The best episodes of Pretty Hard Cases
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- 01
After a failed drug bust, Sam and Kelly discover they’re after the same dealer, forcing them to team up to take down a major Stockwood player.
- 02
Sam calls on Kelly’s undercover skills when she gets a lead on a gun-dealing dollar store. But when Kelly’s cover is blown, Sam’s forced to get out of her comfort zone to expose the supplier.
- 03
Sam gets Kelly's help for a high-stakes sting to get them closer to catching the Bowen Brothers, but Kelly is put in danger when Sam's power play takes an unexpected turn.
- 04
Kelly enlists Elliot's help to investigate an MDMA dealer in his school. Meanwhile, when Sam's investigation into a father's missing guns takes a turn, she's surprised by who gets caught in the crossfire...
- 05
When a cooler full of guns puts Sam and Kelly on the trail of 77 more black-market firearms, the pair find themselves in a life or “death-trap” situation.
- 06
With an informant's life on the line, Kelly enlists Sam's help in raiding a Stockwood stash house.
- 07
With Sam's promotion on the line, Sam and Kelly stake out an autobody shop, hoping to reel in Stockwood's last big fish, Randy Bowen.
- 08
Tracking the source of a new MDMA brings Sam and Kelly into the unlikely world of flower deliveries, as they narrow in on a new Stockwood player.
- 09
Sam and Kelly take their partnership to new heights when they go under cover as flight attendants to infiltrate a Central American gang's drug route.
- 10
Sam and Kelly's friendship is put to the test when they're forced to work with Kelly's ex-boyfriend, whose intel gives them their biggest lead yet on the pink cocaine and 3D guns.
- 11
Trouble follows Elliot and Jackie, wreaking havoc on Sam and Kelly's search for who shot a police officer.
- 12
Sam and Kelly’s friendship is put to the test when they’re forced to work with Kelly’s ex-boyfriend, whose intel gives them their biggest lead yet on the pink cocaine and 3D guns.
- 13
Kelly and Sam pursue different leads to exonerate an innocent teen accused of shooting their colleague. Both of their investigations end up informing the Coyote case in an unexpected way.
- 14
Naz goes undercover as shady smuggler Scarborough Stu to infiltrate the Coyotes via Will French. Sam and Kelly must act fast when Will’s sister Adeline shows up, unexpectedly jeopardizing Naz’s cover.
- 15
Naz gets in deeper with the Coyotes, earning him an invite to Adeline’s party, but when Naz finds himself in hot water, it’s up to Sam and Kelly to pull him out before events get deadly.
- 16
With Michaels eager to take over their Coyote case, Sam and Kelly set off on an impromptu road trip to cottage country in a last-ditch effort to find their suspected drug kingpin.
- 17
In pursuit of Adeline French, Sam and Kelly find themselves at the doorstep of a fraudulent psychic, who opens their eyes to mysteries they need to solve within their own lives.
- 18
With key evidence destroyed and suspicions of a dirty cop amid their case, Sam and Kelly participate in workplace mental health training to try to get to the bottom of it.
- 19
Scrambling to get back on the job, Sam and Kelly’s mission to find the real corrupt cop becomes personal when Sam’s career is put on the line and Kelly’s reputation is at stake.
- 20
Sam and Kelly zero in on the Coyote alliance as they prepare to infiltrate a ribbon cutting ceremony at a new private airport terminal, suspected of transporting more than rich passengers.
- 21
Kelly is put on the purple rain case with Nathan, leaving Sam in a vulnerable situation when she has to go undercover with Naz’s girlfriend at a nudist colony.
- 22
Sam weasels her way into an undercover play as a koi aficionado while Kelly forges a crucial new gang connection.
- 23
Sam, Kelly, Naz, and Nathan stage a purple rain take-down at a roller-skating rink. On her way there, Kelly is shaken by an eye-opening altercation with the police.
- 24
After learning that the entire purple rain operation has been compromised, Sam and Kelly drown their frustrations in work, discovering the best way to solve the case is to go back to the beginning.
- 25
In the aftermath of their shocking discovery, Sam & Kelly embark on a border-crossing mission to take down the new Stockwood boss.
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