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The Best Episodes of Midnight Caller

Every episode of Midnight Caller ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Midnight Caller!

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An ex-cop hosts a late-night talk radio program while getting involved with his listeners' problems in his off-time.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Midnight Caller Season 1 Episode 16 - Wait Until Midnight
    9.0/10(28 votes)

    #1 - Wait Until Midnight

    S1:E16

    One of Jack's regular callers ""witnesses"" a murder in her apartment building while talking to Jack on the phone. She isn't believed by the authorities because she is blind and there is no evidence that a crime has been committed.

    Director:Robert Singer
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Midnight Caller Season 2 Episode 7 - Someone to Love
    8.9/10(18 votes)

    #2 - Someone to Love

    S2:E7

    Jack receives a call from a hospice. Tina Cassidy's battle with AIDS is near the end. As Jack goes to her, he reflects on their time together.

    Director:Robert Singer
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Midnight Caller Season 1 Episode 3 - After It Happened
    8.8/10(45 votes)

    #3 - After It Happened

    S1:E3

    "After It Happened" is a 1988 episode of the NBC television series Midnight Caller. The controversial episode tells the story of a bisexual man who is deliberately infecting people, including series lead character Jack Killian's ex-girlfriend, with HIV. AIDS and LGBT rights activists disrupted filming, citing concerns over the negative portrayal of bisexual and HIV-positive people and fears that the show would make people with AIDS the targets of violence. Series executives made some changes to the script in response to these concerns, but activists were still displeased. "After It Happened" performed well in the ratings but received a mixed critical response. Actress Kay Lenz received an Emmy Award for her guest-starring role as Killian's ex-girlfriend Tina. NBC aired a follow-up episode in 1989 in which Tina is near death. This second script, "Someone to Love", was written in consultation with some of the groups that protested "After It Happened" and was much more favorably received.

    Director:Mimi Leder
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Midnight Caller Season 1 Episode 10 - Fathers and Sins
    8.8/10(19 votes)

    #4 - Fathers and Sins

    S1:E10

    A man claiming to be Jack's father shows up and Jack is not exactly warming up to him. And Devon finally has it out with her father which doesn't end well.

    Director:Robert Butler
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Midnight Caller Season 1 Episode 9 - No Exit
    8.7/10(18 votes)

    #5 - No Exit

    S1:E9

    A young runaway, forced into prostitution, turns to Jack via his radio show for assistance in breaking away from her pimp who is involved in the white slavery market.

    Director:Robert Singer
    Writer:Robert Singer

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  6. Midnight Caller Season 3 Episode 7 - Life Without Possibility (2)
    8.7/10(20 votes)

    #6 - Life Without Possibility (2)

    S3:E7

    The convicts demand Jack broadcast their side of the story via KJCM, Deacon gets an interview with the prisoner on the outside, and Jack meets up with the prisoner with a bone to pick.

    Director:Eric Laneuville
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Midnight Caller Season 1 Episode 14 - Ethan's Call
    8.6/10(21 votes)

    #7 - Ethan's Call

    S1:E14

    Jack continues to be haunted by the night of Rusty's death. This time he has to help out Rusty's son, Ethan, who has run away from home and calls Jack to tell him so.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Paul Robert Coyle

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  8. Midnight Caller Season 2 Episode 21 - Nighthawk's Got the Blues
    8.6/10(20 votes)

    #8 - Nighthawk's Got the Blues

    S2:E21

    As the second season ends, Killian's behavior is definitely out of the ordinary... he can't seem to care about anything. A heart-to-heart intervention with Deacon and Zymak reveals that Jack is mourning Tina as her birthday approaches, but Devon needs him back to normal, for other reasons.

    Director:Robert Singer
    Writer:Robert Singer

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  9. Midnight Caller Season 1 Episode 6 - The Execution of John Saringo
    8.5/10(27 votes)

    #9 - The Execution of John Saringo

    S1:E6

    Jack, Devon and Billy are forced to examine their belief in capital punishment when they are invited to broadcast the final hours of a death row inmate's life.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Midnight Caller Season 3 Episode 16 - Blood Ties
    8.5/10(14 votes)

    #10 - Blood Ties

    S3:E16

    Jack struggles with his opinion of deadbeat dads and with giving his ""Little Brother"" a positive start with his father who is making an effort to reform himself.

    Director:Win Phelps
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Midnight Caller Season 3 Episode 19 - A Cry in the Night
    8.5/10(15 votes)

    #11 - A Cry in the Night

    S3:E19

    KJCM's security guard is charged with murdering his son. Jack gets involved because the guard is suing KJCM for the advice he claims he received from Jack in how to deal with the drug problem in his family.

    Director:Philip Sgriccia
    Writer:Chris Carter

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  12. Midnight Caller Season 2 Episode 5 - Watching Me, Watching You
    8.4/10(22 votes)

    #12 - Watching Me, Watching You

    S2:E5

    Devon is stalked by a man who targets her during a traffic jam. She and Jack are forced into a situation that causes them to contemplate moving their relationship from platonic to something more.

