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The Best Episodes of The Commish

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Tony Scali is a former Brooklyn cop now the Police Commissioner of a small upstate city. But for Scali, this is no desk job. He's a tough yet compassionate boss, a loving husband and father,

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    The Commish Season 2 Episode 5 - The Witches of Eastbridge
    8.4/10(103 votes)

    #1 - The Witches of Eastbridge

    S2:E5

    The town is in shock when a heart is cut from a corpse at the funeral home. Meanwhile, the town believes a recluse taints halloween treats.

    Director:David Nutter
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Commish Season 4 Episode 12 - Hidden
    8.4/10(29 votes)

    #2 - Hidden

    S4:E12

    Tony helps a man find his estranged family who entered and then left a witness protection program. The family are also hunted by a mob boss.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Commish Season 4 Episode 20 - The Kid
    8.4/10(79 votes)

    #3 - The Kid

    S4:E20

    A hopeless teenager gets a help from Tony and Paulie.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Commish Season 2 Episode 3 - Guns & Sons
    8.3/10(95 votes)

    #4 - Guns & Sons

    S2:E3

    David is the only witness to a shooting involving his best friend and a bullying classmate. Tony pursues the case unaware of David's knowledge of the shooting. The victim’s father, skeptical of police justice, plans to mete out his own.

    Director:Kim Manners
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Commish Season 2 Episode 10 - Sleep of the Just
    8.3/10(97 votes)

    #5 - Sleep of the Just

    S2:E10

    While Tony suffers from loss of sleep after becoming a father again, he puzzles over the case of a rapist who has diplomatic immunity.

    Director:David Nutter
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Commish Season 2 Episode 21 - Sight Unseen
    8.3/10(89 votes)

    #6 - Sight Unseen

    S2:E21

    A rapist is targeting blind female college students. Rachel makes an investment in art.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Commish Season 3 Episode 16 - Bank Job
    8.3/10(87 votes)

    #7 - Bank Job

    S3:E16

    Tony and Rachel have a fight, and Tony begins throwing himself into his job. When Rachel is taken hostage in a bank robbery and also forced to go on the road, Tony tries his best to get her back, but the FBI soon assumes jurisdiction over the case, leaving Tony out of the loop.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Commish Season 4 Episode 5 - Who Do You Trust?
    8.3/10(76 votes)

    #8 - Who Do You Trust?

    S4:E5

    While an officer who is posing as a crooked cop in order to expose a crime ring which be be the genuine article who has problems as tony also suspects him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Commish Season 4 Episode 16 - The Trial
    8.3/10(79 votes)

    #9 - The Trial

    S4:E16

    A serial sex-offender is found not guilty then later murdered. A prior victim's relative targets those he feels responsible for the failure to jail him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Commish Season 4 Episode 18 - Brooklyn
    8.3/10(84 votes)

    #10 - Brooklyn

    S4:E18

    Tony and Paulie travel to Brooklyn to help investigate the reopening of the case of their fallen friend and officer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Commish Season 1 Episode 15 - The Wicked Flee
    8.2/10(96 votes)

    #11 - The Wicked Flee

    S1:E15

    After seeing his mother killed by a stranger, a boy withdraws deep into himself, prompting a sympathetic Tony to step up his efforts to catch the murderer.

    Director:Kim Manners
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Commish Season 1 Episode 19 - Judgement Day
    8.2/10(98 votes)

    #12 - Judgement Day

    S1:E19

    Tony winds up in one of his own jail cells when he runs afoul of an imperious judge who's hiding a fearsome secret.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Commish Season 2 Episode 2 - Adventures in the Skin Trade (2)
    8.2/10(99 votes)

    #13 - Adventures in the Skin Trade (2)

    S2:E2

    Tony escapes from the kidnappers with the help of the porn producer and then they pursue a film entrpreneur.

    Director:Michael Zinberg
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Commish Season 2 Episode 6 - The Two Faces of Ed
    8.2/10(89 votes)

    #14 - The Two Faces of Ed

    S2:E6

    An old friend of Tony's is having marital trouble—which could be causing deadly incidents.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Commish Season 2 Episode 9 - Witness
    8.2/10(84 votes)

    #15 - Witness

    S2:E9

    Rachel becomes the target of a killer when she witnesses a murder whilst grocery shopping.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Commish Season 2 Episode 17 - Out of Business (2)
    8.2/10(84 votes)

    #16 - Out of Business (2)

    S2:E17

    Following on from the previous episode; Nick Collete seeks revenge and Tony continues his crusade to bring him to justice.

    Director:Kim Manners
    Writer:Robert Cochran

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  17. The Commish Season 3 Episode 6 - Rising Sun
    8.2/10(87 votes)

    #17 - Rising Sun

    S3:E6

    Tony's city-council pal won't vote for a Japanese businessman's purchase of prime Eastbridge real estate. In a second short story arch, juvenile delinquents rob a flower shop.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Commish Season 3 Episode 9 - All That Glitters
    8.2/10(99 votes)

    #18 - All That Glitters

    S3:E9

    Stan's fiance, Monica is implicated in assisting in a robbery. Tony discovers Monica was previously in trouble with the law before with her old boyfriend. Meanwhile, Rachel puts Tony on a health plan.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Commish Season 3 Episode 22 - The Iceman Cometh
    8.2/10(89 votes)

    #19 - The Iceman Cometh

    S3:E22

    The force must rally themselves after Stan's death in a car explosion. Tony feels particularly bad, because he can't forget that he was the one who assigned Stan to work on the Ross case in the first place. After promising Stan's parents that he will find the man who killed their son, Tony launches a full-scale war on Terry Ross, not realising that Ross has hired someone to take care of the Scali family once and for all.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Commish Season 4 Episode 6 - Nancy with the Laughing Face
    8.2/10(79 votes)

    #20 - Nancy with the Laughing Face

    S4:E6

    While working on an embezzlement and a kinapping case Paulie starts to becomes to emotionally involved.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Commish Season 4 Episode 9 - The Lady Vanishes
    8.2/10(79 votes)

    #21 - The Lady Vanishes

    S4:E9

    An old student of Rachel's starts hinting that he saw his stepmother commit murder.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Commish Season 4 Episode 13 - The Johnny Club
    8.2/10(78 votes)

    #22 - The Johnny Club

    S4:E13

    David is caught shoplifting, meanwhile Tony finds out an accident victim was in debt to a loan shark and that he was also a polygamist.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The Commish Season 1 Episode 3 - The Poisoned Tree
    8.1/10(110 votes)

    #23 - The Poisoned Tree

    S1:E3

    Rachel refuses to believe Tony when he tells her that her school teacher colleague, Jim Hollister, is a child molester.

    Director:Tucker Gates
    Writer:Robert Cochran

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  24. The Commish Season 1 Episode 20 - Shoot the Breeze
    8.1/10(90 votes)

    #24 - Shoot the Breeze

    S1:E20

    Tony attempts to protect an informant from a mysterious hit man, while Stan Kelly enjoys a romantic encounter with a beautiful new Eastbridge arrival.

    Director:Les Sheldon
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The Commish Season 2 Episode 13 - The Heart is a Lonely Sucker
    8.1/10(84 votes)

    #25 - The Heart is a Lonely Sucker

    S2:E13

    While Stan is having problems protecting Carmela from a curse, Tony thinks that a video dating service's client is a homicidal thief.

    Director:James Whitmore Jr.
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Witches of Eastbridge" is the best rated episode of "The Commish". It scored 8.4/10 based on 103 votes. Directed by David Nutter and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/31/1992. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Hidden".