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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 Worst Episode
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    The Commish Season 5 Episode 5 - Redemption (1)
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #1 - Redemption (1)

    S5:E5

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Commish Season 5 Episode 6 - Redemption (2)
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #2 - Redemption (2)

    S5:E6

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Commish Season 1 Episode 1 - In the Best of Families
    7.3/10(140 votes)

    #3 - In the Best of Families

    S1:E1

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

    Director:Gwen Arner
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Commish Season 5 Episode 1 - In the Shadow of the Gallows (1)
    7.3/10(160 votes)

    #4 - In the Shadow of the Gallows (1)

    S5:E1

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Commish Season 1 Episode 4 - Nothing to Fear But ...
    7.5/10(111 votes)

    #5 - Nothing to Fear But ...

    S1:E4

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

    Director:Kim Manners
    Writer:Tammy Ader

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  6. The Commish Season 2 Episode 8 - A Time to Be Born
    7.5/10(35 votes)

    #6 - A Time to Be Born

    S2:E8

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

    Director:Michael Lange
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Commish Season 1 Episode 7 - Behind the Storm Door
    7.6/10(104 votes)

    #7 - Behind the Storm Door

    S1:E7

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

    Director:Jonathan Sanger
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Commish Season 1 Episode 13 - Charlie Don't Surf
    7.6/10(96 votes)

    #8 - Charlie Don't Surf

    S1:E13

    Vietnamese gangs threaten Eastbridge and Tony steps in to help.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #9 - 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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  10. The Commish Season 4 Episode 11 - A Christmas Story
    7.6/10(25 votes)

    #10 - A Christmas Story

    S4:E11

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Commish Season 1 Episode 8 - The Hatchet
    7.7/10(97 votes)

    #11 - The Hatchet

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Commish Season 1 Episode 16 - True Believers
    7.7/10(99 votes)

    #12 - True Believers

    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.

    Director:Tucker Gates
    Writer:Unknown

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

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

    #14 - 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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  15. The Commish Season 1 Episode 5 - A Matter of Life or Death (1)
    7.8/10(109 votes)

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

    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.

    Director:Mark Sobel
    Writer:Stephen J. Cannell

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  16. The Commish Season 1 Episode 10 - Commissioner's Ball
    7.8/10(97 votes)

    #16 - Commissioner's Ball

    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.

    Director:Tucker Gates
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Commish Season 1 Episode 12 - The Fourth Man
    7.8/10(95 votes)

    #17 - The Fourth Man

    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!

    Director:Les Sheldon
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Commish Season 2 Episode 4 - The Rolodex Madam
    7.8/10(90 votes)

    #18 - The Rolodex Madam

    S2:E4

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Commish Season 2 Episode 22 - The Anti-Commish
    7.8/10(86 votes)

    #19 - The Anti-Commish

    S2:E22

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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

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

    #21 - 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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  22. The Commish Season 4 Episode 21 - Off Broadway (1)
    7.8/10(81 votes)

    #22 - Off Broadway (1)

    S4:E21

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The Commish Season 1 Episode 2 - Do You See What I See?
    7.9/10(118 votes)

    #23 - Do You See What I See?

    S1:E2

    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

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  24. The Commish Season 1 Episode 6 - A Matter of Life or Death (2)
    7.9/10(107 votes)

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

    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.

    Director:Mark Sobel
    Writer:Stephen J. Cannell

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  25. The Commish Season 1 Episode 9 - Two Confessions
    7.9/10(100 votes)

    #25 - Two Confessions

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Redemption (1)" is the worst rated episode of "The Commish". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/11/1996. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Redemption (2)".