The Commish(1991)

7.1

5 Seasons

DramaComedy

Overview

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, and a hands-on law enforcer with an unorthodox style of bending the rules. From parenthood to politics, from sex crimes to murder cases, one man takes it day-to-day with offbeat humor and street- smart skill.

Created By: Stephen J. Cannell

Episodes

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Ep 1

In the Best of Families

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

28/09/199160 min

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Ep 2

Do You See What I See?

The commissioner sets out to trap a serial rapist in a Santa Claus mask who's been terrorizing the city.

05/10/199160 min

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Ep 3

The Poisoned Tree

Rachel refuses to believe Tony when he tells her that her school teacher colleague, Jim Hollister, is a child molester.

12/10/199160 min

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Ep 4

Nothing to Fear But ...

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

26/10/199160 min

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Ep 5

A Matter of Life or Death (1)

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.

02/11/199160 min

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Ep 6

A Matter of Life or Death (2)

Two missing cops have been found under water, there a jail hunger strike going on and tony's up for the nypd commissioner job.

02/11/199160 min

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Ep 7

Behind the Storm Door

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

09/11/199160 min

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Ep 8

The Hatchet

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.

16/11/199160 min

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Ep 9

Two Confessions

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.

30/11/199160 min

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Ep 10

Commissioner's Ball

A serial killer has been mutilating the bodies of Eastbridge tradsients and homeless people - and Tony begins to suspect the perpetrator's identity.

07/12/199160 min

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Ep 11

No Greater Gift

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.

21/12/199160 min

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Ep 12

The Fourth Man

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!

04/01/199260 min

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Ep 13

Charlie Don't Surf

Vietnamese gangs threaten Eastbridge and Tony steps in to help.

18/01/199260 min

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Ep 14

Skeletons

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.

08/02/199260 min

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Ep 15

The Wicked Flee

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.

22/02/199260 min

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Ep 16

True Believers

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.

29/02/199260 min

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Ep 17

Officer April

After he shoots a woman in a drunken domestic squabble, Officer Kelly becomes the victim of a terrorization campaign.

07/03/199260 min

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Ep 18

Sex, Lies, and Kerosene

Tony and Paulie investigate a puzzling arson case in which the husband of a beautiful woman appears to have been murdered.

21/03/199260 min

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Ep 19

Judgement Day

Tony winds up in one of his own jail cells when he runs afoul of an imperious judge who's hiding a fearsome secret.

04/04/199260 min

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Ep 20

Shoot the Breeze

Tony attempts to protect an informant from a mysterious hit man, while Stan Kelly enjoys a romantic encounter with a beautiful new Eastbridge arrival.

02/05/199260 min

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Ep 21