Stephen J. Cannell
Director
The Commish (1991)
Season 1
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.
Released Sept. 28, 1991
Episode 60 min
14+
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Production Companies: Stephen J. Cannell Productions, ABC Productions, aka Productions, Three Putt Productions
Network: ABC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S1E1 - In the Best of Families
Tony is threatened with criminal negligence after the son of a prominent lawyer hangs himself in his cell.
Sept. 28, 1991, midnight
S1E2 - 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.
Oct. 5, 1991, midnight
S1E3 - The Poisoned Tree
Rachel refuses to believe Tony when he tells her that her school teacher colleague, Jim Hollister, is a child molester.
Oct. 12, 1991, midnight
S1E4 - Nothing to Fear But ...
After receiving a pair of baffling death threats, Tony initiates around-the-clock surveillance of his unsuspecting family.
Oct. 26, 1991, midnight
S1E5 - 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.
Nov. 2, 1991, midnight
S1E6 - 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.
Nov. 2, 1991, midnight
S1E7 - Behind the Storm Door
Tony is pursued by a woman he suspects is filing false complaints.
Nov. 9, 1991, midnight
S1E8 - 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.
Nov. 16, 1991, midnight
S1E9 - 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.
Nov. 30, 1991, midnight
S1E10 - 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.
Dec. 7, 1991, midnight
S1E11 - 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.
Dec. 21, 1991, midnight
S1E12 - 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!
Jan. 4, 1992, midnight
S1E13 - Charlie Don't Surf
Vietnamese gangs threaten Eastbridge and Tony steps in to help.
Jan. 18, 1992, midnight
S1E14 - 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.
Feb. 8, 1992, midnight
S1E15 - 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.
Feb. 22, 1992, midnight
S1E16 - 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.
Feb. 29, 1992, midnight
S1E17 - Officer April
After he shoots a woman in a drunken domestic squabble, Officer Kelly becomes the victim of a terrorization campaign.
March 7, 1992, midnight
S1E18 - 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.
March 21, 1992, midnight
S1E19 - 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.
April 4, 1992, midnight
S1E20 - 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.
May 2, 1992, midnight
S1E21 - Video Vigilante
Tony is embarrassed, then enraged, as a publicity-seeking "video vigilante" metes out even more bizarre and harsh punishment to offenders.
May 9, 1992, midnight
S1E22 - The Puck Stops Here
Mike Cermak - star high-school hockey player, recovering addict, and good friend of the Scali family - becomes a prime drug-ring suspect.
May 16, 1992, midnight
Network: ABC
Episode Runtime: 60 min.
Season Runtime: 5640 min.
Released: Sept. 28, 1991
Last Air Date: Jan. 11, 1996, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-14 / 14+
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