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Wiseguy on CBS

1987, TV Show

Episode Detail: Birthday Surprise - Wiseguy

Vinnie nearly blows his cover when he goes to the cops for help in investigating the death of his cousin, a boxer who was found dead after a match at Sonny's casino. George Zaratzo: Aharon Ipale. Kiki Vanno: Nestor Serrano. Leon: Sal Lopez.

Episodes: Birthday Surprise - Wiseguy - 84 total Episodes

People Do It All the Time
Pilot Episode
Dead Dog Lives
A Deal's a Deal
La Crime de L'Amour
La Mina
Witness Protection for the Archangel Lucifer
Changing Houses
Last of the True Believers
Sins of the Father
Day Nine
Where's the Money?
Player to Be Named Now
Stairway to Heaven
Pilot Episode
Revenge of the Mud People
Day Seven
Fruit of Poisonous Tree
Pilot Episode
Dead Right
Pilot Episode
Phantom Pain
A Rightful Place
Day One
How Will They Remember Me
The Squeeze
Loose Cannon
Postcard from Morocco
Rip-off Stick
7th Avenue Freeze-Out
Table Stakes
The Gift
Point of No Return
Aria for Don Aiuppo
Wiseguy
Let Them Eat Cake
Smokey Mountain Requiem
Fascination for the Flame
Sleepwalk
Marriage of Heaven and Hell
One on One
Stairway to Heaven; White Noise
Independent Operator
Sanctuary
Meltdown
The One That Got Away
Prodigal Son
His Master's Voice
Not for Nothing
Blood Dance
High Dollar Bop
All or Nothing
Hip Hop on the Gravy Train
Dirty Little Wars
Reunion
Day Four
Merchant of Death
White Noise
Living and Dying in 4/4 Time
Hello, Buckwheat
School of Hard Knox
To Die in Bettendorf
Brrump-Bump
Pilot Episode
Marriage of Heaven and Hell
Black Gold
Pilot Episode
The Last Rites for Lucci
Fruit of Poisonous Tree
Going Home
New Blood
Wiseguy
Next of Kin
A One-Horse Town
La Crime de L'Amour
Heir to the Throne
Meet Mike McPike
Battle of the Barge
Romp
Date with an Angel
Birthday Surprise
La Crime de L'Amour
Call It Casaba
Fruit of Poisonous Tree

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Premiered: September 16, 1987, on CBS

Rating: TV-14

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Premise: A compelling Stephen J. Cannell drama about undercover FBI agent Vinnie Terranova, who tries to infiltrate organized crime after having served time to establish his credibility with the underworld. The show pioneered the use of multi-episode arcs, and was less a standard cop drama than a string of first-rate miniseries about the seductiveness of evil, thanks to some memorable villains (including Kevin Spacey and Joan Severance as the gleefully sinister Mel Profitt and his sexy sister Susan).

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