Written by: David Peckinpah
Directed by: James Darren
Starring: William Anton, Raye Birk, Charlie Brill, Bill Brinsfield, James Darren, Debbe
Dunning, Gary Frank, Kate Hodge, Jon Rashad Kamal, Jordan Marder, Mitzi McCall, Poppy
Montgomery, Maryann Sanders, Juliet Tablak, Nancy Valen
Rita and Captain Lipschitz wait in the hospital to find out how Chris is doing. The doctor
tells them that Chris is alright, but that he will have to undergo 2-3 months of physical
therapy for his right arm. While Chris was in the hospital, Rita spent her evenings at
Night Moves, a center that finds temporary shelter for runaways; it was there that she met
Junie and Angel. These two runaways fall victim to a serial killer who likes to take
videos of his victims being sexually tortured, and killed. Rita is assigned to the case,
and convices the captain to let Chris be her partner. Meanwhile, Chris falls for his
doctor; Atticus Dunn is involved in a video piracy operation with the man who distributes
the serial killer's tapes; and Chris is worried that he's finished, and decides to leave
the police force.
Written by: Terri Treas & Michael Zand
Directed by: Peter Ellis
Starring: William Anton, Raye Birk, Charlie Brill, Peter Ellis, Gary Frank, Michael Scott
Greenlee, Kate Hodge, William Jones, Jon Rashad Kamal, Poppy Montgomery, Eric Pierpoint,
Juliet Tablak, Nancy Valen, Doug Waldo
A new man shows up on the case of the Seaside Strangler--Eric Russell, the
ex-cop-turned-author who wrote a best-selling book, "Killing Disease," about
serial killers. Eric had been trailing the killer for a long time, so the captain wants
Rita and Eric to share their information with each other. Rita is reluctant at first, but
soon realizes she is falling for Eric. Meanwhile, Atticus accidentally obtains a copy of
one of the killer's video tapes, and brings it to the police; and Rita organizes a
sweep/sting operation to catch the serial killer.
Written by: Peter McCabe
Directed by: Terrence O'Hara
Starring: William Anton, Jim Bachelor, Charlie Brill, Robert Alan Browne, Richard Ciera,
Shannon Fill, Doug Fisher, Cully Fredricksen, Mark Gadbois, Hal Havins, Ralph Manza, Peter
Moore, Dennis Paladino, Janice White, David Wright
A witness who was to testify against Ray Pouccio is shot while in protective custody. Much
to the chagrin of the Palm Beach OCU, Chris and Rita are assigned to protect the last
remaining witness--Jenny Swift, a teenage girl. After she tries everything to try to get
Chris and Rita to let her make a phone call, Jenny decides to sneak away from the safe
house. When Chris and Rita find Jenny, they bring her back and nail her window closed.
Later that night, two men with guns break in, and try to kill them, but the two Sams save
the day. Chris and Rita then start an investigation to see if there is a leak in the
department. Meanwhile, Rita must pretend to be Donnie Dogs' fiancee in order to please
Donnie's father Gus.
Written by: Ruel Fischmann
Directed by: Tucker Gates
Starring: Araceli, Steve Artiaga, Yereli Arizmendi, Kirk Baily, Charlie Brill, Maria
Cellario, Jennifer Manasseri, Mitzi McCall, Sharon McNight, Eric Pierpoint, Miguel
Sandoval, Geno Silva, Christina Solis, Stan War
A Cuban teenager is found dead on the beach, beaten to death; the police notice a
Santerian tatoo on the deceased's body. Chris and Rita talk to a Santerian priest, and
discover that the woman's name was Bertika Santos, and that she was brought in from Cuba
to be a domestic servant. When the two Sams go to the home of Bertika's employers to
investigate, Chris meets up with an ex-con he once busted; he tells Chris that Bertika was
too afraid of their employer--Mr. Vargas--to leave. Rita tries to talk with the new maid,
Mia, but finds her to be too terrified to talk as well. So Chris and Rita decide to
investigate Vargas, and the agency where he got Bertika. Meanwhile, Chris reluctantly
agrees to escort Frannie's "innocent" niece to a Spring Break party, which leads
him to a run-in--and a date--with officer Grodenchick; Rita rekindles her love for Eric.
Written by: Doug Heyes, Jr.
