N.Y.P.D. Season 1, Episode 8: To Catch a Hero

1

Shakedown

Blackmailers target homosexuals after an apparent suicide.

30 min

2

Fingerman

Ward receives a phone call from a distraught informer who believes he's being followed by associates of someone he helped put in jail.

30 min

3

The Screaming Woman

Corso is suspended after being accused of rape by a woman who initially called the police regarding rowdy drunks disturbing the peace.

30 min

4

Fast Gun

A veteran who likes to draw his weapon on cops has robbed a bank. Instead of fleeing with his loot, he ambushes Corso and another officer, and then decides to attract police to a local bar so that he can kill as many of them as possible.

30 min

5

Walking Target

A sniper targets a foreign police official

30 min

6

Money Man

Detectives Ward and Corso go underground in the building trade after several workers are injured in accidents. They discover a loan shark played by Charles Grodin who works for his uncle, Vincent Gardenia.

30 min

7

Old Gangsters Never Die

Elderly Salva Dimitchik claims he is no longer a mobster but Detective Haines is skeptical. A rash of truck hijackings are his old gang's specialty.

30 min

8

To Catch a Hero

A Vietnam veteran plays cat and mouse with the police by using his military training. Detectives Corso, Haines, and Ward are determined to bring the killer to justice.

30 min

9

Murder for Infinity

Doyle, a newscaster, risks his life and puts himself at odds with the police when he tries to interview an escaped killer Stryker. Haines and Corso must get to the murderer first.

30 min

10

The Pink Gumdrop

Detectives Ward and Corso stakeout a bar known as a front for car theft. A sexy, woman Corso is helping to go straight leads them to the ringleader.

30 min

11

The Witness

Haines and Corso pull out all the stops to clear Ward, who is suspected of mob affiliation.

30 min

12

The Boy Witness

A 13 year old witnesses a woman's murder.

30 min

13

Joshua Fit the Battle of Fulton Street

A vigilante society is formed by neighborhood residents.

30 min

14

The Bomber

Detective Ward lays unconscious from an explosion at an embassy. His co-workers focus on a likely female prospect leaving the true culprit planning his next attack.

30 min

15

Wire Finish

Haines and Ward investigate why a jockey is getting bizarre late night phone calls. In an unusual twist they begin to suspect that it might be tied to the recent killings of two priests.

30 min

16

Cruise to Oblivion

Haines receives a tip about drugs being smuggled in to New York via a passenger ship, but a search of the suspect's luggage proves fruitless. However, diligent surveillance work by Corso and Ward confirms a potential drug deal.

30 min

17

The Patriots

The wife of an exiled Latin American leader is murdered.

30 min

18

Red Headed Pigeon

The squad recruits a police woman to act as a decoy to help them capture a serial rapist. Even though she fits the criminal's "type," the officer seems to be striking out in her efforts.

30 min

19

Which Side Are You On?

Detective Ward returns to his old neighborhood to conduct his own investigation into the murder of Mr. Gabriel, a high school teacher and mentor who was influential in guiding Ward away from a potential life of crime.

30 min

20

Cry Brute

Tue, Feb 6, 1968 Detective Corso is charged with police brutality.

30 min

21

Last Port of Call

A merchant seaman is accused of molesting a child.

30 min

22

Macho

A gang of teenagers target a grocer who finked on them to police.

30 min

23

Stones

Detective Corso infiltrates a muggers ring

30 min

24

The Private Eye Puzzle

When a private detective claims to have been robbed of $200,000, the police become suspicious of too many inconsistencies.

30 min

25

Nothing Is Real But the Dead (1)

The body of a young man is found in a Greenwich Village flat.

30 min

26

Nothing Is Real But the Dead (2)

The Detectives continue investigating the case of a young man killed in a Greenwich Village flat.

30 min