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The Commish Season 3 Episodes
Season 3 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 1993 - 1994
Episode 1
Suffer the Children: Part 1
48 mins
Tony and Cyd investigate the hanging death of a teen-age runaway. Rachel takes the job in Buffalo.
Episode 2
Suffer the Children: Part 2
48 mins
The Scali Family tries to adjust to living in two separate homes, in two separate cities to accommodate Rachel's new job. Circumstantial evidence keeps piling up against the shelter manager in the case of the missing girl.
Episode 3
Scali, P.I.
48 mins
After Tony resigned so that he could move to where Rachel's job takes her. But she turned down the job. Tony goes to the mayor hoping to get his job back but she already hired someone else. Tony goes to work for a P.I. And when he gets an uneasy feeling from the guy who replaced him, Tony decides to investigate him much to the chagrin of the guy he works for.
Episode 4
Burned Out Case
46 mins
When a friend of David's dies after taking crack, Tony disappoints David by letting the dealer go, as he's part of a federal sting but not big enough to go after.
Episode 5
The Set-Up
46 mins
The Eastbridge Police Department is requested to assist in bringing down the biggest mobster from Cleveland. His men turn around and set Rachel up in a hit-and-run so Tony sets up a little sting of his own.
Episode 6
Rising Sun
47 mins
An old friend of Tony's (a member of city council) refuses to approve Japanese investors business plans and tempers flare.
Episode 7
Hero
46 mins
Tony has to investigate the local high school quarterback, Jack, who is faced with the Scalis' babysitter, Carla, accusing him of rape, along with another father in the community who makes the same claim in regard to his daughter. With many people in East Bridge looking forward to the football team's success, and Jack's dad's dream of his son going pro, Carla receives backlash for speaking out against the local hero. Meanwhile, Stan and Monica, his girlfriend of six months, have a double date with the Scalis; when Monica gets hit on by another guy and Stan gets knocked out by him, Monica throws a punch of her own; Stan has to live with the embarrassment while his colleagues make fun of him.
Episode 8
Dying Affection
60 mins
When Cyd breaks it off with her boyfriend, bad things start happening. How is it possible that the Chief of Detectives didn't notice these things about him? The force also deals with a Mother-Son bank robbing team.
Episode 9
All That Glitters
60 mins
Stan's fiancee appears in surveillance video of jewelry store armed robbery. Will there be a wedding? Rachel puts the family on a healthy diet.
Episode 10
Mansion
46 mins
When a wealthy socialite is found dead and it appears to be murder, Tony investigates. Initially evidence points to her two spoiled children who spend their time partying. But Tony gets a feeling he should take a look at her husband. And when the butler who agrees with Tony is found dead, Tony tries to prove it.
Episode 11
A Little Heart
46 mins
A heart set for transplant to the daughter of one of Tony's men is stolen from the ambulance. The squad sets out to find it before it's too late. Cyd walks the beat looking for a Santa that isn't satisfied with just cash donations.
Episode 12
Benny
46 mins
When returning home from dinner with Rachel's cousin Benny, a used-car dealer, the Scalis come upon a man and a woman arguing in the street. Next day the woman's body is found with a gunshot wound. The squad begins surveillance on the man with the slimy background and Tony follows him to Benny's car lot where he sees the man hand Benny an envelope.
Episode 13
Keeping Secrets
47 mins
Some bigoted members of a popular charitable group are attacking men because they are gay. During the police investigation a police officer comes out as being gay, and faces some homophobia from the other officers. Meanwhile, Scali's teenage son is trying to impress a girl by doing her home work assignments.
Episode 14
Dog Days
47 mins
A businesswoman is found dead with a PCP overdose and her dog is mysteriously missing. The new janitor at the police station reports that he saw what happened to the woman. At the pretrial, the defendant's lawyer gives the witness a particularly hard time because he has Down Syndrome. The judge agrees that they don't have enough evidence to proceed to trial. Then the witness' dog is discovered missing.
Episode 15
Father Eddie
47 mins
A teen-age girl is found murdered and Tony's prime suspect is Father Eddie's prize pupil. The priest's work is working with the Puerto Rican kids and taking back the neighborhood. How far with Father Eddie go to protect this particular kid who has won a grant to go to college?
Episode 16
Bank Job
Sat, Feb 26, 199446 mins
Rachel and Tony have a loud, screaming fight about the need for her to have her own office and Tony leaves in anger for a body found. Tony recognizes the victim as a guy who can get anything for a price. Rachel stops in to the bank to find out about a loan to make the new office when she and the bank manager realize the bank is being robbed. There are 10 people inside the bank and they are now hostages. Bank robber is talked into releasing the hostages but decides he needs one so that he has some bargaining power and decides to keep the manager who tells him that Rachel would be a better hostage as she is the Commissioner's wife.
Episode 17
Romeo and Juliet
60 mins
David and his girlfriend find a dead body, whom everyone recognizes as a man with a gambling problem. Word on the street says the perpetrator is a new man, known by a nickname. Rachel invites the Fishers for dinner as she thinks they should get to know the girlfriend's family. Everyone's getting along so well Mr. Fisher tells Tony to call him by his nickname.
Episode 18
Security
47 mins
A young woman is attacked in her apartment building but the suspect is stopped when the manager realizes something is amiss. While the manager and Tony are discussing options with the other residents, their apartments are burglarized. The police squad is going to do security checks but are replaced by a security company. Tony goes to the building anyway and as he's meeting the new security man, the young gang shows up with the missing items and they're sporting injuries like black eyes and wrapped wrists. Rachel's father shows up uncharacteristically and plans to stay a few days.
Episode 19
Dead Drunk
47 mins
While Tony's out for a drive, he comes upon a car wreck; he goes to help a man trapped in his vehicle, and when Tony checks on the driver of the other car he discovers the woman driver is dead. Two officers, Ricky and Joe, soon arrive to help; Tony and Ricky help remove the man from his vehicle who happens to be a prominent local doctor and who also smells of alcohol; the other officer, Joe, goes to the dead woman driver and discovers it is his wife. The doctor soon goes to trial, but due to the importance of his work, the judge decides to give him probation along with community service. The injustice eats at Joe, and he soon takes matters into his own hands, although Tony does his best to stop him. When the doctor is discovered dead, Joe is suspected of committing the crime. Meanwhile, the Scalis' housekeeper breaks things more than cleans them, and Rachel suspects her of stealing food.
Episode 20
The Letter of the Law
47 mins
A young mother witnesses a mugging where suspect is someone who has caused great harm in previous incidents. The mother wavers in deciding to testify. When they've found that she has disappeared and there is no record of anyone with that name or social security number, Tony is out to find her and the daughter. Turns out mom caught the dad touching the daughter inappropriately and she divorced him and disappeared with the little girl. Will the Letter of the Law be followed to return the girl to her father?
Episode 21
Sergeant Kelly
48 mins
Stan Kelly has taken the sergeant's test and feels it necessary to prove how tough he is to the other officers. Stan also asks the commissioner to allow him to see his own tip from an informant through. Officer Kelly gets an abused wife to cooperate with surveillance on her husband. Is any of this worth it to become sergeant?
Episode 22
The Iceman Cometh
46 mins
Stan's killer tells Tony "you took my wife, I'm going to take yours". Ross has been bragging to the other inmates that he's hired the best hitman in the business, the Iceman. Cyd calls in the FBI when a bullet misses Tony and the whole family is moved to a safe house. Someone shows up saying he is the FBI agent they're expecting.
