THE COMMISH Alphabetical Episode Listing (Ratings are of the Nick Lea Quotient -- one to five stars. "0" means he wasn't in it at all. This listing is not complete; if you would like to add or correct information, or help rate the episodes, please e-mail me at randym7@bestweb.net) =============== "Accused". An attractive computer technician (Tracy Scoggins) accuses Tony of sexual harassment. [0] "Adventures in the Skin Trade". Tony infiltrates a New York ring making porno films with teen-agers. {Part 1 of 2}. [ 0 ] "Adventures in the Skin Trade". A porn producer helps Tony escape kidnappers, then they pursue a sleazy film entrepreneur. {Part 2 of 2}. [ * ] "Against the Wind". Frustrated Tony's slow recovery from a shooting impedes his ability to investigate an officer's murder. {Part 1 of 2,CC,Stereo}. [0] "Against the Wind". A surprise suspect emerges in the murder of one of Tony's men; Tony's assistant gets a better job offer. {Part 2 of 2}. [0] "All That Glitters". Revelations about his fiancee disturb Kelly; Rachel makes Tony diet and exercise. [0] "The Anti-Commish". Drug dealers die after a mysterious caller offers to help Tony; Rachel is offered a good job in Buffalo. [ * * ] "Bank Job". Rachel is taken hostage during a bank robbery. [0] "Behind the Storm Door". A terrorized woman (Kimberly Beck) sees Tony as her rescuer; to get a date, Stan fixes traffic tickets. [ * ] "Benny". Rachel's cousin is involved with a drug trafficker; Tony thinks no one cares about his 40th birthday. [0] "Blue Flu". Crime runs rampant in Eastbridge after Tony's men call in sick during a wage dispute. "Born in the USA". A friend and his wife are exposed as illegal aliens after Tony persuades him to testify against a mobster. [0] "Brooklyn". Tony and Paulie return to their Brooklyn neighborhood to investigate the 12-year-old murder of a policeman friend. [0] "Burned-Out Case".Tony frees a drug dealer responsible for a girl's death; Kelly and Rose go under cover at a burger joint. [ * * ] "Charlie Don't Surf". Extortionists target a restaurateur; Stan poses as a pizza deliveryman to catch muggers. [ * * * ] {Features Darin Morgan as a pizza delivery man!} "A Christmas Story". An old friend (Ernest Borgnine) finds his life reinvigorated by a retirement-hotel resident (Barbara Barrie). [0] "The Commissioner's Ball". Tony thinks he knows who is killing homeless people; Tony must organize the commissioner's ball. [ * * ] "Cry Wolfe". Tony must rely on a con man (Dick O'Neill) for help in solving a major gold robbery. [0] "Dead Cadet's Society". The leader of militaristic preppies disappears; David's behavior gets worse after the baby arrives. [0] "Dead Drunk". A cop's harassment of the drunken driver who killed his wife ends in murder; Rachel suspects the housekeeper of stealing. [ * * * * * ] "Dog Days". Consequences await a young murder witness (Chris Burke) Tony persuaded to testify. "Do You See What I See?". A rapist in a Santa mask terrorizes Eastbridge; a cop's remark prompts Tony to take the graveyard shift. [ * * * ] "Dying Affection". A would-be suitor is obsessed with Cyd; Tony learns a startling fact in the case of elderly female bank robbers. [0] "Eastbridge Boulevard". A former movie queen (Stella Stevens) is implicated in her lover's murder; a reality police-show crew visits. [ 0 ] "Escape". An escaped convict targets one of Tony's men, whose family harbors a secret; Rachel redecorates. [ * ] "Family Business". A retired mobster (Telly Savalas) and his son raise Eastbridge's crime rate. [0] "Father Eddie". A cleric (Gerald McRaney) who works with inner-city youth believes Tony's young murder suspect is innocent. "Father Image". Tony's Brooklyn mentor (Darren McGavin) arrives for a visit and becomes involved in Tony's investigation of a high-profile serial-murder case. {Part 1 of 2}. [0] "Father Image". Terry (Darren McGavin) arrests the Eastbridge serial killer; Tony fears