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The Best Episodes of Crime Story Season 2

Every episode of Crime Story Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover 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.

Genres:CrimeDramaAction & AdventureMystery
Network:NBC

Season 2 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "Crime Story" season 2 is "The Senator, the Movie Star, and the Mob", rated 8.2/10 from 76 user votes. It was directed by John Nicolella and written by N/A. "The Senator, the Movie Star, and the Mob" aired on 9/22/1987 and is rated 0.0 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Blast from the Past".

  • The Senator, the Movie Star, and the Mob
    8.2/10 76 votes

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

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/1987

    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.

    Director: John Nicolella

    Writer: N/A

  • Blast from the Past
    8.2/10 66 votes

    #2 - Blast from the Past

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/1987

    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.

    Director: Eugene Corr

    Writer: N/A

  • Always a Blonde
    7.9/10 61 votes

    #3 - Always a Blonde

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/20/1987

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Atomic Fallout
    8.3/10 63 votes

    #4 - Atomic Fallout

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/27/1987

    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.

    Director: Bill Duke

    Writer: N/A

  • Shockwaves
    8.3/10 59 votes

    #5 - Shockwaves

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 11/3/1987

    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.

    Director: Bill Duke

    Writer: N/A

  • Robbery, Armed
    8.3/10 53 votes

    #6 - Robbery, Armed

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/10/1987

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Little Girl Lost
    8.2/10 61 votes

    #7 - Little Girl Lost

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/24/1987

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Love Hurts
    8.2/10 76 votes

    #8 - Love Hurts

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 12/8/1987

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

    Director: David Soul

    Writer: N/A

  • MIG-21
    7.5/10 65 votes

    #9 - MIG-21

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 12/15/1987

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Moulin Rouge
    8.1/10 54 votes

    #10 - Moulin Rouge

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 1/5/1988

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

    Director: David Soul

    Writer: N/A

  • Seize the Time
    7.8/10 55 votes

    #11 - Seize the Time

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 1/12/1988

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Femme Fatale
    7.3/10 56 votes

    #12 - Femme Fatale

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/19/1988

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

    Director: Jan Eliasberg

    Writer: Gail Morgan Hickman

  • Protected Witness
    8.6/10 80 votes

    #13 - Protected Witness

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 2/2/1988

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Last Rites
    8.5/10 55 votes

    #14 - Last Rites

    Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 2/9/1988

    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.

    Director: Colin Bucksey

    Writer: N/A

  • Pauli Taglia's Dream
    6.6/10 62 votes

    #15 - Pauli Taglia's Dream

    Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 3/8/1988

    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.

    Director: Jeff Stein

    Writer: N/A

  • Roadrunner
    8.2/10 55 votes

    #16 - Roadrunner

    Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 3/15/1988

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

    Director: Jeff Stein

    Writer: Gail Morgan Hickman

  • Desert Justice
    8.7/10 59 votes

    #17 - Desert Justice

    Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 3/22/1988

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Byline
    8.2/10 51 votes

    #18 - Byline

    Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 3/29/1988

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

    Director: Eugene Corr

    Writer: N/A

  • The Hearings
    7.9/10 55 votes

    #19 - The Hearings

    Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 4/5/1988

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

    Director: Mimi Leder

    Writer: N/A

  • Pursuit (1)
    8.2/10 49 votes

    #20 - Pursuit (1)

    Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 4/26/1988

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

    Director: Colin Bucksey

    Writer: N/A

  • Escape (2)
    7.6/10 46 votes

    #21 - Escape (2)

    Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 5/3/1988

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

    Director: Colin Bucksey

    Writer: N/A

  • Going Home (3)
    8.1/10 53 votes

    #22 - Going Home (3)

    Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/10/1988

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A