Episode guide
The Commish: Season 1
22 episodes · premiered Sep 28, 1991
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- Episode 1: In the Best of Families Sep 28, 1991 · 1h 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, 1991 · 1h 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, 1991 · 1h 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, 1991 · 1h 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, 1991 · 1h 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…
- Episode 6: A Matter of Life or Death (2) Nov 2, 1991 · 1h 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, 1991 · 1h Tony is pursued by a woman he suspects is filing false complaints.
- Episode 8: The Hatchet Nov 16, 1991 · 1h 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, 1991 · 1h 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…
- Episode 10: Commissioner's Ball Dec 7, 1991 · 1h 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, 1991 · 1h 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…
- Episode 12: The Fourth Man Jan 4, 1992 · 1h 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…
- Episode 13: Charlie Don't Surf Jan 18, 1992 · 1h Vietnamese gangs threaten Eastbridge and Tony steps in to help.
- Episode 14: Skeletons Feb 8, 1992 · 1h 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…
- Episode 15: The Wicked Flee Feb 22, 1992 · 1h 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, 1992 · 1h 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, 1992 · 1h 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, 1992 · 1h 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, 1992 · 1h 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, 1992 · 1h 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, 1992 · 1h 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, 1992 · 1h Mike Cermak - star high-school hockey player, recovering addict, and good friend of the Scali family - becomes a prime drug-ring suspect.