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When corruption charges strip him of his job, his family and his pride, former cop Mike Olshansky forges a new identity as a Philadelphia cab driver, patrolling the city as a roving vigilante who works

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Hack Season 1 Episode 3 - Domestic Disturbance
    8.0/10(57 votes)

    #1 - Domestic Disturbance

    S1:E3

    Olshansky picks up Jeanine Adams and her daughter and takes them to a shelter. Jeanine tells Olshansky her cop husband has abused her. Olshansky calls on Marcellus Washington for help but Washington believes Jeanine's husband is innocent.

    Director:David Platt
    Writer:Lawrence Kaplow

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  2. Hack Season 2 Episode 12 - Calibrated Arguments
    8.3/10(43 votes)

    #2 - Calibrated Arguments

    S2:E12

    Olshansky is being sued by the mother of the thief who was killed as Mike tried to get his money back.

    Director:David Straiton
    Writers:Liz Friedman, Lawrence Kaplow

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  3. Hack Season 1 Episode 4 - My Alibi
    8.5/10(45 votes)

    #3 - My Alibi

    S1:E4

    Olshansky picks up a hysterical man who claims his former business partner, Boone is out of prison and he fears he will harm him. When Olshansky intervenes, Boone files assault charges against him.

    Director:Michael Fields
    Writer:Liz Friedman

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  4. Hack Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    8.6/10(71 votes)

    #4 - Pilot

    S1:E1

    Mike helps a minister find his runaway teenage daughter who was lured to Philadelphia by an online child predator.

    Director:Thomas Carter
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Hack Season 1 Episode 7 - Husbands and Wives
    8.6/10(40 votes)

    #5 - Husbands and Wives

    S1:E7

    Subsequent to an investigation into the case of a bookie whose wife and lawyer claim they are being framed, all are not as they seem. Olshansky is aghast to discover that Washington planted evidence in a faulty report.

    Director:Fred Gerber
    Writers:Leonard Dick, Thomas L. Moran

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  6. Hack Season 2 Episode 15 - Extreme Commerce
    8.7/10(37 votes)

    #6 - Extreme Commerce

    S2:E15

    Mike uncovers an illicit adoption ring trafficking in stolen babies when he grudgingly agrees to help one of Liz's clients, a former addict who's turned her life around, in the search for her missing child; Marcellus calls an end to it when he realizes that his obsession over the new man in Deborah's life has gone too far.

    Director:Chad Lowe
    Writer:Steven Phillip Smith

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  7. Hack Season 1 Episode 2 - Favors
    8.8/10(52 votes)

    #7 - Favors

    S1:E2

    Mike comes to regret helping a gambler who owes money to a bookie; Marcellus requests his old partner's assistance in apprehending a suspected killer.

    Director:Thomas Carter
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Hack Season 1 Episode 15 - Brothers in Arms
    8.8/10(48 votes)

    #8 - Brothers in Arms

    S1:E15

    Olshansky is taken hostage by the brother of a man on death row. He is threatening to execute Mike if his brother is executed.

    Director:Alex Zakrzewski
    Writers:Brad Buckner, Eugenie Ross-Leming

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  9. Hack Season 2 Episode 13 - Double Exposure
    8.8/10(40 votes)

    #9 - Double Exposure

    S2:E13

    Jamie and a friend with a secret get beaten up. His friend asks Jamie not to report it to the police, so Olshansky does.

    Director:Vincent Misiano
    Writers:Brad Buckner, Eugenie Ross-Leming

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  10. Hack Season 1 Episode 6 - Slippery Slope
    8.9/10(44 votes)

    #10 - Slippery Slope

    S1:E6

    A shady nightclub owner offers Olshansky a job as his driver. Olshansky reluctantly agrees. The financially strapped hack eventually gets involved in collections for his loan-shark boss. He struggles with ethical issues.

    Director:Robert Singer
    Writer:Frank Renzulli

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  11. Hack Season 1 Episode 9 - Bad Choices
    8.9/10(45 votes)

    #11 - Bad Choices

    S1:E9

    After reluctantly picking up Chuck, a frantic naked fare, Olshansky agrees to help him track down the hooker who stole his wallet, clothes and, most importantly, his wedding rig. but the hooker's pimp has already gotten the ring from her.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Leonard Dick

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  12. Hack Season 1 Episode 12 - A Dangerous Game
    8.9/10(41 votes)

    #12 - A Dangerous Game

    S1:E12

    Mike helps a Department of Justice employee whose sister has been kidnapped by a hitman who wants information about a banker in the Witness Protection Program who is scheduled to testify against the drug dealer whose money he laundered.

