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The Best Episodes of Crime Story Season 2

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The Best Episodes of Crime Story Season 2

The hard-boiled saga of hair-trigger cop Lieutenant Mike Torello and his obsessive pursuit of ruthless gangster Ray Luca.

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  1. Background image for Desert Justice
    8.6/10(66 votes)

    #1 - Desert Justice

    S2:E17

    The Justice Department must deal with crooked cops and feuding brothel owners when Pauli's prostitute-girlfriend is murdered.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  2. Background image for Protected Witness
    8.4/10(87 votes)

    #2 - Protected Witness

    S2:E13

    In return for the man's testimony, Torello offers government protection to a Chicago mobster with a contract on his life.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  3. Background image for Last Rites
    8.4/10(62 votes)

    #3 - Last Rites

    S2:E14

    After Manny is stricken by a heart attack, Luca demands that he be the first heart-transplant recipient. Max convinces Steve to put a hit on Luca.

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    Director:Colin Bucksey
    Writer:N/A
  4. Background image for Shockwaves
    8.2/10(67 votes)

    #4 - Shockwaves

    S2:E5

    Luca returns to Vegas with immunity to work for the US Government, causing revenge-minded Abrams to resign in frustration and Torello unable to get near Luca.

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    Director:Bill Duke
    Writer:N/A
  5. Background image for Robbery, Armed
    8.2/10(61 votes)

    #5 - Robbery, Armed

    S2:E6

    A Chicago thug, preparing for the heist of a Las Vegas casino, shoots Krychek on the eve of Torello's birthday.

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    Director:N/A
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  6. Background image for Blast from the Past
    8.1/10(76 votes)

    #6 - Blast from the Past

    S2:E2

    Torello confronts his feelings for Julie when she asks him to rescue her kidnapped husband, who is a doctor forced to tend to one of his injured kidnappers.

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    Director:Eugene Corr
    Writer:N/A
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  8. Background image for Atomic Fallout
    8.1/10(71 votes)

    #7 - Atomic Fallout

    S2:E4

    Torello follows a crazed killer into Mexico, unaware his quarry will lead him to an arms-for-drugs operation run by an alive-and-well Luca.

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    Director:Bill Duke
    Writer:N/A
  9. Background image for Little Girl Lost
    8.1/10(68 votes)

    #8 - Little Girl Lost

    S2:E7

    An investigator searching for a man's girlfriend, who happens to be Weisbord's granddaughter, is murdered before he gives information to Torello. Luca offers a drug-addicted Abrams a position on his staff.

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    Director:N/A
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  10. Background image for Moulin Rouge
    8.1/10(63 votes)

    #9 - Moulin Rouge

    S2:E10

    The Justice Department tries to deal with troubles at a new nightclub - including bombings, extortion, and racial threats - owned by a beautiful black woman.

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    Director:David Soul
    Writer:N/A
  11. Background image for Roadrunner
    8.1/10(62 votes)

    #10 - Roadrunner

    S2:E16

    While escorting a prisoner and his girlfriend, Torello is trapped in the desert and stalked by corrupt lawmen who want the prisoner.

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    8.1/10(58 votes)

    #11 - Byline

    S2:E18

    Torello's writer-friend plans to take down Luca by exposing him in an article.

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    Director:Eugene Corr
    Writer:N/A
  13. Background image for The Senator, the Movie Star, and the Mob
    8.0/10(87 votes)

    #12 - The Senator, the Movie Star, and the Mob

    S2:E1

    An overzealous senator outrages crime bosses by subpoenaing them to appear before an organized crime commission. An actress with a shady past falls for Torello.

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    Writer:N/A
  14. Background image for Love Hurts
    8.0/10(87 votes)

    #13 - Love Hurts

    S2:E8

    Luca falls for an actress in a movie he is financing and discovers she is more than even he can handle.

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    Director:David Soul
    Writer:N/A
  15. Background image for Pursuit (1)
    7.9/10(56 votes)

    #14 - Pursuit (1)

    S2:E20

    Torello and his men chase Luca to Mexico where they will get no help from the US Government.

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    Director:Colin Bucksey
    Writer:N/A
  16. Background image for The Hearings
    7.8/10(62 votes)

    #15 - The Hearings

    S2:E19

    Luca is finally brought to court on racketerring charges but the trial is postponed when a military emergency happens in Vietnam.

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    Director:Mimi Leder
    Writer:N/A
  17. Background image for Going Home (3)
    7.8/10(62 votes)

    #16 - Going Home (3)

    S2:E22

    Torello and his men catch up to Luca in Mexico and force him to escape but they all get trapped inside a pilotless airborne plane.

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    Director:N/A
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  18. Background image for Always a Blonde
    7.7/10(70 votes)

    #17 - Always a Blonde

    S2:E3

    The Senterros, a family of Mexican cattle ranchers, controls the marijuana trade, so Torello's unit sets up a sting operation, but detective Joey Indelli leaves to try to save a callgirl from her sadistic pimp.

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    Director:N/A
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  19. Background image for Seize the Time
    7.7/10(61 votes)

    #18 - Seize the Time

    S2:E11

    Torello cannot identify the source of a money-laundering operation. Clemmons reveals his suspicions about Iris's new casino partner.

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  20. Background image for Escape (2)
    7.5/10(54 votes)

    #19 - Escape (2)

    S2:E21

    Torello and his men save Danny from certain death while Luca is told by a top military commander that he is nothing in Mexico.

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    Director:Colin Bucksey
    Writer:N/A
  21. Background image for MIG-21
    7.4/10(73 votes)

    #20 - MIG-21

    S2:E9

    A defecting Soviet pilot becomes custody of the Strike Force, which learns of plans to use him in a spy swap.

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    Director:N/A
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  22. Background image for Femme Fatale
    7.2/10(63 votes)

    #21 - Femme Fatale

    S2:E12

    A Chinese agent dupes Torello into looking for her father while she smuggles plutonium out of the country.

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  23. Background image for Pauli Taglia's Dream
    6.5/10(70 votes)

    #22 - Pauli Taglia's Dream

    S2:E15

    In a dream Paulie recounts his and Luca's survival of the atomic bomb. After nearly perishing in the blast, Luca and Paulie are taken into federal custody. Delirious from his gun shot wounds and the blast Luca becomes totally on Paulie for their escape. Receiving aid from a federal agent in Manny's employ Paulie rises above his usual persona as he attempts to extricate himself and Luca from their current situation.

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    Director:Jeff Stein
    Writer:N/A

Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Desert Justice" is the best rated episode of "Crime Story" season 2. It scored 8.6/10 based on 66 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 3/22/1988. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Protected Witness".