Directed by: Peter Ellis
Starring: William Anton, Bibi Besch, Katy Boyer, Suanne Braun, Lisa Gorlitsky, Kate Hodge,
Elizabeth Lavoie, Nick Meaney, Jack Vecchio, Lyman Ward
Carrie Morgan and her mother Victoria do not get along very well; Carrie claims to have a
second, wilder personality named Jessie, but her mother does not believe her. One night,
Victoria is beaten to death with a fire poker; when the police come, they find the poker
in Carrie's hand, and Carrie crying over her mother's dead body. Donovan asks Chris and
Rita to stall the case and investigate some more--he does not believe that Carrie is
guilty. Jody, Carrie's sister, suggests that Rita look into her father Douglass' sex life.
Chris and Rita decide to check up on Susan Wolf--a young woman Douglass recently hired as
his assistant, and the woman he is living with; after some investigating, they discover
that Susan's alibi does not check out. Meanwhile, Chris and Jillian work out some
problems.
Written by: Neal & Tippi Dobrofsky, Peter McCabe
Directed by: Jeff Woolnough
Starring: William Anton, Suanne Braun, Charlie Brill, Joseph Gallison, Raquel Gardner,
Alla Korot, Stuart McLean, Dennis Paladino, Teal Roberts, Charlie Schlatter, Craig Stepp
Chris and Rita investigate the death of Roland Ballentine. After talking to the deceased's
doctor, they discover that the man was murdered; Roland had taken amal nitrate--something
he would not have done on his own since he knew he had heart problems. Lance and Lorenzo
talk to Roland's son Junior, a constant drunk, and his niece Claire. They find that Junior
and Roland were sleeping with the same woman, Eve Kinsley--a stripper who worked for
Donnie Dog's "Dream Girls". Chris and Rita also discover that Junior has a
gambling problem, and that he needed the inheritance he got to pay off his debts--so all
the evidence points to Junior. Meanwhile, Chris and Jillian discover some problems with
their relationship when Chris over-reacts to Jillian's colleague's comments about their
doctor-patient relationship; and the captain reveals his hobby of collecting baseball
cards.
Written by: Gordon Dawson
Directed by: Ralph Hemecker
Starring: Jed Allan, Kristen Bauer, Beau Baxter, Raye Birk, Kristen Fontaine, Christopher
Fuller, Greg Lauren, Cory Oliver, Eric Pierpoint, Cory Segall
A woman, Heather Sinclaire, is found dead in her apartment by her roommate/lover Marci
Fuller; she was killed by a blow to the head from a baseball bat. Lance and Lorenzo
investigate to find that Heather and Marci worked for a service run by Atticus Dunn,
called Red Flag. This service sends women on missions to test the fidelity of married or
soon-to-be-married men. The two Sam's get a list of Heather's past assignments and start
investigating them. Soon, they come across an open case that involved a father hiring
Atticus to test the fidelity of his daughter Shannon's fiancee, Jonathan Sharp. Chris and
Rita think Heather may have gotten the evidence to close the case, and was bribing
Jonathan with it. Meanwhile, Eric tells Rita that he's thinking of moving to Palm Beach,
and that he's falling in love with her.
Written by: Michael Abnemann
Directed by: Michael Levine
Starring: Charlie Brill, Christopher Carroll, Shevonne Durkin, Bruce Gray, Charles Miller,
Claudette Roche, Tom Taglang, Mathea Webb Teresina, Constance Towers, Valerie Wildman
Winston Krane is murdered, and it appears to be two S&M people who did it. So Rita
goes undercover to a club called Floggers, where she is immediately recognized as a cop.
The people there say they had nothing to do with the killings, but they will contact Rita
with any further information they find. The rest of the Krane family is a highly
disfunctional bunch: There is the grandson Dell and his girlfriend Schoo, Dell's mother
Caroline--who's husband committed suicide--and Winston's sister Karen. Donna, the maid,
overheard Winston and Caroline fighting two nights before the murder; Caroline was upset
that Winston was going to change his will, and no longer make her the sole beneficiary. So
Lance and Lorenzo begin to investigate Carloine--much to Dell's displeasure. Meanwhile,
Karen tells Rita she remembers her, and that her father used to bring her to the mansion
when she was little.
Written by: Evan Smith
Directed by: Richard Friedman
Starring: Avalon Anders, Donna Baltron, Charlie Brill, Richard Friedman, Gilbert
Gottfried, Kathrin Lautner, Chip Mayer, Kebli O'Byrne, John O'Hurley, Evan Smith, Jodi
Taffel
When a mud wrestler named Tanya is murdered, a voice witness, Joey Mellman, talks to Chris
and Rita and says that he can help them catch the killer. Soon, Lance and Lorenzo find
Joey tagging along throughout their entire investigation, interrupting them, and causing
problems. When the two Sams go to Tanya's house, they find Cindi Dann, the woman Tanya
shared a dressing room with, already there. They find out that Tanya had many boyfriends,
as well as a husband, and a big drug problem. They talk to the husband, Paul Yeager, and
get his alibi, but when it doesn't check out, he is first on the suspect list. Meanwhile,
the captain must take Joey into his home under protective custody when someone tries to
run him over.
