Wiseguy

Vincent Terranova is an agent with the Organized Crime Bureau infiltrating dangerous criminal organizations, struggling to remain true to himself while becoming close to the criminal leaders he is sworn to bring down.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Cast:Jonathan Banks , Jim Byrnes , Ken Wahl , Dwight Koss , William Russ , Ken Jenkins , Patti D'Arbanville , Elsa Raven , Ray Sharkey , Joan Severance , Steven Bauer , Cecil Hoffman , George Petrie , Kevin Spacey , Gerald Anthony , Dennis Lipscomb , John M. Jackson , Glenn Frey

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ Pilot

Wed, Sep 16, 1987

FBI Agent Vinnie serves 18 months in prison to establish cover to infiltrate the Mob. He impresses the crime boss and earns himself a job, opening the door to access the mafia's highest echelons.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ New Blood

Thu, Sep 24, 1987

In an attempt to take over Sonny Steelgrave's business, mob head Paul Patrice frames Sonny for several murder attempts he makes on the life of the special prosecutor investigating Sonny.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ The Loose Cannon

Thu, Oct 1, 1987

Vinnie's girlfriend, a police widow, knows he is a cop; his biggest threat comes from Sonny's unbalanced nephew.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ The Birthday Surprise

Thu, Oct 8, 1987

When Vinnie's young cousin, a boxer, is found dead of an apparent drug overdose, Vinnie jeopardizes his cover by going to "legals" -- the coroner, the homicide cops -- to get them moving on what he knows was a murder.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ One on One

Thu, Oct 15, 1987

When the local cops put the heat on Sonny Steelgrave and bust up several of his secret deals, he smells a rat in the inner circle and Vinnie finds himself the number one suspect.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ The Prodigal Son

Thu, Oct 22, 1987

After his mother is mugged in Brooklyn, an enraged Vinnie sets out to find the punk who did it, but when he visits his mother in the hospital, it breaks his heart that she still won't forgive him for his life of "crime."

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ A Deal's a Deal

Thu, Oct 29, 1987

Sonny's cruel punishment of a lounge singer who wants out of his contract triggers a cascade of events that leads to Vinnie's being photographed with McPike -- a photo that is to be delivered to Sonny.

8Season 1

S1.E8 ∙ The Marriage of Heaven & Hell

Thu, Nov 5, 1987

Sonny's impending marriage to a syndicate boss' daughter begins a supposedly businesslike realignment of "families, " but Vinnie learns that the wedding is a pretext for a bloody gang war.

9Season 1

S1.E9 ∙ No One Gets Out of Here Alive

Thu, Nov 12, 1987

An outraged Sonny Steelgrave accuses Vinnie of betraying him to his arch-rival, then realizes the devastating truth -- that his paisan is an undercover Federal agent

10Season 1

S1.E10 ∙ Last Rites for Lucci

Thu, Nov 19, 1987

In the aftermath of the Steelgrave case, Vinnie tries to vindicate himself of his lingering feelings of betrayal and disloyalty by risking his life to save an old friend from the Brooklyn neighborhood who has a contract out on him.

11Season 1

S1.E11 ∙ Independent Operator

Mon, Jan 4, 1988

Vinnie's assignment to check out a contract killer leads him into a huge global contraband syndicate -- an operation that far exceeds the scope of the Steelgrave family -- overlorded by brother and sister Mel and Susan Profitt.

12Season 1

S1.E12 ∙ Fascination for the Flame

Mon, Jan 11, 1988

Vinnie, now a bodyguard for the Profitts, gets his first trial by fire when Mel Profitt, the brilliant but paranoid overlord of an international crime empire, disrupts the wedding of an associate, who retaliates by kidnapping Susan.

13Season 1

S1.E13 ∙ Smokey Mountain Requiem

Mon, Jan 18, 1988

Vinnie tells Mel Profitt he is leaving to go home to New Jersey, but Mel offers him the biggest cocaine distribution network in the country -- a plum that Vinnie feels is too juicy for any undercover cop to turn down.

14Season 1

S1.E14 ∙ Player to Be Named Now

Mon, Jan 25, 1988

Mel Profitt uses a former girlfriend as a sexual pawn in a power game with a rival.

15Season 1

S1.E15 ∙ The Merchant of Death

Mon, Feb 1, 1988

Vinnie retrieves secret records that enable Mel Profitt to blackmail a French official into buying munitions.

16Season 1

S1.E16 ∙ Not for Nothing

Mon, Feb 8, 1988

Small-time hood Aldo Baglia notices a photo of Vinnie in a newspaper, and tracks him down and shoots him for revenge.

17Season 1

S1.E17 ∙ Squeeze

Mon, Feb 15, 1988

When Mel Profitt's armaments deals go sour, he sends Vinnie back East to set up a narcotics import distribution deal with the mob.

