The Commish
The Commish: Season 1
Season 2

Air Date

September 28, 1991

Episodes

22 episodes

The Commish

Season 1

Episodes

1. In the Best of Families

September 28, 1991
60 min

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

2. Do You See What I See?

October 5, 1991
60 min

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

3. The Poisoned Tree

October 12, 1991
60 min

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

4. Nothing to Fear But ...

October 26, 1991
60 min

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

5. A Matter of Life or Death (1)

November 2, 1991
60 min

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.

6. A Matter of Life or Death (2)

November 2, 1991
60 min

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

7. Behind the Storm Door

November 9, 1991
60 min

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

8. The Hatchet

November 16, 1991
60 min

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.

9. Two Confessions

November 30, 1991
60 min

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.

10. Commissioner's Ball

December 7, 1991
60 min

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

11. No Greater Gift

December 21, 1991
60 min

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.

12. The Fourth Man

January 4, 1992
60 min

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!

13. Charlie Don't Surf

January 18, 1992
60 min

Vietnamese gangs threaten Eastbridge and Tony steps in to help.

14. Skeletons

February 8, 1992
60 min

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.

15. The Wicked Flee

February 22, 1992
60 min

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.

16. True Believers

February 29, 1992
60 min

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.

17. Officer April

March 7, 1992
60 min

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

18. Sex, Lies, and Kerosene

March 21, 1992
60 min

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

19. Judgement Day

April 4, 1992
60 min

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

20. Shoot the Breeze

May 2, 1992
60 min

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

21. Video Vigilante

May 9, 1992
60 min

Tony is embarrassed, then enraged, as a publicity-seeking "video vigilante" metes out even more bizarre and harsh punishment to offenders.

22. The Puck Stops Here

May 16, 1992
60 min

Mike Cermak - star high-school hockey player, recovering addict, and good friend of the Scali family - becomes a prime drug-ring suspect.