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Season 1

  • S01E01 In the Best of Families

    • September 28, 1991
    • ABC (US)

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

  • S01E02 Do You See What I See?

    • October 5, 1991
    • ABC (US)

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

  • S01E03 The Poisoned Tree

    • October 12, 1991
    • ABC (US)

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

  • S01E04 Nothing to Fear But ...

    • October 26, 1991
    • ABC (US)

    After receiving a pair of baffling death threats, Tony puts his family under police surveillance without telling them.

  • S01E05 A Matter of Life or Death (1)

    • November 2, 1991
    • ABC (US)

    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. (Although shown as Episode 5, this is the actual pilot episode of the series.)

  • S01E06 A Matter of Life or Death (2)

    • November 2, 1991
    • ABC (US)

    Two missing cops have been found under water, there a jail hunger strike going on and Tony's up for the NYPD commissioner job. (Conclusion of the pilot episode.)

  • S01E07 Behind the Storm Door

    • November 9, 1991
    • ABC (US)

    While Stan fixes traffic tickets, Tony is pursued by a woman he suspects is filing false complaints.

  • S01E08 The Hatchet

    • November 16, 1991
    • ABC (US)

    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.

  • S01E09 Two Confessions

    • November 30, 1991
    • ABC (US)

    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.

  • S01E10 The Commissioner's Ball

    • December 7, 1991
    • ABC (US)

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

  • S01E11 No Greater Gift

    • December 21, 1991
    • ABC (US)

    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.

  • S01E12 The Fourth Man

    • January 4, 1992
    • ABC (US)

    After Tony's friend and colleague is struck down during a bloody encounter with hijackers, Tony becomes obsessed with finding the assailant.

  • S01E13 Charlie Don't Surf

    • January 18, 1992
    • ABC (US)

    Vietnamese gangs threaten Eastbridge and Tony steps in to help.

  • S01E14 Skeletons

    • February 8, 1992
    • ABC (US)

    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.

  • S01E15 The Wicked Flee

    • February 22, 1992
    • ABC (US)

    A boy who see's his mother's murder becomes emotionally withdrawn prompting Tony to step up his efforts to catch the murderer.

  • S01E16 True Believers

    • February 29, 1992
    • ABC (US)

    Several officers are implicated in a murder involving white supremacists.

  • S01E17 Officer April

    • March 7, 1992
    • ABC (US)

    A businesswoman seeks officers for a calendar. After he shoots a woman in a drunken domestic squabble, an officer becomes the victim of a terrorization campaign.

  • S01E18 Sex, Lies and Kerosene

    • March 21, 1992
    • ABC (US)

    An arson case contains an apparent murder.

  • S01E19 Judgement Day

    • April 4, 1992
    • ABC (US)

    A judge with a secret jails Tony and an officer takes a boy on his beat to give him perspective.

  • S01E20 Shoot the Breeze

    • May 2, 1992
    • ABC (US)

    Tony tries to protect an informant from a mysterious hit man.

  • S01E21 Video Vigilante

    • May 9, 1992
    • ABC (US)

    A publicity seeker with a video camera makes Tony's life difficult and a professor is accused of beating a student.

  • S01E22 The Puck Stops Here

    • May 16, 1992
    • ABC (US)

    Tony's friend, a high-school hockey star and recovering addict, becomes a drug-ring suspect.

Season 2

  • S02E01 Adventures in the Skin Trade (1)

    • September 26, 1992
    • ABC (US)

    Tony finds his life on the line after he infiltrates a New York pornographic teenage film ring

  • S02E02 Adventures in the Skin Trade (2)

    • October 3, 1992
    • ABC (US)

    Tony escapes from kidnappers with the help of a porno movie producer.

  • S02E03 Guns & Sons

    • October 10, 1992
    • ABC (US)

    David is the only witness to a shooting involving his best friend and a bullying classmate. Tony pursues the case unaware of David's knowledge of the shooting. The victims father skeptical of police justice, plans to mete out his own. Tony arrives in time to stop a crime of vengeance.

  • S02E04 The Rolodex Madame

    • October 24, 1992
    • ABC (US)

    Tony is astonished to discover a wealthy socialite is the proprietor of a prostitution ring. The socialite is murdered, but not before Tony's name is discovered in her rolodex of clients.

  • S02E05 The Witches of Eastbridge

    • October 31, 1992
    • ABC (US)

    The town is in shock when a heart is cut from a corpse at a funeral home. Meanwhile the town believes a recluse is tainting Halloween candy.

  • S02E06 The Two Faces of Ed

    • November 7, 1992
    • ABC (US)

    An old friend of Tony's who is having marital trouble may be causing deadly incidents.

  • S02E07 Escape

    • November 14, 1992
    • ABC (US)

    Rachel redecorates as one of Tony's friends, who harbors a secret, is under target from a escaped convict.