18Season 1

S1.E18 ∙ Blood Dance

Mon, Feb 22, 1988

After rejecting an offer to finance a coup d'etat in the Caribbean, Mel Profitt becomes obsessed with a supposed voodoo death curse, and Vinnie, horrified, can only watch as Mel's personality begins to disintegrate.

19Season 1

S1.E19 ∙ Phantom Pain

Mon, Mar 14, 1988

After Susan is arrested for Mel's murder, Vinnie refuses McPike's order to pull out of the Profitt case, because Susan, who has seemingly lost her grip on reality, has told him she is pregnant with his child.

20Season 1

S1.E20 ∙ Dirty Little Wars

Mon, Mar 21, 1988

With Mel and Susan Profitt undone, McPike begins dismantling their empire, but Vinnie demands to stay on the case to get to the bottom of Roger Lococco's ties to a rogue CIA operation to stage a Caribbean coup d'etat.

21Season 1

S1.E21 ∙ Date with an Angel

Mon, Mar 28, 1988

Roger Loccoco in effect signs his own death warrant by testifying to a Senate committee about a cabal within the U.S. intelligence community, but to back him up he needs Vinnie to testify as an O.C.B. operative -- testimony that would end Vinnie's career as an undercover agent.

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ Going Home

Wed, Oct 26, 1988

Vinnie's resignation from the Organized Crime Bureau leads him home and into a hotbed of racial hatred.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ School of Hard Knox

Wed, Nov 2, 1988

Vinnie returns to the O.C.B. on his own terms, determined to infiltrate the radical racist organization that has threatened his family and friends.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ Revenge of the Mud People

Wed, Nov 9, 1988

The local police leave their kid gloves behind when they haul Vinnie in, mistakenly believing he has murdered one of their own.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ Last of the True Believers

Wed, Nov 16, 1988

Knox Pooley's explosive appearance on an issue-oriented talk show ends in tragedy, and Vinnie and Richie join forces to link yet another brutal murder to the Pilgrims of Promise evangelist.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ Aria for Don Aiuppo

Wed, Dec 7, 1988

When Vinnie's mother falls in love with an organized crime boss, rekindling a romance that began in the old country, the O.C.B. asks Vinnie to intervene.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ 7th Avenue Freeze Out

Wed, Dec 14, 1988

Vinnie goes undercover for the O.C.B. as a garment-center security consultant to keep the new wave of organized crime leadership from destroying a father-and-son business.

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ Next of Kin

Wed, Dec 21, 1988

Another side of Eli is revealed when his son David is reported missing while on an overseas business trip.

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ All or Nothing

Wed, Jan 11, 1989

While David and Eli move to close their most important knock-off dress deal ever, Pinzolo uses the same deal -- and information from someone close to David - in an attempt to bury Eli and Elrose Fashions for good.

9Season 2

S2.E9 ∙ Where's the Money

Wed, Jan 18, 1989

With Elrose Fashions in its death throes, David and Eli's tenuous relationship shatters, and David seeks to avenge his grievous losses against Rick Pinzolo.

10Season 2

S2.E10 ∙ Postcard from Morocco

Wed, Jan 25, 1989

David Sternberg's final act is to leave a letter incriminating Rick Pinzolo in a murder he witnessed, and Raglin desperately seeks to make the charges stick, as the OCB garment-center investigation draws to a disquieting close.

11Season 2

S2.E11 ∙ Stairway to Heaven

Wed, Feb 1, 1989

When Frank learns his wife is going to die, Vinnie uses the money LoCocco left him to get a lifesaving transplant.

12Season 2

S2.E12 ∙ White Noise

Wed, Feb 15, 1989

Vinnie has no choice but to come out from behind his OCB badge to face the chilling accusations of mobster Sonny Steelgrave -- the friend he was forced to betray.

13Season 2

S2.E13 ∙ Dead Dog Lives

Wed, Mar 1, 1989

Vinnie and Frank hatch a plan to use a record company OCB acquired to gain entry into the corrupt music industry. Their target is a powerful player named Winston Newquay (Tim Curry).

14Season 2

S2.E14 ∙ And It Comes Out Here

Wed, Mar 8, 1989

Corrupt music mogul Winston Newquay tries to buy out Vinnie's Dead Dog Records, but he instead opts to merge with Isaac Twine's company, Shakala. Newquay tries to take away Vinnie's contracted star, Diana Price (Deborah Harry).

15Season 2

S2.E15 ∙ The Rip-Off Stick

Wed, Mar 22, 1989

Newquay(Tim Curry) seduces Diana Price (Deborah Harry), and she tells Vinnie she can't resist him because she's in love. Vinnie sends her to Jamaica for 6 months to get her away from Newquay.

