The Commish
Slightly offbeat television police comedy-drama. 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.
Cast:Michael Chiklis , Theresa Saldana , Kaj-Erik Eriksen , Geoffrey Nauffts , Melinda McGraw , Jason Schombing , John Cygan , Dayna Cornborough , Justine Cornborough , Gina Belafonte , Nicholas Lea , Evan Tylor , Pat Bermel , Michael Patten , Kimberly Scott , William A. McManus , Dave 'Squatch' Ward , Ian Tracey
S1.E1 ∙ In the Best of Families
Tony is threatened with criminal negligence after the son of a prominent lawyer hangs himself in his cell.
S1.E2 ∙ 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.
S1.E3 ∙ The Poisoned Tree
Rachel refuses to believe Tony when he tells her that her school teacher colleague, Jim Hollister, is a child molester.
S1.E4 ∙ Nothing to Fear But Fear...
After receiving a pair of baffling death threats, Tony initiates around-the-clock surveillance of his unsuspecting family
S1.E5 ∙ A Matter of Life or Death: Part 1
Tony starts the review process to become New York police commissioner while investigating the disappearance of two of his police officers.
S1.E6 ∙ A Matter of Life or Death: Part 2
Tony discovers who is responsible for the disappearance of two of his police officers and a new New York police commissioner is named.
S1.E7 ∙ Behind the Storm Door
Tony is pursued by a woman he suspects is filing false complaints.
S1.E8 ∙ 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.
S1.E9 ∙ 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.
S1.E10 ∙ The Commissioner's Ball
A serial killer has been mutilating the bodies of Eastbridge transients and homeless people -- and Tony begins to suspect the perpetrator's identity.
S1.E11 ∙ No Greater Gift
An elderly woman is killed in her home during the Christmas season and Tony discovers what really happened.
S1.E12 ∙ 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!
S1.E13 ∙ Charlie Don't Surf
Vietnamese gangs threaten Eastbridge and Tony steps in to help.
S1.E14 ∙ Skeletons
Tony investigates a 35-year-old murder with the help of an old friend who pays him a visit.
S1.E15 ∙ 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.
S1.E16 ∙ 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.
S1.E17 ∙ Officer April
After he shoots a woman in a drunken domestic squabble, Officer Kelly becomes the victim of a terrorization campaign.
S1.E18 ∙ 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.
S1.E19 ∙ 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.
S1.E20 ∙ 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.
S1.E21 ∙ Video Vigilante
Tony is embarrassed, then enraged, as a publicity-seeking "video vigilante" metes out even more bizarre and harsh punishment to offenders.
S1.E22 ∙ 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.
S2.E1 ∙ Adventures in the Skin Trade: Part 1
Commissioner, and expectant father, Tony Sciali finds his own life on the line after he infiltrates a New York pornographic teenage film ring
S2.E2 ∙ Adventures in the Skin Trade: Part 2
Commissioner Scali, kidnapped and seemingly destined for a sudden death, narrowly escapes his fate with the help of an unsuspected ally - porno movie producer Cyd Palmer.
S2.E3 ∙ Guns and Sons
Tony's son David is shocked when his friend Jason shoots Brad Harris, the school bully.
S2.E4 ∙ The Rolodex Madame
When Mary O'Grady, one of Eastbridge's most prominent and politically powerful socialities, is murdered, it is discovered she has been running a call girl service and, surprisingly, one name on her list of clients is Commissioner Scali!
S2.E5 ∙ The Witches of Eastbridge
Halloween in Eastbridge comes with mysteries of poisoned candy and a stolen heart from a deceased man.
S2.E6 ∙ The Two Faces of Ed
Tony is torn when a series of life-threatening incidents occur in Eastbridge and the only link appears to be Ed Mize, an old, mild-mannered friend currently experiencing marital difficulties.
S2.E7 ∙ Escape
Tony, distraught when it appears that Phil Reid, one of his best men, may be targeted for revenge by a dangerous escaped convict, is further upset when he discovers that Phil's family harbors a dark secret.
S2.E8 ∙ A Time to Be Born
Rachel's in labor and about to give birth at any minute with only Cyd to support her because Tony is Literally out on a ledge trying to stop a troubled, older cop, who is a friend, from jumping.
