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24 Episodes 1986 - 1987
Episode 1
Episode 2
Kevin and Frank are investigating the murder of a man who is killed by a man his wife picked up and brought to their home. A search for the man ensues. The wife claims that this is the first time she did this but later goes to a motel and meets the man. Later they learn that the man who was killed is being investigated by the company he works for, for embezzlement. They are also told that a private investigator has been keeping the man under surveillance, who refuses to help them and is playing an angle. Later another man is killed where the car of the man they are looking for is found. And it's been discovered that the man who was killed knows the man who was killed earlier.
Episode 3
Thu, Feb 13, 1986
While a neighborhood meeting is taking place to protest a halfway house, single mother Toni Shire is brutally murdered in her home. Suspicion falls on David Burnam, the only one of the six halfway house residents who was out when the crime took place. As Kevin and Frank continue the investigation, concern rises that the residents will take the law into their own hands.
Episode 4
Episode 5
Episode 6
Two sailors are leaving a container ship that has just docked. When one of the men returns to retrieve his passport, he is confronted by three men. Two of the men chase him down and one kills him. With the help of the other sailor, who witnessed the entire event, Kevin and Frank begin an investigation that leads to the possibility that a wanted man, who is thought to be dead from an explosion in Martinique, is alive and in the city seeking revenge against the people who tried to kill him.
Episode 7
At the exact time a truck hijacking goes bad and results in the death of two men, Stevie is singing at the lounge of Pat Moran, a married man with connections to organized crime and with whom she is romantically involved. After the hijacking, a mob enforcer man calls the lounge. As Kevin and Frank investigate the truck hijacking, which is the latest in a series, they become concerned that Stevie's involvement is compromising her position.
Episode 8
When promising boxer Danny Mulligan is killed in the ring and the toxicology report reveals cocaine in his system, Frank goes undercover as fighter Frank Taylor in order to expose the dealers who caused Mulligan's death.
Episode 9
A jury finds Kurt Malcolm and his accomplice guilty of murder. This is the second time in six years that Malcolm has been arrested by Kevin and convicted of murder. The first time, he was sentenced to ten years and was let out after five. After the jury verdict, Malcolm escapes from custody by kidnapping a court stenographer. In the shootout, an officer is killed and Malcolm's accomplice seriously wounded. During the manhunt for Malcolm, Kevin's anger and frustration causes him to lash at Malcolm's potential abettors, Elaine, and his friends.
Episode 10
Whitey's nephew steals a car not knowing it contains a trunk loaded with smuggled weapons meant for a terrorist group. The terrorists would very much like it back.
Episode 11
When a legendary prostitute is entertaining a client, they discover a thief in her apartment clearing out her safe. The client tries to stop him but he gets killed. When Kevin and frank arrive, they learn in addition to her valuables, the thief stole a diary she's been keeping about her exploits which includes her various clients who are some affluent persons. There 's concern that the contents might leak. They learn a paroled thief who's m.o. matches the one they are looking for. But his parole officer gives him an alibi. Later the thief calls one of her clients and tries to extort him.
Episode 12
Thu, Oct 2, 1986
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Episode 14
Episode 15
Episode 16
Wanting to get a better understanding about the homeless community, Tom poses as a derelict at the Northside Men's Shelter, from where a killer appears to be choosing his victims.
Episode 17
At an art gallery, a painting is being unveiled. A man shows up and makes a scene. And then suddenly the painting is stolen. Kevin and Frank investigate, they learn that the man is a ex-convict. They go to the prison and learn the man took up painting while in prison. Someone associated with the museum is killed. Later the man comes in and tells them that he painted the painting at the museum as a test. They wonder did someone at the museum knew the painting was false but still claimed it to be an original.
Episode 18
Episode 19
Episode 20
When the leader of a National Socialist-type group is murdered after a political rally, suspicion quickly falls on Harry Jacobs, a Jewish man who blames him for the rape and murder of his wife 15 years before.
Episode 21
The investigation of the death of Merle Marlowe's booking secretary leads back to Marlowe and Raeli James, head of the modelling agency which supplies Marlowe's models. When Kevin and Frank question Raeli, she admits to the accidental shooting and tells police that she suspects Marlowe is involved in white slavery. Christine then poses as a model in an attempt to get closer to the truth and break the case.
Episode 22
Former Mid-South officer Max Urschell, who retired after being injured from a shooting, is now working for a private security firm. When his car breaks down and he has to wait for help, he hitches a ride in a passing van, and gets knocked out by one of the occupants who mistakes him for the police. His wife Jane seeks Kevin and Frank's help in finding her husband when he is over two hours late arriving home to celebrate their 15th wedding anniversary. Kevin and Frank agree to help look for their friend and former colleague and soon find themselves involved with Jefferson (narcotics unit) in a major investigation.
Episode 23
As a women is getting ready to go out for the evening, she orders her sister not to answer the phone. Moments later a man breaks down their front door. In trying to escape out the window the woman falls to her death. The case is closed and then suddenly reopened when many questions remain. Kevin and Frank's investigation leads them to Jefferson, with whom the surviving sister is romantically involved.
Episode 24