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No Greater Gift
The Commish - S1 - E11
During the holiday season, Tony investigates the murder of an elderly woman allegedly killed in her home during a Christmas burglary; matches wits with a mugger, and defends a homeless woman who's been sleeping in the manger of a Holy Family creche.
The Commish: Season 1 - 22 Episode s
1x1 - In the Best of Families
September 28, 1991
Tony is threatened with criminal negligence after the son of a prominent lawyer hangs himself in his cell.
1x2 - Do You See What I See?
October 5, 1991
The commissioner sets out to trap a serial rapist in a Santa Claus mask who's been terrorizing the city.
1x3 - The Poisoned Tree
October 12, 1991
Rachel refuses to believe Tony when he tells her that her school teacher colleague, Jim Hollister, is a child molester.
1x4 - Nothing to Fear But ...
October 26, 1991
After receiving a pair of baffling death threats, Tony initiates around-the-clock surveillance of his unsuspecting family.
1x5 - A Matter of Life or Death (1)
November 2, 1991
Tony initiates a sweep to find a pair of missing cops; devises an ingenious way of keeping an habitually drunk driver off the road; and deftly handles an "extraterrestrial," all the while being scrutinized by a committee searching for a new police commissioner for New York City.
1x6 - A Matter of Life or Death (2)
November 2, 1991
Two missing cops have been found under water, there a jail hunger strike going on and tony's up for the nypd commissioner job.
1x7 - Behind the Storm Door
November 9, 1991
Tony is pursued by a woman he suspects is filing false complaints.
1x8 - The Hatchet
November 16, 1991
Tony butts heads with both a tough cop who is overzealous in his handling of criminals, and a hard-nosed management consultant hired by the city in a cost-cutting effort.
1x9 - Two Confessions
November 30, 1991
Tony is doubly stymied when identical twins both initially confess to the same murder, then, in a surprise about-face, accuse each other of the crime. Also, Arnie finds romance with a kindred soul, a phone-sex operator named Gloria.
1x10 - Commissioner's Ball
December 7, 1991
A serial killer has been mutilating the bodies of Eastbridge tradsients and homeless people - and Tony begins to suspect the perpetrator's identity.
1x11 - No Greater Gift
December 21, 1991
During the holiday season, Tony investigates the murder of an elderly woman allegedly killed in her home during a Christmas burglary; matches wits with a mugger, and defends a homeless woman who's been sleeping in the manger of a Holy Family creche.
1x12 - The Fourth Man
January 4, 1992
After Commissioner Scali's friend and colleague, Chief of Detectives Irv Wallerstein, is struck down during a bloody encounter with hijackers, Tony becomes obsessed with finding the assailant!
1x13 - Charlie Don't Surf
January 18, 1992
Vietnamese gangs threaten Eastbridge and Tony steps in to help.
1x14 - Skeletons
February 8, 1992
A mugging triggers a woman's repressed mernosy of her brother's murder, which she witnessed as a child. The suspect, free for the past 35 years, is tracked to the unlikeliest of hiding places by Tony and a visiting friend, L.A. homicide detective Paulie Pentangeli.
1x15 - The Wicked Flee
February 22, 1992
After seeing his mother killed by a stranger, a boy withdraws deep into himself, prompting a sympathetic Tony to step up his efforts to catch the murderer.
1x16 - True Believers
February 29, 1992
The unwelcome appearance in Eastbridge of white supremacists leads to a murder, with the suspicion soon arising that one or more of Tony's associates may be implicated.
1x17 - Officer April
March 7, 1992
After he shoots a woman in a drunken domestic squabble, Officer Kelly becomes the victim of a terrorization campaign.
1x18 - Sex, Lies, and Kerosene
March 21, 1992
Tony and Paulie investigate a puzzling arson case in which the husband of a beautiful woman appears to have been murdered.
1x19 - Judgement Day
April 4, 1992
Tony winds up in one of his own jail cells when he runs afoul of an imperious judge who's hiding a fearsome secret.
1x20 - Shoot the Breeze
May 2, 1992
Tony attempts to protect an informant from a mysterious hit man, while Stan Kelly enjoys a romantic encounter with a beautiful new Eastbridge arrival.
1x21 - Video Vigilante
May 9, 1992
Tony is embarrassed, then enraged, as a publicity-seeking "video vigilante" metes out even more bizarre and harsh punishment to offenders.
1x22 - The Puck Stops Here
May 16, 1992
Mike Cermak - star high-school hockey player, recovering addict, and good friend of the Scali family - becomes a prime drug-ring suspect.