    Director:Dan Lerner
    Writers:Frank Cardea, George Schenck

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  13. Hack Season 1 Episode 13 - Death of Innocence
    8.9/10(40 votes)

    #13 - Death of Innocence

    S1:E13

    Mike investigates a friend's death, believing it's not the hit and run that it seems, and runs afoul of Marcellus' new partner, Aldo Rossi.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Lynne E. Litt, Lawrence Kaplow

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  14. Hack Season 2 Episode 11 - Gone
    8.9/10(43 votes)

    #14 - Gone

    S2:E11

    Olshansky's son, Mikey, is kidnapped by an assassin in order to make Mike find and turn over a Russian mobster that he drives around.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:David Morse

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  15. Hack Season 2 Episode 14 - Fog of War
    8.9/10(38 votes)

    #15 - Fog of War

    S2:E14

    Mike steps in to help his cousin who's caught a downward spiral of addiction and suicidal urges as he combats post-traumatic stress after serving in Iraq.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:David Ehrman

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  16. Hack Season 1 Episode 8 - Songs in the Night
    9.0/10(46 votes)

    #16 - Songs in the Night

    S1:E8

    When a homeless man dies in his cab, Olshansky sets out to find the man's estranged family.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Hack Season 1 Episode 11 - Obsession
    9.0/10(41 votes)

    #17 - Obsession

    S1:E11

    Olshansky meets Abby Banks, who claims she's being chased by a stalker who's been after her for two years and three cities. Abby hires Olshansky to guard her, but a Chicago cop who also protected Abby reveals there may not be a stalker at all.

    Director:Fred Gerber
    Writers:Liz Friedman, Thomas L. Moran

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  18. Hack Season 2 Episode 6 - My Fare Lady
    9.0/10(40 votes)

    #18 - My Fare Lady

    S2:E6

    Someone is trying to kill an amnesia victim. Mike protects her while trying to help her find her identity.

    Director:Robert Singer
    Writers:Brad Buckner, Eugenie Ross-Leming

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  19. Hack Season 2 Episode 10 - Dial O For Murder
    9.0/10(40 votes)

    #19 - Dial O For Murder

    S2:E10

    Olshansky's telephone number written on her hand is the only clue in the naked murder victim's case.

    Director:Chad Lowe
    Writers:Frank Cardea, George Schenck

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  20. Hack Season 1 Episode 14 - Forgive, But Don't Forget
    9.1/10(44 votes)

    #20 - Forgive, But Don't Forget

    S1:E14

    Mike Jr. finds the divorce papers of his parents. Badakian the IAB cop who is responsible for Olshansky being suspended and under indictment and now is looking at Washington stops at a store and his son is shot while waiting outside. Badakian asks for Olshansky's help when the shooter gets released after the sole witness against him is killed.

    Director:Bobby Roth
    Writer:David Ehrman

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  21. Hack Season 1 Episode 16 - Black Eye
    9.1/10(44 votes)

    #21 - Black Eye

    S1:E16

    Romantic feelings resurface between Olshansky and his high school girlfriend as he reconnects with her while trying to help her schizophrenic sister.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Steven Phillip Smith

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  22. Hack Season 2 Episode 1 - See No Evil
    9.1/10(43 votes)

    #22 - See No Evil

    S2:E1

    While setting up his new life, Mike helps a young blind man who is being chased by dirty cops.

    Director:Robert Singer
    Writers:Brad Buckner, Eugenie Ross-Leming

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  23. Hack Season 2 Episode 3 - Presumed Guilty
    9.1/10(45 votes)

    #23 - Presumed Guilty

    S2:E3

    A man who claims to have been faksely accused, but got off on a technicality, still wants to be exonerated with the public so he can get his life back.

    Director:David Platt
    Writers:Frank Cardea, George Schenck

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  24. Hack Season 2 Episode 4 - Collateral Damage
    9.1/10(42 votes)

    #24 - Collateral Damage

    S2:E4

    While Mike identifies the man who shot Marcellus as someone who escaped from a drug dealer take-down long ago, a second attempt on Marcellus's life points to the possibility of two different shooters; forced to hide out from some bad guys, Jamie temporarily moves in with Mike, and Liz teaches him how to be a good neighbor.

    Director:Michael Zinberg
    Writer:Steven Phillip Smith

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  25. Hack Season 2 Episode 7 - The Looking Glass
    9.1/10(39 votes)

    #25 - The Looking Glass

    S2:E7

    Jamie's father's mistress is murdered. Olshansky investigates.

    Director:Ed Bianchi
    Writer:Lawrence Kaplow

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Domestic Disturbance" is the worst rated episode of "Hack". It scored 8/10 based on 57 votes. Directed by David Platt and written by Lawrence Kaplow, it aired on 10/11/2002. This episode scored 0.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Calibrated Arguments".