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Michael Hayes Season 1 Episodes

Season 1 Episode Guide

Season 1

22 Episodes 1997 - 1998

Episode 1

Prequel

Mon, Sep 15, 1997 60 mins

Hayes scrambles for a legal precedent to bring down a hit man (Leo Rossi) who's been granted immunity for testifying against a mob don. Diaz: Ruben Santiago-Hudson. Danny Jr.: Jimmy Galeota. Caitlin: Mary B. Ward.

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Episode 2

Pilot Episode

Tue, Sep 23, 1997 60 mins

When the head of the U.S. Attorney's Office is injured by a car bomb, Hayes (David Caruso) is named supervisor of the department, and goes gunning for a corrupt politico. Vaughn: Philip Baker Hall. Linda Penny: Donna Murphy. Brock: Tom Amandes.

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Episode 3

True Blue

Tue, Sep 30, 1997 60 mins

Hayes' investigation into corruption at a New York precinct may implicate one of Eddie's cop buddies (Julio Oscar Mechoso) who had agreed to help the U.S. Attorney's Office. Thompson: Dan Lauria. Rudolpho: Stanley Anderson.

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Episode 4

The Doctor's Tale

Tue, Oct 7, 1997 60 mins

Hayes (David Caruso) reopens an investigation into a health-care organization suspected of refusing needed treatments to seriously ill patients. Claire: Patricia Kalember. Solomon: James McDonnell. Kevin: Jeffrey Licon.

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Episode 5

Act of Contrition

Tue, Oct 14, 1997 60 mins

Hayes incurs the fury of the Catholic Church when he tries to submit a dead man's taped confession to his priest as evidence against an alleged terrorist who bombed an art gallery. Eddie: Ruben Santiago-Hudson. Danny Jr.: Jimmy Galeota.

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Episode 6

Heroes

Tue, Oct 21, 1997 60 mins

Hayes defends a brash FBI agent (Larry Joshua) in a lawsuit initiated by a former mailman whose life is a shambles because the agency failed to make its case against him in the kidnapping of a boy. Billy Densmore: Brad Henke. Stephanie Lofton: Amy Aquino. Hayes: David Caruso.

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Episode 7

Radio Killer

Tue, Oct 28, 1997 60 mins

A talk-show host (Daniel VonBargen) is tried for murder after verbally goading a listener into killing a Federal agent. Jackson: Gareth Williams. Tyleen: Boti Ann Bliss. Seward: Ben Jones. Irwin: Murray Rubinstein.

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Episode 8

Death and Taxes

Tue, Nov 4, 1997 60 mins

Hayes (David Caruso) investigates Russian mobsters who've infiltrated the fuel-oil business with a multimillion-dollar scheme to beat the taxes. Eddie: Ruben Santiago-Hudson. Danny: David Cubitt. Manning: Peter Outerbridge.

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Episode 9

Slaves

Tue, Dec 2, 1997 60 mins

A Chinese immigrant (Lucy Alexis Liu) risks being deported if she doesn't testify against an Asian-American (Michael Paul Chan) who enslaves illegal aliens for prostitution. Det. Garbutt: James Lorinz. Cherry: Jeanne Chinn. Carl Bellamy: John Prosky.

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Episode 10

The Confidence Man

Tue, Dec 9, 1997 60 mins

A con man (Alan Blumenfeld) involved in an undercover FBI sting gets on Hayes' bad side when he threatens a bank teller who refuses to take part in one of his scams. Sandra: Tracy Douglas. Green: Scott Lawrence. Carnap: Dann Florek.

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Episode 11

Retribution

Tue, Dec 16, 1997 60 mins

A restaurant owner (Richard Sarafian) with a score to settle volunteers to set up an organized-crime boss (Seth Jaffe) who's milking merchants in a protection scam. Julie: Helen Slater. Rago: Frank D'Amico. DeGuiseppe: Castulo Guerra. Wanda Burns: Jenna Byrne.

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Episode 12

Mob Mentality

Tue, Jan 6, 1998 60 mins

Lindsay goes up against a powerful lawyer (George Wyner) representing a black man (Perry Moore) accused of inciting a mob to attack and kill a Jewish man. Julie: Helen Slater. Heschel: Jason Blicker. Novello: George Taglianetti. Parker: Walter Olkewicz.

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Episode 13

Arise and Fall

Tue, Jan 13, 1998 60 mins

Michael's lawyer girlfriend (Helen Slater) is suspected of having ties to organized crime; and uncut heroin disappears from the evidence cage. Lane: Arye Gross. Protz: Jack McGee. Woods: Dewey Weber.

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Episode 14

Imagine

Wed, Mar 4, 1998 60 mins

Hayes bangs heads with the FBI over a case involving a serial bomber (Robert Harper) whose explosive devices have killed 16 people in the past eight years. Part 1 of two. Rose: Gail Strickland. Becker: Chris Mulkey. Madeline: Lisa Banes. Mackey: Kevin Conway.

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Episode 15

Imagine

Wed, Mar 11, 1998 60 mins

Conclusion. Michael looks into a conspiracy that may involve the Mob, the media and big business in murder and fixing elections. Orwell: Larry Miller. Madeline: Lisa Banes. Rose: Gail Strickland. Mackey: Kevin Conway.

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Episode 16

Under Color of Law

Wed, Mar 18, 1998 60 mins

Hayes considers charging a small-town cop (Brian Wimmer) acquitted twice of murder with violating the victim's civil rights and trying the case in Federal court. Sarah: Clarissa Romano. Phyllis Burdick: Jenny O'Hara. Brad: Kyle Howard.

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Episode 17

Lawyers, Guns and Money

Wed, Mar 25, 1998 60 mins

After a foreign attaché (Levani) claims diplomatic immunity when he gets nabbed running guns, State Department officials lean on Hayes (David Caruso) to drop the case. Eddie: Ruben Santiago-Hudson. Lindsay: Rebecca Rigg. Manning: Peter Outerbridge.

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Episode 18

Gotterdammerung

Wed, Apr 1, 1998 60 mins

A witness (Larry Dobkin) in the murder of an FBI agent changes his story, and Hayes' investigation uncovers a plot that may involve the CIA---and a former Nazi SS member. Gould: Vyto Ruginis. Wendy Kaplan: Meredith Scott Lynn. Bernstein: Lawrence Pressman.

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Episode 19

Power Play

Wed, Apr 8, 1998 60 mins

When a terrorist (Allison Smith) takes hostages in the Federal building, Hayes offers himself in exchange for their release. Judge Jordan: Frank Converse. Agent Winton: Byron Keith Minns. Betty Jordan: Linda Carlson.

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Episode 20

Devotion

Mon, Jun 1, 1998 60 mins

A congressman (Jim Haynie) campaigning on a family-values platform is blown up with a car bomb, and the resulting investigation reveals he'd been having an affair. Meanwhile, Hayes' relationship with a TV personality (Susanna Thompson) comes to a crossroads.

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Episode 21

Faith

Mon, Jun 8, 1998 60 mins

Hayes's brother turns up as one of the victims of a religious cult's apparent mass suicide, but the subsequent investigation points to murder. Orwell: Larry Miller. Amanda: Susanna Thompson. Calloway: Nicolas Coster. Ringsred: Troy Evans.

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Episode 22

Vaughn Mower

Mon, Jun 15, 1998 60 mins

A businessman (Larry Brandenburg) charged with Federal crimes tries to plea-bargain by offering Michael knowledge of a bribe-taking Government official. Santos: Luis Guzman. Vaughn: Philip Baker Hall. Gina: Tembi Locke. Prosser: David Clennon.

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