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The Worst Episodes of Crime Story

Every episode of Crime Story ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Crime Story!

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

Worst Episodes Summary

"Pauli Taglia's Dream" is the worst rated episode of "Crime Story". It scored 6.7/10 based on 64 votes. Directed by Jeff Stein and written by N/A, it aired on 3/8/1988. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "For Love or Money".

  • Pauli Taglia's Dream
    6.7/1064 votes
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    #1 - 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

  • For Love or Money
    6.9/1087 votes
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    #2 - For Love or Money

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/5/1986

    Divorced Torello finds comfort with Inger. The Crime Unit nabs Luca's jewelry-heist team. Torello's best friend supplies the Mob with capital.

    Director: Bobby Roth

    Writer: N/A

  • Femme Fatale
    7.2/1058 votes
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    #3 - 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

  • Abrams for the Defense
    7.5/1093 votes
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    #4 - Abrams for the Defense

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/14/1986

    Attorney Abrams falls for a reporter helping him defend a tenant accused of assaulting a slum landlord.

    Director: Aaron Lipstadt, Michael Mann

    Writer: N/A

  • MIG-21
    7.5/1067 votes
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    #5 - 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

  • Escape (2)
    7.5/1048 votes
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    #6 - 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

  • Hide and Go Thief
    7.7/1080 votes
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    #7 - Hide and Go Thief

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/12/1986

    Indelli and Krychek must deal with a tense hostage situation. Torello travels to Indiana to make his move on Frank Holman.

    Director: Francis Delia

    Writer: N/A

  • Strange Bedfellows
    7.7/1065 votes
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    #8 - Strange Bedfellows

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/26/1986

    Holman ideintifies Torello as a dirty cop to Breitel. After an attempt on his life, Luca takes refuge in Florida.

    Director: Francis Delia

    Writer: N/A

  • Seize the Time
    7.7/1057 votes
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    #9 - 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

  • Pilot (1)
    7.8/10850 votes
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    #10 - Pilot (1)

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/19/1986

    Here we meet the three major players of the series: Lt. Mike Torrello, head of Chicago's Major Crime Unit(MCU); Ray Luca, a young hood about to make his mark on the underworld; and David Abrams, an idealistic public defender trying to bury his Mob-connected roots. As the story unfolds Torrello is working with to bring down members of Chicago's underworld while Luca is taken under the wing of Manny Weisbord; one of Chicago's most powerful crime figures. As events proceed Torrello and Luca each become aware of the other's existence. Torello realizes that there is a new player that he must bring down.

    Director: Abel Ferrara

    Writer: David J. Burke, Chuck Adamson, Gustave Reininger

  • Pilot (2)
    7.8/10130 votes
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    #11 - Pilot (2)

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/19/1986

    Here we meet the three major players of the series: Lt. Mike Torrello, head of Chicago's Major Crime Unit(MCU); Ray Luca, a young hood about to make his mark on the underworld; and David Abrams, an idealistic public defender trying to bury his Mob-connected roots. As the story unfolds Torrello is working with Abrams to bring down members of Chicago's underworld while Luca is taken under the wing of Manny Weisbord; one of Chicago's most powerful crime figures. As events proceed Torrello and Luca each become aware of the other's existence. Torello realizes that there is a new player that he must bring down.

    Director: Abel Ferrara

    Writer: N/A

  • Always a Blonde
    7.8/1065 votes
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    #12 - 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

  • The Hearings
    7.9/1057 votes
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    #13 - 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

  • Going Home (3)
    7.9/1056 votes
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    #14 - 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

  • Pursuit of a Wanted Felon
    8.0/1089 votes
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    #15 - Pursuit of a Wanted Felon

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 10/28/1986

    Conflict ruins the Torello's weekend trip. Luca situates in Las Vegas. Bigots target Abrams's relationship with Susan.

    Director: Aaron Lipstadt

    Writer: N/A

  • Justice Hits the Skids
    8.0/1082 votes
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    #16 - Justice Hits the Skids

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/11/1986

    Devastated by Kehoe's death, Torello stonewalls Breitel's federal investigation. Abrams joins the MCU on the street.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Old Friends, Dead Ends
    8.1/1086 votes
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    #17 - Old Friends, Dead Ends

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/4/1986

    Torello confronts his new friend, now laundering money for the Mob. Federal investigators indict Luca and Bartoli.

    Director: Bobby Roth

    Writer: N/A

  • Torello on Trial
    8.1/1096 votes
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    #18 - Torello on Trial

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/16/1987

    Breitel brutally cross-examines Torello. Acquitted Luca moves to Las Vegas. Torello gets a new assignment.

    Director: Gary Sinise

    Writer: N/A

  • The Kingdom of Money
    8.1/1069 votes
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    #19 - The Kingdom of Money

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/30/1987

    Torello and Krychek join the Federal Task Force planning to raid Luca's new gambling business in Las Vegas.

    Director: Michael Mann, James A. Contner

    Writer: David J. Burke

  • The Survivor
    8.1/1091 votes
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    #20 - The Survivor

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/13/1987

    Torello falls in love with a Justice Attorney's former wife, only to find out that the attorney has been molesting his adopted daughter. Molestation charges jeopardizes the Unit's investigation of Luca.

    Director: Alan Myerson

    Writer: N/A

  • Ground Zero
    8.1/1082 votes
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    #21 - Ground Zero

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 3/13/1987

    After his murder mistrial, Luca clashes with a crime kingpin over plans to split up control of the sinking Luca gambling empire. Pauli changes his mind and rescues Luca from Torello as they hide in a house in the desert, a target site for nuclear testing.

    Director: Peter Medak

    Writer: N/A

  • The Senator, the Movie Star, and the Mob
    8.1/1080 votes
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    #22 - 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
    8.1/1070 votes
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    #23 - 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

  • Little Girl Lost
    8.1/1063 votes
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    #24 - 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
    8.1/1078 votes
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    #25 - 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