"Hammer Hits the Rock" is the 30th episode of the television series Sledge Hammer!

Sledge Hammer!

Sledge Hammer! is an American satirical police sitcom produced by New World Television that ran for two seasons on ABC from 1986 to 1988. The series was created by Alan Spencer and stars David Rasche as Inspector Sledge Hammer, a preposterous caricature of the standard "cop on the edge" character,...

and the eighth episode of the series' second and final season. It originally aired on ABC

American Broadcasting Company

The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...

 in the United States on November 12, 1987.

Plot summary

Upon hearing rumors of a mobster's prison break, Captain Trunk has Hammer go undercover in the federal penitentiary as a convict under the alias "Nick the Dart". However, this means that Hammer cannot operate in this mission with his gun. Making matters more complicated is the presence of some convicts that Hammer himself sent to prison.

Production notes

In one scene where scores of prisoners' arms are extended out of their cells, one pair of hands is holding an issue of The Incredible Hulk

Hulk (comics)

The Hulk is a fictional character, a superhero in the . Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in The Incredible Hulk #1 ....

. Director/guest star Bill Bixby was best known as Dr. David Banner in the live-action TV adaptation of the comic book series.