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Crime Story : Season 1
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Air date: 19 Sep '86 - 22 episodesCrime Story is an American TV drama, created by Gustave Reininger and Chuck Adamson, that premiered in 1986 and ran for two seasons on NBC. The executive producer was Michael Mann, who had left his other series Miami Vice to oversee Crime Story and direct the film Manhunter. The show premiered with a two-hour pilot — a movie which had been exhibited theatrically — and was watched by over 30 million viewers. It was then scheduled to follow Miami Vice on Friday nights, and continued to attract a record number of viewers. NBC then moved the show to Tuesdays at 10 pm opposite ABC's Moonlighting, hurting its ratings to the point that NBC ordered its cancellation after only two seasons. Set in the early, pre-Beatles 1960s, the series depicted two men — Lt. Mike Torello and mobster Ray Luca — with an obsessive drive to destroy each other. As Luca started with street crime in Chicago, was "made" in the Chicago Outfit and then sent to Las Vegas to monitor their casinos, Torello pursued Luca as...
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List of Episodes (22)
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Crime Story (1986)
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1. Pilot (1)
19 Sep '86Here we meet the three major players of the series: Lt. Mike Torrello, head of Chicago's Major Crime Unit(MCU); Ray Luca, a young hood about to make his mark on the underworld; and David Abrams, an idealistic public defender trying to bury his Mob-connected roots. As the story unfolds Torrello is working with to bring down members of Chicago's underworld while Luca is taken under the wing of Manny Weisbord; one of Chicago's most powerful crime figures. As events proceed Torrello and Luca each
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Crime Story (1986)
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2. Pilot (2)
19 Sep '86Here we meet the three major players of the series: Lt. Mike Torrello, head of Chicago's Major Crime Unit(MCU); Ray Luca, a young hood about to make his mark on the underworld; and David Abrams, an idealistic public defender trying to bury his Mob-connected roots. As the story unfolds Torrello is working with Abrams to bring down members of Chicago's underworld while Luca is taken under the wing of Manny Weisbord; one of Chicago's most powerful crime figures. As events proceed Torrello and Luc
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3. Final Transmission
20 Sep '86With Torello's MCU hunting a psychopath, Luca plots jewel heists and the takeover of a sports-gambling operation.
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4. Shadow Dancer
27 Sep '86Torello gains a major advantage when one of Luca's burglars is connected to a robbery-homicide of a coin collector's wife. Torello finds out Julie is pregnant.
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5. The Saint Louis Book of Blues
30 Sep '86Mobsters support Luca's nationwide gambling scheme. A publicity-seeking sheriff hampers Torello's arrest of one of Luca's men.
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6. The War
07 Oct '86A book intercepted by Torello jeopardizes Luca's nationwide gambling operation. The Torellos meet with tragedy.
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7. Abrams for the Defense
14 Oct '86Attorney Abrams falls for a reporter helping him defend a tenant accused of assaulting a slum landlord.
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8. Pursuit of a Wanted Felon
28 Oct '86Conflict ruins the Torello's weekend trip. Luca situates in Las Vegas. Bigots target Abrams's relationship with Susan.
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9. Old Friends, Dead Ends
04 Nov '86Torello confronts his new friend, now laundering money for the Mob. Federal investigators indict Luca and Bartoli.
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10. Justice Hits the Skids
11 Nov '86Devastated by Kehoe's death, Torello stonewalls Breitel's federal investigation. Abrams joins the MCU on the street.
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11. For Love or Money
05 Dec '86Divorced Torello finds comfort with Inger. The Crime Unit nabs Luca's jewelry-heist team. Torello's best friend supplies the Mob with capital.
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12. Hide and Go Thief
12 Dec '86Indelli and Krychek must deal with a tense hostage situation. Torello travels to Indiana to make his move on Frank Holman.
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13. Crime Pays
05 Dec '86
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14. Strange Bedfellows
26 Dec '86Holman ideintifies Torello as a dirty cop to Breitel. After an attempt on his life, Luca takes refuge in Florida.
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15. Fatal Crossroads (aka Fortune in Men's Eyes)
09 Jan '87Torello is subpoenaed to testify for Luca. An enraged Abrams jumps to Torello's defense. Luca orders Torello and Abrams killed.
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16. Torello on Trial
16 Jan '87Breitel brutally cross-examines Torello. Acquitted Luca moves to Las Vegas. Torello gets a new assignment.
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17. The Kingdom of Money
30 Jan '87Torello and Krychek join the Federal Task Force planning to raid Luca's new gambling business in Las Vegas.
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18. The Battle of Las Vegas
06 Feb '87To take over Las Vegas casinos, Luca murders the head of a resort-workers union to put his own man in the position.
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19. The Survivor
13 Feb '87Torello falls in love with a Justice Attorney's former wife, only to find out that the attorney has been molesting his adopted daughter. Molestation charges jeopardizes the Unit's investigation of Luca.
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20. The Pinnacle
27 Feb '87Luca's greedy ploy to take over another casino puts his entire gambling empire in jeopardy.
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21. Top of the World (aka The King in a Cage)
06 Mar '87Luca's jubilation over his growing business turns to fear that his associates are setting him up. Luca's insatiable lust for violence proves his undoing when he rapes Pauli's girlfriend. Pauli testifies for the prosecution in Luca's trial.
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22. Ground Zero
13 Mar '87After his murder mistrial, Luca clashes with a crime kingpin over plans to split up control of the sinking Luca gambling empire. Pauli changes his mind and rescues Luca from Torello as they hide in a house in the desert, a target site for nuclear testing.
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