  • S02E08 A Time to Be Born

    • November 21, 1992
    • ABC (US)

    Rachel is in labor and about to give birth while Tony is literally out on a ledge trying to stop a troubled, older cop, from jumping.

  • S02E09 The Witness

    • December 5, 1992
    • ABC (US)

    Rachel becomes a target for a killer after she witnesses a murder while she was grocery shopping.

  • S02E10 Sleep of the Just

    • December 12, 1992
    • ABC (US)

    While Tony suffers from lost of sleep over being a new father, he puzzles over a rapist suspect who has diplomatic immunity.

  • S02E11 The Frame

    • December 19, 1992
    • ABC (US)

    A notorious mobster retires to Eastbridge.

  • S02E12 Stoned

    • January 2, 1993
    • ABC (US)

    Things are not going so well for Tony. First, his new car was stolen, right in front of him. Next, he is informed that a patient from psychiatric hospital has just escaped, and that he is some kind of egotistical, maniacal genius, who wants to, among other things, fly an airplane, perform a medical procedure, and join the police department.

  • S02E13 The Heart Is a Lonely Sucker

    • January 16, 1993
    • ABC (US)

    While Stan is having problems protecting Carmela from a curse, Tony thinks that a video dating client is a homicidal thief.

  • S02E14 The Sharp Pinch

    • February 6, 1993
    • ABC (US)

    Tony and his team of officers are in a desperate search for a very sick infant who has been kidnapped.

  • S02E15 Dead Cadet's Society

    • February 13, 1993
    • ABC (US)

    A group of prep school boys commit a robbery. When one is caught, the remaining members of the group take steps to prevent him from snitching.

  • S02E16 Family Business (1)

    • February 20, 1993
    • ABC (US)

    The Eastbridge crime rate rises when a retired mobster and his son come to town.

  • S02E17 Out of Business (2)

    • February 27, 1993
    • ABC (US)

    Following the death of his gangster son in a police shootout, a mobster vows to kill Tony.

  • S02E18 The Ides of March

    • March 13, 1993
    • ABC (US)

    While surrounded by conspirators, Tony thinks himself to be like Julius Caesar. Meanwhile, a man takes his ex-wife hostage.

  • S02E19 Blue Flu

    • April 1, 1993
    • ABC (US)

    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.

  • S02E20 Eastbridge Boulevard

    • May 1, 1993
    • ABC (US)

    A new reality police show comes to town. Meanwhile, a former movie star is implicated in her ex lover's murder.

  • S02E21 Sight Unseen

    • May 8, 1993
    • ABC (US)

    A young blind women is in trouble as a rapist preys on her. Meanwhile, Rachel makes an investment in art.

  • S02E22 The Anti-Commish

    • May 15, 1993
    • ABC (US)

    When a mysterious caller advises Tony that he is going to be his "partner" and do the things Tony would like to do but can't, a number of Eastbridge drug dealers suddenly turn up dead. Meanwhiel Rachel gets a good job offer in Buffalo.

Season 3

  • S03E01 Suffer the Children (1)

    • September 25, 1993
    • ABC (US)

    A juvenile center is in trouble when the head of the center is linked by Tony to a young runaway's suicide. Meanwhile, Rachel takes the job in Buffalo.

  • S03E02 Suffer the Children (2)

    • October 2, 1993
    • ABC (US)

    The Scali Family tries to adjust to living in two separate homes, in two separate cities to accommodate Rachel's new job. Circumstantial evidence keeps piling up against the shelter manager in the case of the missing girl.

  • S03E03 Scali, P.I.

    • October 9, 1993
    • ABC (US)

    Rachel decides to not take the job in Buffalo, but not until after Tony quits his job so he can move with her. Since his old commissioner job has already been filled, Tony takes a job as a private investigator.

  • S03E04 Burned Out Case

    • October 16, 1993
    • ABC (US)

    A drug dealer who was responsible for a girl's death is release by Tony.

  • S03E05 The Set-Up

    • October 23, 1993
    • ABC (US)

    Rachel is being framed for murder after Tony's probe of a criminal network goes wrong.

  • S03E06 Rising Sun

    • November 6, 1993
    • ABC (US)

    Tony's city-council pal won't vote for a Japanese businessman's purchase of prime Eastbridge real estate.

  • S03E07 Hero

    • November 13, 1993
    • ABC (US)

    The Scalis babysitter is raped by the local football hero and then harassed and threatened by his fans.

  • S03E08 Dying Affection

    • November 20, 1993
    • ABC (US)

    After she dumps her boyfriend, Cyd starts receiving creepy, threatening packages. Stan links two elderly ladies to a notorious bank robber.

