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Dog the Bounty Hunter

2004

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EP1 The Ice Man Oct 06, 2010

Dog's latest fugitive, doesn't think small when it comes to illegal drugs: he was carrying almost a pound of methamphetamine when he was arrested. Now he's on the run with his pregnant girlfriend on the high plains of Colorado. Dog and his team track him through rundown trailer parks, junkyards filled with rusted cars, and finally to a desolate country road where they have to make a risky nighttime bust.

EP2 Trouble in Paradise Oct 13, 2010

Dog is back in Hawaii and tracking a dangerous fugitive through the jungles of the Big Island. Their prey is being protected by a ring of family and friends that Dog must forcefully confront to bring in his man. Finally a hot tip sends Dog and team to a volcanic moonscape and a midnight raid.

EP3 Girl Power Oct 20, 2010

When Dog decides to spend the day caring for his newest granddaughter, Beth enlists the girls to hunt down a female fugitive. Heading into a dangerous part of town the ladies will use their feminine wiles to track this mother gone wrong.

EP4 Prodigal Son Oct 27, 2010

Fugitive beware: Dog's rolling with extra power today. His old friends Tim Chapman and Sonny Westbrook are riding with the team, so their target, a thief with violent tendencies, is out of luck. When Dog learns that the fugitive is also a disrespectful son, he is more motivated to find his man. But once he finds him will Dog be able to work his magic and help heal this fractured family?

EP5 Family Ties Nov 03, 2010

Dog doesn't have the whole team today and he's got to catch a fugitive with a record of criminal assault. But when Dog finds the fugitive's former girlfriend, she thinks he isn't dangerous at all. As the team closes in on their target Dog begins to doubt her story. Will Dog find himself facing a violent offender or just a young man more in need of tough love than serious jail time?

EP6 Surface Scratches Dec 01, 2010

Dog's latest quarry is running from abuse and assault charges. As Dog investigates, he discovers that this fugitive has gamed the system by jumping from one bond, and one bondsman, to another. With an assist from the bail bonds community, Dog plots to capture his prey in an arrest by appointment. But when Dog thinks the arrest is about to happen he is met with a man in a late-model sports car and a pocket full of cash. Is the hunt over or is it just beginning?

EP7 Special Delivery Dec 01, 2010

For months, this fugitive has been stringing Leland along with a series of barely believable excuses. Out of patience, Leland calls in the Big Dog. The team whole team heads out to put pressure on the family and friends of this imposing 300-pound felon. Then, a late-night call kicks Dog and crew into high gear. Is the lead legit

EP8 The Great Debate Dec 08, 2010

When the co-signer of a bond is also romantically involved with the defendant, sometimes the bondman is put in the middle of a lover's quarrel. But sometimes the defendant is a threat to the community and the cosigner asks the bondsman for protection. When Leland finds himself with a confusing case, Dog comes up with a unique plan to find out where the truth lies, and if freedom or jail is in the defendant's future.

EP9 Facebooked Dec 15, 2010

Dog is in Denver helping Bobby Brown to track down a fugitive with a long rap sheet. But unfortunately they have no picture of the felon to work with, so the challenges are big on this one. But as the hunt unfolds Dog discovers a new source--the facebook status of the girlfriend of the fugitive. Will the new social network give Dog the information he needs to capture his prey? Can this Dog learn new tricks?

EP10 Mano-a-Mano Dec 22, 2010

Back in Colorado, Dog`s on the hunt for a runner with more than a decade's worth of trouble with the law. But the fugitive's friends and family are reluctant to help Dog bring him in. Closing in on the one location they have, Dog knows he may have a family feud on his hands as he tries to bring this felon to justice.

EP11 The Road Show: Where Mercy is Shown Dec 29, 2010

After releasing the second part of his autobiography, Dog and his family traveled across America, and this very special episode offers an intimate portrait of both the public and private moments of that journey. The plan was to promote the new book, but the trip soon turned into something much more for the Chapman family and their fans. Among the thousands of admirers greeting Dog and Beth at each stop, for some meeting Dog and Beth was their last dying wish. Others came to receive advice, hope and affirmation. Parents brought their troubled teens; many came to share stories of how Dog had inspired them to turn their lives around. As the book tour progressed, it quickly transformed into a crusade, a mission to help and honor those who struggle everyday to overcome the challenges that life has thrown in their way. It would also change Dog and Beth, and before they were done they would offer their public more than just compassion and wise words.

EP12 The Comeback Kid Jan 12, 2011

Dog is back in Colorado chasing a young man with a taste for trouble. He's fled to Texas but with his family's house on the line Dog is willing to try a risky strategy. He enlists the family in an elaborate hoax to lure the runner home. With Dog tutoring them in the art of deceit the scam begins. Will his new pupils prove fast learners or will their divided loyalties undo the plan?

