
Deep Undercover
Deep Undercover is a true crimes series from writer and producer Joe Pistone, the real "Donnie Brasco." Each episode tells the story of a different undercover operation from the POV of the undercover officers involved.
- 2016-2017
- 1 season
- Dionysus Entertainment
- Documentary, Suspense, Drama
Deep Undercover is a true crimes series from writer and producer Joe Pistone, the real "Donnie Brasco." Each episode tells the story of a different undercover operation from the POV of the undercover officers involved.
Season 1 Episode Guide
52 Episodes 2016 - 2017
Episode 1
Operation Black Biscuit: Infiltrating the Hells Angels
ATF agent Jay Dobyns infiltrates the notorious Hell's Angels motorcycle club in the midst of a deadly biker war over drug profits and territory. Dobyns must first pass a series of tests to determine if he's worthy of wearing Angels' colors.
Episode 2
Operation Cayman: Drug Smuggling on the High Seas
Wed, Oct 12, 2016
South Florida lawman, Jim Sweeting, partners with the DEA to infiltrate a network of drug dealers moving pot and coke via the Cayman Islands. Sweeting leap-frogs from dealer to dealer, busting them one at a time.
Episode 3
Operation Mr. Untouchable: Dethroning Harlem's Heroin King
Wed, Oct 19, 2016
Nicky Barnes is Harlem's Heroin King. After serving time in jail for drug dealing, Barnes has learned ways to make himself untouchable and his drug empire is such big business that even the President of the United States has taken notice.
Episode 4
Operation Greylord: Undercover in the Halls of Injustice
Wed, Oct 26, 2016
State prosecutor Terry Hake fulfills a lifelong dream by going undercover for the FBI in Chicago. Hake works tirelessly to expose rampant corruption in the Cook County court system.
Episode 5
Operation Exeter: Undercover Senior Year
Wed, Nov 2, 2016
Exeter, California is a rural town of 10,000 residents and a thriving high school drug trade. Police officer, Alex Salinas, poses as a high school senior who lands himself in detention to set up drug buys with fellow students.
Episode 6
Operation Payclip: Bribery in the Big Easy
Wed, Nov 9, 2016
The Port of New Orleans is the stage for an operation aimed at union extortion. FBI agents go undercover to infiltrate the lucrative ship cleaning business of cargo vessels enabled by illegal payments and false paperwork.
Episode 7
Operation Casablanca: Tracing the Cali Cartel's Cash
Wed, Nov 16, 2016
U.S. Customs spearheads a sting aimed at Mexican bankers laundering money for the Cali and Juarez cartels. Customs sends agent William Gately undercover to infiltrate the financier's ranks, posing as money launderers.
Episode 8
Operation Iceman: Taking Down the Mafia's Hitman
Wed, Nov 23, 2016
During a volatile period of organized crime, ATF agent Dominick Polifrone assumes the role of a "wise-guy" to gain the confidence of and incriminate the mafia's most prolific hit man, Richard "the Iceman" Kuklinski.
Episode 9
Operation Pisces: Money Laundering for the Medellin Cartel
Wed, Nov 30, 2016
DEA Agent JD Miller is laundering money for the Medellin cartel. He needs help with the sheer volume of cash pickups so he brings in veteran undercover operative Louis Diaz to manage the West Coast operations.
Episode 10
Operation Black Coral: Intercepting Caribbean Coke
Wed, Dec 7, 2016
Sarasota detective, Jim Sweeting, infiltrates the vicious Cuban cocaine pipeline controlled by the Medellin cartel. The agent re-invents himself and takes on an alias of a drug trafficker to collect evidence.
Episode 11
Operation Dead Ringer: Busting Escobar's Cartel
Wed, Dec 14, 2016
Bill Gately and the U.S. Customs Service discover the owner of a coin laundry is laundering large sums of cash through a bank that originates from Columbia. Gately leans that one of the sources of the cash is none other than Pablo Escobar.