S2.E9 ∙ The Witness
While grocery shopping, Rachel runs head-on into a robbery-murder suspect - and becomes the target of the killer's threats.
S2.E10 ∙ Sleep of the Just
Tony takes on a serial rapist who is protected by diplomatic immunity.
S2.E11 ∙ The Frame
Tony is suspicious of a retired mobster who moves to Eastbridge.
S2.E12 ∙ Stoned
A mental hospital patient escapes and local carjackings have to be stopped while Tony deals with kidney stones.
S2.E13 ∙ The Heart Is a Lonely Sucker
Tony joins a video-dating service when he suspects one of his clients is a murderous thief. Also, Stan tries to protect Carmela from a clairvoyant's case.
S2.E14 ∙ The Sharp Pinch
Commissioner Scali and his team of officers pull out all stops as they try to beat the clock in a desperate search for the kidnapper of a very sick baby.
S2.E15 ∙ Dead Cadet's Society
Tony suspects foul play when a member of a commando-like squad of elite prep school students --
S2.E16 ∙ Family Business
When Nick Colette, the hot-headed son of "retired" mobster Tommy Colette, joins forces with his father, Eastbridge's crime troubles start.
S2.E17 ∙ Out of Business
Following the death of his gangster son in a police shootout, mobster Tommy Colette vows to kill Tony Scali himself.
S2.E18 ∙ The Ides of March
One of Tony's men, Danny Nolan, goes ballistic when Joe Lund, the gun-wielding ex-husband of the woman Dan's been seeing, takes her hostage.
S2.E19 ∙ Blue Flu
When the majority of Tony's officers stage a sick-out in the wake of a wage dispute, Eastbridge becomes an open city for crime.
S2.E20 ∙ Eastbridge Boulevard
Stella Stevens guest stars as a reclusive former movie queen - and one of Tony's all-time film favorites - who is implicated in the real-life murder of her lover.
S2.E21 ∙ Sight Unseen
Tony sets out to trap a serial rapist whose victims are young blind women Meanwhile, Rachel makes a surprising investment in art.
S2.E22 ∙ Anti-Commish
When a mysterious caller advises Tony that he is going to be his "partner" and do the things Tony would like to do but can't, a number of Eastbridge drug dealers suddenly turn up dead.
S3.E1 ∙ Suffer the Children: Part 1
Tony and Cyd investigate the hanging death of a teen-age runaway. Rachel takes the job in Buffalo.
S3.E2 ∙ 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.
S3.E3 ∙ Scali, P.I.
Tony takes a job as a private investigator and suspects the new commissioner isn't as great as he seems.
S3.E4 ∙ 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.
S3.E5 ∙ 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.
S3.E6 ∙ Rising Sun
An old friend of Tony's (a member of city council) refuses to approve Japanese investors business plans and tempers flare.
S3.E7 ∙ Hero
The Scalis babysitter is raped by the local football hero and then harassed and threatened by his fans.
S3.E8 ∙ 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.
S3.E9 ∙ 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.
S3.E10 ∙ Mansion
Tony investigates the mysterious death of a wealthy socialite with suspicious family members.
S3.E11 ∙ 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.
S3.E13 ∙ 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.
S3.E14 ∙ Dog Days
The police station janitor helps Tony solve a woman's mysterious death from a PCP overdose.
S3.E15 ∙ 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.
S3.E17 ∙ Romeo and Juliet
Tony tells David to stay away from his girlfriend due to her father's criminal activities, but David doesn't agree.
S3.E18 ∙ Security
Tony is suspicious of a security company owner who takes justice into his own hands.
S3.E19 ∙ 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.
S3.E20 ∙ 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.
S3.E21 ∙ Sergeant Kelly
Stan hopes to be promoted to Sergeant and Tony lets him handle the investigation of a local drug trafficker.
S4.E1 ∙ Against the Wind: Part 1
Tony investigates the killing of one of his officer's while recovering in rehab.
S4.E2 ∙ Against the Wind: Part 2
As the search for a cop killer intensifies, Tony begins to doubt his own recovery.
S4.E3 ∙ Working Girls
Tony arrests an old friends daughter during a prostitution sting.
