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Wiseguy Season 2 Episodes
Season 2 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 1988 - 1989
Episode 1
Going Home
Wed, Oct 26, 198850 mins
Vinnie's resignation from the Organized Crime Bureau leads him home and into a hotbed of racial hatred.
Episode 2
School of Hard Knox
Wed, Nov 2, 198849 mins
Vinnie returns to the O.C.B. on his own terms, determined to infiltrate the radical racist organization that has threatened his family and friends.
Episode 3
Revenge of the Mud People
Wed, Nov 9, 198849 mins
When Vinnie's car is used by the Pilgrims of Promise in an armored car heist that results in the death of a cop, he gets taken in by the police department under suspicion of murder; McPike and Elias pull all strings to get him out. Meanwhile, Knox Pooley lets Calvin Hollis address a gathering of Pilgrims, and Vinnie gets closer to discovering who killed his brother.
Episode 4
Last of the True Believers
Wed, Nov 16, 198845 mins
During the fallout after Corker's death, Calvin questions Ritchie and wonders why the attack against Vinnie didn't go as planned. Ritchie continues to believe in Knox Pooley, but when Knox goes on a confrontational talk show to promote the Pilgrims of Promise, it marks the beginning of the end when Calvin later attacks the host of the show without Knox knowing about it. Ritchie tries to warn Knox that someone in the Pilgrims is causing harm to the movement, and once Knox learns that Calvin has been killing for the movement, Knox makes it clear that his only intention was to sell a message to make money. Calvin makes a final stand for the Pilgrims when he invades the home of one of the talk show guests who opposed Knox and takes him hostage.
Episode 5
Aria for Don Aiuppo
Wed, Dec 7, 198848 mins
When Vinnie's mother falls in love with an organized crime boss, rekindling a romance that began in the old country, the O.C.B. asks Vinnie to intervene.
Episode 6
7th Avenue Freeze Out
Wed, Dec 14, 198849 mins
Vinnie goes undercover for the O.C.B. as a garment-center security consultant to keep the new wave of organized crime leadership from destroying a father-and-son business.
Episode 7
Next of Kin
Wed, Dec 21, 198848 mins
Another side of Eli is revealed when his son David is reported missing while on an overseas business trip.
Episode 8
All or Nothing
Wed, Jan 11, 198949 mins
While David and Eli move to close their most important knock-off dress deal ever, Pinzolo uses the same deal -- and information from someone close to David - in an attempt to bury Eli and Elrose Fashions for good.
Episode 9
Where's the Money
Wed, Jan 18, 198950 mins
With Elrose Fashions in its death throes, David and Eli's tenuous relationship shatters, and David seeks to avenge his grievous losses against Rick Pinzolo.
Episode 10
Postcard from Morocco
Wed, Jan 25, 198948 mins
David Sternberg's final act is to leave a letter incriminating Rick Pinzolo in a murder he witnessed, and Raglin desperately seeks to make the charges stick, as the OCB garment-center investigation draws to a disquieting close.
Episode 11
Stairway to Heaven
Wed, Feb 1, 198948 mins
When Frank learns his wife is going to die, Vinnie uses the money LoCocco left him to get a lifesaving transplant.
Episode 12
White Noise
Wed, Feb 15, 198949 mins
After Frank's wife throws him out, he crashes at Vinnie's place. During his stay, Frank notices Vinnie's dependence on painkillers and becomes concerned, so he calls in their superior. Vinnie is told he is overdue for a physical and has to get one done, or be forced to resign. While Vinnie's records are prepared at the hospital, a patient from Vinnie's past gets his hands on the records and alters the database showing that Vinnie must stay for a 48-hour psychiatric evaluation. Vinnie's physical goes well, but when he goes back to the admitting station the nurse sees that the database says he is violent and must stay for the evaluation. Vinnie goes into a rage and must be restrained and drugged by the staff. The drugs cause him to go in and out of nightmares where he is confronted by Sonny Steelgrave. When he is conscious, Vinnie meets Taylor, another resident of the ward, and learns about who else is there; he also has a blurry meeting with the patient who altered his records. Even though Vinnie tells staff that he is a federal agent, nobody believes him, and while Taylor doubts Vinnie's claims at first, Taylor eventually helps Vinnie before the staff can do more harm.
Episode 13
Dead Dog Lives
Wed, Mar 1, 198948 mins
Vinnie and Frank hatch a plan to use a record company OCB acquired to gain entry into the corrupt music industry. Their target is a powerful player named Winston Newquay (Tim Curry).
Episode 14
And It Comes Out Here
Wed, Mar 8, 198948 mins
Corrupt music mogul Winston Newquay tries to buy out Vinnie's Dead Dog Records, but he instead opts to merge with Isaac Twine's company, Shakala. Newquay tries to take away Vinnie's contracted star, Diana Price.
Episode 15
The Rip-Off Stick
Wed, Mar 22, 198948 mins
Vinnie and his record producer Johnny Medley try to steal Eddie Tempest, a hot property, from Winston Newquay. Newquay has Medley beaten severely. In a no-limit poker game, Newquay wins Shakala Records from Isaac Twine. Vinnie convinces him to keep him on in the company.
Episode 16
High Dollar Bop
Wed, Apr 5, 198948 mins
Vinnie and his record producer Johnny Medley try to steal Eddie Tempest, a hot property, from Winston Newquay. Newquay has Medley beaten severely. In a no-limit poker game, Newquay wins Shakala Records from Isaac Twine. Vinnie convinces Newquay to keep him on in the company.
Episode 17
Hip Hop on the Gravy Train
Wed, Apr 12, 198948 mins
Newquay tries to fire Vinnie, but Terranova responds with a restraining order. Newquay makes him the company mailboy to spite him. Vinnie's associate Bobby Travis finds out he's a fed. With Travis' help, Vinnie and Frank get incriminating evidence of Newquay committing fraud, and Frank arrests the mogul.
Episode 18
The One That Got Away
Wed, May 3, 198951 mins
Newquay packages Eddie Tempest's live performances; classified information on Vinnie winds up in Travis' hands.
Episode 19
Living and Dying in 4/4 Time
Wed, May 10, 198948 mins
The case against Newquay is dismissed as entrapment. After making a bet with Newquay that he will live to dance on his grave, Isaac dies of a heart attack. Vinnie lets Travis have Dead Dog Records, telling him to keep a chair warm for him for the future. Newquay goes insane and is institutionalized.
Episode 20
Call It Casaba
Wed, May 17, 198948 mins
After Vinnie puts the Shakala Records investigation to rest, he and McPike take a trip to the mountains with Lifeguard, whose real-life problems may force him to quit the OCB.
Episode 21
Le Lacrime D'Amore: Part 1 aka The Four-Letter Word
Wed, May 24, 198947 mins
After a restraining order keeps Vinnie away from Amber, Vinnie uncovers a plan to sell Shakala as part of a large real estate venture.
Episode 22
Le Lacrime D'Amore: Part 2 aka There's Plenty of Time
Wed, May 24, 198950 mins
Not wanting to hurt his mother, Vinnie tries to resist an OCB investigation of his new stepfather while his relationship with Amber Twine grows ever closer.
