Crime Story

September. 19,1986      TV-PG
Rating:
8.3
Trailer Synopsis

The hard-boiled saga of hair-trigger cop Lieutenant Mike Torello and his obsessive pursuit of ruthless gangster Ray Luca.

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Episode 1 - The Senator, the Movie Star, and the Mob
September. 22,1987

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.

Episode 2 - Blast from the Past
September. 29,1987

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.

Episode 3 - Always a Blonde
October. 20,1987

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.

Episode 4 - Atomic Fallout
October. 27,1987

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.

Episode 5 - Shockwaves
November. 03,1987

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.

Episode 6 - Robbery, Armed
November. 10,1987

A Chicago thug, preparing for the heist of a Las Vegas casino, shoots Krychek on the eve of Torello's birthday.

Episode 7 - Little Girl Lost
November. 24,1987

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.

Episode 8 - Love Hurts
December. 08,1987

Luca falls for an actress in a movie he is financing and discovers she is more than even he can handle.

Episode 9 - MIG-21
December. 15,1987

A defecting Soviet pilot becomes custody of the Strike Force, which learns of plans to use him in a spy swap.

Episode 10 - Moulin Rouge
January. 05,1988

The Justice Department tries to deal with troubles at a new nightclub - including bombings, extortion, and racial threats - owned by a beautiful black woman.

Episode 11 - Seize the Time
January. 12,1988

Torello cannot identify the source of a money-laundering operation. Clemmons reveals his suspicions about Iris's new casino partner.

Episode 12 - Femme Fatale
January. 19,1988

A Chinese agent dupes Torello into looking for her father while she smuggles plutonium out of the country.

Episode 13 - Protected Witness
February. 02,1988

In return for the man's testimony, Torello offers government protection to a Chicago mobster with a contract on his life.

Episode 14 - Last Rites
February. 09,1988

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.

Episode 15 - Pauli Taglia's Dream
March. 08,1988

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.

Episode 16 - Roadrunner
March. 15,1988

While escorting a prisoner and his girlfriend, Torello is trapped in the desert and stalked by corrupt lawmen who want the prisoner.

Episode 17 - Desert Justice
March. 22,1988

The Justice Department must deal with crooked cops and feuding brothel owners when Pauli's prostitute-girlfriend is murdered.

Episode 18 - Byline
March. 29,1988

Torello's writer-friend plans to take down Luca by exposing him in an article.

Episode 19 - The Hearings
April. 05,1988

Luca is finally brought to court on racketerring charges but the trial is postponed when a military emergency happens in Vietnam.

Episode 20 - Pursuit (1)
April. 26,1988

Torello and his men chase Luca to Mexico where they will get no help from the US Government.

Episode 21 - Escape (2)
May. 03,1988

Torello and his men save Danny from certain death while Luca is told by a top military commander that he is nothing in Mexico.

Episode 22 - Going Home (3)
May. 10,1988

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.

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