Season 1

Episodes • 1991

Michael Chiklis
Theresa Saldana
Kaj-Erik Eriksen
Geoffrey Nauffts
Kimberly Scott
In the Best of Families

1. In the Best of Families

60 min

Tony is threatened with criminal negligence after the son of a prominent lawyer hangs himself in his cell.

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Do You See What I See?

2. Do You See What I See?

60 min

The commissioner sets out to trap a serial rapist in a Santa Claus mask who's been terrorizing the city.

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The Poisoned Tree

3. The Poisoned Tree

60 min

Rachel refuses to believe Tony when he tells her that her school teacher colleague, Jim Hollister, is a child molester.

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Nothing to Fear But ...

4. Nothing to Fear But ...

60 min

After receiving a pair of baffling death threats, Tony initiates around-the-clock surveillance of his unsuspecting family.

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A Matter of Life or Death (1)

5. A Matter of Life or Death (1)

60 min

Tony initiates a sweep to find a pair of missing cops; devises an ingenious way of keeping an habitually drunk driver off the road; and deftly handles an "extraterrestrial," all the while being scrutinized by a committee searching for a new police commissioner for New York City.

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A Matter of Life or Death (2)

6. A Matter of Life or Death (2)

60 min

Two missing cops have been found under water, there a jail hunger strike going on and tony's up for the nypd commissioner job.

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Behind the Storm Door

7. Behind the Storm Door

60 min

Tony is pursued by a woman he suspects is filing false complaints.

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The Hatchet

8. The Hatchet

60 min

Tony butts heads with both a tough cop who is overzealous in his handling of criminals, and a hard-nosed management consultant hired by the city in a cost-cutting effort.

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Two Confessions

9. Two Confessions

60 min

Tony is doubly stymied when identical twins both initially confess to the same murder, then, in a surprise about-face, accuse each other of the crime. Also, Arnie finds romance with a kindred soul, a phone-sex operator named Gloria.

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Commissioner's Ball

10. Commissioner's Ball

60 min

A serial killer has been mutilating the bodies of Eastbridge tradsients and homeless people - and Tony begins to suspect the perpetrator's identity.

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No Greater Gift

11. No Greater Gift

60 min

During the holiday season, Tony investigates the murder of an elderly woman allegedly killed in her home during a Christmas burglary; matches wits with a mugger, and defends a homeless woman who's been sleeping in the manger of a Holy Family creche.

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The Fourth Man

12. The Fourth Man

60 min

After Commissioner Scali's friend and colleague, Chief of Detectives Irv Wallerstein, is struck down during a bloody encounter with hijackers, Tony becomes obsessed with finding the assailant!

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Charlie Don't Surf

13. Charlie Don't Surf

60 min

Vietnamese gangs threaten Eastbridge and Tony steps in to help.

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Skeletons

14. Skeletons

60 min

A mugging triggers a woman's repressed mernosy of her brother's murder, which she witnessed as a child. The suspect, free for the past 35 years, is tracked to the unlikeliest of hiding places by Tony and a visiting friend, L.A. homicide detective Paulie Pentangeli.

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The Wicked Flee

15. The Wicked Flee

60 min

After seeing his mother killed by a stranger, a boy withdraws deep into himself, prompting a sympathetic Tony to step up his efforts to catch the murderer.

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True Believers

16. True Believers

60 min

The unwelcome appearance in Eastbridge of white supremacists leads to a murder, with the suspicion soon arising that one or more of Tony's associates may be implicated.

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Officer April

17. Officer April

60 min

After he shoots a woman in a drunken domestic squabble, Officer Kelly becomes the victim of a terrorization campaign.

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Sex, Lies, and Kerosene

18. Sex, Lies, and Kerosene

60 min

Tony and Paulie investigate a puzzling arson case in which the husband of a beautiful woman appears to have been murdered.

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Judgement Day

19. Judgement Day

60 min

Tony winds up in one of his own jail cells when he runs afoul of an imperious judge who's hiding a fearsome secret.

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Shoot the Breeze

20. Shoot the Breeze

60 min

Tony attempts to protect an informant from a mysterious hit man, while Stan Kelly enjoys a romantic encounter with a beautiful new Eastbridge arrival.

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Video Vigilante

21. Video Vigilante

60 min

Tony is embarrassed, then enraged, as a publicity-seeking "video vigilante" metes out even more bizarre and harsh punishment to offenders.

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The Puck Stops Here

22. The Puck Stops Here

60 min

Mike Cermak - star high-school hockey player, recovering addict, and good friend of the Scali family - becomes a prime drug-ring suspect.

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