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The Worst Episodes of The Commish

Every episode of The Commish ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of The Commish!

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

Worst Episodes Summary

"Redemption (1)" is the worst rated episode of "The Commish". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/11/1996. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "Redemption (2)".

  • Redemption (1)
    NaN/100 votes
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    #1 - Redemption (1)

    Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 1/11/1996

    While on the trail of an arsonist, the commish notices that all the clues point to the wife father's.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Redemption (2)
    NaN/100 votes
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    #2 - Redemption (2)

    Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 1/11/1996

    While on the trail of an arsonist, the commish notices that all the clues point to the wife father's.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • In the Shadow of the Gallows (1)
    7.1/10157 votes
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    #3 - In the Shadow of the Gallows (1)

    Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 11/30/1995

    Tony faces the biggest challenge of his career when an murder case from his past resurfaces.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Time to Be Born
    7.4/1032 votes
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    #4 - A Time to Be Born

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/21/1992

    Rachel goes into labor, Tony is kept away due to a friends crisis.

    Director: Michael Lange

    Writer: N/A

  • In the Best of Families
    7.6/10126 votes
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    #5 - 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

  • Nothing to Fear But ...
    7.6/10105 votes
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    #6 - 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

  • Hero
    7.6/1087 votes
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    #7 - Hero

    Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/13/1993

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Behind the Storm Door
    7.7/1098 votes
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    #8 - 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

  • Charlie Don't Surf
    7.7/1091 votes
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    #9 - 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

  • A Little Heart
    7.7/1082 votes
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    #10 - A Little Heart

    Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 12/18/1993

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Security
    7.7/1084 votes
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    #11 - Security

    Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 3/19/1994

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Christmas Story
    7.7/1021 votes
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    #12 - A Christmas Story

    Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 12/17/1994

    An old friend of Tony gets his life back on track with help from a retirement hotel resident.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Off Broadway (1)
    7.7/1079 votes
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    #13 - Off Broadway (1)

    Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 5/13/1995

    While investigating the murder of his friend's daughter, tony gets help from a New York police officer.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Matter of Life or Death (1)
    7.8/10103 votes
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    #14 - 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

  • The Hatchet
    7.8/1091 votes
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    #15 - 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

  • Commissioner's Ball
    7.8/1092 votes
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    #16 - 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

  • True Believers
    7.8/1095 votes
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    #17 - 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

  • The Rolodex Madam
    7.8/1088 votes
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    #18 - The Rolodex Madam

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/24/1992

    Tony is astonished to discover a wealthy socialite is the proprietor of a prostitution ring. The socialite is murdered, but not before Tony's name is discovered in her rolodex of clients.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Frame
    7.8/1028 votes
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    #19 - The Frame

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/19/1992

    A notorious mob boss retires to Eastbridge and in turn the crime rate rises.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Anti-Commish
    7.8/1084 votes
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    #20 - The Anti-Commish

    Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/15/1993

    Tony receives mysterious telephone calls from someone who can help solve a drug dealers murder. Rachel gets a good job offer that ultimately could mean a move to Buffalo.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Suffer the Children (1)
    7.8/1088 votes
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    #21 - Suffer the Children (1)

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/25/1993

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Do You See What I See?
    7.9/10112 votes
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    #22 - 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

  • A Matter of Life or Death (2)
    7.9/10102 votes
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    #23 - 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

  • No Greater Gift
    7.9/1094 votes
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    #24 - 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
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    #25 - 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