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The Best Episodes of The Commish Season 1

Every episode of The Commish Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Commish Season 1!

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...
Genres:DramaComedy
Network:ABC

Season 1 Ratings Summary

"In the Best of Families" is the best rated episode of "The Commish" season 1. It scored 7.6/10 based on 126 votes. Directed by Gwen Arner and written by N/A, it aired on 9/28/1991. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Do You See What I See?".

  • In the Best of Families
    7.6/10126 votes

    #1 - 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?
    7.9/10112 votes

    #2 - 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
    8.1/10102 votes

    #3 - 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 ...
    7.6/10105 votes

    #4 - 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)
    7.8/10103 votes

    #5 - 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)
    7.9/10102 votes

    #6 - 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
    7.7/1098 votes

    #7 - 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
    7.8/1091 votes

    #8 - 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
    8.0/1094 votes

    #9 - 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
    7.8/1092 votes

    #10 - 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
    7.9/1095 votes

    #11 - 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
    7.9/1090 votes

    #12 - 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
    7.7/1091 votes

    #13 - 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
    8.0/1093 votes

    #14 - 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
    8.2/1090 votes

    #15 - 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
    7.8/1095 votes

    #16 - 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
    8.1/1091 votes

    #17 - 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
    8.0/1087 votes

    #18 - 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
    8.1/1094 votes

    #19 - 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
    8.1/1087 votes

    #20 - 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
    7.9/1091 votes

    #21 - 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
    8.0/1086 votes

    #22 - 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