the evidence against the man may not be legitimate. {Part 2 of 2}. [0] "The Fourth Man". Tony obsesses over finding the hijackers who struck down the chief of detectives. [ * * ] "The Frame". The crime rate rises after a notorious racketeer (Telly Savalas) relocates from New York. [ * * * ] "Ghost". Forced to suspend a cop for the unprovoked killing of an elusive thief, Tony sees the thief alive. [0] "The Golden Years". Tony's father (George Kennedy) is the prime suspect in the murder of a gangster (James Karen) Tony's mother (Carol Lawrence) was dating. [0] "Guns 'n' Sons". When his friend shoots a bully, it divides David's loyalties. [ * * ] "The Hatchet". Tony locks horns with a cop over his treatment of criminals, then clashes with a city efficiency expert. [0] "Head Case". Tony is drugged and held in a psychiatric clinic after uncovering a plot to frame an innocent man for a patient's death. [0] "The Heart Is a Lonely Sucker". Tony suspects a video-dating client is a homicidal thief; Stan tries to protect Carmela from a curse. [0] "Hero". A high-school football star rapes the Scalis' baby sitter; a date with an assertive woman makes Stan feel inferior. [ * * ] "Hidden". Tony helps a man find his wife and son, protected witnesses to a gang slaying, not realizing a mob boss is watching. [0] "The Iceman Cometh". A hitman (Brian Keith) targets Tony and Rachel. [ * Nick's not credited, but he's in the funeral scene. ] "The Ides of March". A man takes his ex-wife hostage; Tony imagines himself Julius Caesar, surrounded by conspirators. "In the Best of Families". Tony faces charges of negligence after a prominent man's son (Roark Critchlow) hangs himself in jail. [* * * * *] "In the Shadow of the Gallows". {Part 1 of 2}. [0] "In the Shadow of the Gallows". {Part 2 of 2}. [0] "The Johnny Club". Tony learns an accident victim was deeply in debt to a loan shark and was a bigamist; David is caught shoplifting. [0] "Judgment Day" A judge with a secret jails Tony; an officer takes a boy on his beat to give him perspective. [ * * * ] "Keeping Secrets". Tony orders an officer to join a group of gay-bashers after a homosexual cop is beaten. [0] "The Kid". Tony and Paulie befriend a homeless teen who steals a gun from Paulie that is later used in a murder. [0] "The Lady Vanishes". Rachel's ex-student hints that he witnessed his stepmother commit murder. [0] "Letter of the Law". The Scalis befriend a woman hiding her young daughter whose father she claims is abusive. "Letting Go". The Scalis await results of Rachel's breast-cancer tests; Tony and Paulie rig an elaborate sting to trap a phony investment counselor. [0] "A Little Heart". A heart intended for transplant in a young girl is stolen; undercover Cyd tails a larcenous Santa. [0] "Mansion". Tony suspects a socialite was murdered by her husband or her children. "A Matter of Life and Death". {Part 1 of 2}. "A Matter of Life and Death". A candidate for New York police commissioner, Tony sets up a sweep for missing cops, confronts a DWI problem and deals with an extraterrestrial. {Part 2 of 2}. "Nancy With the Laughing Face". A top aide gets too close to an embezzlement/kidnapping case involving an ex-girlfriend. [ 0 ] "No Greater Gift". Tony investigates an elderly woman's murder, tracks a mugger and defends a homeless woman who sleeps in a creche. [ * * * Nick sings a Christmas carol at the beginning, and looks adorable at the cops' Xmas party at the end!] "Nothing to Fear But ...". Death threats prompt Tony to protect his unaware family with police surveillance. [ * * ] "Off Broadway". A hardened New York police officer (Lisa Vidal) aids Tony's murder investigation of his friend's daughter. {Part 1 of 2}. [0] "Off Broadway". Tony and Connie Muldoon close in on the serial killer; Connie's daughter might be the next victim. {Part 2 of 2}. [0] "Officer April". A domestic-call shooting starts a terror campaign against