The Loose Cannon

October 1, 1987

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Wiseguy - S1 - E4

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A psychopathic murderer posing as Sonny's nephew double-crosses Sonny and holds Vinnie's girlfriend Gina hostage.

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Wiseguy: Season 1 - 22 Episode s

1x1 - Wiseguy (1)
September 16, 1987
Vinnie is released from prison where he has been for two years to establish his cover. He meets his boss, Frank McPike and gets to see his coach and mentor, Jerry Greco. Greco is killed and Vinnie demands to be put in to finish the investigation. He uses his ingenuity to get a foothold in the Steelgrave crime family, but it will take a while to finish this job.
1x2 - Wiseguy (2)
September 16, 1987
Vinnie and Sonny's right hand man, Tony Grecco, has a run-in with the cops causing Vinnie to be arrested. The Steelgraves find that guns are being exported illegally using their pier and decide to take possession of the guns and sell them back to the owner.
1x3 - New Blood
September 24, 1987
In an attempt to take over Sonny Steelgrave’s business, mob head Paul Patrice frames Sonny for several murder attempts he makes on the life of the special prosecutor investigating Sonny.
1x4 - The Loose Cannon
October 1, 1987
A psychopathic murderer posing as Sonny's nephew double-crosses Sonny and holds Vinnie's girlfriend Gina hostage.
1x5 - The Birthday Surprise
October 8, 1987
Vinnie nearly blows his cover when he becomes obsessed with finding out who killed his cousin, causing Frank to threaten him with dismissal. Frank desperately wants Vinnie to concentrate on nailing the Zaratzos, who are trying to arrange a drug smuggling deal with Sonny, because they killed one of Frank's agents.
1x6 - One on One
October 15, 1987
After several deals go sour, Sonny starts suspecting Vinnie may be a plant. Frank orders Vinnie to drop the case when he finds out the local police have an informer in Sonny's operations. Sid has Frank picked up and tortured, but Vinnie and undercover cop Karen Malloy rescue him. Karen's disappearance points the finger at Sid as the leak.
1x7 - Prodigal Son
October 22, 1987
After his mother is mugged in Brooklyn, an enraged Vinnie sets out to find the punk who did it, but when he visits his mother in the hospital, it breaks his heart that she still won't forgive him for his life of “crime.”
1x8 - A Deal's a Deal
October 29, 1987
Sonny’s cruel punishment of a lounge singer who wants out of his contract triggers a cascade of events that leads to Vinnie’s being photographed with McPike — a photo that is to be delivered to Sonny.
1x9 - The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
November 5, 1987
Sonny’s impending marriage to a syndicate boss’ daughter begins a supposedly businesslike realignment of “families,” but Vinnie learns that the wedding is a pretext for a bloody gang war.
1x10 - No One Gets Out of Here Alive
November 12, 1987
An outraged Sonny Steelgrave accuses Vinnie of betraying him to his arch-rival, then realizes the devastating truth — that his paisan is an undercover Federal agent.
1x11 - Last Rites for Lucci
November 19, 1987
In the aftermath of the Steelgrave case, Vinnie tries to vindicate himself of his lingering feelings of betrayal and disloyalty by risking his life to save an old friend from the Brooklyn neighborhood who has a contract out on him.
1x12 - Independent Operator
January 4, 1988
Vinnie’s assignment to check out a contract killer leads him into a huge global contraband syndicate — an operation that far exceeds the scope of the Steelgrave family — overlorded by brother and sister Mel and Susan Profitt.
1x13 - Fascination for the Flame
January 11, 1988
Vinnie, now a bodyguard for the Profitts, gets his first trial by fire when Mel Profitt, the brilliant but paranoid overlord of an international crime empire, disrupts the wedding of an associate, who retaliates by kidnapping Susan.
1x14 - Smokey Mountain Requiem
January 18, 1988
Vinnie tells Mel Profitt he is leaving to go home to New Jersey, but Mel offers him the biggest cocaine distribution network in the country — a plum that Vinnie feels is too juicy for any undercover cop to turn down.
1x15 - Player to be Named Now
January 25, 1988
Mel’s desire to buy a baseball franchise is two-fold: he wants to play on it, and he wants to take it away from an old business associate who cheated him in a Mexican drug deal. When Mel’s former girlfriend shows up, begging for readmission to the Inner circle, he humiliates her, using her as a sexual pawn in a power game with a rival, but for Vinnie, forced to watch it happen, the worst is yet to come.
1x16 - The Merchant of Death
February 1, 1988
When some of his munitions contacts begin drying up, Mel decides to blackmail a French Deputy Minister of Defense into supplying him with the weapons he needs.
1x17 - Not For Nothing
February 8, 1988
Hiding out in Vancouver after the fall of the Steelgrave empire, Aldo Baglia sees a photo of Vinnie in the paper and decides to even the score, sending Vinnie into a coma from two serious gunshot wounds. Roger, using his CIA contact, tracks down Aldo.
1x18 - Squeeze
February 15, 1988
After his munitions operation starts falling apart, Mel orders Vinnie to set up a meet with the mob to use his immense cocaine trade to regain financial power.
1x19 - Blood Drive
February 22, 1988
After rejecting an offer to finance a coup d'etat in the Caribbean, Mel Profitt becomes obsessed with a supposed voodoo death curse, and Vinnie, horrified, can only watch as Mel’s personality begins to disintegrate.
1x20 - Phantom Pain
March 14, 1988
After Susan is arrested for Mel’s murder, Vinnie refuses McPike’s order to pull out of the Profitt case, because Susan, who has seemingly lost her grip on reality, has told him she is pregnant with his child.
1x21 - Dirty Little Wars
March 21, 1988
With Mel and Susan Profitt undone, McPike begins dismantling their empire, but Vinnie demands to stay on the case to get to the bottom of Roger Lococco’s ties to a rogue CIA operation to stage a Caribbean coup d’etat.
1x22 - Date With an Angel
March 28, 1988
Roger Lococco in effect signs his own death warrant by testifying to a Senate committee about a cabal within the U.S. intelligence community, but to back him up he needs Vinnie to testify as an O.C.B. operative — testimony that would end Vinnie’s career as an undercover agent.

The Loose Cannon

Wiseguy - S1 - E4

Wiseguy: Season 1 - 22 Episode s

1x1 - Wiseguy (1)

1x2 - Wiseguy (2)

1x3 - New Blood

1x4 - The Loose Cannon

1x5 - The Birthday Surprise

1x6 - One on One

1x7 - Prodigal Son

1x8 - A Deal's a Deal

1x9 - The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

1x10 - No One Gets Out of Here Alive

1x11 - Last Rites for Lucci

1x12 - Independent Operator

1x13 - Fascination for the Flame

1x14 - Smokey Mountain Requiem

1x15 - Player to be Named Now

1x16 - The Merchant of Death

1x17 - Not For Nothing

1x18 - Squeeze

1x19 - Blood Drive

1x20 - Phantom Pain

1x21 - Dirty Little Wars

1x22 - Date With an Angel

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