EP13 Tent City Jan 19, 2011

Today's hunt takes Dog far from the glittering hotels of Waikiki to the parts of Hawaii tourist rarely see, Oahu's ramshackle tent cities. The team searches for a woman who has lost almost everything, her home, her family and her spirit. With no known address and only tips from questionable sources, Dog heads out to bring her to justice and try to bring hope back to her life.

EP14 Dead of Night Jan 26, 2011

This hunt is personal. Dog's good friend and fellow bondsman Chris is running out of time. He has only days to find his fugitive or risk losing his business. In his hunt Dog confronts duplicitous tipsters, vicious attack dogs, and hostile neighbors. When the clock striking midnight a new lead comes in. Will this informant prove anymore reliable than the rest?

EP15 Best of ... Jan 26, 2011

The bounty-hunter adventures of Duane "Dog" Chapman and his Posse are chronicled in this one hour "Best Of" special, featuring superlative memorable moments from the previous seven seasons.

EP16 The Montrose Files: The Million Dollar Man Pt. 1 Mar 02, 2011

A small town bondsmen is in over his head, his business on the line, when he makes a desperate plea for help. Dog agrees and launches a high stake hunt through the desolate and dangerous mountain landscape of western Colorado in pursuit of a gun-loving survivalist with a million dollar bond on his head. Will Dog's plan of using brains over brawn work?

EP17 The Montrose Files: The Million Dollar Man Pt. 2 Mar 09, 2011

Once in Montrose, Dog discovers that the million dollar fugitive is not the young bondsman's only problem. His kind heart and inexperience have led him to bail out a bevy of bail jumpers. Dog and Beth make it their mission to both clean up the mess and teach him the fundamentals of bondsmanship.

EP18 The Montrose Files: Round the Clock Mar 16, 2011

There's no rest for the righteous and nobody knows this better then the Dog. He is committed to saving his new friend's bail bonding business, and now must race against time to bring a rogues gallery to justice in the High Sierra mountain town of Montrose, CO.

EP19 The Montrose Files: And Then There Were None Mar 23, 2011

Can Dog complete his mission to clean-up this frontier town? With four outlaws still on the lam, Dog sets out to bring 'em in. As day turns into night and with the darkness and the danger mounting, an undaunted Dog and team plan late night hits on the riskiest of locations--their targets' homes.

EP20 Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? Mar 30, 2011

With a long record of violence and abuse and weighing in at over 200lbs, Dog's target for the day does not sound like a gentle giant. When the trail grows cold Dog turns up the heat on the fugitive's brother and sister. Will Dog's relentless ruthlessness force the siblings to turn on their bad news brother?

EP21 Cap and Gown Apr 06, 2011

Other than bringing criminals to justice, one of Dog's loves is teaching the next generation of bounty hunters the tricks of the trade. Today he has a new student. Friend of the family, Kili, is joining the team to help track down a runner on the Hawaiian island of Maui. This is not the only thing on their schedule, because after the hunt, Kili has to hurry off to his college graduation ceremony!

EP22 Big Brother May 02, 2012

EP23 Mid-Course Correction Jun 23, 2012

EP26 Behind the Scenes Part 1 Jun 09, 2012

A behind-the-scenes look at Dog and his team. Included: cast interviews and never-before-seen footage.

EP27 Behind the Scenes Part 2 Jun 09, 2012

A behind-the-scenes look at Dog and his team. Included: cast interviews and never-before-seen footage.

EP28 God Looks on the Heart Jun 16, 2012

The U.S. Postal Service assists Dog and his team in their quest to bring a footloose fugitive to justice.

EP29 Big Brother Jun 16, 2012

Dog hopes to gain the trust and assistance of a Samoan fugitive's kinfolk, but tempers flare during a raid on the family's home.

EP30 Mid-Course Correction Jun 23, 2012

Dog contends with problems within his team as he tracks a once-upstanding citizen who has fallen from grace.
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Synopsis

Dog the Bounty Hunter was an American reality television series on A&E which chronicled Duane "Dog" Chapman's adventures as a fugitive recovery agent, or bounty hunter. With a few exceptions, the series took place in Hawaii or Dog's home state of Colorado. On May 21, 2012, A&E cancelled the series after eight seasons, citing the popular phrase: "Every dog has its day".

