Jonathan Gagen, confusion reigns as the caterer is suspected of poisoning his creations and Gagen tirelessly attempts to convince Hildy that they were meant for each other.
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Deputy Wiggins' soon-to-be-ex-wife pays a surprise visit to complete divorce arrangements, but his jealousy over her plans to marry a well-known professional athlete leads Wiggins to second thoughts about the divorce.
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Hildy convinces herself that she is too old as a landmark birthday approaches.
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Hildy becomes popular with the media at the expense of her deputies' egos when she gets all the credit for a counterfeiting arrest which the guys masterminded, and which she actually hindered.
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After she's mugged in broad daylight, Gussie's fear causes her to become agoraphobic. Meanwhile, Ruhin and Putnam don pantyhose and heels in a valiant, if not stylish, effort to apprehend the culprit.
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When a psychiatrist is held in lockup, Hildy and the deputies begin questioning their own, as well as each other's, psychological motivations.
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A wealthy real estate tycoon takes a romantic interest in Hildy in order to make Rubin miserable, thereby fulfilling his twenty-year vendetta against the man who befriended, and then rejected him as a child.
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When Mulcahy's wife thinks she is pregnant with their seventh child, Mulcahy is given an ultimatum: either he gets a vasectomy, or he is not allowed back in the bedroom.
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Hildy attempts to fight her strong physical attraction to a handsome—albeit less than brilliant—bodybuilder, while the deputies bet on the odds of her asking him out.
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Romantic jealousy reigns as Gagen returns to fabricate an interest in Hildy's attractive new intern in order to prove to Hildy that she too is the victim of jealousy. At the same time, Putnam, who finds the young lady irresistible, plots the conquest of her heart.
