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  • TV-14
  • ABC
  • Apr 2, 1994
  • 47 m
  • TV-14
  • ABC
  • Apr 2, 1994
  • 47 m
The Commish

Summary Tony Scali is the police commissioner in a small town, where solutions to difficult situations often require considerable creativity. Tony's easygoing manner and clever intellect are much more useful to him than weapons or brute force in his fight against crime.

Directed By: Bruce Kessler

Written By: Stephen J. Cannell, Stephen Kronish, Dennis E. Leoni

  • TV-14
  • ABC
  • Apr 2, 1994
  • 47 m
  • TV-14
  • ABC
  • Apr 2, 1994
  • 47 m
The Commish
S3 • Episode 19
Dead Drunk
Air Date: Apr 2, 1994
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Summary Tony Scali is the police commissioner in a small town, where solutions to difficult situations often require considerable creativity. Tony's easygoing manner and clever intellect are much more useful to him than weapons or brute force in his fight against crime.

Created By: Stephen J. Cannell, Stephen Kronish

Season Episodes

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Episode 1 • Sep 25, 1993 • 48 m
Suffer the Children: Part 1
Tony and Cyd investigate the hanging death of a teen-age runaway. Rachel takes the job in Buffalo.
Episode 2 • Oct 2, 1993 • 48 m
Suffer the Children: Part 2
The Scali Family tries to adjust to living in two separate homes, in two separate cities to accommodate Rachel's new job. Circumstantial evidence keeps piling up against the shelter manager in the case of the missing girl.
Episode 3 • Oct 9, 1993 • 48 m
Scali, P.I.
Tony takes a job as a private investigator and suspects the new commissioner isn't as great as he seems.
Episode 4 • Oct 16, 1993 • 46 m
Burned Out Case
When a friend of David's dies after taking crack, Tony disappoints David by letting the dealer go, as he's part of a federal sting but not big enough to go after.
Episode 5 • Oct 23, 1993 • 46 m
The Set-Up
The Eastbridge Police Department is requested to assist in bringing down the biggest mobster from Cleveland. His men turn around and set Rachel up in a hit-and-run so Tony sets up a little sting of his own.
Episode 6 • Nov 6, 1993 • 47 m
Rising Sun
An old friend of Tony's (a member of city council) refuses to approve Japanese investors business plans and tempers flare.
Episode 7 • Nov 13, 1993 • 46 m
Hero
The Scalis babysitter is raped by the local football hero and then harassed and threatened by his fans.
Episode 8 • Nov 20, 1993 • 1 h
Dying Affection
When Cyd breaks it off with her boyfriend, bad things start happening. How is it possible that the Chief of Detectives didn't notice these things about him? The force also deals with a Mother-Son bank robbing team.
Episode 9 • Nov 27, 1993 • 1 h
All That Glitters
Stan's fiancee appears in surveillance video of jewelry store armed robbery. Will there be a wedding? Rachel puts the family on a healthy diet.
Episode 10 • Dec 4, 1993 • 46 m
Mansion
Tony investigates the mysterious death of a wealthy socialite with suspicious family members.
Episode 11 • Dec 18, 1993 • 46 m
A Little Heart
A heart set for transplant to the daughter of one of Tony's men is stolen from the ambulance. The squad sets out to find it before it's too late. Cyd walks the beat looking for a Santa that isn't satisfied with just cash donations.
Episode 12 • Jan 15, 1994 • 46 m
Benny
Rachel's cousin Benny gets involved in a case with Tony.
Episode 13 • Jan 22, 1994 • 47 m
Keeping Secrets
A series of violent attacks outside a gay bar has the squad scrambling for any clue when one of their own makes a witness report and thereby outs himself. Friendships are tested.
Episode 14 • Feb 5, 1994 • 47 m
Dog Days
The police station janitor helps Tony solve a woman's mysterious death from a PCP overdose.
Episode 15 • Feb 12, 1994 • 47 m
Father Eddie
The murder of a girl leads Tony to his old friend Father Eddie who has a close relationship with the suspect and will do whatever it takes to protect him.
Episode 16 • Feb 24, 1994 • 46 m
Bank Job
Rachel becomes a hostage during a bank robbery.
Episode 17 • Mar 12, 1994 • 1 h
Romeo and Juliet
Tony tells David to stay away from his girlfriend due to her father's criminal activities, but David doesn't agree.
Episode 18 • Mar 19, 1994 • 47 m
Security
Tony is suspicious of a security company owner who takes justice into his own hands.
Episode 19 • Apr 2, 1994 • 47 m
Dead Drunk
A drunk driver kills the wife of one of Tony's men and, because the driver is a doctor, the judge suspends his sentence.
Episode 20 • Apr 30, 1994 • 47 m
The Letter of the Law
When Rachel learns the mother of one of her students is a fugitive, Tony is faced with a difficult decision.
Episode 21 • May 7, 1994 • 48 m
Sergeant Kelly
Stan hopes to be promoted to Sergeant and Tony lets him handle the investigation of a local drug trafficker.
Episode 22 • May 14, 1994 • 46 m
The Iceman Cometh
Tony and Rachel are the targets of an unknown hitman.
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