The Commish
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Episode 22
The Iceman Cometh
aired: Fri, May 13, 1994
After Tony arrests Stan's murderer and Ross is convicted to life in prison without parole, he and his family must take refuge in a safehouse after Tony is informed that they are next on a hitman's list.
Episode 21
Sgt. Kelly
aired: Fri, May 6, 1994
In an effort make sergeant, Stan enlists an abused wife to catch her suspected drug dealer husband.
Episode 20
Letter of the Law
aired: Fri, Apr 29, 1994
Tony is asked to keep a young girl from being returned to her sexually abusive father.
Episode 19
Dead Drunk
aired: Fri, Apr 1, 1994
A prominent doctor kills an officer's wife while driving drunk; suspicion is cast on the Scali's housekeeper when Rachel discovers that the groceries are disappearing.
Episode 18
Security
aired: Fri, Mar 18, 1994
Tony runs up against an overzealous security guard; Rachel's father turns to Tony for help in a business deal.
Episode 17
Romeo and Juliet
aired: Fri, Mar 11, 1994
While Tony investigates the murder of a local drug and weapons dealer, Rachel heads to the bank in need of a loan, only to be taken hostage during a robbery.
Episode 16
Bank Job
aired: Fri, Feb 25, 1994
Tony discovers David is dating the daughter of a ruthless bookie.
Episode 15
Father Eddie
aired: Fri, Feb 11, 1994
Father Baxter, a dedicated worker with inner-city youths, is convinced that his protégé Marco is innocent, even though the young man is Tony's prime suspect in a murder investigation.
Episode 14
Dog Days
aired: Fri, Feb 4, 1994
A mysterious drug overdose leads to a murder investigation; Tony battles an informer's attempt to cheat a lie detector.
Episode 13
Keeping Secrets
aired: Fri, Jan 21, 1994
A series of violent attacks forces an Eastbridge officer to reveal he is gay.
Episode 12
Benny
aired: Fri, Jan 14, 1994
Tony tries to help Benny, Rachel's hapless used-car dealer cousin, extricate himself from the grip of a notorious drug trafficker. Meanwhile, Tony is becoming disheartened thinking that no one cares about his impending 40th birthday.
Episode 11
A Little Heart
aired: Fri, Dec 17, 1993
A heart destined for a young girl's transplant is stolen; Cyd tracks a larcenous Santa.
Episode 10
Mansion
aired: Fri, Dec 3, 1993
Tony investigates the death of a wealthy heiress; computerization of the Scali's bank account causes havoc.
Episode 9
All That Glitters
aired: Fri, Nov 26, 1993
Stan's fiance is a robbery suspect; Rachel puts the family on a healthy diet.
Episode 8
Dying Affection
aired: Fri, Nov 19, 1993
Cyd suspects her ex-boyfriend of harassment; Tony pursues a mother-son bank-robbing team.
Episode 7
Hero
aired: Fri, Nov 12, 1993
Tony's babysitter accuses a local football hero of rape.
Episode 6
Rising Sun
aired: Fri, Nov 5, 1993
Racial tensions flare when Tony's old friend refuses to cast his city council vote in favor of a hard-line Japanese businessman intent on buying up prime Eastbridge property.
Episode 5
Set Up
aired: Fri, Oct 22, 1993
A hit man sets up Rachel when Tony refuses to release a mob informer from jail.
Episode 4
Burned Out Case
aired: Fri, Oct 15, 1993
A cynical federal drug agent interferes with Tony's investigation of the murder of a high school girl.
Episode 3
Scali P.I.
aired: Fri, Oct 8, 1993
Private eye Tony turns his sights on his old department.
Episode 2
Suffer the Children, Part 2
aired: Fri, Oct 1, 1993
Tony recovers from an embarrassing accusation to tighten the investigation of Ennis; Rachel struggles with the conflicts of her new job.
Episode 1
Suffer the Children, Part 1
aired: Fri, Sep 24, 1993
Tony suspects the head of a shelter is murdering young runaways; Rachel takes an out-of-town job.
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Episode 22
Anti-Commish
aired: Fri, May 14, 1993
After Tony's expensive new automobile is stolen from him at gunpoint, he and Cyd clash over the best way to capture Eastbridge's busiest carjackers.
Episode 21
Sight Unseen
aired: Fri, May 7, 1993
Tony sets out to trap a serial rapist whose victims are young blind women. Meanwhile, Rachel makes a surprising investment in art.
Episode 20
Eastbridge Boulevard
aired: Fri, Apr 30, 1993
Stella Stevens guest stars as a reclusive former movie queen -- and one of Tony's all-time fim favorites -- who is implicated in the real-life murder of her lover.
Episode 19
Blu Flu
aired: Wed, Mar 31, 1993
When the majority of Tony's officers stage a sick-out in the wake of a wage dispute, Eastbridge becomes an open city for crime.
