The Commish
Season 1
199122 episodes
Episode 1
In the Best of Families
Sep 28, 19911h
Tony is threatened with criminal negligence after the son of a prominent lawyer hangs himself in his cell.
Episode 2
Do You See What I See?
Oct 5, 19911h
The commissioner sets out to trap a serial rapist in a Santa Claus mask who's been terrorizing the city.
Episode 3
The Poisoned Tree
Oct 12, 19911h
Rachel refuses to believe Tony when he tells her that her school teacher colleague, Jim Hollister, is a child molester.
Episode 4
Nothing to Fear But ...
Oct 26, 19911h
After receiving a pair of baffling death threats, Tony initiates around-the-clock surveillance of his unsuspecting family.
Episode 5
A Matter of Life or Death (1)
Nov 2, 19911h
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.
Episode 6
A Matter of Life or Death (2)
Nov 2, 19911h
Two missing cops have been found under water, there a jail hunger strike going on and tony's up for the nypd commissioner job.
Episode 7
Behind the Storm Door
Nov 9, 19911h
Tony is pursued by a woman he suspects is filing false complaints.
Episode 8
The Hatchet
Nov 16, 19911h
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.
Episode 9
Two Confessions
Nov 30, 19911h
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.
Episode 10
Commissioner's Ball
Dec 7, 19911h
A serial killer has been mutilating the bodies of Eastbridge tradsients and homeless people - and Tony begins to suspect the perpetrator's identity.
Episode 11
No Greater Gift
Dec 21, 19911h
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.
Episode 12
The Fourth Man
Jan 4, 19921h
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!
Episode 13
Charlie Don't Surf
Jan 18, 19921h
Vietnamese gangs threaten Eastbridge and Tony steps in to help.
Episode 14
Skeletons
Feb 8, 19921h
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.
Episode 15
The Wicked Flee
Feb 22, 19921h
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.
Episode 16
True Believers
Feb 29, 19921h
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.
Episode 17
Officer April
Mar 7, 19921h
After he shoots a woman in a drunken domestic squabble, Officer Kelly becomes the victim of a terrorization campaign.
Episode 18
Sex, Lies, and Kerosene
Mar 21, 19921h
Tony and Paulie investigate a puzzling arson case in which the husband of a beautiful woman appears to have been murdered.
Episode 19
Judgement Day
Apr 4, 19921h
Tony winds up in one of his own jail cells when he runs afoul of an imperious judge who's hiding a fearsome secret.
Episode 20
Shoot the Breeze
May 2, 19921h
Tony attempts to protect an informant from a mysterious hit man, while Stan Kelly enjoys a romantic encounter with a beautiful new Eastbridge arrival.
Episode 21
Video Vigilante
May 9, 19921h
Tony is embarrassed, then enraged, as a publicity-seeking "video vigilante" metes out even more bizarre and harsh punishment to offenders.
Episode 22
The Puck Stops Here
May 16, 19921h
Mike Cermak - star high-school hockey player, recovering addict, and good friend of the Scali family - becomes a prime drug-ring suspect.