Episode 12
Operation Wake Up Cafe: Betting in Jersey
Wed, Dec 21, 2016
Passaic County, New Jersey officer Julia Torres goes undercover to bust an illegal betting club entrenched in the Little Italy neighborhood.
Episode 13
Operation Royal Charm: Smuggler's Blues
Wed, Dec 28, 2016
FBI agent Lou Calverese goes undercover to infiltrate the lucrative world of international smuggling. What begins as a case of black market cigarettes soon involves military weapons, $100 dollar counterfeit bills and drugs.
Episode 14
Operation Nautilus: Pakistani Hash on the High Seas
Mon, Jan 4, 2016
US Customs agent Paul DeCotiis is part of an international undercover plan to intercept 70 tons of Pakistani hashish in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Customs uses a seizes a boat to meet the traffickers near Midway Island.
Episode 15
Operation Shattered Shield: Nabbing Dirty Cops
Wed, Jan 11, 2017
FBI agent Juan Jackson goes undercover to build a case against corrupt New Orleans police officers, in the most corrupt city in America. Jackson learns that cops are ripping off street dealers and profiting from the sale of narcotics.
Episode 16
Operation Chokehold: Busting Boston's Mob
Wed, Jan 18, 2017
FBI agent Vince DelaMontaigne infiltrates the powerful La Cosa Nostra mob in an attempt to break their stranglehold on organized crime in Boston.
Episode 17
Operation Stolen Bonds
Wed, Jan 25, 2017
Ernie Lijoi is an agent for the Quincy, MA police department, working in tandem with FBI and DEA. An informant tips him off that a crew of bank robbers are looking to sell $800,000 in stolen bonds.
Episode 18
Operation Shootout: Undercover Attack
Wed, Feb 1, 2017
Nate Hutchinson is part of an undercover team in Ogden, UT while working for the Weber County Sheriff's Department. After years of undercover operations involving small time drug dealing, the team pays a call to an illegal pot grower.
Episode 19
Operation Straight Arrow: Double Agent Dirty Cop
Wed, Feb 8, 2017
Stanford, Maine detective John Arnold goes undercover to befriend a drug dealer flying in drugs right under their noses.
Episode 20
Operation 4-U Lounge: Crossroads of Illegal Activity
Wed, Feb 15, 2017
Ken Storch of the Aurora, CO PD infiltrates a local watering hole to tap into the illegal activity operating in plain sight. He takes on a rich kid druggie persona to get inside a local kingpins operation to take him down.
Episode 21
Operation Luau: Trapping a Dirty Cop
Wed, Feb 22, 2017
Joanne Takasato has no experience in uniform or on the streets of Honolulu. Nevertheless, she works the streets as a small time druggie, making buys before she's assigned the task of taking down a dirty cop.
Episode 22
Operation Cockfight: Underworld Gambling
Wed, Mar 1, 2017
Stan Sales of the Honolulu PD enters the world of cockfighting, a popular entertainment on the island. Sales and his partners go undercover to videotape and document a local promoter who controls the cockfights.
Episode 23
Operation Bank Robbery: Breaking the Bank
Wed, Mar 8, 2017
Ken Dye goes undercover for the St. Louis County Sheriff's Department to purchase illegal weapons and hears about a planned bank heist. He is hired to help the would be bank robbers stick up a local bank.
Episode 24
Operation Canned Tomatoes: Italian Mafia
Wed, Mar 15, 2017
FBI agent Ron Moretti enters the dangerous world of the Italian mafia, while investigating the supply of heroin into the US. Moretti devises a plan to have the mafia ship their white powder inside canned tomatoes.
Episode 25
Operation Searchlight: White Supremacist Heist
Wed, Mar 22, 2017
Mike McCommas acts as point man to the FBI's case against the Arizona Patriots, a white supremacist group. McCommas discovers that the gang is plotting an armored car heist.
