Crime Story

Épisode 1 - Pilot (1)

18 septembre 1986 - 4/5

Here 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 become aware of the other's existence. Torello realizes that there is a new player that he must bring down.

Épisode 2 - Pilot (2)

18 septembre 1986 - 3/5

Here 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 Luca each become aware of the other's existence. Torello realizes that there is a new player that he must bring down.

Épisode 3 - Final Transmission

19 septembre 1986 - 3/5

With Torello's MCU hunting a psychopath, Luca plots jewel heists and the takeover of a sports-gambling operation.

Épisode 4 - Shadow Dancer

26 septembre 1986 - 3/5

Torello 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.

Épisode 5 - The Saint Louis Book of Blues

30 septembre 1986 - 3/5

Mobsters support Luca's nationwide gambling scheme. A publicity-seeking sheriff hampers Torello's arrest of one of Luca's men.

Épisode 6 - The War

7 octobre 1986 - 3/5

A book intercepted by Torello jeopardizes Luca's nationwide gambling operation. The Torellos meet with tragedy.

Épisode 7 - Abrams for the Defense

14 octobre 1986 - 3/5

Attorney Abrams falls for a reporter helping him defend a tenant accused of assaulting a slum landlord.

Épisode 8 - Pursuit of a Wanted Felon

28 octobre 1986 - 3/5

Conflict ruins the Torello's weekend trip. Luca situates in Las Vegas. Bigots target Abrams's relationship with Susan.

Épisode 9 - Old Friends, Dead Ends

4 novembre 1986 - 3/5

Torello confronts his new friend, now laundering money for the Mob. Federal investigators indict Luca and Bartoli.

Épisode 10 - Justice Hits the Skids

11 novembre 1986 - 3/5

Devastated by Kehoe's death, Torello stonewalls Breitel's federal investigation. Abrams joins the MCU on the street.

Épisode 11 - For Love or Money

5 décembre 1986 - 3/5

Divorced Torello finds comfort with Inger. The Crime Unit nabs Luca's jewelry-heist team. Torello's best friend supplies the Mob with capital.

Épisode 12 - Hide and Go Thief

12 décembre 1986 - 3/5

Indelli and Krychek must deal with a tense hostage situation. Torello travels to Indiana to make his move on Frank Holman.

Épisode 13 - Crime Pays

5 décembre 1986 - 3/5

Épisode 14 - Strange Bedfellows

26 décembre 1986 - 3/5

Holman ideintifies Torello as a dirty cop to Breitel. After an attempt on his life, Luca takes refuge in Florida.

Épisode 15 - Fatal Crossroads (aka Fortune in Men's Eyes)

9 janvier 1987 - 3/5

Torello is subpoenaed to testify for Luca. An enraged Abrams jumps to Torello's defense. Luca orders Torello and Abrams killed.

Épisode 16 - Torello on Trial

16 janvier 1987 - 3/5

Breitel brutally cross-examines Torello. Acquitted Luca moves to Las Vegas. Torello gets a new assignment.

Épisode 17 - The Kingdom of Money

30 janvier 1987 - 3/5

Torello and Krychek join the Federal Task Force planning to raid Luca's new gambling business in Las Vegas.

Épisode 18 - The Battle of Las Vegas

6 février 1987 - 3/5

To take over Las Vegas casinos, Luca murders the head of a resort-workers union to put his own man in the position.

Épisode 19 - The Survivor

13 février 1987 - 3/5

Torello 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.

Épisode 20 - The Pinnacle

27 février 1987 - 3/5

Luca's greedy ploy to take over another casino puts his entire gambling empire in jeopardy.

Épisode 21 - Top of the World (aka The King in a Cage)

6 mars 1987 - 3/5

Luca'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.

Épisode 22 - Ground Zero

13 mars 1987 - 3/5

After 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.

Épisode 1 - The Senator, the Movie Star, and the Mob

22 septembre 1987 - 3/5

An overzealous senator outrages crime bosses by subpoenaing them to appear before an organized crime commission. An actress with a shady past falls for Torello.

