The Commish Season 1, Episode 12: The Fourth Man

1

In the Best of Families

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

60 min

2

Do You See What I See?

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

60 min

3

The Poisoned Tree

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

60 min

4

Nothing to Fear But ...

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

60 min

5

A Matter of Life or Death (1)

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 the while being scrutinized by a committee searching for a new police commissioner for New York City.

60 min

6

A Matter of Life or Death (2)

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

60 min

7

Behind the Storm Door

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

60 min

8

The Hatchet

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.

60 min

9

Two Confessions

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 with a kindred soul, a phone-sex operator named Gloria.

60 min

10

Commissioner's Ball

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

60 min

11

No Greater Gift

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 homeless woman who's been sleeping in the manger of a Holy Family creche.

60 min

12

The Fourth Man

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 the assailant!

60 min

13

Charlie Don't Surf

Vietnamese gangs threaten Eastbridge and Tony steps in to help.

60 min

14

Skeletons

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 hiding places by Tony and a visiting friend, L.A. homicide detective Paulie Pentangeli.

60 min

15

The Wicked Flee

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.

60 min

16

True Believers

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.

60 min

17

Officer April

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

60 min

18

Sex, Lies, and Kerosene

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

60 min

19

Judgement Day

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

60 min

20

Shoot the Breeze

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

60 min

21

Video Vigilante

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

60 min

22

The Puck Stops Here

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

60 min