Episode 26
Operation Scam Artist: Arson for Hire
Wed, Mar 29, 2017
Free-lance undercover detective Bob Cerrone is hired by a Denver insurance company to investigate a series of insurance claims.
Episode 27
Operation Con Cinco: Rocky Mountain High
Sat, Apr 8, 2017 21 mins
Denver cop Joe Padilla infiltrates a thriving drug crew in the center of the Rocky Mountains. Padilla is nearly shot during one exchange but continues to do deals as he goes up the drug dealing food chain.
Episode 28
Operation Missouri 500: Dogfight Duo
Mon, Apr 10, 2017
Jeff Heath of the Missouri Highway Patrol takes on the alias of a dog fighting breeder to infiltrate the horrific and violent world of illegal dog fighting.
Episode 29
Operation Thin Crust: Destroying the Vegas Mob
Mon, Apr 17, 2017
FBI agent Charlie Maurer partners with a mob hit man to penetrate the Vegas mafia. Maurer uses the hit man as a Trojan horse and they form a tenuous alliance to gather evidence against the hit man's former partners in crime.
Episode 30
Operation Orozco: Cartel Laundry
Mon, Apr 24, 2017 21 mins
FBI agent Ed Guillen goes undercover as a banker to cozy up with a Columbian cartel member and help launder his dirty cash. Guillen launders millions while taping incriminating conversations that will eventually convict the drug king pin.
Episode 31
Operation Lockdown: Imprisoned Cop Killer
Thu, Jun 8, 2017
FBI agent Steve Salmieri takes on the alias of a mob hit man to go inside a prison to get evidence against a cop killer who is incarcerated on another charge.
Episode 32
Operation Komex: Selling Sarin
Thu, Jun 15, 2017 21 mins
US Customs agent Rick Kennan masquerades as a weapons dealer to get inside a Korean arms operation that's soliciting military secrets and weapons.
Episode 33
Operation Diablos: Two Wheel Traffickers
Thu, Jun 22, 2017
FBI agent Mark Pocoro is picked to infiltrate the Diablos motorcycle gang, who are deeply involved in various criminal activities from drugs to stolen cars.
Episode 34
Operation Vinnie the Plumber: Defusing a Bomber
Thu, Jun 29, 2017
When a bomb is detonated under a police car, ATF agent Vince Cefalu goes undercover to get the suspect. Cefalu becomes a disgruntled dirt bag and hires the bomber to build him some bombs.
Episode 35
Operation Citizens Band: CB Trojan Horse
Thu, Jul 6, 2017
Quincy, MA cop Ernie Lijoi goes undercover to take down an enterprising drug dealer who is renting out weapons to other criminals. To get inside this gang of dirt bags, Ernie becomes Mr. Fix It, with a flair for installing CB radios.
Episode 36
Operation Grey Sunset: Montana Freemen
Thu, Jul 13, 2017
FBI Special Agent Tim Healy infiltrates a dangerous anti-government group called the Montana Freemen who are running a scam to bilk the IRS out of millions to fund their planned Armageddon.
Episode 37
Operation Nevada Volunteers: Sin City Bomber
Thu, Jul 20, 2017
ATF agent Jay Dobyns infiltrates the dirt-bag ranks of the Nevada Volunteers, a pack of losers plotting to overthrow the government. During his infiltration of the group, Jay discovers one member intends to blow up the Vegas strip.
Episode 38
Operation Last Call: Hooker Takedown
Thu, Jul 27, 2017 21 mins
Memphis Police officer Anthony Godwin goes undercover in the seedy adult nightclub scene to break up organized crime involving drugs and prostitution.
Episode 39
Operation Gambling Rings
Thu, Aug 3, 2017 21 mins
FBI agent Vince Delamontagne infiltrates the New England La Cosa Nostro mob that controls gambling and drugs in New England. Passaic County, NJ deputy Julia Torres opens an illegal betting club to snare local wise guys.
