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The Best Episodes of The Commish Season 3

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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
    The Commish Season 3 Episode 1 - Suffer the Children (1)
    7.8/10(91 votes)

    #1 - Suffer the Children (1)

    S3:E1

    Tony and the head of a juvenile care centre clash when Tony suspects the man is responsible for the disappearance and probable murder of a missing girl. The two have history after the suicide of another girl at the same centre years before. Tony and Rachel's home life is tested when Rachel relocates to Buffalo.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Commish Season 3 Episode 2 - Suffer the Children (2)
    7.9/10(88 votes)

    #2 - Suffer the Children (2)

    S3:E2

    Following the discovery of human bones at a location used by the juvenile centre Tony continues to bring his suspect to justice. Rachel and Tony make a decision about their respective careers.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Commish Season 3 Episode 3 - Scali, P.I.
    8.1/10(89 votes)

    #3 - Scali, P.I.

    S3:E3

    After their decision regarding their careers Tony struggles to cope with his new job as a P.I. while Rachel finds it much easier to adjust. He also butts heads with his replacement so he reaches out to Cyd and for help.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Commish Season 3 Episode 4 - Burned Out Case
    8.1/10(87 votes)

    #4 - Burned Out Case

    S3:E4

    Someone close to David dies as a result of a drug overdose and he struggles to cope with the harsh realities of law enforcement when Tony's hand is forced by outside agencies. Officers Baker, Kelly and Rose go undercover at a burger joint.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Commish Season 3 Episode 5 - The Set-Up
    8.1/10(84 votes)

    #5 - The Set-Up

    S3:E5

    Rachel is being framed for murder after Tony's probe of a criminal network goes wrong.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #6 - 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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  7. The Commish Season 3 Episode 7 - Hero
    7.6/10(88 votes)

    #7 - Hero

    S3:E7

    The Scali's babysitter accuses an Eastbridge high school quarterback of rape, Tony must investigate despite the mixed feelings of the community. Stan's ego is bruised when his girlfriend knocks out a man who punched Stan.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Commish Season 3 Episode 8 - Dying Affection
    8.0/10(90 votes)

    #8 - Dying Affection

    S3:E8

    The police are puzzled by two aged armed robbers; is everything as it seems? Cyd breaks up with her boyfriend and strange things start happening immediately thereafter.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #9 - 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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  10. The Commish Season 3 Episode 10 - Mansion
    7.9/10(82 votes)

    #10 - Mansion

    S3:E10

    Amanda Hannington Wallace, the wife of a local multi-millionaire, is found dead her her mansion. When the autopsy is performed, the coronor advises Tony that the death does not look like an accident.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Commish Season 3 Episode 11 - A Little Heart
    7.7/10(84 votes)

    #11 - A Little Heart

    S3:E11

    When a donor heart meant for a sick little girl is stolen, Tony heads up a team of detectives bent on finding the heart before anything can happen to it or the little girl. The thief makes themself known when he contacts her desperate parents and demands a $75,000 ransom for the missing heart.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Commish Season 3 Episode 12 - Benny
    8.0/10(82 votes)

    #12 - Benny

    S3:E12

    Rachel's cousin Benny is a used car salesman, and Tony doesn't know what to believe when a case involving the murder of a young woman leads him right back to Benny's used car lots. When Tony realises that Benny is involved in drug smuggling, he gives Benny one last chance to explain himself.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Commish Season 3 Episode 13 - Keeping Secrets
    7.9/10(87 votes)

    #13 - Keeping Secrets

    S3:E13

    The recent beatings of many members of the homosexual community prompts Hank Radovich to come out to his fellow officers, none of which are very accepting of the news. While investigating the beatings, John Hibbs is himself taken hostage and beaten, and although he was initially disdainful of Hank's sexual preference, he learns to accept his partner and friend.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Commish Season 3 Episode 14 - Dog Days
    7.9/10(82 votes)

    #14 - Dog Days

    S3:E14

    Cyd finds the body of a young woman who appears to have died from an overdose of angel dust. The only witness is a young man named Billy, who the opposing attorney ridicules during a preliminary hearing because of his physical and mental handicaps. Further investigations lead the cops to a number of recently missing dogs.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Commish Season 3 Episode 15 - Father Eddie
    7.9/10(85 votes)

    #15 - Father Eddie

    S3:E15

    A young woman is found dead and evidence leads Tony to a friend of his, a Priest who teaches local kids boxing

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #16 - 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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  17. The Commish Season 3 Episode 17 - Romeo and Juliet
    7.9/10(85 votes)

    #17 - Romeo and Juliet

    S3:E17

    After the body of Gary Ellis is found, the case soon leads Tony to Gideon Fisher, the father of David's girlfriend Sheri. Tony demands that David stop seeing Sheri, but David rebels, and he and Sheri run off together.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Commish Season 3 Episode 18 - Security
    7.7/10(86 votes)

    #18 - Security

    S3:E18

    Residents of an apartment block employ their own security after one of them is attacked and a number of them are burgled. The residents feel safer but a what cost?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Commish Season 3 Episode 19 - Dead Drunk
    7.8/10(84 votes)

    #19 - Dead Drunk

    S3:E19

    The wife of one of Tony's officers is killed by a drunk driver, leaving him with an eight-year-old daughter. The investigation leads to prominent surgeon Harris Clark who has a history of DUI offences. When Clark gets a suspended sentence and is found dead, suspicion turns to the officer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Commish Season 3 Episode 20 - The Letter of the Law
    8.0/10(84 votes)

    #20 - The Letter of the Law

    S3:E20

    Rachel is shocked when the mother of one the children she helps doesn't want her daughter's art featured in a magazine. It transpires that her estranged husband is a child molester and the mum's on the run. Elsewhere Tony's suicide awareness program cause a rather strange reaction from an actor neighbour he brought in to help.

    Director:Rob Hedden
    Writer:Robert Cochran

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  21. The Commish Season 3 Episode 21 - Sergeant Kelly
    8.0/10(86 votes)

    #21 - Sergeant Kelly

    S3:E21

    More than anything Stan wants to become a sergeant, but the sergeant's test isn't the only obstacle in his way. He also needs to prove that he can follow a case from start to finish. Tony assigns him to the case of drug dealer Terry Ross, which he figures won't be that hard for Stan. Stan soon falls for Gail, Terry's estranged wife, and starts to think everything will be okay.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #22 - 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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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Suffer the Children (1)" is the best rated episode of "The Commish" season 3. It scored 7.8/10 based on 91 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/25/1993. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Suffer the Children (2)".