Season 1 • Episode 28
LatestCAPSULE: A high-tech bounty hunting corporation moves into the Los Angeles market and their vast resources threaten to turn the ""old-timers"" like Dottie and Brandi into dinosaurs. SPOILER ALERT! Key plot details revealed! Dottie and Brandi have a skip staked out, but just as they are moving in for the collar several cars come screeching on the scene disgorging men in black suits and a camera crew. The men efficiently take the fugitive into custody and tell Dottie and Brandi that they are from Krill & Associates, a professional bounty hunting corporation. The Thorsons go to Ricky who explains to them that Krill is a corporation who takes over ailing businesses and are now looking to corner the L.A. bail enforcement market with their new high-tech approach. As a favor, Ricky gives the women a lead on Don Alonzini, a well-known psychic who has skipped bail on his partner Sidney Julius, leaving him in danger of losing a $500,000 house. Dottie and Brandi check out some high-tech equipment f
The Huntress is an American TV series that appeared on the USA Network over subsequent summers of the 2000 and 2001 television seasons. It was inspired by a book about the real bounty hunter, Dottie Thorson, and is also a belated sequel to the 1980 Steve McQueen film, The Hunter.
Acting
Annette O'Toole carries every scene with weary determination.
Writing
Belated sequel to Steve McQueen film? Bold, unhinged choice.
Production
Peak USA Network summer aesthetic—cheap, sunny, weirdly sincere.
Creator
Pamela Norris
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of USA Network's early-2000s 'Characters Welcome' push—low-budget, high-concept summer filler that barely exists in streaming archives now.
Based on real bounty hunter Dottie Thorson, whose late husband Ralph was the subject of the 1980 McQueen film. The show continues their actual family story.
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