Written by: Darrell Fetty
Directed by: Charles Siebert
Starring: J.C. Brandy, Charlie Brill, Justin Brinsfield, Dana Hooley, Kendrick Hughes,
Duke Mooskian, Eric Pierpoint, Shari Shattuck
A girl, Kelly Anderson, walks into the police station and tells Chris and Rita that she
thinks her singer boyfriend, Brian Fairchild, has been shot at rock star Shana Rose's
home. When they get to the house, Malcolm Rose, Shana's husband, says that he shot warning
shots--but that Brian climbed over the gate and ran away. The next day Malcolm shows up
dead in his pool, and all evidence points to Brian--who went to the house earlier that day
to pick up some demo tapes he left there. When Brian tells Lance and Lorenzo that he
didn't do it, they believe him, since the alarm at the house was professionally cut.
Meanwhile, on a bet with Rita, Chris tries to make a list of all his past girlfriends.
Written by: Garner Simmons
Directed by: Harvey Laidman
Starring: William Anton, Jennifer Bassey, Suanne Braun, Matthew Faison, Pat Harrington,
Barry Jenner, Brixton Karnes, Michael Laskin, Kathy Trageser, Fred Tully, Nonnie Vishner
A rich old man, Bart Crowley, is stabbed to death in a sauna by his young girlfriend,
Audrey Lowe. The body is found in a sand trap at Bay Sands Country Club by Chris, who was
playing a round of golf with Donovan at the time. The two Sam's soon discover that the
killer must have used a golf cart to move the body to the sand trap--and, coincidentally,
a cart is found to be missing from the pro shop. As they investigate, Lance and Lorenzo
find a diamond from a tennis bracelet, and the victim's blood, in a sauna at the Country
Club. Meanwhile, Chris' father, Benny Lorenzo, flies in to meet Jillian and her mother;
and George is happy dating a young college student--but is upset to discover that Chris
and Rita have put the young lady at the top of their suspect list.
Written by: David Peckinpah
Directed by: Michael Levine
Starring: Scott Anderson, Charlie Brill, Greg Clemens, Bradley Kapture, Heidi Mark, Mitzi
McCall, Joe Michels, Robert Neches, Dennis Paladino, Larry Poindexter, Brandy Sanders,
Tucker Smallwood
Tamara Atkins, an ex-employee of Donnie Dogs' "Dream Girls," is found dead from
an apparent suicide in front of a hotel building. In talking to the staff of the hotel,
Chris and Rita discover that Tamara and another girl were at a reception for the Martco
company the previous night--perhaps as the entertainment. When Lance and Lorenzo talk to
Wayne Thornton, the owner of Martco, he denies everything. So Chris and Rita decide to
search for the other girl who was at the party, in hopes that she may be able to shed some
light on the case. When Christine, the other party-goer--and an employee of Donnie's
club--winds up dead, Donnie Dogs threatens Lance and Lorenzo that they have 24 hrs. before
he will get revenge on the guy who killed Christine. Meanwhile, Harry moves out of his
house because Fran is "too controlling," and moves in with Chris.
Written by: Peter McCabe
Directed by: Charles Siebert
Starring: Suanne Braun, Charlie Brill, Rene Fernandez, Joseph Foss, John Mariano, J.
Michael Ross, Duke Stroud, Paula Trickey, Granville Van Dusen
Jack Keith, a Private Investigator whom Chris knew, is found murdered. While
investigating, Chris and Rita discover that he was working on a case for Paul Ricker, a
wealthy computer programmer; Ricker had hired Keith to see if his wife was having an
affair. When Ricker also shows up dead, Lance and Lorenzo talk to Ricker's wife Suzanne, a
friend of Rita's. With some more investingating, they discover that Suzanne was once a
prostitute, and testified against her pimp, Bobby. They believe Bobby, now out of jail,
was blackmailing Suzanne--but she denies everything to Rita. Meanwhile, Chris has a
problem with allowing Jillian to pay for things.
