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Genres:DramaComedy
Network:ABC

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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...
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Season 1

  • In the Best of Families
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    In the Best of Families

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/28/1991

    Tony is threatened with criminal negligence after the son of a prominent lawyer hangs himself in his cell.

    Director: Gwen Arner

    Writer: N/A

  • Do You See What I See?
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    Do You See What I See?

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/5/1991

    The commissioner sets out to trap a serial rapist in a Santa Claus mask who's been terrorizing the city.

    Director: Tucker Gates

    Writer: Stephen J. Cannell

  • The Poisoned Tree
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    The Poisoned Tree

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/12/1991

    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

  • Nothing to Fear But ...
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    Nothing to Fear But ...

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/26/1991

    After receiving a pair of baffling death threats, Tony initiates around-the-clock surveillance of his unsuspecting family.

    Director: Kim Manners

    Writer: Tammy Ader

  • A Matter of Life or Death (1)
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    A Matter of Life or Death (1)

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/2/1991

    Tony initiates a sweep to find a pair of missing cops; devises an ingenious way of keeping an habitually drunk driver off the road; and deftly handles an "extraterrestrial," all the while being scrutinized by a committee searching for a new police commissioner for New York City.

    Director: Mark Sobel

    Writer: Stephen J. Cannell

  • A Matter of Life or Death (2)
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    A Matter of Life or Death (2)

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/2/1991

    Two missing cops have been found under water, there a jail hunger strike going on and tony's up for the nypd commissioner job.

    Director: Mark Sobel

    Writer: Stephen J. Cannell

  • Behind the Storm Door
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    Behind the Storm Door

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/9/1991

    Tony is pursued by a woman he suspects is filing false complaints.

    Director: Jonathan Sanger

    Writer: N/A

  • The Hatchet
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    The Hatchet

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/16/1991

    Tony butts heads with both a tough cop who is overzealous in his handling of criminals, and a hard-nosed management consultant hired by the city in a cost-cutting effort.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Two Confessions
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    Two Confessions

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/30/1991

    Tony is doubly stymied when identical twins both initially confess to the same murder, then, in a surprise about-face, accuse each other of the crime. Also, Arnie finds romance with a kindred soul, a phone-sex operator named Gloria.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Commissioner's Ball
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    Commissioner's Ball

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/7/1991

    A serial killer has been mutilating the bodies of Eastbridge tradsients and homeless people - and Tony begins to suspect the perpetrator's identity.

    Director: Tucker Gates

    Writer: N/A

  • No Greater Gift
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    No Greater Gift

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/21/1991

    During the holiday season, Tony investigates the murder of an elderly woman allegedly killed in her home during a Christmas burglary; matches wits with a mugger, and defends a homeless woman who's been sleeping in the manger of a Holy Family creche.

    Director: Win Phelps

    Writer: N/A

  • The Fourth Man
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    The Fourth Man

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/4/1992

    After Commissioner Scali's friend and colleague, Chief of Detectives Irv Wallerstein, is struck down during a bloody encounter with hijackers, Tony becomes obsessed with finding the assailant!

    Director: Les Sheldon

    Writer: N/A

  • Charlie Don't Surf
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    Charlie Don't Surf

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/18/1992

    Vietnamese gangs threaten Eastbridge and Tony steps in to help.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Skeletons
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    Skeletons

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 2/8/1992

    A mugging triggers a woman's repressed mernosy of her brother's murder, which she witnessed as a child. The suspect, free for the past 35 years, is tracked to the unlikeliest of hiding places by Tony and a visiting friend, L.A. homicide detective Paulie Pentangeli.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Wicked Flee
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    The Wicked Flee

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/22/1992

    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: N/A

  • True Believers
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    True Believers

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/29/1992

    The unwelcome appearance in Eastbridge of white supremacists leads to a murder, with the suspicion soon arising that one or more of Tony's associates may be implicated.

    Director: Tucker Gates

    Writer: N/A

  • Officer April
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    Officer April

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 3/7/1992

    After he shoots a woman in a drunken domestic squabble, Officer Kelly becomes the victim of a terrorization campaign.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Sex, Lies, and Kerosene
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    Sex, Lies, and Kerosene

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 3/21/1992

    Tony and Paulie investigate a puzzling arson case in which the husband of a beautiful woman appears to have been murdered.

    Director: Les Sheldon

    Writer: N/A

  • Judgement Day
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    Judgement Day

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 4/4/1992

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Shoot the Breeze
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    Shoot the Breeze

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 5/2/1992

    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: N/A

  • Video Vigilante
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    Video Vigilante

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 5/9/1992

    Tony is embarrassed, then enraged, as a publicity-seeking "video vigilante" metes out even more bizarre and harsh punishment to offenders.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Puck Stops Here
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    The Puck Stops Here

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/16/1992

    Mike Cermak - star high-school hockey player, recovering addict, and good friend of the Scali family - becomes a prime drug-ring suspect.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A