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Season 1

  • S01E01 At the End of the Long Arm is the Glad Hand

    • September 16, 1987
    • CBS

    When Ike's (Paul Sorvino) close friend is killed, he begins to question his own career goals. This event compels deputy police chief Ike Porter to exchange his desk job for a patrolman’s beat.

  • S01E02 A Game Effort

    • September 23, 1987
    • CBS

    Ike and Tony's Investigation of a series of muggings is juggled with their assignment to escort visiting Korean dignitaries who are preparing for the 1988 Summer Olympics.

  • S01E03 Heartbreakers

    • September 30, 1987
    • CBS

    Ike (Paul Sorvino) is visited by his niece Sandy, who witnesses a mugging involving a carpenter who is into murder.

  • S01E04 The Cereal Killer

    • October 7, 1987
    • CBS

    A psychic aids the search for a serial killer who preys on housewives. Ike and Tony are thrilled with their assignment to a serial killing case until they learn they are part of a public relations ploy.

  • S01E05 Blue Flu

    • October 14, 1987
    • CBS

    Ike gets caught in the middle of a potential strike between the police officers and management. As a former member of management, Ike finds his loyalties divided.

  • S01E06 Coming From Behind

    • October 21, 1987
    • CBS

    A murderer is set free due to Ike's inexperience. Tony and Ike must team with two women detectives to recapture a killer set free by Ike’s error of inexperience.

  • S01E07 Grand Theft Avocado

    • October 28, 1987
    • CBS

    Ike gets on the case of the stolen avocados. While investigating a routine case, Ike meets a man who claims to have seen one of the city’s wealthiest citizens commit a murder.

  • S01E08 Expert Witness

    • November 4, 1987
    • CBS

    Karen Korman, Ike's former secretary, receives threats warning her to leave her job on the executive floor.

  • S01E09 Ike and Son

    • November 18, 1987
    • CBS

    Tony and Ike’s undercover assignment as shady pawn-shop brokers turns into a major case when a customer is identified as a crime kingpin.

  • S01E10 An Internal Affairs Affair

    • November 25, 1987
    • CBS

    Ike and Tony start their own investigation to learn why Lt. Zaga has been placed under police surveillance.

  • S01E11 Come Fly With Me

    • December 16, 1987
    • CBS

    Ike takes on two assignments: pursuing a pair of drug smugglers, and helping mend his ex-wife's new romance.

  • S01E12 Best Men

    • December 23, 1987
    • CBS

    Tony and Ike trace a delinquent bridegroom's amnesia to a perfume company whose newest product has unexpected side effects.

  • S01E13 Yessir, That's My Baby

    • January 6, 1988
    • CBS

    A baby abandoned on Tony's doorstep launches him and Ike into a search for the mother, an old girlfriend of Tony's.

  • S01E14 Luck Be A Lady

    • CBS

    Ike and Tony face suspension after having a main suspect go footloose. They are sent back to the beat, but one day they buy a lottery ticket.