  • S03E09 All That Glitters

    • November 27, 1993
    • ABC (US)

    Stan's fiance, Monica is implicated in assisting in a robbery. Tony discovers Monica was previously in trouble with the law before with her old boyfriend. Meanwhile, Rachel puts Tony on a health plan.

  • S03E10 Mansion

    • December 4, 1993
    • ABC (US)

    The wife of a local multi-millionaire, is found dead at her mansion. When the autopsy is performed, the coroner advises Tony that the death does not look like an accident.

  • S03E11 A Little Heart

    • December 18, 1993
    • ABC (US)

    When a donor heart meant for a sick little girl is stolen, Tony heads up a team of detectives bent on finding the heart before anything can happen to it or the little girl. The thief makes themself known when he contacts her desperate parents and demands a $75,000 ransom for the missing heart.

  • S03E12 Benny

    • January 15, 1994
    • ABC (US)

    Rachel's cousin Benny is a used car salesman, and Tony doesn't know what to believe when a case involving the murder of a young woman leads him right back to Benny's used car lots. When Tony realises that Benny is involved in drug smuggling, he gives Benny one last chance to explain himself.

  • S03E13 Keeping Secrets

    • January 22, 1994
    • ABC (US)

    A series of violent attacks outside a gay bar has the squad scrambling for any clue.

  • S03E14 Dog Days

    • February 5, 1994
    • ABC (US)

    The body of a young woman is found. She appears to have died from an overdose of angel dust. But, the only witness is a young man who has Down Syndrome.

  • S03E15 Father Eddie

    • February 12, 1994
    • ABC (US)

    When a young Puerto Rican is found next to the corpse of his former girlfriend, he is arrested and charged with her murder.

  • S03E16 Bank Job

    • February 26, 1994
    • ABC (US)

    Tony and Rachel have a fight, and Tony begins throwing himself into his job. When Rachel is taken hostage in a bank robbery and also forced to go on the road, Tony tries his best to get her back, but the FBI soon assumes jurisdiction over the case, leaving Tony out of the loop.

  • S03E17 Romeo and Juliet

    • March 12, 1994
    • ABC (US)

    David and his girlfriend find a dead body, whom everyone recognizes as a man with a gambling problem.

  • S03E18 Security

    • March 19, 1994
    • ABC (US)

    Although Tony promises round-the-clock protection to a homeowner after a devastating break-in, they can't trust the police, and decide to get a security system of their own.

  • S03E19 Dead Drunk

    • April 2, 1994
    • ABC (US)

    When Joe Thompson's wife is killed by a drunk driver leaving him with an eight-year-old daughter, the investigation leads to prominent surgeon Harris Clark, who has a history of drunken driving. Clark gets off on a technicality, and when he is found dead, suspicion turns to Thompson.

  • S03E20 The Letter of the Law

    • April 30, 1994
    • ABC (US)

    Rachel is surprised when Abby Davenport is violently opposed to her daughter Linda being featured in a picture spread, and soon after that, the two disappear. When Tony catches up with them, Abby reveals that her real name is Marcia Daniels, and that she and Linda are on the run from Linda's father, who sexually molested her, but who, thanks to influential connections, has legal custody.

  • S03E21 Sergeant Kelly (1)

    • May 7, 1994
    • ABC (US)

    More than anything Stan wants to become a sergeant, but the sergeant's test isn't the only obstacle in his way. He also needs to prove that he can follow a case from start to finish. Tony assigns him to the case of a drug dealer.

  • S03E22 The Iceman Cometh (2)

    • May 14, 1994
    • ABC (US)

    The force must rally themselves after Stan's death in a car explosion. Tony feels particularly bad, because he can't forget that he was the one who assigned Stan to work on the Ross case in the first place. After promising Stan's parents that he will find the man who killed their son, Tony launches a full-scale war on Terry Ross, not realising that Ross has hired someone to take care of the Scali family once and for all.

Season 4

  • S04E01 Against the Wind (1)

    • September 24, 1994
    • ABC (US)

    After being struck with a bullet, Tony is hospitalized and it looks like he is going to be permanently paralyzed. But his family refuses to give up on him, and enlists the help of physiotherapist Dan Boylan to help him walk again. With Tony out of commission, Cyd is put in charge of the murder investigation of officer Joe Ratowski.

  • S04E02 Against the Wind (2)

    • October 1, 1994
    • ABC (US)

    Tony's attempts at physical therapy are proving unsuccessful, and despite the love and support of his family he is beginning to lose hope that he will ever walk again, and is preparing to spend the rest of his life in the wheelchair. Cyd has the chance to take a job out of Eastbridge, but doesn't want to leave Tony in a noose. While she considers her decision, she continues to work on the Joe Ratowski murder case, which is looking more and more like an 'inside job'.

