You posin' for pictures? Or you gonna pull the trigger?
The hard-boiled saga of hair-trigger cop Lieutenant Mike Torello and his obsessive pursuit of ruthless gangster Ray Luca.
Crime Story (Season 2)
The Senator, the Movie Star, and the Mob 1.0
Air date: 1987-09-22
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: An overzealous senator outrages crime bosses by subpoenaing them to appear before an organized crime commission. An actress with a shady past falls for Torello.
Blast from the Past 1.0
Air date: 1987-09-29
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: Torello confronts his feelings for Julie when she asks him to rescue her kidnapped husband, who is a doctor forced to tend to one of his injured kidnappers.
Always a Blonde 3.0
Air date: 1987-10-20
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: The Senterros, a family of Mexican cattle ranchers, controls the marijuana trade, so Torello's unit sets up a sting operation, but detective Joey Indelli leaves to try to save a callgirl from her sadistic pimp.
Atomic Fallout 3.0
Air date: 1987-10-27
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: Torello follows a crazed killer into Mexico, unaware his quarry will lead him to an arms-for-drugs operation run by an alive-and-well Luca.
Shockwaves 10.0
Air date: 1987-11-03
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: Luca returns to Vegas with immunity to work for the US Government, causing revenge-minded Abrams to resign in frustration and Torello unable to get near Luca.
Robbery, Armed 6.0
Air date: 1987-11-10
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: A Chicago thug, preparing for the heist of a Las Vegas casino, shoots Krychek on the eve of Torello's birthday.
Little Girl Lost 7.0
Air date: 1987-11-24
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: An investigator searching for a man's girlfriend, who happens to be Weisbord's granddaughter, is murdered before he gives information to Torello. Luca offers a drug-addicted Abrams a position on his staff.
Love Hurts 4.0
Air date: 1987-12-08
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: Luca falls for an actress in a movie he is financing and discovers she is more than even he can handle.
MIG-21 5.0
Air date: 1987-12-15
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: A defecting Soviet pilot becomes custody of the Strike Force, which learns of plans to use him in a spy swap.
Moulin Rouge 10.0
Air date: 1988-01-05
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: The Justice Department tries to deal with troubles at a new nightclub - including bombings, extortion, and racial threats - owned by a beautiful black woman.
Seize the Time 2.0
Air date: 1988-01-12
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: Torello cannot identify the source of a money-laundering operation. Clemmons reveals his suspicions about Iris's new casino partner.
Femme Fatale 4.0
Air date: 1988-01-19
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: A Chinese agent dupes Torello into looking for her father while she smuggles plutonium out of the country.
Protected Witness 6.0
Air date: 1988-02-02
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: In return for the man's testimony, Torello offers government protection to a Chicago mobster with a contract on his life.
Last Rites 8.0
Air date: 1988-02-09
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: After Manny is stricken by a heart attack, Luca demands that he be the first heart-transplant recipient. Max convinces Steve to put a hit on Luca.
Pauli Taglia's Dream 10.0
Air date: 1988-03-08
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: In a dream Paulie recounts his and Luca's survival of the atomic bomb. After nearly perishing in the blast, Luca and Paulie are taken into federal custody. Delirious from his gun shot wounds and the blast Luca becomes totally on Paulie for their escape. Receiving aid from a federal agent in Manny's employ Paulie rises above his usual persona as he attempts to extricate himself and Luca from their current situation.
Roadrunner 6.0
Air date: 1988-03-15
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: While escorting a prisoner and his girlfriend, Torello is trapped in the desert and stalked by corrupt lawmen who want the prisoner.
Desert Justice 8.0
Air date: 1988-03-22
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: The Justice Department must deal with crooked cops and feuding brothel owners when Pauli's prostitute-girlfriend is murdered.
Byline 8.0
Air date: 1988-03-29
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: Torello's writer-friend plans to take down Luca by exposing him in an article.
The Hearings 6.0
Air date: 1988-04-05
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: Luca is finally brought to court on racketerring charges but the trial is postponed when a military emergency happens in Vietnam.
Pursuit (1) 1.0
Air date: 1988-04-26
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: Torello and his men chase Luca to Mexico where they will get no help from the US Government.
Escape (2) 3.0
Air date: 1988-05-03
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: Torello and his men save Danny from certain death while Luca is told by a top military commander that he is nothing in Mexico.
Going Home (3) 4.0
Air date: 1988-05-10
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: Torello and his men catch up to Luca in Mexico and force him to escape but they all get trapped inside a pilotless airborne plane.
Seasons
Episodes 21
Episodes 22
Episodes 1