16Season 2

S2.E16 ∙ High Dollar Bop

Wed, Apr 5, 1989

Vinnie and his record producer Johnny Medley try to steal Eddie Tempest, a hot property, from Winston Newquay. Newquay has Medley beaten severely. In a no-limit poker game, Newquay wins Shakala Records from Isaac Twine. Vinnie convinces Newquay to keep him on in the company.

17Season 2

S2.E17 ∙ Hip Hop on the Gravy Train

Wed, Apr 12, 1989

Newquay tries to fire Vinnie, but Terranova responds with a restraining order. Newquay makes him the company mailboy to spite him. Vinnie's associate Bobby Travis finds out he's a fed. With Travis' help, Vinnie and Frank get incriminating evidence of Newquay committing fraud, and Frank arrests the mogul.

18Season 2

S2.E18 ∙ The One That Got Away

Wed, May 3, 1989

Newquay packages Eddie Tempest's live performances; classified information on Vinnie winds up in Travis' hands.

19Season 2

S2.E19 ∙ Living and Dying in 4/4 Time

Wed, May 10, 1989

The case against Newquay is dismissed as entrapment. After making a bet with Newquay that he will live to dance on his grave, Isaac dies of a heart attack. Vinnie lets Travis have Dead Dog Records, telling him to keep a chair warm for him for the future. Newquay goes insane and is institutionalized.

20Season 2

S2.E20 ∙ Call It Casaba

Wed, May 17, 1989

After Vinnie puts the Shakala Records investigation to rest, he and McPike take a trip to the mountains with Lifeguard, whose real-life problems may force him to quit the OCB.

21Season 2

S2.E21 ∙ Le Lacrime D'Amore: Part 1

Wed, May 24, 1989

After a restraining order keeps Vinnie away from Amber, Vinnie uncovers a plan to sell Shakala as part of a large real estate venture.

22Season 2

S2.E22 ∙ Le Lacrime D'Amore: Part 2

Wed, May 24, 1989

Not wanting to hurt his mother, Vinnie tries to resist an OCB investigation of his new stepfather while his relationship with Amber Twine grows ever closer.

1Season 3

S3.E1 ∙ A Rightful Place

Wed, Sep 20, 1989

While Don Aiuppo battles to survive an attempted assassination, Vinnie takes his place at the commission table, determined to bring down the family member who ordered the hit.

2Season 3

S3.E2 ∙ Battle of the Barge

Wed, Sep 27, 1989

When Cerrico and Tommy Chin tangle over rights to the carting business in Chinatown, Vinnie has to balance his undercover role as a mobster with his responsibility to the OCB.

3Season 3

S3.E3 ∙ Sins of the Father

Wed, Oct 4, 1989

In his bid for the governor's seat, Peter Alatorre plans to reveal Vinnie as a mob boss.

4Season 3

S3.E4 ∙ Heir to the Throne

Wed, Oct 11, 1989

Cerrico moves to consolidate his power within the commission and asks Don Aiuppo for his blessing, but the unforgiving don, who blames Albert for the death of his son 20 years before, plans his playback -- even if it means endangering Vinnie's life.

5Season 3

S3.E5 ∙ Sleepwalk

Wed, Oct 25, 1989

On the advice of a therapist, Vinnie and Amber agree to confront their true feelings for each other on a retreat in Vermont.

6Season 3

S3.E6 ∙ How Will They Remember Me?

Wed, Nov 1, 1989

Some things that were with Pete are found and brought to Vince. And among them is a journal written by his father wherein he talks about a time when he got mixed up with some mobsters.

7Season 3

S3.E7 ∙ People Do It All the Time

Wed, Nov 8, 1989

Still disturbed by his daughter's marriage to an aspiring sculptor, as well as his impending grandfatherhood, Lifeguard intervenes when his son-in-law takes a construction job with a suspect company.

8Season 3

S3.E8 ∙ The Reunion

Wed, Nov 15, 1989

Vinnie attends his high school's 15th reunion, but he finds that rekindling old and valued friendships is sticky when his closest friends believe he's a gangster.

9Season 3

S3.E9 ∙ Day One

Wed, Nov 29, 1989

In order to avenge his disruption of the plot to takeover Isle Pavot, Vinnie is drawn into a plot to destabilize the Japanese economy led by Admiral Strichen and General Leland Masters.

10Season 3

S3.E10 ∙ Day Four

Wed, Dec 6, 1989

After the funeral of the assassinated economist Andrew Valenti, Vinnie accelerates his investigation into the covert plot behind the professor's murder.

11Season 3

S3.E11 ∙ Day Seven

Wed, Dec 13, 1989

The pieces of the diplomatic puzzle begin to come together for Vinnie as General Masters puts the final touches on his plot to make Vinnie the fall guy.