    Director:Colin Bucksey
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Midnight Caller Season 3 Episode 23 - City of Lost Souls (3)
    8.4/10(13 votes)

    #13 - City of Lost Souls (3)

    S3:E23

    Closing in on the answers to Sonny's death leads to connections to the candidates and the issue of the homeless, which in turn causes Jack to become the target of an assassin.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Midnight Caller Season 1 Episode 1 - Conversations with an Assassin
    8.3/10(43 votes)

    #14 - Conversations with an Assassin

    S1:E1

    Jack Killian retires from the San Francisco Police Department after accidentally shooting his partner, Rusty, in a crossfire situation. He's drawn back to the world of the living by an offer to be a late night talk radio host. A serial killer begins calling Jack, explaining the assassinations and Jack's inadvertently pulled back into the crime fighting world.

    Director:Thomas Carter
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Midnight Caller Season 1 Episode 17 - Blues for Mr. Charlie
    8.3/10(20 votes)

    #15 - Blues for Mr. Charlie

    S1:E17

    The season finale deals with the issue of gun control, and a citizen's right to bear arms. A neighborhood convenience store owner misinterprets Jack's caution to protect himself, ends up killing a man and places partial blame on Jack for the idea.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Midnight Caller Season 2 Episode 12 - Planes
    8.2/10(20 votes)

    #16 - Planes

    S2:E12

    An abandoned young boy seeks refuge within a modern day band of street thieves with similarities to the Charles Dickens classic, Oliver Twist.

    Director:Randall Zisk
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Midnight Caller Season 2 Episode 20 - The Hostage Game
    8.2/10(14 votes)

    #17 - The Hostage Game

    S2:E20

    Jack's friend from childhood is too close to the hostage situations around the world; his brother is one of many on a hijacked plane. In retaliation, he kidnaps an official from the country claiming responsibility. He keeps regular contact with Jack via the radio show, alluding to his location.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Midnight Caller Season 3 Episode 6 - Life Without Possibility (1)
    8.2/10(17 votes)

    #18 - Life Without Possibility (1)

    S3:E6

    Nikki shows who's the new boss by insisting Jack cover a prison riot near San Francisco. Jack arrives at the prison and becomes part of a chosen delegation to go inside and witness the atrocities the convicts are rebelling against. Unknowingly, Jack becomes the target of one of the inmates, who has a personal score to settle.

    Director:Eric Laneuville
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Midnight Caller Season 3 Episode 12 - Her Dirty Little Secret
    8.2/10(11 votes)

    #19 - Her Dirty Little Secret

    S3:E12

    Jack recognizes a woman who has been missing for years and in his pursuit of her he uncovers that she intentionally disappeared to avoid beatings from cop husband.

    Director:Betty Thomas
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Midnight Caller Season 1 Episode 12 - Promise to a Dead Man
    8.1/10(22 votes)

    #20 - Promise to a Dead Man

    S1:E12

    Jack gets involved with a retired cop's search for the man who killed his partner years ago. And it seems that Devon's father was a person of interest.

    Director:Bradford May
    Writer:Robert Singer

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  21. Midnight Caller Season 1 Episode 15 - Baby Chase
    8.1/10(15 votes)

    #21 - Baby Chase

    S1:E15

    Assisting an ill man on the street, a young doctor is faced with every mother's nightmare when her infant daughter is abducted by a young woman whose grasp on reality is failing. Jack uses the show as a forum to track down the kidnapped child, who, on top of everything, is desperately ill and will die without her medication.

    Director:Eric Laneuville
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Midnight Caller Season 3 Episode 5 - Sale Away (2)
    8.1/10(14 votes)

    #22 - Sale Away (2)

    S3:E5

    Devon struggles with the sale of KJCM, wanting to ensure that her employees are well taken care of. She and Jack continue to lock horns, until push comes to shove in the delivery room! Jack has to decide whether to stay on at KJCM or move on to greener pastures.

    Director:Rob Bowman
    Writer:Robert Singer

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  23. Midnight Caller Season 3 Episode 17 - The Added Starter
    8.1/10(12 votes)

    #23 - The Added Starter

    S3:E17

    A frequent caller to the show witnesses a murder; however no one believes her because the crime scene is cleaned up before the cops get there. She turns to Jack for help, protection, and comfort.

    Director:Eric Laneuville
    Writer:David Braff

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  24. Midnight Caller Season 2 Episode 19 - Protection
    8.0/10(13 votes)

    #24 - Protection

    S2:E19

    One of Jack's informants from his police force days seeks his assistance when his witness protection status is jeopardized. Jack is drawn into a government conspiracy that reaches to high office and global proportion.

    Director:James A. Contner
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Midnight Caller Season 3 Episode 2 - The Language Barrier
    8.0/10(14 votes)

    #25 - The Language Barrier

    S3:E2

    Our man Billy Po is featured in this episode of racial tensions that are spawned in Little Italy. Billy is attacked after a date with his girlfriend, which leads Jack into an investigation of the death of a young Chinese immigrant.

    Director:James A. Contner
    Writer:John Schulian

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Best Episodes Summary

"Wait Until Midnight" is the best rated episode of "Midnight Caller". It scored 9/10 based on 28 votes. Directed by Robert Singer and written by Unknown, it aired on 5/2/1989. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Someone to Love".