  • S04E03 Working Girls

    • October 8, 1994
    • ABC (US)

    While investigating an armed robbery, Tony goes undercover and hires an escort to get some important information. He is shocked to see his friend Ralph's daughter, who is barely 18, show up, preparing to spend the night with him. Tony convinces her to get out of drugs and prostition and promises not to tell her father, but when tragedy strikes, Tony has no choice.

  • S04E04 Born in the USA

    • October 15, 1994
    • ABC (US)

    Isaac and Grace Caldwell are illegal immigrants who own and operate a small electrical shop. After they witness a murder, Tony has to convince the two to testify, which he does by promising them citizenship. They agree, happy that the child Grace is carrying can be born in America, but joy turns to tragedy when Isaac is shot.

  • S04E05 Who Do You Trust?

    • October 22, 1994
    • ABC (US)

    Tony believes an officer posing as a corrupt cop to expose a crime ring may actually be the genuine article.

  • S04E06 Nancy with the Laughing Face

    • October 29, 1994
    • ABC (US)

    While working on an embezzlement and a kinapping case Paulie starts to becomes to emotionally involved.

  • S04E07 Revenge

    • November 5, 1994
    • ABC (US)

    A corrupt ex-officer that Tony imprisoned seeks revenge upon his release.

  • S04E08 Head Case

    • November 12, 1994
    • ABC (US)

    Tony sets out to prove a mental patient isn't guilty of murder.

  • S04E09 The Lady Vanishes

    • November 19, 1994
    • ABC (US)

    After a tennis pro at a fancy club is drowned, Rachel concludes that the killer is an ex-student's evil stepmother.

  • S04E10 Ghost

    • December 3, 1994
    • ABC (US)

    Tony was forced to suspend a cop when the cop was found guility for the unprovoked killing of a thief. Things gets stranger when Tony sees the thief alive.

  • S04E11 A Christmas Story

    • December 17, 1994
    • ABC (US)

    An old friend of Tony gets his life back on track with help from a retirement home resident.

  • S04E12 Hidden

    • January 7, 1995
    • ABC (US)

    Tony works to reunite a father with his estranged family who are in witness protection.

  • S04E13 The Johnny Club

    • January 14, 1995
    • ABC (US)

    David is caught shoplifting. Meanwhile Tony finds out that an accident victim was in debt to a loan shark.

  • S04E14 The Golden Years

    • February 2, 1995
    • ABC (US)

    A gangster who Tony's mother was dating is found killed. The main suspect is Tony's father.

  • S04E15 Accused

    • February 9, 1995
    • ABC (US)

    Tony is accused of sexual harassment by a computer technician.

  • S04E16 The Trial

    • February 16, 1995
    • ABC (US)

    Tony must protect an aggressive defense lawyer whose methods he doesn't like.

  • S04E17 Cry Wolfe

    • March 2, 1995
    • ABC (US)

    While trying to solve a major gold robbery, Tony must answer a cry for help from a con man.

  • S04E18 Brooklyn

    • March 9, 1995
    • ABC (US)

    A murder of a fellow cop make Tony and Paulie travel to Brooklyn to help investigate the case.

  • S04E19 Letting Go

    • March 23, 1995
    • ABC (US)

    Tony and Rachel are in emotional turmoil awaiting results of Rachel's breast cancer test results.

  • S04E20 The Kid

    • March 30, 1995
    • ABC (US)

    A hopeless teenager gets help from Tony and Paulie.

  • S04E21 Off Broadway (1)

    • May 13, 1995
    • ABC (US)

    While investigating the murder of his friend's daughter, Tony gets help from a New York police officer.

  • S04E22 Off Broadway (2)

    • May 20, 1995
    • ABC (US)

    Tony and Connie Muldoon close in on the serial killer, Connie's daughter might be the next victim.

Season 5

  • S05E01 In the Shadow of the Gallows (1)

    • November 30, 1995
    • ABC (US)

    Tony faces the biggest challenge of his career when a murder case from his past resurfaces.

  • S05E02 In the Shadow of the Gallows (2)

    • November 30, 1995
    • ABC (US)

  • S05E03 Father Image (1)

    • December 7, 1995
    • ABC (US)

    A woman with multiple personality disorder kills three older men, starting at the mayor's fundraiser.

  • S05E04 Father Image (2)

    • December 14, 1995
    • ABC (US)

    Terry plants a fake murder weapon in Emily's kitchen to speed up the case, but Tony refuses to take shortcuts.

  • S05E05 Redemption (1)

    • January 11, 1996
    • ABC (US)

    A clothing manufacturer's sweatshop is burned down. The Jewish Temple is vandalized. An Asian storeowner is harassed.

  • S05E06 Redemption (2)

    • January 11, 1996
    • ABC (US)

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