The Commish
The Commish
TV ShowEnded

The Commish

7.1 / 10
1991
5 seasons
94 episodes
DramaComedy

Tony Scali is a former Brooklyn cop now the Police Commissioner of a small upstate city. But for Scali, this is no desk job. He's a tough yet compassionate boss, a loving husband and father, and a hands-on law enforcer with an unorthodox style of bending the rules. From parenthood to politics, from sex crimes to murder cases, one man takes it day-to-day with offbeat humor and street- smart skill.

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Seasons

  • Ep 1

    1.In the Best of Families

    28-09-199160m

    Tony is threatened with criminal negligence after the son of a prominent lawyer hangs himself in his cell.

  • Ep 2

    2.Do You See What I See?

    05-10-199160m

    The commissioner sets out to trap a serial rapist in a Santa Claus mask who's been terrorizing the city.

  • Ep 3

    3.The Poisoned Tree

    12-10-199160m

    Rachel refuses to believe Tony when he tells her that her school teacher colleague, Jim Hollister, is a child molester.

  • Ep 4

    4.Nothing to Fear But ...

    26-10-199160m

    After receiving a pair of baffling death threats, Tony initiates around-the-clock surveillance of his unsuspecting family.

  • Ep 5

    5.A Matter of Life or Death (1)

    02-11-199160m

    Tony initiates a sweep to find a pair of missing cops; devises an ingenious way of keeping an habitually drunk driver off the road; and deftly handles an "extraterrestrial," all th...

  • Ep 6

    6.A Matter of Life or Death (2)

    02-11-199160m

    Two missing cops have been found under water, there a jail hunger strike going on and tony's up for the nypd commissioner job.

  • Ep 7

    7.Behind the Storm Door

    09-11-199160m

    Tony is pursued by a woman he suspects is filing false complaints.

  • Ep 8

    8.The Hatchet

    16-11-199160m

    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.

  • Ep 9

    9.Two Confessions

    30-11-199160m

    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 wit...

  • Ep 10

    10.Commissioner's Ball

    07-12-199160m

    A serial killer has been mutilating the bodies of Eastbridge tradsients and homeless people - and Tony begins to suspect the perpetrator's identity.

  • Ep 11

    11.No Greater Gift

    21-12-199160m

    During the holiday season, Tony investigates the murder of an elderly woman allegedly killed in her home during a Christmas burglary; matches wits with a mugger, and defends a home...

  • Ep 12

    12.The Fourth Man

    04-01-199260m

    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 th...

  • Ep 13

    13.Charlie Don't Surf

    18-01-199260m

    Vietnamese gangs threaten Eastbridge and Tony steps in to help.

  • Ep 14

    14.Skeletons

    08-02-199260m

    A mugging triggers a woman's repressed mernosy of her brother's murder, which she witnessed as a child. The suspect, free for the past 35 years, is tracked to the unlikeliest of hi...

  • Ep 15

    15.The Wicked Flee

    22-02-199260m

    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.

  • Ep 16

    16.True Believers

    29-02-199260m

    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.

  • Ep 17

    17.Officer April

    07-03-199260m

    After he shoots a woman in a drunken domestic squabble, Officer Kelly becomes the victim of a terrorization campaign.

  • Ep 18

    18.Sex, Lies, and Kerosene

    21-03-199260m

    Tony and Paulie investigate a puzzling arson case in which the husband of a beautiful woman appears to have been murdered.

  • Ep 19

    19.Judgement Day

    04-04-199260m

    Tony winds up in one of his own jail cells when he runs afoul of an imperious judge who's hiding a fearsome secret.

  • Ep 20

    20.Shoot the Breeze

    02-05-199260m

    Tony attempts to protect an informant from a mysterious hit man, while Stan Kelly enjoys a romantic encounter with a beautiful new Eastbridge arrival.

  • Ep 21

    21.Video Vigilante

    09-05-199260m

    Tony is embarrassed, then enraged, as a publicity-seeking "video vigilante" metes out even more bizarre and harsh punishment to offenders.

  • Ep 22

    22.The Puck Stops Here

    16-05-199260m

    Mike Cermak - star high-school hockey player, recovering addict, and good friend of the Scali family - becomes a prime drug-ring suspect.

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