Episode 18
The Ides of March
aired: Fri, Mar 12, 1993
One of Tony's men, Danny Nolan, goes ballistic when Joe Lund, the gun-wielding ex-husband of the woman Dan's been seeing, takes her hostage. Also, Tony imagines himself, like Julius Caesar, surrounded by conspirators.
Episode 17
Out of Business
aired: Fri, Feb 26, 1993
Following the death of his gangster son in a police shootout, mobster Tommy Colette vows to kill Tony Scali himself.
Episode 16
Family Business
aired: Fri, Feb 19, 1993
When Nick Colette, the hot-headed son of a "retired" mobster Tommy Colette, joins forces with his father, Eastbridge's crime troubles start.
Episode 15
Dead Cadet's Society
aired: Fri, Feb 12, 1993
Tony suspects foul play when a member of a commando-like squad of elite prep-school students -- perpetrators of a series of break-in thefts -- disappears. Also, David's behavior takes a turn for the worse following the arrival of baby Sarah.
Episode 14
The Sharp Pinch
aired: Fri, Feb 5, 1993
Commissioner Scali and his team of officers pull out all stops as they try to beat the clock in a desperate search for the kidnapper of a very sick baby.
Episode 13
The Heart Is a Lonely Sucker
aired: Fri, Jan 15, 1993
Tony joins a video-dating service when he suspects one of his clients is a murderous thief. Also, Stan tries to protect Carmela from a calirvoyant's curse.
Episode 12
Stoned
aired: Fri, Jan 1, 1993
After Tony's expensive new automobile is stolen from him at gunpoint, he and Cyd clash over the best way to capture Eastbridge's busiest carjackers.
Episode 11
The Frame
aired: Fri, Dec 18, 1992
A notorious New York rackateer relocates to Eastbridge during the holiday season. Tony, who is all for peace on earth, now has to be more immediately concerned with peace on his own turf, especially after the incidence of crime.
Episode 10
Sleep of the Just
aired: Fri, Dec 11, 1992
Although Tony's new baby daughter, Sarah, is giving him many a sleepless night, he is nevertheless determined to outwit a serial rapist.
Episode 9
Witness
aired: Fri, Dec 4, 1992
While grocery shopping, Rachel runs head-on into a robbery-murder suspect -- and becomes the target of the killer's threats.
Episode 8
A Time to Be Born
aired: Fri, Nov 20, 1992
Rachel's in labor and about to give birth at any minute with only Cyd to support her because Tony is literally out on a ledge trying to stop a troubled, older cop, who is a friend, from jumping.
Episode 7
Escape
aired: Fri, Nov 13, 1992
Tony, distraught when it appears that Phil Reid, one of his best men, may be targeted for revenge by a dangerous escaped convict, is further upset upset when he discovers that Phil's family harbors a dark secret.
Episode 6
The Two Faces of Ed
aired: Fri, Nov 6, 1992
Tony is torn when a series of life-threatening incidents occur in Eastbridge and the only link appears to be Ed Mize, an old, mild-mannered friend currently experiencing marital difficulties.
Episode 5
The Witches of Eastbridge
aired: Fri, Oct 30, 1992
As Halloween approaches, a heart is cut from the body of a corpse at a funeral home. Because of a local history of tainted trick-or-treat candy, concerned Eastbridge parents pressure Tony to protect their children from the suspect, an eccentric recluse.
Episode 4
The Rolodex Madam
aired: Fri, Oct 23, 1992
When Mary O'Grady, one of Eastbridge's most prominent and politically powerful socialities, is murdered, it is discovered she has been running a call girl service and, surprisingly, one name on her list of clients is Commissioner Scali!
Episode 3
Guns and Sons
aired: Fri, Oct 9, 1992
Tony's son David is shocked when his friend Jason shoots Brad Harris, the school bully. What follows is a crisis of conscience: David is torn between his loyalty to Jason and his responsibility to his father, the police commissioner.
Episode 2
Adventures in the Skin Trade, Part 2
aired: Fri, Oct 2, 1992
Commissioner Scali, kidnapped and seemingly destined for sudden death, narrowly escapes his fate with the help of an unsuspected ally -- porno movie producer Cyd Palmer.
Episode 1
Adventures in the Skin Trade, Part 1
aired: Fri, Sep 25, 1992
Commissioner -- and expectant father -- Tony Scali suddenly finds his own life on the line after he infiltrates a New York pornographic teenage film ring.
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Episode 22
The Puck Stops Here
aired: Fri, May 15, 1992
Mike Cermak -- star high-school hockey player, recovering addict, and good friend of the Scali family - becomes a prime drug-ring suspect. Meanwhile, Tony and Rachel must make a momentous decision: whether or not to terminate her pregnancy.
