The Worst Episodes of Crime Story

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   #1 - Strange Bedfellows

   S1:E1312/26/1986

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

   Director:Francis Delia

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Francis Delia

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   #2 - The Survivor

   S1:E182/13/1987

   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.

   Director:Alan Myerson

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Alan Myerson

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   #3 - Top of the World

   S1:E203/6/1987

   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.

   Director:Michael Mann

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Michael Mann

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   #4 - Blast from the Past

   S2:E29/29/1987

   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.

   Director:Eugene Corr

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Eugene Corr

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   #5 - Pursuit (1)

   S2:E204/26/1988

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

   Director:Colin Bucksey

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Colin Bucksey

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   #6 - The Battle of Las Vegas

   S1:E172/6/1987

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

   Director:Aaron Lipstadt

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Aaron Lipstadt

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   #7 - Seize the Time

   S2:E111/12/1988

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

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Unknown

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   #8 - Final Transmission

   S1:E39/20/1986

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

   Director:Leon Ichaso

   Writer:Richard Christian Danus

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   Director:Leon Ichaso

   Writer:Richard Christian Danus
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   #9 - Torello on Trial

   S1:E151/16/1987

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

   Director:Gary Sinise

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Gary Sinise

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    #10 - Always a Blonde

    S2:E310/20/1987

    The Senterros, a family of Mexican cattle ranchers, controls the marijuana trade, so Torello's unit sets up a sting operation, but detective Joey Indelli leaves to try to save a callgirl from her sadistic pimp.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Unknown

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    #11 - Atomic Fallout

    S2:E410/27/1987

    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.

    Director:Bill Duke

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Bill Duke

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    #12 - Escape (2)

    S2:E215/3/1988

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

    Director:Colin Bucksey

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Colin Bucksey

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    #13 - The Senator, the Movie Star, and the Mob

    S2:E19/22/1987

    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.

    Director:John Nicolella

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:John Nicolella

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    #14 - Shadow Dancer

    S1:E49/27/1986

    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.

    Director:Leon Ichaso

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Leon Ichaso

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    #15 - Fatal Crossroads

    S1:E141/9/1987

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

    Director:Gary Sinise

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Gary Sinise

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    #16 - The Kingdom of Money

    S1:E161/30/1987

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

    Directors:Michael Mann, James A. Contner

    Writer:David J. Burke

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    Directors:Michael Mann, James A. Contner

    Writer:David J. Burke
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    #17 - The Pinnacle

    S1:E192/27/1987

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

    Director:John Nicolella

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:John Nicolella

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    #18 - Love Hurts

    S2:E812/8/1987

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

    Director:David Soul

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:David Soul

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    #19 - Femme Fatale

    S2:E121/19/1988

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

    Director:Jan Eliasberg

    Writer:Gail Morgan Hickman

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    Director:Jan Eliasberg

    Writer:Gail Morgan Hickman
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    #20 - Going Home (3)

    S2:E225/10/1988

    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.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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    #21 - The Saint Louis Book of Blues

    S1:E59/30/1986

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

    Director:Leon Ichaso

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Leon Ichaso

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    #22 - For Love or Money

    S1:E1112/5/1986

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

    Director:Bobby Roth

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Bobby Roth

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    #23 - Hide and Go Thief

    S1:E1212/12/1986

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

    Director:Francis Delia

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Francis Delia

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    #24 - MIG-21

    S2:E912/15/1987

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

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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    #25 - Pilot (1)

    S1:E19/19/1986

    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.

    Director:Abel Ferrara

    Writers:David J. Burke, Chuck Adamson, Gustave Reininger

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    Director:Abel Ferrara

    Writers:David J. Burke, Chuck Adamson, Gustave Reininger