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1 :01x01 - Till Death Do Us Part
Director: David Hemmings
Guest star: Jarrett Lennon (Billy), John Carter (Capt. Levine), Meg Wittner (Stone), Carl Weintraub (McTeague), Karen Person (Unknown), Gianni Russo (Villanova), Jason Bernard (Lt. Mulvihill), Kay Lenz (Connie)
Despite his age--or maybe because of it--veteran cop Charlie Battles fumes at the prospect of a desk job. But he gets a reprieve, teaming with young Joe "Kaz" Kaczierowski to protect a witness, a mobster's wife whom Charlie knows too well.
2 :01x02 - The Silver Scream
Director: Larry Shaw
Guest star: Sal Landi (Petrie), Anthony LaPaglia (Randy Stoltz), Susan Walters (Madeline Warwick), M. C. Gainey (Moose), Valerie Wildman (Joyce Ackerman)
While working as technical advisors on a film, Charlie and Kaz also assist in guarding an actress whose attacker has just been paroled.
3 :01x03 - The One Armed Bandit
Director: Guy Magar
Guest star: Rebecca Staab (Judy), Richard Holden (Williams), Michael Delano (Al Martoni), Michael Madeiros (Yuri Bykov)
A casino-hotel owned by Charlie's crooner pal provides no vacation when gunfire in the showroom follows Kaz's discovery of a bullet-riddled pickpocket.
4 :01x04 - Which Witch is Which?
Director: David Hemmings
Guest star: Alan Stock (Donahue), Millicent Martin (Ruth Henley), Laura Robinson (Anareeve)
A nurse in a retirement home will be the next in a series of kidnap-murders, according to a witch who lives at the home, and when a skeptical Charlie and Kaz show up to investigate, they wind up thwarting an attempt by a trio in black robes.
5 :01x05 - The Cleveland Indian
Director: David Hemmings
Guest star: Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman (Daniel Rainbird), Bert Hinchman (Landlord), Jeremy Roberts (Chip Malina), Leon Rippy (Jarret), Don Stark (Yeager), Lezlie Deane (Lisa)
Smoke signals lead Charlie and Kaz to a Native American searching for his great-grandson, who spent time in an institution other than the university he'd written of.
6 :01x06 - The Fighting 52nd
Charlie attends the reunion of his old Army unit from his time in Vietnam, but when one of the members is murdered, Charlie and Kaz discover that the other members are acting as a freelance team of mercenaries who plans to assassinate a South American leader.
7 :01x07 - Time Bomb
When two men are found murdered, Charlie and Kaz learn that they were part of a group of former college students who were charged for the death of a fellow student 30 years earlier, and while protecting the remaining three, they suspect the killer is among them. Helping Charlie and Kaz is a member of the bomb squad, but Charlie discovers that the man suffers from schizophrenia--an illness that could jepordize the investigation.
8 :01x08 - Trying to Make a Living, and Doing the Best I Can
Writer: Paul Bernbaum
Director: David Hemmings
Guest star: Larron Tate (Sonny Boy), Jane Hallaren (Dr. Brunswick), Gregg Henry (Portman)
When a street hustler talks, Kaz listens, but Charlie doesn't buy the man's story of how he came to possess the tools of a professional hitman.
9 :01x09 - The Out of Towner
Guest star: Ami Dolenz (Lauren), Jay Acovone (Matelli), Ginger Lynn Allen (Randi), Charles Stransky (Delgado), Jordan Lund (Swadlow)
A bat-wielding Louisiana sheriff is determined to find his runaway daughter---and something she took from him.
10 :01x10 - The Cool Katt
Guest star: Paul Gleason (Fedderson), Gwen Banta (Geri), Wings Hauser (Jimmy Katt), Beau Starr (McSwain), Deborah Rennard (Melinda)
After an ex-cop turned security guard is shot during an attempted bank robbery, the case is made nonexistent and the perpetrator released.
11 :01x11 - The Angel of Death
Guest star: William Shockley (Teddy), Kelly Miller (Jill), Andrew Myler (Scully), Jamie Rose (Reporter), W. Morgan Sheppard (Herman)
A reporter is on the scene shortly after a homeless man is murdered, thanks to a call from the killer, who calls again to state his next move.
12 :01x12 - A Killer Date
Guest star: Karen Lynn Scott (Gwen), Katherine Cannon (Monica Whitmore), Linden Ashby (Gary Henley), Michael Delano (Al Martoni)
Charlie uses a dating service, which gets him shot at on the first date, and a warning to pass on a second date.
13 :01x13 - A Death in the Family
Guest star: Missy Francis ((unknown)), Andrew Van Dusen (Ricky Gardino), Peggy McCay (Mrs. Paladino), Cyril O'Reilly (Gus Paladino), Yvette Nipar (Cindy Battles)
Charlie's visiting daughter makes a perfect target for a wounded robber who vows revenge on Charlie for killing his brother during a holdup.
14 :01x14 - Sex, Cops, and Videotape (a.k.a. From the Commissioner, With Love)
Guest star: Ji Tu Cumbuka (Ferguson), Sean McCann (Lt. Briggs), Cristina Raines (Dory Gilman), Jimmie F. Skaggs (McCord), Chris Robinson (Commissioner Schayes)
Assured that Charlie can be "trusted," a new lieutenant assigns him and Kaz to a delicate case: the murder of the commissioner's mistress.
15 :01x15 - Wedding Bell Blues
Guest star: Patricia Harty (Beverly), Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (Chang), Jerry Lacy (Victor), Jodi Johnson (Rosa), Michael Paul Chan (Li)
The surprise of his mother's engagement doesn't bother Kaz nearly as much as the barrage of bullets fired in their direction moments after he meets her fiance.
16 :01x16 - Prescription For Murder (a.k.a. Charlie and Kaz Meet the Mummy)
Guest star: Raymond Singer (Henderson), Peter Greene (Francola), Gail O'Grady (Rebecca), M. C. Gainey (Unknown)
While in the hospital, Charlie is mistaken for a hit-man's target, but the would-be killer escapes when Kaz inadvertently blocks Charlie's shot while in pursuit.
17 :01x17 - Every Dog Has Its Day
A mentally disabled friend tells Charlie that a dog asked him to get the police to stop its murder, and shots are fired at them when they return to the scene.
18 :01x18 - The Hunt for Honus Wagner
Guest star: Johnny Galecki (Evan Rydell), Robert Miranda (Nicky Collengelo)
Charlie and Kaz find themselves involved in a dangerous game while investigating the thefts of Kaz's bike and a $114,000 baseball card.