Written by: Terri Treas & Michael Zand
Directed by: Bob Thompson
Starring: Gayle and Gillian Blakeney, Craig Branham, Charlie Brill, Judith Chapman, Ron
Kublman, Eric Pierpoint, Kein Spitas, Michael White
Steven Kincaid, a famous ballet star, is stabbed in the back while getting some food from
the refrigerator. When Lance and Lorenzo investigate, they discover that Kincaid was
sleeping with his wife Camilla's twin sister, Priscilla Meadows. Camilla and Priscilla
were seen fighting in a bar a few days earlier for this same reason. While Rita talks to
Catherine Walden--the woman who was funding Kincaid's troupe, Chris talks to Kincaid's
director Gene, Priscilla's husband. Gene says that he knew about his wife's infidelity,
and didn't care. Meanwhile, Lance and Lorenzo search for the murder weapon which is
nowhere in sight; and Rita is worried that Eric is spending his limited money supply too
extravagantly, and that he may have a drinking problem.
Written by: Michael Abnemann
Directed by: Richard Friedman
Starring: Trey Alexander, Charlie Brill, Dave Buzzota, Dan Cashman, Patrick Dollaghan, Don
Gettinger, Kim Morgan Greene, Kate Hodge, Sandra Phillips, Eric Pierpoint, Greg Wrangler
Chris and Rita investigate the death of Dan Carslisle, the owner of an extravagant country
club. When they talk to the wife, Valerie, she says that they heard someone breaking into
the house, and her husband went down to see who it was. While he was downstairs, Mr.
Carslisle was shot by the intruder. She also tells them that a teenager at the club,
Carter Ward, has a big crush on her, writes her love notes, and could have been the person
who killed her husband, out of jealousy. When Chris and Rita question Cart, he says that
he and Mrs. Carslisle really do have a relationship, and that Mrs. Carslisle told him that
he had killed Mr. Carslisle while stopping him from beating her--Cart was drunk from
champagne at the time. Lance and Lorenzo head back to Mrs. Carslisle's house to
investigate further, to see who is telling the truth. Meanwhile, Rita and Eric try to work
out their problems, but Eric's past may come back to haunt him.
Written by: Thom Sherman & David Adler &
David Peckinpah
Directed by: Harvey Laidman
Starring: Elizabeth Baldwin, Michelle Bonilla, Charlie Brill, David Ciminello, Quincy
Davis, James Garde, Juliette Jeffers, Robia LaMorte, Keith Sellon-Wright, Catherine
Staples
When Lorraina Garvey is found stabbed to death, the only clue Chris and Rita have is a
call placed to the station reporting a red corvette leaving the murder site just about the
time of the murder. At the crime scene, Rita finds an appointment book with the name
Michael written in it many times. Upon talking to Lorraina's personal assistant, Rita
discovers that the man in the book is Michael Ferraro--one of her old foster brothers.
When Rita talks to Michael, he gives her a bogus alibi; and as he leaves, Rita notices
that he owns a red corvette. While Donovan and everyone else just want to convict Michael,
Rita believes that he is really innocent, and wants to help him. Meanwhile, Chris must
nurse his aching back back to health after he his fall from a ladder while helping Rita
paint her house.
Written by: Lou & Liz Comici
Directed by: Rob Estes
Starring: Suanne Braun, Charlie Brill, Sarah Buxton, Emma Caulfield, Mark Derwin, Juliette
Jeffers, John McCann, Sean Morgan, Janelle Paradee, Edward Rote, Joe Sirola
A New York Private Investigator, Jerry Banning, is found shot to death in his hotel room.
The only evidence the two Sams have to work with is the six telephone calls Banning made
while in Palm Beach--five of which were to the Hamilton residence. So Chris and Rita
decide to call Meridian Security and ask Banning's boss, "Champagne" Tony
Morella, what Banning was doing in Palm Beach. Tony had not known where Banning had
disappeared to, so he comes to Palm Beach--where he discovers that his old friend Harry
Lipschitz is now working for the Palm Beach Police Department. Meanwhile Morella uses his
friendship with Lipschitz to get info on the case, and then uses this knowledge for his
own personal gain. Also: Keisha brings her daughter's exotic flu to the office; and Chris'
long-planned Caribbean Fantasy Vacation with Jillian is ruined when he catches it.
Written by: Doug Heyes, Jr.
Directed by: Harvey Laidman
Starring: Charlie Brill, Charles Grant, Matthew Letscher, Patty Lotz, Phaedra Nielson,
Colleen O'Brien, Jocelyn Seagrave, Susie Spear, David Jean Thomas, Casper Van Dien
Tina and Alexa, two college roommates, go to the police station after continuously
receiving harassing phone calls. Chris tells them that he is from Homicide and cannot help
them. The next day, Tina shows up dead in her car, and Alexa says it is all Chris' fault.
Later that night, while Alexa and her boyfriend Jeff are in bed together, Jeff whispers to
Alexa, "I know what scares you"--the same thing the killer used to say to Tina.