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Lachlan Coulson This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.
Jemima It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.
Francene Odetta It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.
chucknorrisfacts "Dog the Bounty Hunter" is a reality-TV show on the A&E network. It's about a family of bounty hunters who primarily operate out of Hawaii and sometimes work in the continental United States.The family patriarch, Duane "Dog" Chapman, is the centerpiece of the show. He takes viewers both in his home and "on the hunt" for fugitives from justice.The show can be enjoyable to watch at times but largely it's pretty boring. Most shows are spent building a lot of anticipation about catching a criminal that either they don't find because the police picked them up first, or they do find but the action is either minimal or over all too quickly.I wonder why they even air episodes like that. I mean, who wants to watch a whole show about bounty hunters where they don't catch the criminal? That's boring! Maybe they do it to show that it's "real life" and that sometimes the "bad guy" gets away. I can understand doing this on some level but it's not very entertaining to watch. You end up making it to the end of the episode feeling cheated, if you even make it through to the end.
walsh-22 Before I watched Dog the Bounty Hunter, I had seen a lot of bounty hunters' stories and they did not put them in a positive light, they were shown as bullies and people who would invade houses with no respect to the owners.Along came Dog and I saw a different side to them. Dog and his family are amazing, they are the strongest people I have ever seen, they go through a lot of challenges and the reason they stay strong is they make family everything. They are there for one another and they may argue but they are a very close family and it is lovely to see. I do laugh at Duane Lee and Leland acting like little kids at times and Beth showing Dog who is boss. There are some really funny moments in the programmes.I think the reason Dog is so popular with everyone is the way he treats people especially the people down on their luck who are into drugs and have no-one to turn to. He doesn't just capture them and send them to jail but he tries to get through to them, to show them he understands what they are going through because he went through it himself and he tries to get them to see how pointless it is what they are doing to themselves. I have to admit, I have tears in my eyes at times because they are not bad people, they have just lost their way. Dog is always offering them cigarettes, food or drink before they go to the jail. He also has respect for the family/friends and will ask them if he can go in their homes, he will take the time to have their love ones speak to them or hug them before they have to go to jail. He is such a good man as well as the other members of the team: Beth, Tim, Leland and Duane Lee.Shame on the Mexican authorities for putting Dog, Tim and Leland in prison. I was very angry with them as they did a good thing capturing Andrew Luster. I also have to say Shame on some of the law authorities that came down on Dog and his gang. They have no right, at least he cares about the people he has to capture and tries to help them before they are put in jail so they have some nerve looking down their noses at what Dog does. That's my rant over.I just love the show and can't get enough of it.
aca-paul OK, This guy is a dirt bag. He may claim to be some kind of "Born Again Christian" By cleaning up society, but the very people he goes after are those that JC hung out with. His background in any type of criminal/subculture labels him as a RAT/SNITCH/PUNK-ASS BITCH! If this clown were ever to show up in my neck of the woods, I would do all that I could to ruin his day and mess up his "hunting". HEY DOG!, IF YOU CAN CONVINCE ME OTHERWISE THAT WHAT YOU DO IS MORALY RIGHT, PLEASE DO SO! UNTIL THEN, KNOW THAT I AM YOUR ENEMY AND THAT WE WILL MEET IF YOU EVER SHOW UP IN MY TOWN......Yeah, i'd like to see a lot of tweekers, rapoes and cho-mo's kept behind bars and away from society and I don't think the police are able to do their job the way they should, but the way you come across on TV is wrong and again, if that is your true portrayal then you and I should never be in the same town at the same time.
terulian_maveric Okay, first off, before I get to reviewing, I've done my research. Duane "Dog" Chapman was arrested and convicted for being an accessory to murder-1, that is, he was present and didn't stop another member of the gang he was then a member of, the Devil's Disciples, from murdering that person. He was in for 5 years, and got out on probation after helping stop a prison break. To the poster whom said that he's not a legal bounty hunter, all you did was post the laws in your particular state, I'm guessing, on what qualifications you need to be a bounty hunter. To the person who said that bounty hunters are supposed to kill... no. Too much Star Wars for you. Boba Fett's line of work was more along the lines of "Assassin". In the real world, a bounty hunter is hired by a bail bondsman to go collect criminals who fail to appear in court. In some cases, they're considered to be law enforcement officials, which means that they get full co-operation from local law enforcement. As for another poster who asked about him going after Osama, he's been quoted as saying he would go for him if the US Government would put him on the case.Now, as for the illegal capture, he went to Mexico to capture a rapist, and since bounty hunting is illegal in Mexico, he broke a law, but wouldn't catching a rapist be worth it? I think so.Anyway, this show follows the work of Dog and his family. Wife by common law marriage, Beth, sons Leland and Duane Lee (as of season 2), and "brother" Tim (there's no actual relation), and the Dog himself go out and apprehend fugitives. He's very successful, probably due to the camera not showing when he's missed his marks. I think that many episodes show a great insight into the flaws of the criminal justice system, because they do exist. It's really a good show, if you like the sort of real-life action that comes from bounty hunting and catching fugitives.