S4.E4 ∙ Born in the USA
Tony uncovers the shakedown of a community of illegal immigrants; David wants an earring to impress a girl.
S4.E5 ∙ Who Do You Trust
Tony believes an officer posing as a corrupt cop to expose a crime ring may actually be the genuine article.
S4.E6 ∙ Nancy with the Laughing Face
A top aide gets too close to an embezzlement/kidnapping case involving an ex-girlfriend.
S4.E9 ∙ The Lady Vanishes
Commissioner Scali investigates the drowning of a tennis pro at a swanky club.
S4.E10 ∙ Ghost
After shooting a dangerous armed robber, a cop is accused of murdering an unarmed man.
S4.E11 ∙ A Christmas Story
Tony hopes a burglary investigation will help an old friend recover from the death of his wife; David doesn't have the money he saved to buy his dad's Chanukah gift.
S4.E12 ∙ Hidden
Scali works to reunite a father with his estranged family who are in witness protection. A crime boss with a vendetta complicates things. The team must also foil a dog-napper.
S4.E13 ∙ The Johnny Club
When a friend of the Scalis is killed, it seems to be an accident at first. It gets complicated when they find he was leading a double life. Tony deals with a plumbing leak in his office and troubles at home when David shoplifts on a dare.
S4.E14 ∙ The Golden Years
A visit from Tony's parents uncovers a disturbing rift in their relationship.
S4.E15 ∙ Accused
An attractive computer technician (Tracy Scroggins) accuses Tony of sexual harassment.
S4.E16 ∙ The Trial
Tony must protect an aggressive defense lawyer whose methods he doesn't like.
S4.E17 ∙ Cry Wolfe
While trying to solve a major gold robbery, Tony must answer a cry for help from a con man.
S4.E18 ∙ Brooklyn
Tony and Paulie reopen the murder investigation of an old friend and partner in New York City.
S4.E19 ∙ Letting Go
While trying to help an elderly woman recover her lost life savings, Tony learns Rachel may have cancer.
S4.E20 ∙ The Kid
Paulie fights to prove that a homeless teenager isn't a murderer.
S4.E21 ∙ Off Broadway: Part 1
Tony teams with a tough female NYPD detective to catch a serial killer.
S4.E22 ∙ Off Broadway: Part 2
Though her obsession with the job jeopardizes her personal life, NYPD detective Connie Muldoon presses to find a serial killer.
S5.E1 ∙ In the Shadows of the Gallows
A prisoner, whom Tony arrested before his trial and conviction, is executed on death row in Pennsylvania. The next day a prisoner in Albany State Prison confesses to the murders for which the other man was executed. The family files a wrongful death suit and Tony is one of the defendants. Then, in a meeting with Tony, the confessor says if Tony will clear him of the two murders for which he's to be executed, he will admit to lying about the murders for which the original convict was executed.
S5.E2 ∙ Father Image: Part 1
A murder is committed while a fundraiser for the mayor is being held. A beautiful, classy British woman is suspected. Tony's mentor pays a visit and asks if Tony needs a "consultant". The next day an stockbroker/biker wannabe is found murdered. The mentor wonders if it's the same killer and looks for similarities. This woman suspect is leather and tattoo chick and doesn't look like artist's drawing. The following day a body is found at the country club at the golf course and the suspect is a perky blonde with a rose tattoo.
S5.E3 ∙ Father Image: Part 2
Tony and his mentor have solved the case, so why is Tony so uneasy? He tells Rachel he feels like the mentor is living through him and "putting him in the big league". How did Tony happen to find a key piece of evidence exactly as they had in a case previously?
S5.E4 ∙ Redemption
A clothing manufacturer's sweatshop is burned down. The Jewish Temple is vandalized. An Asian storeowner is harassed. Rachel's father (who buys the cloth for the sweatshop) has a new girlfriend (younger than Rachel) and is as disappointing to Rachel as always. Mr. Metzger has a heart attack but, before he dies, he tells a story about the two of them going to the circus. While Tony and Rachel are clearing out her father's apartment she is surprised at the things he has kept over the years but Tony finds a ledger hidden underneath a drawer. The book contains dates and dollar amounts; the first two dates are two fires in sweatshops and the other two dates are approaching.