Épisode 2 - Blast from the Past

29 septembre 1987 - 3/5

Torello confronts his feelings for Julie when she asks him to rescue her kidnapped husband, who is a doctor forced to tend to one of his injured kidnappers.

Épisode 3 - Always a Blonde

20 octobre 1987 - 3/5

Joey sees a former girlfriend in Las Vegas working as a prostitute.

Épisode 4 - Atomic Fallout

27 octobre 1987 - 3/5

Torello follows a crazed killer into Mexico, unaware his quarry will lead him to an arms-for-drugs operation run by an alive-and-well Luca.

Épisode 5 - Shockwaves

3 novembre 1987 - 3/5

Luca returns to Vegas with immunity to work for the US Government, causing revenge-minded Abrams to resign in frustration and Torello unable to get near Luca.

Épisode 6 - Robbery, Armed

10 novembre 1987 - 3/5

A Chicago thug, preparing for the heist of a Las Vegas casino, shoots Krychek on the eve of Torello's birthday.

Épisode 7 - Little Girl Lost

24 novembre 1987 - 3/5

An investigator searching for a man's girlfriend, who happens to be Weisbord's granddaughter, is murdered before he gives information to Torello. Luca offers a drug-addicted Abrams a position on his staff.

Épisode 8 - Love Hurts

8 décembre 1987 - 3/5

Luca falls for an actress in a movie he is financing and discovers she is more than even he can handle.

Épisode 9 - MIG-21

15 décembre 1987 - 3/5

A defecting Soviet pilot becomes custody of the Strike Force, which learns of plans to use him in a spy swap.

Épisode 10 - Moulin Rouge

5 janvier 1988 - 3/5

The Justice Department tries to deal with troubles at a new nightclub - including bombings, extortion, and racial threats - owned by a beautiful black woman.

Épisode 11 - Seize the Time

12 janvier 1988 - 3/5

Torello cannot identify the source of a money-laundering operation. Clemmons reveals his suspicions about Iris's new casino partner.

Épisode 12 - Femme Fatale

19 janvier 1988 - 3/5

A Chinese agent dupes Torello into looking for her father while she smuggles plutonium out of the country.

Épisode 13 - Protected Witness

2 février 1988 - 3/5

In return for the man's testimony, Torello offers government protection to a Chicago mobster with a contract on his life.

Épisode 14 - Last Rites

9 février 1988 - 3/5

After Manny is stricken by a heart attack, Luca demands that he be the first heart-transplant recipient. Max convinces Steve to put a hit on Luca.

Épisode 15 - Pauli Taglia's Dream

8 mars 1988 - 3/5

In a dream Paulie recounts his and Luca's survival of the atomic bomb. After nearly perishing in the blast, Luca and Paulie are taken into federal custody. Delirious from his gun shot wounds and the blast Luca becomes totally on Paulie for their escape. Receiving aid from a federal agent in Manny's employ Paulie rises above his usual persona as he attempts to extricate himself and Luca from their current situation.

Épisode 16 - Roadrunner

15 mars 1988 - 3/5

While escorting a prisoner and his girlfriend, Torello is trapped in the desert and stalked by corrupt lawmen who want the prisoner.

Épisode 17 - Desert Justice (aka The Brothel Wars)

22 mars 1988 - 3/5

The Justice Department must deal with crooked cops and feuding brothel owners when Pauli's prostitute-girlfriend is murdered.

Épisode 18 - Byline

29 mars 1988 - 3/5

Torello's writer-friend plans to take down Luca by exposing him in an article.

Épisode 19 - The Hearings

5 avril 1988 - 3/5

Luca is finally brought to court on racketerring charges but the trial is postponed when a military emergency happens in Vietnam.

Épisode 20 - Pursuit (1)

26 avril 1988 - 3/5

Torello and his men chase Luca to Mexico where they will get no help from the US Government.

Épisode 21 - Escape (2)

3 mai 1988 - 3/5

Torello and his men save Danny from certain death while Luca is told by a top military commander that he is nothing in Mexico.

Épisode 22 - Going Home (3)

10 mai 1988 - 3/5

Torello and his men catch up to Luca in Mexico and force him to escape but they all get trapped inside a pilotless airborne plane.