12Season 3

S3.E12 ∙ Day Nine

Wed, Dec 20, 1989

In a Senate executive session, a falsely accused Vinnie is systematically stripped of his honor, even as Gen. Masters' diabolical scheme is exposed.

13Season 3

S3.E13 ∙ Meet Mike McPike

Wed, Jan 10, 1990

When cantankerous Mike McPike is asked to leave his nursing home--the latest in a string of them-- he "retires" temporarily to the home of his son Frank, who is so close to his father that everyone, including Vinnie, thought the man was dead.

14Season 3

S3.E14 ∙ To Die in Bettendorf

Wed, Jan 17, 1990

Sid Royce, the man who worked for Sonny Steelgrave, who after being arrested was placed in the witness protection program. And McPike, feeling that he doesn't deserve it, was the one who chose where he was relocated to and his cover name. And he was sent to a place in the middle of nowhere and his name is Elvis Prim. When his wife who hates what has happened to them runs away. Royce then bolts and goes looking for McPike and does when he is trying to work things out with his wife. He puts a gun on McPike and demands he locate his wife.

15Season 3

S3.E15 ∙ Romp

Wed, Feb 7, 1990

Vinnie joins his old neighborhood friends for a bachelor party but ends up finding one of his pals in trouble with a loan shark.

16Season 3

S3.E16 ∙ A One Horse Town

Wed, Feb 14, 1990

Vinnie goes underground as a small-town deputy to root out the corruption in a company town run by one man -- the reclusive Old Man Volchek.

17Season 3

S3.E17 ∙ His Master's Voice

Wed, Mar 7, 1990

Vinnie enlists Frank's help when two of Stem's deputies are murdered.

18Season 3

S3.E18 ∙ Hello Buckwheat

Wed, Mar 14, 1990

Vinnie bolts after watching Stem kill himself by electrocuting himself, which was the same way Sonny Steelgrave killed himself. Frank doesn't know what he's going to do now in regards to Vochek. But suddenly Roger Laccocco shows up. It seems Vince called him to ask him to help Frank.

19Season 3

S3.E19 ∙ Let Them Eat Cake

Wed, Mar 21, 1990

McPike and Lococco wrap up their investigation of Volchek while Vinnie takes a job with an unscrupulous waste disposal company.

20Season 3

S3.E20 ∙ Meltdown

Wed, Mar 28, 1990

McPike and Lococco help Volchek come to grips with his family's legacy while Vinnie moves to stop the illegal dumping of hospital wastes.

21Season 3

S3.E21 ∙ Sanctuary

Wed, Apr 11, 1990

Vinnie's crusade against illegal waste dumping uncovers a web of political ties to organized crime figures.

22Season 3

S3.E22 ∙ Brrump-Bump!

Wed, Apr 18, 1990

As McPike is near death in a coma, Kousakis plans to kill Boden and Weiss from his hideaway in Father Patrick's church.

1Season 4

S4.E1 ∙ Fruit of the Poisonous Tree: Part 1

Sat, Nov 10, 1990

When Vinnie Terranova disappears, McPike fears he has been kidnapped by a right wing Salvadoran death squad, and his investigation locks him into a reluctant alliance with Michael Santana, a disbarred Cuban-American Federal prosecutor contracted by Terranova shortly before he disappeared. Part 1 of 2.

2Season 4

S4.E2 ∙ Fruit of the Poisonous Tree: Part 2

Sat, Nov 10, 1990

3Season 4

S4.E3 ∙ Black Gold

Sat, Nov 17, 1990

The arrival of a shipload of Haitian "boat people" in Miami inadvertently interferes in Santana and McPike's plans to catch Guzman in an illegal act, and opens up a new case.

4Season 4

S4.E4 ∙ The Gift

Sat, Nov 24, 1990

Santana impresses Guzman with his trustworthiness and finds himself getting deeper into Guzman's operations, a move that endangers his father and Dahlia.

5Season 4

S4.E5 ∙ La Mina

Sat, Dec 1, 1990

Santana learns the details of Guzman's money laundering operation and comes face to face with the drug lord who cost him his job as a Federal prosecutor.

6Season 4

S4.E6 ∙ Witness Protection for the Archangel Lucifer

Sat, Dec 8, 1990

Arnado Guzman, hiding out in El Salvador, contacts his trusted "son," Michael Santana, to bring him funds, and Santana concocts a plan to bring him back to justice.

7Season 4

S4.E7 ∙ Point of No Return

1990

When his brother-in-law disappears, Santana is drawn into a web of police corruption.

8Season 4

S4.E8 ∙ Dead Right

1990

Hillary asks Frank and Santana for help in a lawsuit involving defective aircraft parts.

9Season 4

S4.E9 ∙ Changing Houses

1990

Santana goes after a group of high school drug dealers who shot his niece after she witnessed the murder of her high school principal.