Episode 21
Video Vigilante
aired: Fri, May 8, 1992
Mike Cermak -- star high-school hockey player, recovering addict, and good friend of the Scali family - becomes a prime drug-ring suspect. Meanwhile, Tony and Rachel must make a momentous decision: whether or not to terminate her pregnancy.
Episode 20
Shoot the Breeze
aired: Fri, May 1, 1992
Tony is embarrassed, then enraged, as a publicity-seeking "video vigilante" metes out even more bizarre and harsh punishment to offenders. Meanwhile, a respected college professor, concealing a double life, is charged with the brutal beating of a female student.
Episode 19
Judgement Day
aired: Fri, Apr 3, 1992
Tony attempts to protect an informant from a mysterious hit man, while Stan Kelly enjoys a romantic encounter with a beautiful new Eastbridge arrival. Also, Tony's performing skills are put on display when he appears in an amateur talent show.
Episode 18
Sex, Lies and Kerosene
aired: Fri, Mar 20, 1992
Tony winds up in one of his own jail cells when he runs afoul of an imperious judge who's hiding a fearsome secret. Meanwhile, Officer Pagan obtains a new "partner," a boy who may profit from seeing what the streets look like from the other side of a badge.
Episode 17
Officer April
aired: Fri, Mar 6, 1992
Tony and Paulie investigate a puzzling arson case in which the husband of a beautiful woman appears to have been murdered
Episode 16
True Believers
aired: Fri, Feb 28, 1992
Tony is threatened with criminal negligence after the son of a prominent lawyer hangs himself in his cell. Also, Rachel's brother "helps" Tony and Rachel look for a larger house; and Tony devises a strategy for capturing a gang of convenience store stick-up artists and outwits a "jumper" determined to leap off the police department roof.
Episode 15
The Wicked Flee
aired: Fri, Feb 21, 1992
After he shoots a woman in a drunken domestic squabble, Officer Kelly becomes the victim of a terrorization campaign. Meanwhile, a beautiful businesswoman seeks men for a "hot cops" beefcake calendar -- and some of Scali's men apply.
Episode 14
Skeletons
aired: Fri, Feb 7, 1992
The unwelcome appearance in Eastbridge of white supremacists leads to a murder, with the suspicion soon arising that one of more Tony's associates may be implicated.
Episode 13
Charlie Don't Surf
aired: Fri, Jan 17, 1992
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. Meanwhile, Tony's son David has been voicing his basketbal team's displeasure with Tony's coaching methods -- until superstar Wilt Chamberlain appears on the court.
Episode 12
The Fourth Man
aired: Fri, Jan 3, 1992
A mugging triggers a woman's repressed memory 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.
Episode 11
No Greater Gift
aired: Fri, Dec 20, 1991
Vietnamese gangs threaten Eastbridge and Tony steps in to help.
Episode 10
Commissioner's Ball
aired: Fri, Dec 6, 1991
After Commissioner Scali's friend and colleague, Chief of Detectives Irv Wallerstein, is struck down during a bloody encounter with hijackers, Tony becomes obessed with finding the assailant!
Episode 9
Two Confessions
aired: Fri, Nov 29, 1991
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.
Episode 8
The Hatchet
aired: Fri, Nov 15, 1991
A serial killer has been mutilating the bodies of Eastbridge transients and homeless people -- and Tony begins to suspect the perpetrator's identity. In another development, an ill-prepared Tony is given last-minute charge of the annual benefit dance for the widows and orphan of police officers.
Episode 7
Behind the Storm Door
aired: Fri, Nov 8, 1991
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.
Episode 6
A Matter of Life or Death
aired: Fri, Nov 1, 1991
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.
Episode 5
Nothing to Fear But…
aired: Fri, Oct 25, 1991
Tony is pursued by a woman he suspects is filing false complaints.
Episode 4
The Poisoned Tree
aired: Fri, Oct 11, 1991
After receiving a pair of baffling death threats, Tony initiates around-the-clock surveillance of his unsuspecting family. In other developments, Tony recalls for son, David, a Kendo match he engaged in while a guest of the Tokyo police force; and uses his unorthodox methods to trap a hunter who killed a deer out of season.
Episode 3
Do You See What I See
aired: Fri, Oct 4, 1991
Rachel refuses to believe Tony when he tells her that her school teacher colleague, Jim Hollister, is a child molester. Meanwhile, it's Rachel's birthday and Tony has forgotten to get her what she wants most -- tickets to the Bolshoi Ballet.
Episode 2
In the Best of Families
aired: Fri, Sep 27, 1991
The commissioner sets out to trap a serial rapist in a Santa Claus mask who's been terrorizing the city. And when a cop who's caught sleeping on duty implies that Commissioner Scali has forgotten how rough midnight tours can be, Tony takes the graveyard shift and gets paired with a tough-talking female officer.
Episode 1
The Commish: The Commish
aired: Fri, Sep 27, 1991
Tony initiates a sweep to find a pair of missing cops; devises an ingenious way of keeping a 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.
