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  1. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Wiseguy (2)

    S1:E2

    Vinnie and Sonny's right hand man, Tony Grecco, has a run-in with the cops causing Vinnie to be arrested. The Steelgraves find that guns are being exported illegally using their pier and decide to take possession of the guns and sell them back to the owner.

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  2. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - The Loose Cannon

    S1:E4

    A psychopathic murderer posing as Sonny's nephew double-crosses Sonny and holds Vinnie's girlfriend Gina hostage.

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  3. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - The Countess

    S1:E3

    Jim is helping a Countess avoid a blackmailer but is then charged for the Blackmailer murder...

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  4. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Profit and Loss (2)

    S1:E13

    Rockford discovers the investment firm Fiscal Dynamics is a financial fraud and its president Leon Fielder will do anything to prevent him from destroying his company.

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  5. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - Drought at Indianhead River

    S3:E5

    Jim finds out there's a hit out on Angel and runs into trouble with the mob bailing him out.

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  6. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - There's One in Every Port

    S3:E12

    After being conned by friends Jim sets them up to settle the score and save himself.

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  7. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - The House on Willis Avenue

    S4:E21

    When a fellow P.I. is killed on the Ventura freeway, Jim and Richie Brockelman team up to find out if it really was an accident.

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  8. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - White on White and Nearly Perfect

    S5:E4

    Handsome, charmed PI Lance White (Tom Selleck) may speak lines that sound like they're from a 1940s B movie, but everyone is so attracted to him they hang on his every word. That is, everyone except Jim.

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  9. 8.7/10(3 votes)

    #9 - My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys

    S1:E6

    Ralph reconsiders his suit of powers after a flying mistake almost takes out a bus full of tourists. Bill also reconsiders his job path when one of his heroes is suspected of plotting out the theft of a precious diamond.

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  10. 8.7/10(3 votes)

    #10 - Hard Contract

    S1:E2

    Hunter & McCall make a pact of protectiveness and loyalty toward each other when she is nearly killed by her old partner after she tries to stop him from a killer-for-hire assignment.

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  11. 8.7/10(3 votes)

    #11 - The Kirkoff Case

    S1:E1

    Rockford is hired by Larry Kirkoff to find the identity of his parents killer. There are a number of possible suspects including Travis Buckman and Tawnia Baker who were lovers of Mrs. and Mr. Kirkoff respectively. The police actually suspect Larry of the crime, but, lack of evidence prevents them from making a case against him. Rockford's investigation runs him afoul of some pretty bad men who want everyone to go on thinking Larry killed them.

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  12. 8.5/10(2 votes)

    #12 - In Pursuit of Carol Thorne

    S1:E9

    Jim tails a woman just released from prison. She was involved in a robbery of a Marine Payroll. The mastermind of the crime and his henchman follow her as well. They search for the remaining robber who wound up with the loot.

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  13. 8.5/10(2 votes)

    #13 - The Real Easy Red Dog

    S2:E7

    A private investigator uses Rockford to divert police attention from her insurance case.

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  14. 8.2/10(6 votes)

    #14 - The Greatest American Hero

    S1:E1

    Ralph Hinkley, an average school teacher, is given a suit with amazing powers by aliens. Now, Ralph must decide if he'll use his new powers to fight crime, even though he already lost the suit's instruction manual.

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  15. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - Pilot / Renegade

    S1:E1

    Det. Reno Raines becomes a fugitive from justice when his investigation of illicit police activity leads a corrupt lieutenant to frame him for murder.

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  16. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - Hunting Accident

    S1:E2

    Reno runs a bully (Pete Koch) out of a small town, but the man spots Reno's picture on a wanted poster and informs the police of his whereabouts.

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  17. 8.0/10(2 votes)

    #17 - Wiseguy (1)

    S1:E1

    Vinnie is released from prison where he has been for two years to establish his cover. He meets his boss, Frank McPike and gets to see his coach and mentor, Jerry Greco. Greco is killed and Vinnie demands to be put in to finish the investigation. He uses his ingenuity to get a foothold in the Steelgrave crime family, but it will take a while to finish this job.

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  18. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - The Hot Grounder

    S1:E3

    The Police Commissioner is the main suspect in the murder of his wife.

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  19. 8.0/10(3 votes)

    #19 - Recipe for Heavy Bread

    S2:E2

    The cook from the A-Team's POW camp gives them a tip about a drug deal between the camp's former commander and a prisoner who had sold out to him.

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  20. 8.0/10(2 votes)

    #20 - Chicken Little Is a Little Chicken

    S2:E9

    A good deed for Angel makes Rockford the target of a mobster.

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  21. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - The Reincarnation of Angie

    S2:E12

    Hoods snatch a stockbroker, and his sister hires Rockford for $23.64, because Jim's in the yellow pages and her big brother instructed her not to dial the cops. Jim's protective of the naive 25 year old bookkeeper, despite the tiny fee, because he fears her brother is dead, and she can't accept that her only relative, who's always taken care of her, may be mixed up in a securities scam.

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  22. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - The No-Cut Contract

    S2:E15

    A minor league football player drags Jim into his troubles.

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  23. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - Just Another Polish Wedding

    S3:E17

    Jim gets Gandy (Isaac Hayes) a job with his P.I. buddy Marcus Hayes (Louis Gossett Jr.) who promptly then tries to steal the case.

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  24. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - The Prisoner of Rosemont Hall

    S4:E20

    When the son of an old friend goes missing, Jim goes to the young man's college to try and find out what happened.

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  25. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - Heartaches of a Fool

    S5:E1

    Jim finds that a country music star, corrupt union boss and Chinese triad all have one thing in common with why Rocky ended in hospital after his rig was forced off the road: sausages.

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Stephen J. Cannell Ratings Summary

"Wiseguy (2)" is the best rated episode written by Stephen J. Cannell. It scored 9/10 based on 1 votes. It was directed by Rod Holcomb. It aired on 9/16/1987 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Loose Cannon".