1987
TV-14
1h

Summary Vincent Terranova is an agent with the Organized Crime Bureau infiltrating dangerous criminal organizations, struggling to remain true to himself while becoming close to the criminal leaders he is sworn to bring down. View more details

1987
TV-14
1h

Wiseguy

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Jonathan Banks Ken Wahl Jim Byrnes Dwight Koss

All cast & crew

7.8

Details

Genres : Mystery Crime Drama

Release date : Sep 15, 1987

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Filming locations : North Shore Studios, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Production companies : Stephen J. Cannell Productions

Details

Genres : Mystery Crime Drama

Release date : Sep 15, 1987

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Filming locations : North Shore Studios, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Production companies : Stephen J. Cannell Productions

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George Petrie, Elsa Raven, and Ken Wahl in Wiseguy (1987)

Jonathan Banks and Ken Wahl in Wiseguy (1987)

Patti D'Arbanville and Ken Wahl in Wiseguy (1987)

Episodes

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Episode 1 • Sep 15, 1987

Pilot

FBI Agent Vinnie serves 18 months in prison to establish cover to infiltrate the Mob. He impresses the crime boss and earns himself a job, opening the door to access the mafia's highest echelons.

Episode 2 • Sep 23, 1987

New Blood

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.

Episode 3 • Sep 30, 1987

The Loose Cannon

Vinnie's girlfriend, a police widow, knows he is a cop; his biggest threat comes from Sonny's unbalanced nephew.

Episode 4 • Oct 07, 1987

The Birthday Surprise

When Vinnie's young cousin, a boxer, is found dead of an apparent drug overdose, Vinnie jeopardizes his cover by going to "legals" -- the coroner, the homicide cops -- to get them moving on what he knows was a murder.

Episode 5 • Oct 14, 1987

One on One

When the local cops put the heat on Sonny Steelgrave and bust up several of his secret deals, he smells a rat in the inner circle and Vinnie finds himself the number one suspect.

Episode 6 • Oct 21, 1987

The Prodigal Son

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."

Episode 7 • Oct 28, 1987

A Deal's a Deal

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.

Episode 8 • Nov 04, 1987

The Marriage of Heaven & Hell

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.

Episode 9 • Nov 11, 1987

No One Gets Out of Here Alive

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.

Episode 10 • Nov 18, 1987

Last Rites for Lucci

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.

Episode 11 • Jan 03, 1988

Independent Operator

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.

Episode 12 • Jan 10, 1988

Fascination for the Flame

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.

Episode 13 • Jan 17, 1988

Smokey Mountain Requiem

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.

Episode 14 • Jan 24, 1988

Player to Be Named Now

Mel Profitt uses a former girlfriend as a sexual pawn in a power game with a rival to gain ownership of a basketball team.

Episode 15 • Jan 31, 1988

The Merchant of Death

Vinnie retrieves secret records that enable Mel Profitt to blackmail a French official into buying munitions.

Episode 16 • Feb 07, 1988

Not for Nothing

Small-time hood Aldo Baglia notices a photo of Vinnie in a newspaper, and tracks him down and shoots him for revenge.

Episode 17 • Feb 14, 1988

Squeeze

When Mel Profitt's armaments deals go sour, he sends Vinnie back East to set up a narcotics import distribution deal with the mob.

Episode 18 • Feb 21, 1988

Blood Dance

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.

Episode 19 • Mar 13, 1988

Phantom Pain

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.

Episode 20 • Mar 20, 1988

Dirty Little Wars

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.

Episode 21 • Mar 27, 1988

Date with an Angel

Roger Loccoco 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.

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