Episode 40
Operation Dead Game: Dogfighting Takedown
Thu, Aug 10, 2017
Houston cops Cliff Manning and Scott Davis go undercover to infiltrate a group of black dog-fighters making money hand over fist. They open a dog pen club with hidden audio and video cameras to get evidence.
Episode 41
Operation Shamrock: Carolina Militia
Thu, Aug 17, 2017
FBI agent John Osa uses his skill as a financial crimes expert to befriend the leader of a Carolina militia. The mastermind of the anti-government group is using fraud and a Ponzi scheme to fund his operation.
Episode 42
Operation Tropical Storm: Japanese Meth Ring
Thu, Aug 24, 2017 21 mins
FBI agent Jim Stern uses his bi-racial heritage and command of Japanese to infiltrate the notorious Yakuza mob that's smuggling drugs into Hawaii. Jim's target is a tattoo covered hit man.
Episode 43
Operation Violent Outlaws
Thu, Aug 31, 2017 21 mins
FBI agent Marc Pocoro infiltrates the Diablos motorcycle gang involved in drugs and stolen cars. But along the way, he's made as a cop.
Episode 44
Operation Rooster: Aryan Brotherhood
Thu, Sep 7, 2017
DEA agents Jay Dobyns and Louis Quinonez are sent to infiltrate the Aryan Brotherhood gang, to take down a bomb making operation. But while the duo builds a case against the bomb maker, they stumble upon a murder.
Episode 45
Operation Shi Ron: Corrupt Cops
Thu, Sep 14, 2017
FBI agent Herman Groman takes on the dangerous assignment of infiltrating crooked cops in Cleveland, Ohio. Herman sets up an illegal gambling operation to snare the cops who offer him protection.
Episode 46
Operation Drug Cartels
Thu, Sep 21, 2017 21 mins
Saratoga, FL agent Jim Sweeting sails the Caribbean to infiltrate the Cayman cartel drug operation. US Customs supervisor Bill Gately uncovers a can of worms with the Mexican banking system, that's bankrolling South American cartels.
Episode 47
Operation Rollo Tomasi: Kaika Klan Outlaws
Thu, Sep 28, 2017
FBI agent Jim Nice partners with the Akron Police to target the Kaika Klan Outlaws, a black street gang that's terrorizing the city. But Jim is white, and this won't be a cake walk.
Episode 48
Operation End of Days: Meth Eradication
Sat, Sep 30, 2017
When Independence, Missouri cop Steve Cook stumbles upon a meth lab, an undercover operation is launched with Steve as the point men. Problem is, Independence is a small town and Steve gets getting made as a cop.
Episode 49
Operation Catwalk: Strip Club Sting
Sat, Sep 30, 2017
FBI agent John Tanza goes undercover targeting the Cleveland mob the best way he can-by running a strip club that they call home. But rival factions place John squarely in the middle of the turf war.
Episode 50
Operation Mobster
Sat, Sep 30, 2017 21 mins
DEA agent Louis Diaz builds a case against New York's most notorious drug mastermind, Nicky Barnes. ATF agent Dominick Polifrone cozies up to a monster serial killer, Richard "Iceman" Kuklinski and nearly becomes a victim.
Episode 51
Operation Link Bet: Vegas Mob Bust
Sat, Sep 30, 2017 21 mins
FBI agent John Ligato is on a mission to drive a stake into the heart of the Vegas mob. To do this, he cozies up to a mafia boss who has his hands in organized crime. John infiltrates a mob trucking heist ring.
Episode 52
Operation Big Easy, New Orleans Mob
Sat, Sep 30, 2017 22 mins
FBI agent Geoff Santini goes undercover to snag a drug-dealing killer. Geoff endures weeks of dinners and business meetings while the dealer decides if he's dealing with a cop, or the real deal.