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The Best Episodes of The Commish Season 1

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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...

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  1. 8.2/10(90 votes)

    #1 - The Wicked Flee

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    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.

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    Director:Kim Manners
    Writer:N/A
  2. 8.1/10(103 votes)

    #2 - The Poisoned Tree

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    S1:E3

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

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  3. 8.1/10(91 votes)

    #3 - Officer April

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    S1:E17

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

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  4. 8.1/10(94 votes)

    #4 - Judgement Day

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    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.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  5. 8.1/10(87 votes)

    #5 - Shoot the Breeze

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    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.

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    Director:Les Sheldon
    Writer:N/A
  6. 8.0/10(94 votes)

    #6 - Two Confessions

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    S1:E9

    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.

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    Director:N/A
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  8. 8.0/10(93 votes)

    #7 - Skeletons

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    S1:E14

    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.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  9. 8.0/10(87 votes)

    #8 - Sex, Lies, and Kerosene

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    S1:E18

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

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    Director:Les Sheldon
    Writer:N/A
  10. 8.0/10(86 votes)

    #9 - The Puck Stops Here

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    S1:E22

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

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  11. 7.9/10(113 votes)

    #10 - Do You See What I See?

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    S1:E2

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

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  12. 7.9/10(102 votes)

    #11 - A Matter of Life or Death (2)

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    S1:E6

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

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  13. 7.9/10(95 votes)

    #12 - No Greater Gift

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    S1:E11

    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.

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    Director:Win Phelps
    Writer:N/A
  14. 7.9/10(90 votes)

    #13 - The Fourth Man

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    S1:E12

    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!

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    Director:Les Sheldon
    Writer:N/A
  15. 7.9/10(91 votes)

    #14 - Video Vigilante

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    S1:E21

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

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    Director:N/A
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  16. 7.8/10(103 votes)

    #15 - A Matter of Life or Death (1)

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    S1:E5

    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.

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  17. 7.8/10(92 votes)

    #16 - The Hatchet

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    S1:E8

    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.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  18. 7.8/10(92 votes)

    #17 - Commissioner's Ball

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    S1:E10

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

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    Director:Tucker Gates
    Writer:N/A
  19. 7.8/10(95 votes)

    #18 - True Believers

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    S1:E16

    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.

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    Director:Tucker Gates
    Writer:N/A
  20. 7.7/10(99 votes)

    #19 - Behind the Storm Door

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    S1:E7

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

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  21. 7.7/10(91 votes)

    #20 - Charlie Don't Surf

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    S1:E13

    Vietnamese gangs threaten Eastbridge and Tony steps in to help.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  22. 7.6/10(129 votes)

    #21 - In the Best of Families

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    S1:E1

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

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    Director:Gwen Arner
    Writer:N/A
  23. 7.5/10(106 votes)

    #22 - Nothing to Fear But ...

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    S1:E4

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

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    Director:Kim Manners
    Writer:Tammy Ader

Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Wicked Flee" is the best rated episode of "The Commish" season 1. It scored 8.2/10 based on 90 votes. Directed by Kim Manners and written by N/A, it aired on 2/22/1992. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Poisoned Tree".