Alexa locks herself in the bathroom, and once Jeff leaves, she goes to the police station
and tells them what happened. So Chris and the Captain decide to investigate Jeff
Chadwick's past. Meanwhile Rita is busy with the Costanzo Case; and Chris tries to smooth
things out between his friends Rick and Liz Faraday--who are arguing over the same salary
issues Chris and Jillian argued about.
Written by: James L. Novack & Terri Treas &
Michael Zand & James L. Novack
Directed by: Mitzi Kapture
Starring: William Anton, Suanne Braun, Charlie Brill, Michael S. Connolly, Juliette
Jeffers, Kirk Kinder, Kellie Overbey, Jodi Russell, David Sederholm, Elizabeth Sjoli, Amy
Weber
Chris is assigned an ambitious detective trainee, Lisa Hann, to help him investigate the
murder of Itsy Bitsy Magazine model Shelly Hunter. As they investigate, Chris often finds
himself warning Lisa about her negative use of force. Finally, when Lisa physically
attacks one of the models--who won't give her the information she wants--Chris tells Lisa
he is going to write her up. The next morning, the captain tells Chris that Lisa is suing
him and the department for sexual discrimination and harassment. Soon, Chris finds that
Donovan has turned on him; he tells Chris to admit to the harassment, and strike a deal.
Chris refuses to bargain, and decides to investigate Lisa. Along with Rita's help they may
just uncover the truth about Lisa. Meanwhile, Rita is loaned out to vice to work
undercover as a prostitute in a sting operation.
Written by: Michael Zand & Terri Treas
Directed by: Lee Unkrich
Starring: William Anton, Ana Auther, Raye Birk, Joe Cortese, David Fenner, Ronald Johnson,
Charles McCaughan, Sharon McNight, Shawn Modrell, Ron Recasner
A woman is found dead in a hotel room. As Chris and Rita investigate, they soon discover
that the woman was named Susan Kemper, and that she was involved in some sort of deal to
get her arrested husband a sentence of Community Service rather than jail time. When
another felon, Mr. Fuller, is surprisingly given a sentence of Community Service by the
same judge who sentenced Mr. Kemper, Chris and Rita begin to suspect that the
judge--"Flip-A-Coin" Moyne--might be offering the wives of his felons a way to
"earn" their husbands' freedom--by having sex with him. Donovan wants more proof
before he will stick his neck out to attack the judge, so Rita talks to Mrs. Fuller to see
if their suspicions are correct. Meanwhile, Atticus Dunn has a string of parking problems
while peddling his fresh shrimp, including a run-in with Officer Grodenchick.
Written by: David Peckinpah & Jerry Patrick Brown
Directed by: David Peckinpah
Starring: Suanne Braun, Deprise Brescia, Charlie Brill, Mark Lindsay Chapman, Cliff
Cozens, Scott Leet, Tamara Mark, Brian McGovern, David Montalbano, Lori Sebourn, Thom
Sherman, Meg Wittner
When Rita's friend Gina washes ashore in Margaritaville she decides to join the two local
officers assigned to the case--Jack Duvall and Savannah Smith. While Savannah doesn't like
the idea of Rita tagging along, Jack is smitten by Rita. After some investigating, they
discover that Gina must have been out on a boat the night she was murdered. The two main
suspects are Davis Lee--a fishing guide with a sketchy past, and Steve Bolton--a polo
player, and husband of the Senator--whose boat they suspect was used. Savannah, who's had
a few relationships with Davis in the past, believes his innocence but is afraid Bolton
will be able to pin the murder on him. Meanwhile, Jillian wants Chris to move to Boston
with her after she is offered Chief of Surgery at Mercy Hospital.
Written by: Doug Heyes, Jr.
Directed by: Charles Siebert
Starring: Belinda Bauer, Charlie Brill, Kristopher Logan, Quantae Love, Robert Guy
Miranda, Eric Pierpoint, Michael Russo, Danny Silvas
Eric calls Chris in the middle of the night, desperately needing his help. When Chris
arrives, he sees Eric get shot to death, and chases after the killers as they drive
away--but when he returns to the spot where Eric was shot, the body is gone. The next
morning, Special Agent Pete Santos of the BATF shows up in the captain's office, and tells
Chris and Rita that Eric was selling arms to a cartel run by Lena Correll; he also says
that Eric was working with Johnny Almendarez--the man Chris witnessed shooting Eric. While
Rita is too emotional to think straight enough to be effective, she still wants to
actively pursue Eric's killer, and so she tags along with Chris. Meanwhile, Rita thinks
she may be pregnant with Eric's baby.
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