Kelly; a businesswoman seeks officers for a beefcake calendar. [* * * * *] "Out of Business". Colette (Telly Savalas) vows to kill Tony after his son dies in a shootout. [0] "The Poisoned Tree". Tony tries to convince Rachel her colleague is a child molester. [ * * ] "The Puck Stops Here". Tony's friend, a high-school hockey star and recovering addict, becomes a drug suspect; the Scalis agonize over abortion. [ * * ] "Redemption". Clues seem to implicate a police commissioner's father-in-law in a string of warehouse fires. {Part 1 of 2}. [0] "Redemption". {Part 2 of 2}. [0] "Revenge". A corrupt ex-officer (Kevin Dobson) that Tony imprisoned seeks revenge upon his release. [0] "Rising Sun". Tony's city-council pal (Ernest Borgnine) won't vote for a Japanese businessman's purchase of prime Eastbridge real estate. [0] "The Rolodex Madame". A socialite running a call-girl service is murdered; Tony is listed as a client. "Romeo and Juliet". David defies Tony's order to stop seeing a criminal's daughter. [ * * ] "Scali, P.I.". Tony quits to join Rachel in Buffalo, then clashes with his replacement (Mike Connors). [ * * ] "Security". A security guard at a beleaguered apartment building employs strong-arm tactics; Rachel's salesman dad visits. "Sgt. Kelly". Stan seeks a promotion and is attracted to a drug trafficker's abused wife. [0] "The Set-Up". Tony's probe of a criminal network results in Rachel being framed for murder. [ * * ] "Sex, Lies, & Kerosene" An arson case contains an apparent murder. [ * * ] "The Sharp Pinch". Tony and charges search for the kidnapper of a gravely ill infant. [0] "Shoot the Breeze". Tony tries to protect an informant; Kelly has a tryst with a new arrival. "Sight Unseen". A rapist preys on blind young women; Rachel makes a surprise investment in art. [ * * * ] "Skeletons". A mugging jogs a woman's memory of her brother's 35-year-old murder; Tony and a visiting detective track the suspect. [0] "Sleep of the Just". Sleep-deprived new father Tony puzzles over a serial rapist with diplomatic immunity. [0] "Stoned". Victim of carjackers, Tony clashes with Cyd over pursuit; Tony's surgeon may be a notorious criminal. [0] "Suffer the Children". Tony and Madison link a young runaway's apparent suicide to the head (Ted Shackelford) of a juvenile center. {Part 1 of 2.} "Suffer the Children". "Suffer the Children". A runaway's remains are found in the cabin of a juvenile center's leader (Ted Shackelford). {Part 2 of 2.} [0] "A Time to Be Born". A friend's (Barton Hayman) crisis keeps Tony away from Rachel, who is in labor. [ * * * ] "The Trial". A deranged man holds a mock trial; Tony dreams a film noir mystery. [0] "True Believers" -- Several officers are implicated in a murder involving white supremacists. [ * * * ] "Two Confessions". Twins confess to a murder, then accuse each other; a man falls for a phone-sex operator. [* * * *] "The Two Faces of Ed". Tony's old friend, experiencing marital trouble, may be causing deadly incidents; with Pat Sajak. [ * * * ] "Who Do You Trust?". Tony suspects an officer posing as a corrupt cop to expose a crime ring may be the genuine article. (This guested the kid from "The Walk" and the adult Sam clone.) [0] "The Wicked Flee" -- A boy emotionally withdraws after seeing his mother murdered; Tony's son has trouble protesting his father's coaching methods. [ * * ] "The Witches of Eastbridge". A heart is cut from a corpse at a funeral home; town believes a recluse (Ray Walston) taints Halloween treats. [* * *] "The Witness". Rachel witnesses a robbery/murder while grocery shopping and becomes the target of the killer's threats. [* * ] "Working Girls". Tony arrests an old friend's daughter during a prostitution sting. [0] "V.V.". A publicity seeker with a video camera makes Tony's life difficult; a professor is accused of beating a student. [ * * * ] {Also features Rebecca Toolan (Mrs. Mulder) and Dean Haglund (Langly).}