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Meridian

Episode number: 1

Overview: Detective Halloran's first day as a detective brings him face-to-face with a cop killer and his accomplice who're holding hostages at the New York Coliseum..

Nickel Ride

Episode number: 2

Overview: The detectives visit the aging captain of the Staten Island Ferry at the same time that armed robbers are executing a daring heist of an armored car traveling on the ferry.

Line of Duty

Episode number: 3

Overview: Det. Halloran easily kills a fleeing robber who's about to shoot him, but Halloran's lingering feelings of guilt make getting through the aftermath with the man's family anguish. Halloran's wife and Lieutenant support him throughout his search for meaning.

Sidewalk Fisherman

Episode number: 4

Overview: Gio, who lives by fishing coins out of sidewalk grates, longs to adopt an orphaned boy who he spins yarns for, as if Gio actually was a courageous deep-sea fisherman. By working 16 hours a day, old Gio saves money to adopt the boy, but in doing so violates the territorial rights of a local gang, who try to kill Gio.

The Violent Circle

Episode number: 5

Overview: Detective Halloran goes undercover as a patient in a hospital mental ward in an attempt to identify the murderer of patient who was a witness in a gang killing.

Stakeout

Episode number: 6

Overview: A young detective works to redeem himself after lying about the circumstances of his partner's shooting death during a stakeout.

No More Rumbles

Episode number: 7

Overview: A young gang member is assigned to perform a revenge shooting after a member of his own gang is killed.

Belvedere Tower

Episode number: 8

Overview: A thief assaults milkmen and steals their uniforms in order to gain access to and rob from wealthy people's apartment buildings.

The Bird Guard

Episode number: 9

Overview: A tiny island in Long Island Sound, ""Execution Rock,"" becomes a refuge for a frightened girl hiding from criminals.

The Other Face of Goodness

Episode number: 10

Overview: New York City detectives frantically hunt a killer who strangles married disabled women with a coat hanger, in their own homes.

Lady Bug, Lady Bug

Episode number: 11

Overview: A wealthy industrialist refuses to give in to an extortionist's demands even after the extortionist brutally assaults a neighbor girl and threatens the life of the man's alienated son.

Susquehanna 4-7598

Episode number: 12

Overview: A naïve young woman, Carol Thomas, fresh to New York, gets a mysterious phone call on her new line from a woman who sounds to be in the process of being murdered. Carol is unable to get prompt action from the police, so she ill-advisedly decides to play detective herself.

And a Merry Christmas to the Force on Patrol

Episode number: 13

Overview: The precinct investigates a brazen Christmas Eve robbery and shooting by the notorious Marco Butcher and his brother.

The Explosive Heart

Episode number: 14

Overview: The detectives fight against time to unravel a plan to murder a Commander aboard his yacht.

The Manhole

Episode number: 15

Overview: When an elderly sewer worker learns that his son is the leader of a street gang, he begs him vainly to reform, and then tells police about his association. When the gang uses the sewers to escape after a jewel robbery, the old man follows them into the underground passages.

Even Crows Sing Good

Episode number: 16

Overview: In a vicious downpour, a killer prods a terrified man forward using a huge spear-gun. The man with the spear-gun is a meek New Yorker living with his mother, who disapproves of her son's fiancée.

Burst of Passion

Episode number: 17

Overview: Detective Halloran helps hunt down a man whom he knows, and who has always been a well-liked solid citizen before suddenly snapping and going on a killing spree throughout the city.

Goodbye, My Lady Love

Episode number: 18

Overview: Matty, a down-and-out alcoholic in the Bowery, is accused of robbing and murdering a man, then using the stolen money to buy a horse-drawn cart.

The Shield

Episode number: 19

Overview: Lt. Muldoon counsels the son of a patrolman who is trying to join the force, despite his mother's wishes that he not follow in his father's footsteps.

One to Get Lost

Episode number: 20

Overview: George Blake regrets having strayed from his wife, and terminates the affair just moments before the woman is murdered by another jealous man. Blake is the prime suspect, and works to clear his name and find the killer.

Hey, Teach!

Episode number: 21

Overview: Halloran goes undercover as the home room teacher for a "modified-curriculum" high school class after their previous home room teacher fell out of the window to his death.

Ticker Tape

Episode number: 22

Overview: The detectives work to stymie a bomb threat during a ticker-tape parade for an Olympic champion.

Fire Island

Episode number: 23

Overview: The detectives hunt down bootleggers on Fire Island after they shoot a revenue agent.

Ten Cent Dreams

Episode number: 24

Overview: A young immigrant hits a big score playing the numbers racket, but runs into complications collecting his winnings.

The Bumper

Episode number: 25

Overview: After Lt. Muldoon is killed in a car wreck deliberately caused by a mob hit man, the detectives pull out all the stops in their search for the killer.

A Running of Bulls

Episode number: 26

Overview: The detectives are assigned to protect visiting Latin Americans dignitaries, including the adolescent son of a dictator and his bodyguard, a former bullfighter who is involved in a plot to kill the young man.

Fallen Star

Episode number: 27

Overview: A young hotel bellhop is mixed up with a gang of card sharps preying upon the convention crowd, and who are responsible for the killing of one of their victims.

Beyond Truth

Episode number: 28

Overview: A recurring nightmare haunts a murderer - that he's been framed. But when his loving wife begs the 65th Precinct's skeptical detectives to re-investigate, Arnold Fleischman refuses to co-operate with the police.

Baker's Dozen

Episode number: 29

Overview: A former top mob assassin is lured out of retirement by the opportunity to kill a kingpin for his 13th hit.

The Rebirth

Episode number: 30

Overview: A cleaning woman, tired of her hardscrabble life, robs a bank in an attempt to buy happiness.

Four Sweet Corners

Episode number: 31

Overview: A soldier returns home to find that his baby sister has become part of a shoplifting ring that has attracted the detectives' attention.

The Sandman

Episode number: 32

Overview: Halloran goes undercover at a construction yard to see if he can find a connection between a mob-hit victim and the mobster who likely ordered the hit.

Turn of Events

Episode number: 33

Overview: A sleazy private detective, well known to Detective Parker, is murdered while on a case to find a mysterious young lady who worked in a dance club.

A Little Piece of the Action

Episode number: 34

Overview: A payroll robbery gang hires a washed-up wheel man for a job that goes bad.

The Bloodhounds

Episode number: 35

Overview: The detectives babysit a couple of bloodhounds belonging to a man involved in an auto accident, putting the dogs to good use while searching for a missing girl.

The Scorpion Sting

Episode number: 36

Overview: The detectives investigate the source of numerous death threats that have been sent to a high-powered Madison Avenue agent having many real and perceived enemies.

Saw My Baby There

Episode number: 37

Overview: A pregnant woman's father is trying to kill her husband in order to cover up a stolen goods racket in which the two have been involved.

The Canvas Bullet

Episode number: 38

Overview: A washed-up boxer needs fast money and desperately wants to get back into the ring to earn it despite knowing his health is at risk.

A Wood of Thorns

Episode number: 39

Overview: To spare a condemned killer, Halloran forces his way into a kept woman's apartment the night of the execution.