7.3/10146 votes#1 - Meridian
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/30/1958
Detective Halloran's first day as a detective brings him face-to-face with a cop killer and his accomplice who're holding hostages at the New York Coliseum..
Director: Jerry Hopper
Writer: Stirling Silliphant
7.6/10113 votes#2 - Nickel Ride
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/7/1958
The detectives visit the aging captain of the Staten Island Ferry at the same time that armed robbers are executing a daring heist of an armored car traveling on the ferry.
Director: Douglas Heyes
Writer: Stirling Silliphant
7.3/10105 votes#3 - Line of Duty
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/14/1958
Det. Halloran easily kills a fleeing robber who's about to shoot him, but Halloran's lingering feelings of guilt make getting through the aftermath with the man's family anguish. Halloran's wife and Lieutenant support him throughout his search for meaning.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Writer: N/A
7.5/10111 votes#4 - Sidewalk Fisherman
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/21/1958
Gio, who lives by fishing coins out of sidewalk grates, longs to adopt an orphaned boy who he spins yarns for, as if Gio actually was a courageous deep-sea fisherman. By working 16 hours a day, old Gio saves money to adopt the boy, but in doing so violates the territorial rights of a local gang, who try to kill Gio.
Director: Douglas Heyes
Writer: N/A
7.2/1088 votes#5 - The Violent Circle
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/28/1958
Detective Halloran goes undercover as a patient in a hospital mental ward in an attempt to identify the murderer of patient who was a witness in a gang killing.
Director: Douglas Heyes
Writer: N/A
7.1/1080 votes#6 - Stakeout
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/4/1958
A young detective works to redeem himself after lying about the circumstances of his partner's shooting death during a stakeout.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1088 votes
#7 - No More Rumbles
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/11/1958
A young gang member is assigned to perform a revenge shooting after a member of his own gang is killed.
Director: William Beaudine
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1097 votes
#8 - Belvedere Tower
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/18/1958
A thief assaults milkmen and steals their uniforms in order to gain access to and rob from wealthy people's apartment buildings.
Director: William Beaudine
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1077 votes
#9 - The Bird Guard
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/25/1958
A tiny island in Long Island Sound, ""Execution Rock,"" becomes a refuge for a frightened girl hiding from criminals.
Director: William Beaudine
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1071 votes
#10 - The Other Face of Goodness
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/2/1958
New York City detectives frantically hunt a killer who strangles married disabled women with a coat hanger, in their own homes.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1073 votes
#11 - Lady Bug, Lady Bug
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/9/1958
A wealthy industrialist refuses to give in to an extortionist's demands even after the extortionist brutally assaults a neighbor girl and threatens the life of the man's alienated son.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1069 votes
#12 - Susquehanna 4-7598
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/16/1958
A naïve young woman, Carol Thomas, fresh to New York, gets a mysterious phone call on her new line from a woman who sounds to be in the process of being murdered. Carol is unable to get prompt action from the police, so she ill-advisedly decides to play detective herself.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10108 votes
#13 - And a Merry Christmas to the Force on Patrol
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/23/1958
The precinct investigates a brazen Christmas Eve robbery and shooting by the notorious Marco Butcher and his brother.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1065 votes
#14 - The Explosive Heart
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/30/1958
The detectives fight against time to unravel a plan to murder a Commander aboard his yacht.
Director: William Beaudine
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1070 votes
#15 - The Manhole
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/6/1959
When an elderly sewer worker learns that his son is the leader of a street gang, he begs him vainly to reform, and then tells police about his association. When the gang uses the sewers to escape after a jewel robbery, the old man follows them into the underground passages.
Director: John Brahm
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1090 votes
#16 - Even Crows Sing Good
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/13/1959
In a vicious downpour, a killer prods a terrified man forward using a huge spear-gun. The man with the spear-gun is a meek New Yorker living with his mother, who disapproves of her son's fiancée.
Director: John Brahm
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1087 votes
#17 - Burst of Passion
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/20/1959
Detective Halloran helps hunt down a man whom he knows, and who has always been a well-liked solid citizen before suddenly snapping and going on a killing spree throughout the city.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1062 votes
#18 - Goodbye, My Lady Love
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/27/1959
Matty, a down-and-out alcoholic in the Bowery, is accused of robbing and murdering a man, then using the stolen money to buy a horse-drawn cart.
Director: John Brahm
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1064 votes
#19 - The Shield
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/3/1959
Lt. Muldoon counsels the son of a patrolman who is trying to join the force, despite his mother's wishes that he not follow in his father's footsteps.
Director: John Brahm
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1062 votes
#20 - One to Get Lost
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/10/1959
George Blake regrets having strayed from his wife, and terminates the affair just moments before the woman is murdered by another jealous man. Blake is the prime suspect, and works to clear his name and find the killer.
Director: John Brahm
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1061 votes
#21 - Hey, Teach!
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/17/1959
Halloran goes undercover as the home room teacher for a "modified-curriculum" high school class after their previous home room teacher fell out of the window to his death.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1061 votes
#22 - Ticker Tape
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2/24/1959
The detectives work to stymie a bomb threat during a ticker-tape parade for an Olympic champion.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1089 votes
#23 - Fire Island
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/3/1959
The detectives hunt down bootleggers on Fire Island after they shoot a revenue agent.
Director: Norman Tokar
Writer: Stirling Silliphant
- 7.0/1058 votes
#24 - Ten Cent Dreams
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/10/1959
A young immigrant hits a big score playing the numbers racket, but runs into complications collecting his winnings.
Director: John Brahm
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/1074 votes
#25 - The Bumper
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/17/1959
After Lt. Muldoon is killed in a car wreck deliberately caused by a mob hit man, the detectives pull out all the stops in their search for the killer.
Director: John Brahm
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Naked City Season 1
Every episode of Naked City Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Naked City Season 1!
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Meridian" is the best rated episode of "Naked City" season 1. It scored 7.3/10 based on 146 votes. Directed by Jerry Hopper and written by Stirling Silliphant, it aired on 9/30/1958. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Nickel Ride".