The Commish

• 1. In the Best of Families

  60m

  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?

  60m

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

• 3. The Poisoned Tree

  60m

  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 ...

  60m

  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)

  60m

  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)

  60m

  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

  60m

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

• 8. The Hatchet

  60m

  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

  60m

  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

  60m

  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

  60m

  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

  60m

  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

  60m

  Vietnamese gangs threaten Eastbridge and Tony steps in to help.

• 14. Skeletons

  60m

  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

  60m

  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

  60m

  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

  60m

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

• 18. Sex, Lies, and Kerosene

  60m

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

• 19. Judgement Day

  60m

  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

  60m

  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

  60m

  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

  60m

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

Cast

Michael Chiklis

Tony Scali

Theresa Saldana

Rachel Scali

Kaj-Erik Eriksen

David Scali

Geoffrey Nauffts

Stan Kelly

Melinda McGraw